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Where the Wild Things Still Are: Bedtime Rituals
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Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak stands with a character from his book "Where the Wild Things Are."
NEW YORK (AP) — The claws and teeth of wild things are a near-nightly affair at bedtime for Gregg Svingen's 2-year-old, Tessa. She raises a tiny index finger and issues a clear and forceful "Be still!" to knock Maurice Sendak's monsters into shape.
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Asia's superrich build their own art museums
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:46AM May 09, 2012 CommentHONG KONG (AP) — Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche.
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'The Voice' crowns second-season champion
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:21PM May 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jermaine Paul was front and center on "The Voice."
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Bronzed NJ mom inspires 'tanorexic' action figure
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:28PM May 08, 2012 CommentOXFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut novelty company is selling a "tanorexic" action figure based on a deeply tanned New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter in a tanning booth.
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Violin instructor Totenberg dies in Mass. at 101
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:23PM May 08, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Roman Totenberg, a violin instructor from Poland whose nine-decade career featured concert performances before kings and presidents and helped produce dozens of accomplished musicians, has died at age 101.
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Coroner: Valium, alcohol killed painter Kinkade
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:17PM May 08, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artist Thomas Kinkade died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription tranquilizers, but his heart had grown so enlarged he had been vulnerable to a fatal heart attack at any point, according to a detailed autopsy report released Tuesday.
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'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:02PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.
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Broadway's 'How to Succeed in Business' to close
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:43PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Nick Jonas tried hard but couldn't keep Broadway's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" in business.
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'Laugh-In' co-creator Digby Wolfe dies at 82
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:10PM May 08, 2012 CommentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Digby Wolfe, the comedy writer who co-created the 1960s variety show "Laugh-In," has died. He was 82.
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Recalling Sendak's 'dark and clear-eyed view'
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:36PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak's closest friends gathered in his hospital room — playwright Tony Kushner, authors Brian Selznick and Gregory Maguire. Kushner brought jellybeans, while Maguire placed a picture of Lewis Carroll on the table beside Sendak's bed.
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NY judge OKs model, billionaire child support deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:48PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Linda Evangelista and a French billionaire, saying they were pleased to end a public fight over paying their 5-year-old's expenses, on Tuesday got a judge's approval for a confidential child-support deal.
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Utah trial over actor Gary Coleman's estate ends
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM May 08, 2012 CommentPROVO, Utah (AP) — It's now up to a Utah judge to decide whether Gary Coleman's ex-wife or an ex-girlfriend is entitled to the late child TV star's estate.
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Vastly different audiences for favorite TV shows
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Voice" are the most popular prime-time shows on their networks. Last week illustrated how they have very different audiences.
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Maurice Sendak remembered by authors, celebrities
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:47PM May 08, 2012 CommentMaurice Sendak was not interested in being loved. His curmudgeonly persona became as much a part of his legend as his famed book, "Where the Wild Things Are." But loved he was. The death on Tuesday of the author and illustrator who revolutionized children's books prompted an outpouring from authors and other celebrities roaring their terrible roars.
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Rapper G. Dep gets 15 to life in '93 NYC shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — When rapper G. Dep turned himself in for a nearly 2-decade-old shooting, he told police he wanted to clear his conscience.
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Rita Ora: 'R.I.P' to rumors she's dating Drake
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:51PM May 08, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Jay-Z's protege Rita Ora says she's not dating Drake, they're just good friends.
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AP Photos: Met Gala red carpet
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:09AM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The red carpet is the main show at the annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, and ascending the famous stairs is not something seasoned style veteran Sarah Jessica Parker takes lightly.
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Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma share Swedish music prize
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:41AM May 08, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have won the 2012 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most prestigious award for musicians.
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Investors buy CBGB name, plan NYC music festival
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:11AM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The legendary punk-rock club CBGB closed six years ago. But now a group of investors has bought the assets of the club and plans to establish a CBGB music festival in various New York City venues this summer.
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A look at celebrity child support payments
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:57AM May 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Linda Evangelista and billionaire French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault have reached a settlement in their child support fight over the care of their 5-year-old son. Details weren't available, but Evangelista had said in court papers that she was spending $46,000 a month on his expenses, including bodyguards and a 24-hour nanny.
