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Pop psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
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Barbara Walters makes retirement plansMay 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Barbara Walters said Monday that retirement from her epochal television career is near, but it’s not happening right away. Walters, who began in television news as a “Today” girl in 1961, became the medium’s best-known interviewer and invented a daytime talk show at an age many people would be going fishing, said on “The View” that she will step away from the camera next summer.
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‘Idol’ judges drama upstaging competition May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
All is not well on TV's once dominant "American Idol," despite a shake-up at the beginning of this season that was supposed to rejuvenate the aging Fox talent competition. Instead, the drama continues to cast a shadow over the series, right up to Thursday's coronation of "Idol's" 12th season champion. A trio of chart-topping new faces on this season's panel was supposed to breathe new life into "Idol." With reported paychecks of $18 million for Mariah Carey, $12 million for Niki Minaj and $6 million for Keith Urban, there hasn't been a return on the investment.
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‘Gatsby’ gives ‘Iron Man 3’ a run for its money May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
"The Great Gatsby" partied like it was the Roaring 20s with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster "Iron Man 3." Studio estimates Sunday put Leonard DiCaprio's "Gatsby" at No. 2 behind Robert Downey Jr.'s superhero sequel, which pulled in $72.5 million domestically to raise its total to $284.9 million after just 10 days in U.S. theaters.
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Hawn, Hudson talk mother-daughter beauty May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
When Kate Hudson first burst onto the scene with the movie "Almost Famous," her uncanny resemblance to her mother Goldie Hawn had everybody talking. Hudson didn't see it. But now that she's a mother herself, the 34-year-old actress says she treasures the comparison.
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Boone says Drury Lane shows among his last May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Pat Boone is saying hello — and goodbye — to local audiences. The legendary artist, famous for his clean-cut image and white buck shoes, plays the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace for the first time Monday and Tuesday. And the nearly 79-year old singer says he won't be back: "I have a strong feeling that this is my last time around."
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dead, but not forgotten May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revivals in literary history. F. Scott Fitzgerald is back on the big-screen with Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," a story adapted for film and television more than half a dozen times since the silent-movie era, when it was published to scant sales in 1925.
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‘Mammas’ a study in maternal instinct May 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Isabella Rossellini's search for the meaning of maternal instinct in "Mammas" looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that "anything goes."The program, timed to air on Mother's Day on the Sundance Channel, is just the latest offbeat offering from the model-actress, who gets in costume and plays the parts of the animals.
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Prince Harry, Missy Franklin launch Warrior Games May 11, 2013 12:00 AM
The visit to Colorado got underway Friday night when Harry charmed dozens of dignitaries, British expatriates, students and military officers at a cocktail party welcoming him to Colorado. He also joined the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday" to Franklin, a Coloradan who was celebrating turning 18 at a golf club south of Denver.She won four gold medals in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Mike Tyson to have his own cartoon series May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Adult Swim says it's turning Mike Tyson into a cartoon detective. The network announced a new animated series Friday called "Mike Tyson Mysteries" that will feature the retired boxing champ.
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Shakira on her post-baby body: ‘I look decent’ May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Colombian superstar Shakira is learning how to balance her demanding work schedule with being a new mom one day at a time. "It's part of motherhood you know," she said of juggling personal and professional life. "You got to figure it out as you go." The 36-year-old singer and her soccer star boyfriend Gerard Pique welcomed their first child, Milan Pique Mebarak, on Jan. 22.
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Prince Harry opens weeklong U.S. visit May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
For the prince, the tour in the halls of Congress was a world away from the Afghanistan war zone where he recently served for 20 weeks in an attack helicopter. It was just as far removed from his hijinks in a Las Vegas hotel room last year, when fuzzy photos got out of a naked Harry playing strip billiards.
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‘Young and Restless’ star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
CBS says soap opera star Jeanne Cooper has died. She was 84. A network spokeswoman said Cooper's family told the network of her death. Her son Corbin Bernsen's Facebook and Twitter accounts also said Cooper had died.
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Robert Redford to produce ‘Chicagoland’ series May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
CNN is planning an unscripted series about Chicago that will be executive-produced by Robert Redford. The eight-part series, "Chicagoland," will premiere in 2014.
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NPR host Peter Sagal hits the road May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Listeners to public radio's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" have the chance to connect host Peter Sagal's voice to his face — and brush up on the U.S. Constitution. For a monthlong PBS series, Sagal traveled cross-country to illuminate the original document and its 27 amendments that define America.
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Carrie Underwood to sing ‘Sunday Night Football’ theme May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Carrie Underwood will take over the theme song for "Sunday Night Football." After Faith Hill announced last month that she would not perform the intro for a seventh season, NBC is sticking to the formula of a female country music star. The network said Tuesday that Underwood will sing a new version of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night."
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Chris Christie to guest-host ‘Today’ show May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Gov. Chris Christie will guest-host the "Today" show later this month. NBC announced Tuesday that Christie will be a co-host for an hour of the May 24 show, which will broadcast from the Jersey shore as part of its "Great American Adventure" road trip. A location for the appearance has not been finalized.
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Sarah Brightman plans on upcoming space journey May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
If you called Sarah Brightman a space cadet, it would probably make her smile. That's because she plans on becoming the first recording artist to venture into space en route to the International Space Station sometime in the next two years. "It looks as if a special journey into space will be happening for me in a couple of years," said Brightman (she declined to say how much the trip will cost).
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Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.
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Will Downey suit up again after $175M ‘Iron Man 3’ haul? May 5, 2013 12:00 AM
“Iron Man 3” has raced to a worldwide total of $680.1 million. That includes $175.9 million in its second weekend overseas, where the film has rung up $504.8 million so far. But could the franchise survive without Robert Downey Jr.? “I honestly don’t know how you can go on with that character without Downey,” said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst with box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “I think he’s as important to this franchise and to Marvel as any actor is to any character.”
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