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McGraw to give 25 homes to members of military
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:52AM May 24, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tim McGraw will be saluting veterans in a big way while on tour this summer.
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Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly'
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:34AM May 24, 2012 CommentCANNES, France (AP) — Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy.
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Tommy Lee Jones wants to know about Moscow kiss
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25AM May 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith may not want to talk about what happened last week in Moscow, but Tommy Lee Jones sure does.
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How Phillip Phillips won 'American Idol'
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:10AM May 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — From the moment he first stepped in front of the judges and unleashed a folksy take on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," guitar-playing crooner Phillip Phillips seemed preordained to win "American Idol," and not just because he's another white guy with a guitar, the all-too-familiar profile of the previous four "Idol" champions.
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South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion week
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:29AM May 24, 2012 CommentJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Struggling but deserving designers got a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township as Soweto's first fashion week opened Thursday.
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Lady Gaga Angers Thai Fans
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LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 24: Singer Lady Gaga performs at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 24, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
BANGKOK (AP) — Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok — for a fake Rolex.
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'G.I. Joe' gets new marching orders, moves to 2013
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:06AM May 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Just a month before its June release in the U.S., Paramount Pictures delayed the debut of "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" by nine months after another movie based on a Hasbro plaything was trounced at the box office by "The Avengers."
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Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:16AM May 24, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88.
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Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:33PM May 23, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former nanny for Sharon Stone sued the actress Wednesday claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime.
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'Duck' Dunn remembered on Memphis' Beale Street
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:21PM May 23, 2012 CommentMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The late bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn was honored Wednesday in the city where he performed on some of R&B's best-known hits, with musicians leading a lively funeral march down Memphis' Beale Street.
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Stage and screen actress Janet Carroll dead at 71
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:49PM May 23, 2012 CommentActress Janet Carroll, who played the mother of Tom Cruise's character in the movie "Risky Business," has died. She was 71.
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3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts leaves band
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30PM May 23, 2012 CommentESCATAWPA, Miss. (AP) — 3 Doors Down says on its website that founding member and guitarist Matt Roberts has left the rock band because of health problems.
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Anne Hathaway's ex to be released from Pa. prison
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:12PM May 23, 2012 CommentLORETTO, Pa. (AP) — An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway is about to be released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam.
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Play on: Google posts synthesizer tribute to Moog
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:49PM May 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage — and it's completely playable.
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46th Annual CMA Awards to be Held Nov. 1
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Musician Carrie Underwood performs onstage during 2011 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on May 1, 2011 in Indio, California.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Association's 46th annual awards show is scheduled for Nov. 1.
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Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:18PM May 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car.
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55 years later, 'On the Road' is finally a movie
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57PM May 23, 2012 CommentCANNES, France (AP) — Fifty-five years after its publication, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is finally burning on the big screen.
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AP Photos: Cannes red carpet gets Bond girl flair
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24PM May 23, 2012 CommentBerenice Marlohe, the newest Bond girl, has been making the red carpet at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival look like a day at the beach.
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'Cake Boss' kin sentenced for child sex assault
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM May 23, 2012 CommentMORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — The brother-in-law of "Cake Boss" television star Buddy Valastro has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey.
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Phillip Phillips is the new 'American Idol'
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:06PM May 23, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male "Idol" winner in a row.
