We know picking the perfect present can be rough, that's why we've put together our own gift guide of pop culture goodies.
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Lambert: "I'm hoping people were entertained. For those who weren't, maybe I'm not their cup of tea."
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As any husband or wife who has picked the wrong kind of spousal Christmas present knows -- a gym membership, for example, instead of a...
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Sure, the guys performed on the show Sunday evening, but it was the women who blazed.
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He could be released from a Zurich jail any time now after Swiss justice officials said they would immediately comply with a court's...
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The item, called the "Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia," was expected to bring in $50,000.
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A look at this year's down-and-out stinkers.
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The young country-pop singer adds five AMAs to her trophy collection. Michael Jackson receives four awards posthumously.
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An insider's view of the rivalry.
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James Cameron and the team are hoping for a similar sort of synergy with her recording of "I See You."
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The perfect presents for Muggles, Trekkies and fanboys.
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Oh, to be young and famous. It's a common fantasy. But are the kids' networks going overboard with it in shows?
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Thanksgiving is the greatest day of the year for true TV lovers. Here's what's worth watching.
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A powerhouse voice, a cover-girl face, a centerfold body, a clever and alluring personality -- can a singer ever hope to be the 'total...
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Although Thanksgiving isn't traditionally a rock 'n' roll holiday there are a couple of strong music options over the next few days, at...
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is poised to break its second box office record in a single day.
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The young actress goes from 'Gossip Girl' to some hard facts of life in her role in Rebecca Miller's 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.'
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On a dare, an entertainment reporter steps into the shoes (and sultry zebra dress) of a 'Dancing With the Stars' contestant. In a grueling...
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No matter which side of the Great Adam Lambert Debate of 2009 you fall on, there's something here for you.
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Before the uber-drama makeup, costumes and flashy dance routines.
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Picking a holiday gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the shopping stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated...
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Oprah's big announcement, "New Moon's" blockbuster success, Chris Brown's gold star and more.
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He's an import by all measures, he certainly got into the Thanksgiving spirit this week.
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In "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," opening Friday, the title character finds herself at a crossroads, bristling at the rather staid, low-...
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He took it down to his rocker essentials -- the band, the leather pants, the lyrics, the makeup, the voice.
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The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker wrote and directed the 1989 blockbuster musical fairy tale "The Little Mermaid,"...
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Distractions, distractions, distractions. That was the theme of the latest "Glee."
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"I've always wanted to be a global filmmaker," John Woo said in an interview at his Manhattan hotel last month.
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Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, football and Fizbo?
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The writer had been dismissed as an eccentric with 'horrible' style and a hacky, regional view. Now, the much-anticipated film 'The Road,'...
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Her profile raised considerably with "Twilight," but it's Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" that has critics and audiences finally taking full...
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At once a punch-drunk love letter to the expressive possibilities of wine and a boozy rant against clubby wine-world politics, Jonathan...
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Also: "Angels & Demons," "Four Christmases," "Gomorrah" and more.
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The 30-year-old son of Roger Penske has been quietly building an online business since 2004, now including veteran journalist Bonnie Fuller'...
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Before signing on to star as the lead detective in CBS' missing-persons drama "Cold Case," Kathryn Morris was courted by Steven Spielberg...
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"Old Dogs," "Ninja Assassin" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" don't seem to be a challenge to the supernatural love story.
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Even before it opens later this week, Disney's new animated feature, "The Princess and the Frog," is already considered something of a...
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Always one of the more controversial categories, best new artist remains, perhaps, the most difficult Grammy field to get just right. The...
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Can a bench tell a story?
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Donny Osmond beat out fellow competitors Mya and Kelly Osbourne to emerge as Season 9's "Dancing With the Stars" champion.
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He loosens up on appearances on '30 Rock' and 'Saturday Night Live.' And it hasn't hurt him in the ratings.
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As evidenced by Miley Cyrus just a few months ago, a little controversy rarely hurts in the sales department.
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Oprah Winfrey told her audience Friday that she had made up her mind to end her hit daytime talk show in September 2011 "after much prayer...
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While we support Rachelle Lefevre's moving on after her "Twilight Saga" firing as evil vampire Victoria, we detect a note of sour grapes...
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Saying she made her decision after "much prayer," Oprah Winfrey tearfully told viewers this morning she is ending her show next year at...
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A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic...
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This modern era of moviemaking has plenty of peculiar challenges for actors.
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No apologies and a visit from Mom.
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They were 99.9% sure they were going to love it.
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Spotify is a program similar to iTunes that lets users listen to just about any song on demand. For free.
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Pamm Fair, deputy national executive director of the Screen Actors Guild, is resigning.
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The most animated act (think: Adult Swim) grabs the spotlight at a metal mash.
