Simon & Schuster holds back many spring e-books
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As the market quickens for "e-books," the schedule for their release is slowing down. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that the electronic editions for more than 30 works coming out in the first half of 2010...
WWII veteran had Hitler's art book on bookshelf
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After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close. Making his way through the...
Movie producer Tyler Perry's mother dies
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Movie producer Tyler Perry says his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, has died. His mother was 64. Tyler Perry announced the news of the Tuesday death on his Web site, where he thanked fans for their prayers. He did not say...
R. Kelly working on autobiography due in 2011
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R. Kelly is writing more chapters, only this time, it's not for his "Trapped" saga, but for a new memoir. The 42-year-old singer, writer and producer says in a statement issued Wednesday that he is working on an...
Brian Bonsall due in court for alleged assault
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A former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" is due in court in Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday. Twenty-eight-year-old Brian Bonsall was arrested after he allegedly got into a fight at an apartment...
Eastwood, Freeman back in saddle for `Invictus'
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Nelson Mandela made it clear that Morgan Freeman was the man he would want to play him in a film. When it came time to play Mandela in "Invictus," Freeman told producing partner Lori McCreary that he had two men in...
Charitable trust refiles `Dukes' royalties lawsuit
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A charitable trust set up by "The Dukes of Hazzard" creator has filed a new $15 million federal lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming the studio and its television production company shortchanged it on royalties...
NC county board reviews Aiken vote challenge
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Clay Aiken received a lot of votes as an "American Idol" contestant and eventual runner-up. Now, it's his lone vote that's drawing attention in North Carolina. The Wake County Board of Elections scheduled a meeting...
Hollywood depicts shining South African moment
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South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American...
Bruce Springsteen backs gay marriage in NJ
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"The Boss" is backing gay marriage in the Garden State. Bruce Springsteen posted a statement on his Web site urging support of the gay marriage bill that's up for a vote in New Jersey's Senate on Thursday. Springsteen...
FBI: Mich. pair tried to extort actor John Stamos
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Prosecutors have charged two people with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000. The actor's spokesman said Tuesday that the pictures were benign. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola...
Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction
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The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. Kerry Taylor Auctions says the Chantilly lace dress sold to an anonymous bidder for about $97,700. It...
Gervais says stars in for teasing at Golden Globes
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Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. "I want to host it a little bit more like someone from the Rat Pack...
Raphael drawing sells for $48M at UK auction
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A drawing by Raphael and a Rembrandt portrait have set records and together sold for almost 50 million pounds ($82 million) at an auction in London. Christie's auction house said Wednesday that Raphael's "Head of a...
Beyonce talking Vegas shows with Wynn, but no deal
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Wynn Las Vegas officials say they're in preliminary talks with Beyonce to bring the superstar singer back to the Las Vegas resort. Wynn Resorts spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne says there's no deal yet, despite published...
French rocker Hallyday hospitalized in LA
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France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for an infection following back surgery. A statement from his Paris press office says Hallyday, an entertainment icon for decades, is...
Depp promotes latest movie, but hasn't seen it
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Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie _ though he said he hadn't personally gone out to see it yet. Depp, in Tokyo for the Japan premiere of "Public Enemies," said Wednesday he was drawn to the movie...
Autopsy finds overdose killed Springsteen's cousin
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A medical examiner has found that the cousin of rock veteran Bruce Springsteen died from an accidental drug overdose. Kansas City television station KCTV reports that the autopsy results released Tuesday say...
Burglary reported at Nicky Hilton's LA home
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Police say they are investigating a burglary at the Los Angeles home of Nicky Hilton. Officer Gregory Baek says police were called Tuesday afternoon and were told that some unidentified items were missing from the...
Capsule reviews: `Invictus' and others
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Invictus" _ Clint Eastwood's latest is a sports film less about what's on the playing field than what's happening in the stands. It's the story of South Africa's sea change...
Review: `Lovely Bones' trades soul for spectacle
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Odd as it sounds, Peter Jackson needed to come down to Earth a bit more in "The Lovely Bones," his adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-seller about a murdered girl looking back on her life from beyond. The visionary...
LA Opera gets $14M emergency loan from LA County
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The Los Angeles Opera will get a $14 million emergency loan from Los Angeles County, allowing it to keep paying its expenses through the middle of next year. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-to-1 Tuesday to approve the...
Leo Wolinsky named editor of Daily Variety
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Former Los Angeles Times editor Leo Wolinsky has been named editor of Daily Variety. Variety Group editor Tim Gray announced Wolinsky's hiring Tuesday. Wolinsky will be responsible for editorial content in the New...
Ansel Adams `Moonrise' print sold for $360K in NYC
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A 1948 print of Ansel Adams' iconic photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" has sold for $360,000 at an auction in New York City. Swann Auction Galleries said the rare print was bought Tuesday by a U.S. collector...
