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Muhammad Ali due in London for July 25 fundraiser
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:30PM June 26, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A sports charity says boxing great Muhammad Ali will attend a London gala benefit in his honor two days before the Summer Olympics.
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Large Liz? Tower housing Big Ben to get a new name
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:45PM June 26, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The iconic Clock Tower of Britain's Parliament — widely, though incorrectly, known as Big Ben — is being renamed in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, authorities said Tuesday.
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'Trek' crew beams to Earth for 'People Like Us'
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:23AM June 26, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Pine is boldly going where Capt. Kirk has never gone before. In his sibling drama "People Like Us," he gets slapped around by his mom and pummeled by his sister.
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Louisiana-shot Cannes winner premieres in N.O.
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:31AM June 26, 2012 CommentNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unlike a lot of movies shot in Louisiana, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" couldn't have been made anywhere else.
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Calif., Fla. teens win high school theater awards
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:52AM June 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A teenager from California with a flair for singing funny songs and another from Florida who emerged triumphant after tackling two tough operatic tunes won top honors Monday at the National High School Musical Theater Awards.
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Unbowed by Badu blowup, Coyne, Lips aim for record
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:34AM June 26, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fun for Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips means collaboration, and a recent dust-up with Erykah Badu after they worked together isn't slowing him down.
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Katy Perry: 'I still believe in love' after Brand
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:24AM June 26, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Things aren't all dreamy in Katy Perry's new 3D concert film.
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Subway Work Unearths Ancient Road in Greece
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Workers of Metro's construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. Archaeologists in Greece’s second largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city’s main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago.
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago.
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Louisiana-shot award winner premieres in N.O.
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:25AM June 26, 2012 CommentNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana-shot film that took top honors at this year's Sundance Film Festival returned to the state where it was made for a Hollywood-style, red-carpet premiere Monday night before opening in select theaters nationwide this summer.
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P-word? OK. The V-word? That's trickier
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:50PM June 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Kayt Sukel, an author who writes about neuroscience and sexuality, has given lectures around the country on the issue. And there's one word, she finds, that never fails to make some in her audience squeamish.
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'Jeopardy!' host 'up and about' after heart attack
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:46PM June 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A spokeswoman says "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is "up and about" in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from a mild heart attack.
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Uggie leaves paw prints at famed Grauman's theater
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:01PM June 25, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Every dog has its day — and Monday belonged to Uggie.
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Brinkley settles latest skirmish with ex-husband
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:55PM June 25, 2012 CommentRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Supermodel and actress Christie Brinkley and her ex-husband Peter Cook have resolved their latest New York legal skirmish.
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Pixar lands another hit as 'Brave' earns $66.3M
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:38PM June 25, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Scottish fairy tale "Brave" opened as the top weekend attraction in theaters with $66.3 million, becoming the 13th-straight No. 1 debut for "Toy Story" creator Pixar Animation.
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Review: 'Ted': So cuddly, so wrong, so hilarious
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:28PM June 25, 2012 CommentA teddy bear who smokes pot, parties with hookers, beds pop stars and spews profanity in a New England accent as thick as chowdah?
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Public stations may get OK for political ads
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:57PM June 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A federal court decision has created the possibility that some public television and radio stations that are perpetually challenged financially could see a windfall of cash from political advertising.
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Billy Ray Cyrus makes his way to Broadway
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:14AM June 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is making his Broadway debut in "Chicago."
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Conn. Cops: Dylan McDermott's Mom Murdered in '67
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Actor Dylan McDermott arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Annual Installation luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. A reopened police investigation in Connecticut has concluded that McDermott's mother was killed by her gangster boyfriend in 1967.
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A reopened police investigation has concluded that actor Dylan McDermott's mother was killed by her gangster boyfriend in 1967.
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Boffo box office is new gig for character actress
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04AM June 25, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The top spot at the box office is rare turf for Kelly Macdonald, a character actress known on the big-screen mainly for supporting roles in such films as "No Country for Old Men" and "Finding Neverland."
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1st-ever Andrew Carnegie medal winners announced
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:46AM June 25, 2012 CommentANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anne Enright's novel "The Forgotten Waltz" and Robert Massie's biography "Catherine the Great" have won the first-ever Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in literature.
