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Motown producer of Supremes, Temptations dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:18PM October 03, 2012 CommentDUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Motown record producer and songwriter Frank Wilson, who worked with the Supremes, the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, has died in Southern California at 71.
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NYC seeks footage for Central Park jogger lawsuit
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:13PM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the city are seeking access to footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the five men exonerated in the Central Park jogger rape case.
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'The Paperboy' delivers gooey, sleazy cheese
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:39PM October 03, 2012 CommentSoaked in sweat and reeking of cigarettes, Southern-fried and smothered in cheese, "The Paperboy" is, quite literally, a hot mess.
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Burned-out Conn. bell factory resumes production
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:57PM October 03, 2012 CommentEAST HAMPTON, Conn. (AP) — The 180-year-old New England company that made the little bell that rings every time an angel gets its wings in the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" has resumed production in time for the holidays, four months after its 19th-century factory burned down.
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Antoine Ashley of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' dies at 27
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:38PM October 03, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A contestant who competed on "RuPaul's Drag Race" as Sahara Davenport died of heart failure. Antoine Ashley was 27.
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No Doubt settles lawsuit over 'Band Hero' vid game
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:33PM October 03, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — No Doubt has settled its lawsuit against gaming giant Activision over the use of band members' likenesses in the video game "Band Hero," court records state.
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Seacrest: No problem with feuding judges
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:05PM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Feuding divas on "American Idol"? Ryan Seacrest says that's just great.
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Young Ecuadoreans stage musical sensation
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Not long ago, most of the 80 young cast members of one of Ecuador's most successful musicals were barely seen or heard.
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Review: Neeson's 'Taken 2' is mistaken sequel
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:58PM October 03, 2012 CommentPlanning to pay out good money to see "Taken 2"? To paraphrase Liam Neeson, you're about to be taken.
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NY ballet star Yvonne Mounsey dies in LA
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:56PM October 03, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Yvonne Mounsey, who danced major roles for George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet in the 1950s and went on to found an influential West Coast ballet school, has died. She was 93.
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Louis V, Miu Miu and Elie Saab give grand finale
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM October 03, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — Marc Jacobs, more than anyone, knows that it's not what you say but how you say it. The Louis Vuitton showman thus capped an incredibly strong Paris fashion week — with help from artist Daniel Buren — by building a life-size shopping mall inside the Louvre.
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Publication of Gen. McChrystal's book is delayed
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:51PM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been delayed pending security clearance from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Franco switches gears again for shoe short
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Actor James Franco has taken another twist in his unconventional career — directing a short film for shoe designer Stuart Weitzman.
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AP PHOTOS: Bond girls show women's progress
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:20PM October 03, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ursula Andress emerged from the sea, curves glistening, with a dagger strapped to her bikini in 1962's "Dr. No," she made the Bond girl an instant icon.
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Polish philharmonic named for Jewish virtuoso
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:25PM October 03, 2012 CommentWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish city of Czestochowa is renaming its orchestra to honor a native son: Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish-Jewish violin virtuoso who helped save hundreds of German Jews from the Holocaust and who founded the precursor to what is now the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Fast, but not magical sales for Rowling book
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:04PM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Sales for J.K. Rowling's first adult novel were hardly magical during its first six days. But the publisher isn't complaining.
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The Spy Who Loved Video Games: 5 famous Bond games
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:24AM October 03, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond hasn't been sipping martinis and firing his Walther in the game world for nearly as long as he has in movie theaters, but the gadget-loving secret agent's nearly 30-year history spanning more than 20 video games is almost unmatched in Hollywood, where video game tie-ins with the latest blockbusters are commonplace nowadays.
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ABBA museum to open in Sweden
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM October 03, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A traveling ABBA exhibit is to get a permanent home in a new museum dedicated mostly to the Swedish quartet that has sold nearly 400 million records since its heyday in the 1970s.
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Kimmel, Chenoweth to honor Ellen DeGeneres in DC
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:02AM October 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel, Kristin Chenoweth, Steve Harvey and Lily Tomlin have signed on to honor Ellen DeGeneres with tribute performances as she wins the nation's top humor prize.
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Who's a busy boy? Actor-playwright Colman Domingo
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:26AM October 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo is finishing a new play that he also stars in. That might be enough work for some. But not Colman Domingo.
