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Aretha, Ricky Skaggs join Gospel Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:46AM August 15, 2012 CommentHENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For one night, Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Gospel — not just Soul.
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Alice Cooper gives performance at London musical
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:58AM August 15, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Shock rocker Alice Cooper made a surprise appearance as a guest performer at the "Rock of Ages" musical in London on Tuesday.
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Rep: Lozada files for divorce from Johnson
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:55PM August 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Evelyn Lozada is ending her 41-day-old marriage to Chad Johnson after the football star was arrested for allegedly head-butting her over the weekend.
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Ron Palillo, of 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' dies at 63
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:36PM August 14, 2012 CommentWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 63.
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'Dog' Chapman denied UK visa because of conviction
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:06PM August 14, 2012 CommentHONOLULU (AP) — Duane "Dog" Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom.
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Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:03PM August 14, 2012 CommentSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A judge granted Sheryl Crow a three-year restraining order against a man who acknowledged he threatened to shoot the singer-songwriter and film executive Harvey Weinstein.
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Irving Fein, who managed Burns, Benny, dies at 101
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Irving Fein, a producer and manager who steered the careers of comedy greats George Burns and Jack Benny and named actress Lana Turner the "Sweater Girl," has died, his daughter said Tuesday. He was 101.
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Pattinson returns to spotlight on 'The Daily Show'
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Pattinson has decided to come back — to the spotlight, that is.
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Clinton, Minnelli among stars at Hamlisch funeral
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:15PM August 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Friends and admirers of Marvin Hamlisch including former President Bill Clinton and Liza Minnelli gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to the celebrated songwriter hailed as "the people's composer."
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Hip hop's Bambaataa named Cornell visiting scholar
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:17PM August 14, 2012 CommentITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Hip hop pioneer DJ Afrika Bambaataa (bam-BAH'-tah) has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar at Cornell University.
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Taylor Swift releasing new album 'Red' on Oct. 22
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:50PM August 14, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Multi-platinum superstar Taylor Swift is releasing her fourth studio album called "Red" on Oct. 22.
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Longest-running UK comic book 'The Dandy' may end
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:42PM August 14, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's longest-running comic book is facing closure after 75 years in print.
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Spike Lee revisits Jackson's 'Bad' at Toronto fest
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:06PM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Music is highlighting the Toronto International Film Festival with a Michael Jackson documentary from Spike Lee and a closing-night film featuring Vanessa Redgrave as a terminally ill choir singer.
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David Beckham back in new H&M underwear ads
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:43AM August 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — David Beckham says he's in the underwear game for the long haul, looking forward to advancing his bodywear partnership with H&M.
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Review: Cronenberg blows a tire with 'Cosmopolis'
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56AM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lifeless, stagey and lacking a palpable subversive pulse despite the ready opportunities offered by the material, "Cosmopolis" is a stillborn adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel that will initially attract some Robert Pattinson fans but will be widely met with audience indifference.
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Review: 'Expendables 2' fleet-footed and engaging
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:43AM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Capping off the summer box office with explosive action, "The Expendables 2" offers the send-off that adrenaline junkies are seeking before the more sedate pace of fall releases. As he proved with the original installment, Sylvester Stallone grasps the action-oriented DNA of the films' badass cast of reprobate mercenaries with an intuition derived from dozens of genre roles.
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Gabby Douglas is golden in 'Tonight' appearance
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:16AM August 14, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic champion Gabby Douglas basked in the "Tonight" spotlight and the admiration of fellow guest Michelle Obama, but the teenager already is thinking ahead to 2016.
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Next Bob Woodward Book to Take on Obama, Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:44AM August 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. economy is about to get the Bob Woodward treatment.
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Helen Gurley Brown, the Original Carrie Bradshaw
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:34AM August 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Before there was "Sex and the City," there was "Sex and the Single Girl." And before there was Carrie Bradshaw, there was Helen Gurley Brown.
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Police: MMA fighter found naked in Calif. church
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:49AM August 14, 2012 CommentMISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter and reality show host Jason "Mayhem" Miller was in jail on suspicion of burglary Monday night after deputies responding to reports of a break-in said they found him naked inside a Southern California church.
