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Univision launches digital network for all content
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:27PM May 11, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The Spanish-language Univision this summer is launching a digital network that will enable viewers to tap into its programming on computers, smartphones and tablets.
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Review: Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' least-focused yet
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:26PM May 11, 2012 CommentIn analyzing Sacha Baron Cohen and the array of offbeat characters he's created, it's clear that it's become a matter of diminishing returns.
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Biennial art festival transforms Cuban capital
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:39PM May 11, 2012 CommentHAVANA (AP) — Giant ants swarm the facade of an aging theater. White-clad, face-painted dancers and circus performers frolic on a central boulevard. Cuban and American chefs serve gourmet cross-cultural meals from a boxy shipping-container kitchen.
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Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:29PM May 11, 2012 Comment"Dark Shadows" isn't exactly working its supernatural powers on film critics. The latest collaboration between director Tim Burton and star Johnny Depp is receiving lukewarm reviews in its opening weekend.
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Singer Julio Iglesias victim of hotel room theft
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:21PM May 11, 2012 CommentCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities say thieves stole cash and other items from the hotel room of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias while he was performing a concert.
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Detroit orchestra hopes Kid Rock show raises $1M
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:40AM May 11, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — This time last year, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was about a month removed from a contentious musicians' strike that worsened its already strained finances. Now, the rebounding organization aims to raise the roof — and hopefully $1 million — with help from a hometown musician known more for rock, rap and country than classical.
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Author Charles Baxter wins prize for short fiction
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:09AM May 11, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Charles Baxter, a fiction writer whose books include "Harmony of the World" and "Gryphon," has won a $30,000 prize for short fiction.
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Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:42AM May 11, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood-set donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense.
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ABC televising tightrope walk over Niagara Falls
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:04AM May 11, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — ABC is turning Nik Wallenda's attempted tightrope walk over Niagara Falls into a prime-time television event next month.
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Video-game company can pursue suit against Beyonce
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:06AM May 11, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge says a lawsuit by a video-game developer against Beyonce can go to trial.
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CBS sues ABC over upcoming reality show
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:38PM May 10, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS sued ABC on Thursday to stop an upcoming reality show that CBS claims is being developed in violation of its copyrights and with secrets obtained from the long-running reality show "Big Brother."
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Loretta Lynn wants Zooey Deschanel in her musical
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:28PM May 10, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country Music Hall of Fame member Loretta Lynn is taking her life story to Broadway, and she has tapped film and TV actress Zooey Deschanel to play her on stage.
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'American Idol' now down to the last 3 finalists
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:26PM May 10, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollie Cavanagh couldn't make "American Idol" voters love her.
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'30 Rock' returning for final 13-episode season
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:27PM May 10, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — NBC says "30 Rock'''s next season will be its last.
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Jury in Hudson family slayings case requests video
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:36PM May 10, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Jurors deliberating in the case of the man charged with murdering Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew asked Friday to re-watch video footage shown during the trial.
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AP source: Britney Spears in as 'X Factor' judge
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:26PM May 10, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is coming to the rescue of Fox's "The X Factor," the singing contest in search of a ratings boost.
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Dior exhibit traces 60 years of cinema
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:15PM May 10, 2012 CommentGRANVILLE, France (AP) — Going back to where it all began, a new exhibit in the childhood home of legendary designer Christian Dior in Normandy sheds new light on the house's huge contribution to the silver screen.
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Time cover shows mom breastfeeding 3-year-old
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:59PM May 10, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Shocking or no big deal? A woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son is the cover photo of this week's Time magazine for a story on "attachment parenting," and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.
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Cohen rolls into London in style for 'Dictator'
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:29PM May 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Sacha Baron Cohen rolled into London for the world premiere of "The Dictator" in style Thursday, standing in a bright orange Lamborghini flashing a replica golden pistol and dressed in a garish military uniform.
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A-list status isn't enough to drive perfume sales
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM May 10, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — To witness the odd power of celebrities at the fragrance counter, look no further than two of today's top women's perfume stars: One is a teenage boy. The other, deceased.
