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Hulu announces new series from Seth Meyers
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:03PM April 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Hulu is adding to its growing slate of original programming, including a new animated series from Seth Meyers that will translate his experiences on "Saturday Night Live" to a gang of superheroes.
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Martha Stewart's recipe for a new PBS cooking show
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:29PM April 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Martha Stewart is cooking up a culinary master class for public television.
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American film to take center stage at Cannes
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:54AM April 19, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — American movies are taking center stage at the Cannes Film Festival, with a fistful of U.S. films and stars including Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in the 2012 line up announced Thursday.
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Russian court extends jail time for punk rockers
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:27AM April 19, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Three female punk rockers who mocked Vladimir Putin in a surprise protest inside Russia's main Orthodox church will be kept in jail, a Moscow court ruled Thursday.
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Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13AM April 19, 2012 CommentSYDNEY (AP) — Greg Ham, a musician with the iconic Australian band Men at Work, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday, Australian reports said.
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Clark Fortune Estimated in 'Hundreds of Millions'
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In this undated file photo released by ABC, Dick Clark hosts the New Year's eve special from New York's Times Square.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark married music and television long before "American Idol." But his legacy extends well beyond the persona of the laid-back host of "American Bandstand" whose influence can still be seen on TV today.
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AP writer recalls appearance on 'Bandstand'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:51AM April 19, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The photo is over a half century old but the colors miraculously have not faded. The smiles of young Dick Clark and me are as bright as the day it was taken. Neither the treasured photo nor Dick Clark ever seemed to age.
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Celebrities react to the death of Dick Clark
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:44PM April 18, 2012 Comment (1)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reaction to the death Wednesday of entertainment icon Dick Clark:
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Lawsuit claims 'Bachelor' show discriminates
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:20PM April 18, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two black men are taking "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.
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Beyond 'Bandstand': Clark's career highlights
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:07PM April 18, 2012 Comment1952: Moves to Philadelphia from his native New York, joins radio station WFIL as a disc jockey.
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Dick Clark's biggest impact was personal
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:34PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — He showed us how to dance, what music to listen to, and gave us something to do on New Year's Eve.
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AP PHOTOS: Dick Clark, America's top pop host
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02PM April 18, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — In his long career as host and producer, Dick Clark was the TV connection between pop music, its stars and eager fans. With camera-friendly, forever-youthful good looks and a broadcaster's poise, Clark held court on "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve."
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Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom gets Current TV gig
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:19PM April 18, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting a new platform for sharing his made-in-San Francisco values — a national cable television talk show.
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Author faces civil suit over 'Three Cups of Tea'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM April 18, 2012 CommentGREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Regardless of whether claims are true that author Greg Mortenson fabricated portions of "Three Cups of Tea," neither he nor his publisher can be held liable because the First Amendment protects exaggerations or lies in memoirs, his publisher's attorney said Wednesday.
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America's New Year's host Dick Clark dead at 82
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM April 18, 2012 Comment (1)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the New Year's Eve countdown from Times Square, has died. He was 82.
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Kitty Kelley writes 'heartwarming' text on Kennedy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:47PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Kitty Kelley's next book project will be "heartwarming." Promise.
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New York City Opera returns to City Center in 2013
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Opera will return to its roots at New York City Center in March after a 48-year absence, splitting the 2012-13 season between its former home and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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'Smash' star Christian Borle plays a loopy pirate
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — To properly play a pirate, Christian Borle has appropriately been stealing.
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Spanish king apologizes for elephant hunting trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30AM April 18, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, Spain's king apologized Wednesday for having gone elephant-hunting in Africa while everyday people endure a severe economic crisis.
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Police arrest guard, recover Tom Petty guitars
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:41PM April 17, 2012 CommentCULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — It was a heartbreaker for Tom Petty and the band when someone stole five of their precious guitars from a soundstage, but it was music to their ears when police in Southern California announced Tuesday that the instruments had been recovered and a security guard was under arrest.
