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Dessay bows out of Met 'Traviata' in mid-opera
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:55AM April 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Natalie Dessay needed a relief soprano at the Metropolitan Opera.
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NYC photo exhibit captures Warhol as young artist
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02PM April 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Andy Warhol once predicted 15 minutes of fame for everyone.
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:47AM April 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics.
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Willie Nelson unveils statue of himself on 4/20
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24AM April 21, 2012 CommentAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Country music legend Willie Nelson helped unveil a statue honoring him in downtown Austin by singing his new song "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" on Friday, a date long reserved to celebrate marijuana use.
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'American Idol' Taylor Hicks to launch Vegas show
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:24AM April 21, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — "American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks is getting his own short-term show on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Ted Nugent agrees to plead guilty in illegal kill
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:19AM April 21, 2012 Comment (1)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rocker and wildlife hunter Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska.
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Manhattan Project scientist Cowan dies at 92
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:44PM April 20, 2012 CommentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Devoted to finding a way for science to help society, not much escaped the influence of chemist George Cowan. From the Manhattan Project and the hunt for evidence of the Soviet Union's first nuclear tests, to the Santa Fe Institute and the iconic Santa Fe Opera, friends recalled the fruits of his visionary ways.
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Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03PM April 20, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Zac Efron isn't finding much luck with the critics as his latest film, "The Lucky One," opens to pretty poor reviews.
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Disney studio chief quits after 'John Carter' bomb
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:51PM April 20, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney movie studio boss Rich Ross stepped down on Friday, taking the fall for at least a couple of over-budgeted bombs as Hollywood shies away from taking risks on big blockbusters.
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Hundreds gather for Hitchens memorial
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:49PM April 20, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — No one smoked or drank on stage during the memorial for Christopher Hitchens, although one overhead picture featured a cigarette drooping from his mouth. And few of the speakers swore, unless quoting from their departed friend.
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Louis-Dreyfus is 1 heartbeat away in HBO comedy
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10PM April 20, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — One of the ways Julia Louis-Dreyfus prepared for her role as Vice President Selina Meyer in the new HBO comedy "Veep" was to study how to answer questions in a public setting by not really answering them.
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Author Stephen Covey injured in bicycle accident
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:30PM April 20, 2012 CommentSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Motivational speaker and author Stephen R. Covey is recovering Friday in a Provo, Utah, hospital after being knocked unconscious the previous night in a bicycle accident.
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Officer appears in celebrity 'bling ring' movie
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:37AM April 20, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles police officer who solved the so-called "Bling Ring" celebrity break-ins case is playing himself in a movie about the investigation.
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Cybill Shepherd's back, and on the 'List'
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:35AM April 20, 2012 CommentBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — For Cybill Shepherd, her role on "The Client List" is all about happy endings.
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New Play Looks at WikiLeaks Source
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:59AM April 20, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — To some he's a traitor to his country, to others he's a free-speech hero.
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Last Book of Late Nobel Poet Hits Stores
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska hit bookstores in Poland on Friday and it sold out in several shops.
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Are Vinyl Records Hip? Popular Music Goes 'Old School'
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:15AM April 20, 2012 CommentCD - Never buy new
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Think Katy Perry and vinyl, and a hip-hugging dress might come to mind.
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Jonathan Frid, actor in "Dark Shadows", dies at 87
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:40AM April 20, 2012 Comment (4)TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows", has died. He was 87.
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Jamaicans pack a park to watch Marley documentary
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:37AM April 20, 2012 CommentKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Thousand reggae fans crowded a Kingston park late Thursday to watch a screening of a documentary about Bob Marley, the charismatic icon of reggae music who brought the Jamaican musical genre to every corner of the globe.
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Jason Crabb wins gospel music artist of the year
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:04AM April 20, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — Christian singer Jason Crabb might not have won all of the awards he was nominated under, but he certainly came away with the two most prominent categories for a male artist.