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The hand-drawn animated Disney film set in jazz-soaked 1920s New Orleans is a refreshing, lively version of the fairy tale.
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Also reviewed and opening this weekend: "The Messenger" and "La Danse."
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For nearly a century, the Anti-Defamation League has stared unflinchingly into the dark corners of America's social psyche -- the places...
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The singer wasn't onboard.
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Adam Lambert has taken the better part of a year to unfold his shiny wings on national television. He finally took flight Sunday on the...
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She said she was only going to host the show. See what happens when you try to keep someone from doing what they love?
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The films will be hand-cranked and there will be live music accompanying the silent pictures. One night will feature Mary Pickford films.
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The 'Idol' runner-up goes for it all in his major label debut, with the help of the Hollywood pop A-list. The results are mixed, but never a...
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The film, which stars Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic is called "Beginners," and features the city prominently.
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Oprah Winfrey's decision to walk away from her daytime talk show after 25 years when her contract expires in 2011 will have a ripple...
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"Our manifesto was to make our show the representation of Southern California style," explains Frank Helmer, "90210's" costume designer.
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Edward and Bella's latest bite at the box office looks like it will be the second biggest of 2009.
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The fall finale served as a perfect wrap-up of the first act of "V" and was just the thing to whet viewers' appetites for the nine remaining...
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It was a strong finale, but did the right designer win?
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Pop idol Adam Lambert kissed a man on national television on Sunday night. Now ABC has given Lambert the kiss-off, and CBS has embraced him.
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It's not easy being on late-night television.
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In "Ninja Assassin," which is numbingly gory when it isn't just plain numbing, the assassin Raizo, played by Korean pop star and budding...
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My acquaintance with Ruth Seymour over the years had been fleeting. But inevitably when I saw the KCRW radio general manager, it would...
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"Me and Orson Welles" is a frothy backstage pass, courtesy of director Richard Linklater, to the early days of the great director (that...
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And would you bring a friend?
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"Wild Hogs," "Old Dogs" -- what's next, "Bumps on Logs"? Truly, I would rather watch John Travolta and Robin Williams sitting on a tree...
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When it comes to a snub of a much-ballyhooed film, the Academy has never managed to make more people happier.
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Clear out all those books on tape. Mel Brooks' and Carl Reiner's "The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History" was released Tuesday, just in...
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The not-shy star had a naked, ranting meltdown Wednesday night on her UStream channel.
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Here's a little unexpected holiday gift from the Muppets Studio, and it's arriving at just the right moment.
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Famed photographer Mark Seliger shot the 17-year-old, who plays a beefed-up Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," in Malibu.
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Sandra Bullock and newcomer Quinton Aaron have a warm and winning chemistry in director John Lee Hancock's fact-based story of a football-...
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The newest additions to the roster of Grammy Hall of Fame recordings remind music fans that "a kiss is still a kiss," "I wish they all could...
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Perhaps Levi Johnston refused to show his full monty in Playgirl because he's saving it for the big screen?
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Daniel Day-Lewis and the cast open up about their new musical.
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Rehearsals started today for the American Music Awards and the first to test out the mammoth stage at Nokia Theatre was Adam Lambert.
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Although his Fox series "Dollhouse" is no more, Joss Whedon has a reason to celebrate.
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Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Justin Long can't rescue this animated tale.
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Lady Gaga went on "The Jay Leno Show" on Monday night, with the host proclaiming in an interview with the artist that she is "kinda...
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Liked Green Day's "21 Guns" but thought it lacked a certain -- how shall we say? -- pizazz?
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The 20-year veteran of the entertainment industry, who began her career in Los Angeles, is known for building Disney Channel Latin America...
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Drawn to another man-in-crisis story, director Werner Herzog delivers a darkly delicious tale in which Nicolas Cage is positively reptilian.
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The characters appear calm and in control, but that's sort of the premise: The "perfect life" can hide many dramatic, decadent and desperate...
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A little singing, a little dancing from the performer in his first local show since his sentencing.
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If you were hoping to catch Adam Lambert performing on "Good Morning America" this Wednesday, or maybe even see the free concert in person...
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"Everybody who plays leaves with something," says retired New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson in the documentary "Blood Equity" but,...
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Barack and Michelle Obama will host the first state dinner, and we have a leaked guest list.
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Bodies in motion tend to remain in motion, but almost never with the heart-stirring beauty and grace on view in Frederick Wiseman's...
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Conservative bloggers have attacked the movie for one small joke made at the expense of George W. Bush.
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After a slow start in front of a skeptical audience, the second-season sitcom has become a critical favorite under series creators Greg...
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It's going to be a tough wait for new episodes (slated to reappear on the schedule beginning sometime in March), especially after this week'...
