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Work by graffiti artist Basquiat set for NYC sale
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09PM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — An auction house says an important early work by graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) is going up for sale in New York.
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2 Nora Ephron collections coming back in print
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09PM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Two of Nora Ephron's early essay collections are coming back into print.
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Author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33PM September 19, 2012 CommentBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — For a man who built his career on word economy, the title is pretty darned long — The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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Milan offers women color, patterns for next summer
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33PM September 19, 2012 CommentMILAN (AP) — After New York and London, it's Milan's turn to have a say as to how women will dress for the spring-summer 2013.
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Oscar nomination date jumps ahead to Jan. 10
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:09PM September 19, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The dynamics have shifted for Hollywood's upcoming film honors now that the Academy Awards nominations are moving ahead of the Golden Globes.
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Lohan charged with leaving scene of NYC accident
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:07PM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York early Wednesday on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop driving, but her publicist said he expects the allegations to be proven false.
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R. Kelly makes Soul Train history, Usher up for 5
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:40PM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly is nominated for two awards at this year's Soul Train Awards, making him the most nominated act ever at the awards show.
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Scandinavian magazine publishes Kate topless pics
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:51AM September 19, 2012 CommentCOPENHAGEN (AP) — A Swedish celebrity magazine published topless photos of Britain's likely future queen Wednesday, and its sister publication in Denmark said it would do the same later this week.
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'Gangnam Style' has sharp social riff, 220M views
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:24AM September 19, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" video has 220 million YouTube views and counting, and it's easy to see why. No Korean language skills are needed to enjoy the chubby, massively entertaining performer's crazy horse-riding dance, the song's addictive chorus and the video's exquisitely odd series of misadventures.
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Salman Rushdie dismisses latest death threat
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:51AM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie is dismissing the latest threat against his life as just talk.
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Ai Weiwei to contribute to German show at Biennale
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:29AM September 19, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei will contribute to Germany's pavilion at next year's Venice Biennale.
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Paul Rudd, looking for change, returns to Broadway
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01AM September 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — For the past few years, something's been slowly gnawing at Paul Rudd — the lure of live theater.
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Planned AEG Sale Muddies Los Angeles Sports Future
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Paul Patsis, president of Market Management for Farmers Insurance, center, poses with Los Angeles Kings cheerleaders during a 2011 ceremony naming a new proposed NFL football stadium in Los Angeles. It would be called Farmers Field under a 30-year naming-rights deal between developer AEG and Farmers Insurance Exchange.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A for-sale sign for the owner of the Staples Center arena, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy and a stake in the LA Lakers would be a major shock to the city's sports, entertainment and business establishment at any time.
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Dennis Hopper's Lost Prints on Show in Berlin
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American actor Dennis Hopper is awarded the "Commander in France's National Order Of Arts and Letters" in Paris.
BERLIN (AP) — A collection of more than 400 recently rediscovered prints in which Dennis Hopper documented the U.S. arts scene of the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement and much more is going on show in Berlin.
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Emmy nominees dish on dream guest-starring roles
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:11AM September 19, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Christina Hendricks, Julie Bowen and Jesse Tyler Ferguson have earned repeat Emmy nods for their work on their regular shows, but that doesn't mean they don't have their eye on some sweet guest-starring gigs on other top programs.
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Singer Robbie Williams, wife, have daughter
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:27AM September 19, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Singer Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are celebrating the birth of their first child, a daughter.
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Streisand, Minnelli sing for Marvin Hamlisch in NY
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:40PM September 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli took turns singing songs by the late Marvin Hamlisch during a stirring memorial service for the composer on Tuesday.
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AEG, owner of LA's Kings, Staples arena, for sale
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:29PM September 18, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of the Staples Center arena and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, and the top contender to build a stadium and bring the NFL back to Los Angeles, is up for sale, its parent company said Tuesday.
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Woodard dives into work to cope with empty nest
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04PM September 18, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Alfre Woodard says she was born to be a storyteller, but the greatest experience of her life has been raising her two children.
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Drummer Patrick Carney of The Black Keys married
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:15PM September 18, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patrick Carney of The Black Keys has gotten married.
