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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.
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Bristol Palin reality series to premiere June 19
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58AM May 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Lifetime network has set a premiere date for its new reality series about Bristol Palin's home life in Alaska.
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Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:27AM May 23, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.
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LA designer says Facebook bride wore her dress
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:33AM May 23, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone says Priscilla Chan was wearing one of her dresses when she married Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:22AM May 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry.
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Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors'
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:01AM May 23, 2012 CommentCANNES, France (AP) — Holy cow. The most rapturous audience reception at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to "Holy Motors," a disorienting, whirling dream of a movie by French director Leos Carax.
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Football star Donald Driver is new 'Dancing' champ
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:46AM May 23, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy to his awards collection.
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Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:57AM May 23, 2012 CommentCANNES, France (AP) — Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun.
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A ball of one? Lady Gaga unsure of Indonesia show
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:12AM May 23, 2012 CommentJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.
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Phillips, Sanchez face off on 'Idol' finale
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:29PM May 22, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Sanchez wishes she could've changed one thing about the "American Idol" finale: her final song.
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Review: Was anyone clamoring for 'Men in Black 3'?
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:53PM May 22, 2012 CommentThere's a moment early on in "Men in Black 3" when Will Smith's Agent J sits down next to his longtime partner, Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K, and bemoans the fact that he's too old for this sort of thing — for running around New York in matching dark suits, chasing down aliens and zapping them with their shiny metal weapony doo-hickeys.
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Comanche tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary member
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:01PM May 22, 2012 CommentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe.
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'Polka King' Eddie Blazonczyk dies at 70
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:32PM May 22, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname "Polka King" after starting his own band and label, has died. He was 70.
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Kanye leads in BET nods, Samuel Jackson to host
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:17PM May 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — It's a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, earned five, and Jay-Z's wife, Beyoncé, received six.
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'What to Expect..' stars in London for UK premiere
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:24PM May 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The stars of the romantic comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting" had plenty of praise for each other — and a warning about making out on the hood of a car — during the film's British premiere in London on Tuesday.
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LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in June
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:05PM May 22, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air.
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LA designer says Facebook bride wore her dress
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM May 22, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone says Priscilla Chan was wearing one of her dresses when she married Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Sales for 'Fifty Shades' trilogy top 10 million
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM May 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The heat is on: Sales for E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" trilogy are at 10 million and counting, making it among the fastest-selling series of all time.
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New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:48PM May 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
