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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival....
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Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools....
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Stone Temple Pilots sue ex-frontman Scott Weiland
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band's name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group's name or songs....
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Calif. teen takes supermodel to prom
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date....
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Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'
CANNES, France (AP) -- Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant."...
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AP NewsAlert
PHOENIX (AP) -- Judge finds Arizona sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols....
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Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment....
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Rare Superman comic found in house insulation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota....
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NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans
NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state....
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Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged
NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends....
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Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light....
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Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
CANNES, France (AP) -- For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."...
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Man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence's kin
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents....
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Kid Rock, Rolling Stones on scalping, summer tours
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kid Rock is a scalper....
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With hits, Demi Lovato radio-ready with 4th album
NEW YORK (AP) -- Before achieving back-to-back radio hits with "Give Your Heart a Break" and "Heart Attack," Demi Lovato wondered why she had yet to find her breakthrough on the radio....
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Jersey shore reopens for 1st post-Sandy summer
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun....
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Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers....
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At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise
CANNES, France (AP) -- The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement....
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Tony-nominee David Rockwell reveals his first love
NEW YORK (AP) -- One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes....
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JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'
CANNES, France (AP) -- J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes....
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