Raphael drawing sells for about $48M at UK auction
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Auctioneer Christie's says that a drawing by Raphael has sold for about 29.2 million pounds (about $47.5 million). Christie's says the Italian virtuoso's work has won one of the highest prices ever paid for an Old...
Edward Albee's 'Me, Myself & I' sets NY premiere
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The New York premiere of a play by Edward Albee will open the 40th anniversary season of off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons. Artistic director Tim Sanford says "Me, Myself & I" will begin performances in August...
Publisher of Obama's 'Audacity of Hope' steps down
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The publisher of President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope" has stepped down. Jenny Frost, who as head of the Crown Publishing Group oversaw the release of the million-selling 2006 book, left Wednesday,...
CBS cancels another daytime drama
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Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the World Turns" stop spinning. The network announced the...
FBI: Mich. pair tried to extort actor John Stamos
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Prosecutors have charged two people with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000. The actor's spokesman said Tuesday that the pictures were benign. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola...
Rudolph's the man for TV audience
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When it comes to holiday TV traditions, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has it all over the Grinch, a Rockefeller Center tree lighting and half-naked women selling lingerie. The annual TV return of Rudolph, on CBS...
Top 20 prime-time TV programs
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. NFL Football: Minnesota at Arizona," NBC, 20.89 million. 2. "Desperate Housewives,"...
Travis Barker settles suit over plane crash
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Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a plane crash in South Carolina last year that killed four people, attorneys said Tuesday. Barker was one of two survivors...
Jamaica PM asks 2 rival deejays to end violence
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Two of Jamaica's most popular deejays sat down in the prime minister's office Tuesday, a rare face-to-face meeting between warring musicians whose rivalry police say promotes violence. Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction
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The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. Kerry Taylor Auctions says the Chantilly lace dress sold to an anonymous bidder for 60,000 pounds...
Beyonce talking Vegas shows with Wynn, but no deal
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Wynn Las Vegas officials say they're in preliminary talks with Beyonce to bring the superstar singer back to the Las Vegas resort. Wynn Resorts spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne says there's no deal yet, despite published...
Gervais says stars in for teasing at Golden Globes
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Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. "I want to host it a little bit more like someone from the Rat Pack...
CBS chief says advertisers paying 25 percent more
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CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that advertisers are now paying 25 percent more for TV commercial time than they did in the spring. Moonves' comments, at a UBS media conference in New York, came a day after...
Critics applaud women in La Scala's 'Carmen'
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If the critics are right, La Scala's production of Bizet's "Carmen" could well give new force to the role of women in Italian opera. They cited Sicilian-born Emma Dante's "truthful" and "concentrated" staging coupled...
Correction: `SNL' Christmas special story
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In a Dec. 7 story about a planned Christmas special by "Saturday Night Live," The Associated Press misspelled a cast member's first name. Her name is Kristen Wiig, not Kristin. ...
ABC in talks with Cuomo for `20/20'
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ABC News' Chris Cuomo is likely to move to the nighttime newsmagazine "20/20" as its co-host. A network executive who spoke on condition of anonymity because the executive was not authorized to talk about hiring said...
SC first lady: I wouldn't have stood with governor
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Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine...
Topless photo of Polanski, Tate auctioned in NYC
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A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder has sold at a New York City auction for just over $11,000. The black and white portrait by British photographer...
Elton will support Ukrainian boy he can't adopt
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Elton John's partner says the musician was devastated that he wasn't allowed to adopt an HIV-positive Ukrainian toddler, but plans to support the boy anyway. The 62-year-old pop star met 14-month-old Lev at a home for...
Ex-manager of The Fray fires back over lawsuit
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A former manager of The Fray says the band owes his company more than $750,000 in commission and expenses. The band's hits include "How to Save a Life." A lawsuit is pending in federal court in Denver against Gregg...
'Family Ties' actor arrested after Colo. assault
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Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado. Police said Monday that 28-year-old Brian Bonsall got into a fight at an apartment...
`Boom Boom Pow,' Kings of Leon CD top 2009 iTunes
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The Kings of Leon are the kings of the iTunes album charts for 2009. The Nashville, Tenn., rock group have the top-selling CD with "Only by the Night." They are followed by the "Twilight" soundtrack, Lady Gaga's "The...
With familiarity, Letterman jokes about Woods
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David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show" on Monday, joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice. Even though the CBS late night...
CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama drops cautious arts policy
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In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades _ despite a few stumbles. Though still far less than arts advocates contend is needed, they have high hopes...
Wiig to host `SNL' Christmas special as Gilly
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Kristin Wiig's recurring character Gilly might not seemed filled with holiday cheer, yet NBC is turning to her to host a "Saturday Night Live" Christmas special. "SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas" will air Dec. 17...
Review: Eastwood continues streak with `Invictus'
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"Invictus" is a sports film that is more about what's happening in the stands than on the playing field. It's South Africa in 1990 and change _ as seen in the first scene of the film _ is literally coming down the...