Celebrities
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‘The Hobbit’ holds off ‘Anchorman 2’ with $31.5MDec 22, 2013 5:09 pm - NEW YORK — On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box office, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” held off a very different sequel, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues....
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Harry Shearer’s ‘Le Show’ marks 30 years on radioDec 22, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — You know Harry Shearer from “The Simpsons,” voicing Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and so many of its other cartoon characters. Yo...
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The past year was a wild, wacky and tacky affairDec 20, 2013 3:48 pm - This year, Hollywood reminded us of one long Kanye West rant — somewhat intelligible yet completely nonsensical; intriguing but annoying; and something you wanted to ign...
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Nigella Lawson’s ex-assistants acquitted of fraudDec 20, 2013 7:51 am - LONDON — Two former assistants to Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband were acquitted of fraud Friday, capping a trial where allegations of unauthorized employee spending o...
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Usher says Bieber’s mishaps are part of growing upDec 20, 2013 5:31 am - LOS ANGELES — Usher says though Justin Bieber had a wild year, people shouldn’t count the pop singer out just yet. “I mean more money more problems,” the R&B singer said...
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Couric’s talk show to end after this seasonDec 19, 2013 7:30 pm - NEW YORK — Katie Couric is calling it quits on her weekday talk show as she heads to Yahoo. Couric and Disney-ABC, which produces the syndicated “Katie” show, said Thurs...
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Jury finds portrait of Fawcett belongs to O’NealDec 19, 2013 7:23 pm - LOS ANGELES — For most of the last 33 years, an Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett has hung in the home of her longtime lover, Ryan O’Neal, and a jury’s verdict Thur...
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Hiddleston wows critics in London ‘Coriolanus’Dec 18, 2013 5:57 pm - LONDON — Tom Hiddleston has gone from the theater to “Thor” and back again. The British actor has returned to his classical stage roots with an acclaimed starring role i...
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‘Billy Jack’ creator Tom Laughlin dead at age 82Dec 15, 2013 8:05 pm - NEW YORK — Actor-writer-director Tom Laughlin, whose production and marketing of “Billy Jack” set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, has died. Laughlin...
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'Lawrence of Arabia' star Peter O'Toole dead at 81Dec 15, 2013 12:00 pm - LONDON — Known on the one hand for his starring role in “Lawrence of Arabia,” leading tribesmen in daring attacks across the desert wastes, and on the other for his head...