Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail w ...
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New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It coul ...
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Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- First it was books. Now it's DVDs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books l ...
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Killers slay audiences with live show experience
By JOHN CARUCCI
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the Killers started out, they wanted to raise a ruckus like their favorite rock stars did on the road: Frontman Brandon Flowers heard of the legendary exploits of Led Zeppelin and Da ...
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Rihanna: Going back to Brown after beating 'wrong'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rihanna said Thursday that she regrets going back to ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he left her bruised and battered during a February assault, warning other women facing domestic violence to not let themselves become blinded by ...
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Comedian Mo'Nique gets serious in 'Precious'
By MESFIN FEKADU
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mo'Nique likes to laugh. A lot.
So the comedian knew she would be taking on a tough mental challenge when she decided to play the role of Mary Jones -- the vicious, abusive mother in the c ...
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Big Bird's still huge as 'Sesame Street' hits 40
By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street!
That's what he decides on the "Sesame Street" season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat ("habitat," the episo ...
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Sykes, Lopez bring new colors to late-night TV
By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In the blink of an eye, late-night TV is shifting from a white men's club to the start of a rainbow coalition.
Wanda Sykes' weekly Fox comedy show debuts 11 p.m. EST Saturday, followed by G ...
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Palin book tour to start Nov. 18
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base.
No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on ...
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'Dancing with the Stars' celeb slate slimmed by 2
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos have been booted from the ballroom.
The football player and TV personality were eliminated Tuesday from "Dancing with the Stars." Irvin failed to capt ...
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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.
The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sa ...
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Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father
By WILLIAM FOREMAN
Associated Press Writer
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel -- the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late fat ...
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Review: 'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagin ...
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Rod Stewart realizes dream recording with Smokey
By NATALIE ROTMAN
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in son ...
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Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith were ordered Friday to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years a ...
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