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"This is the last time you'll ever see me," Edward Cullen says to Bella Swan. As if.
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"All of the technology in this pioneering film is used in a story about the human heart."
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In last night's finale, Nicole Fox toppled Laura Kirkpatrick, the bubbly waitress from Stanford, Ken., to become the newest "Top Model."
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Complaints poured in Monday about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards, including criticism of his...
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Currently recording with members of the Black Angels, Hunt is on track to break out of a bit role on "Friday Night Lights" -- if she's...
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Summit Entertainment's estimates of how many filmgoers outside North America saw "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was low. Way low.
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Nice girls can finish first (and second).
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Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas, U2 or Green Day?
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Last week, at the precise moment on screen that millions of screaming, tanned Angelenos tumbled down into a mile-deep cataclysmic crack in...
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At this early point on the derby track, the race for best actress looks like a matchup between Gabby Sidibe ("Precious") and Carry...
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A federal judge in Los Angeles granted Capitol Records' request for a preliminary injunction today against a San Jose-based website that had...
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It's easy to understand musician Dhani Harrison's antipathy toward the general concept of being in a rock band. After all, he got loads of...
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Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael...
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Why hasn't the talented director made a movie since his second feature, "The Alamo," arrived way back in 2004?
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Keeping the tradition of awkward turtle moments alive, Finn serenades the sonogram of the lil' bundle of joy, and his mom walks in.
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With strong word of mouth and box office, "The Blind Side" could be an awards season underdog.
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Executives working with the film are prepared for comparisons, but they're confident that the adventure has plenty of his own unique magic...
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The Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon admires the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino and readily acknowledges that "Kill Bill" influenced Kim's own...
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The "Once" couple's romantic relationship is off, but their musical partnership plays on.
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Judging by the arc of her still-young career, Rihanna is not what you'd call a "girl's girl."
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Watching old westerns is not something I would ever do when I am well, but when sick, I am looking for cinematic comfort food.
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Since she first raised her arms in what now seems like a blessing on the talent show "Britain's Got Talent," revealing herself as the new...
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Seymour, the longtime general manager of public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9), announced today she is retiring after more than three...
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Adam Lambert gives an ultra-lewd performance, J. Lo falls, Janet Jackson sings her greatest hits and more.
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At 6 feet 8, Quinton Aaron is not hard to spot in a room but he sure isn't easy to hear. The 25-year-old tips the scales at 372 pounds after...
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The thirtysomething crooner speaks on the perils of celebrity courtship.
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She hasn't seen the movies and won't see the movies, so there.
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Speculation that the Recording Academy would consider changing its eligibility rules for the best new artist category was shot down this...
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The Emmy Awards, which are usually held in the middle of September, will move next year to Aug. 29, executives announced Wednesday.
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The initial release will include an "experience": games, actresses dressed as Disney princesses, props, and other activities.
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The UK native and industry veteran has helmed numerous major live events since the late '90s, including the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Amid the Adam Lambert hoopla over last night's American Music Awards, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer's professionalism and Jennifer's smashing...
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Michael White replaces former chief executive Chase Carey, who was named chief operating officer of News Corp.
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The composer will reunite with "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman.
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After tweeting for a few days that she was feeling under the weather, Nicole Richie has checked herself into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for...
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Having managed to woo Oprah Winfrey away from her lucrative daytime television platform in 2011 after 25 years, Discovery Communications CEO...
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The California Energy Commission votes 5-0 in favor of the nation's first efficiency regulations for televisions of up to 58 inches sold...
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Chairman Rich Ross has begun restructuring operations and set in motion a plan that could pit the film unit against business partners.
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There's no denying the gentle power of British import Leona Lewis' voice.
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The music director for Michael Jackson's ill-fated comeback tour now heads up the music on George Lopez's new TBS talk show.
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"DWTS" revealed the final three couples and those left standing on the ballroom floor were somewhat surprising.
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If there's a guaranteed white elephant gift this holiday season, it's the 132-page book "How to be Famous" by Heidi Montag and Spencer...
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Without a hit or even an album, Nick Jonas is getting a prime-time, Grammy-endorsed unveiling for his new band, Nick Jonas and the...
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The supernatural film earned the third-biggest domestic debut of all time, while"The Blind Side" and "Precious" are also strong performers.
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Mortensen talks about playing a father in the post-apocalyptic 'The Road.'
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Emily and Sarah Kunstler's father was William Kunstler, the civil rights attorney best known for representing the Chicago Seven antiwar...
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The actress found playing a full-blown romantic operative in 'Up in the Air' pretty exciting. And tricky.
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How Gandalf lost an Oscar and other tight races.
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People magazine has released its annual list of the 100 Sexiest Men Alive, with Johnny Depp taking the lead as THE sexiest man alive in...
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