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Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:17am
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group....
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Rolling Stones exhibit opening in Cleveland

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:15am
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Over the years, curators at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum have occasionally had trouble coaxing reluctant stars to help put together major exhibitions. Not so with members of The Rolling Stones, who made time in their packed anniversary schedule to help....
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The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:14am
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:...
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Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 9:55am
CANNES, France (AP) -- Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food - appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty."...
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Darius Rucker rides 'Wagon Wheel' to top of charts

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 9:14am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Darius Rucker is a fan of Old Crow Medicine Show, but says he didn't really get what was so infectious about the string band's signature hit "Wagon Wheel" at first....
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Debbie Reynolds: We all knew Liberace was gay

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 3:45am
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances....
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Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:17am
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers....
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Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 11:17pm
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) -- Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94....
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Obama honors Carole King at White House concert

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:19pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times....
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Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 6:59pm
DALLAS (AP) -- Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential."...
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Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 6:09pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal....
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Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affair

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 6:02pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself....
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Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 5:42pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her....
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Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 4:45pm
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet....
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Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 3:28pm
CANNES, France (AP) -- To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas - how else? - with the flattery of his own mother....
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Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 2:19pm
CANNES, France (AP) -- Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost."...
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'Idol' winner rolling out debut album in July

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 1:32pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album....
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Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 1:25pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week....
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Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 1:23pm
LONDON (AP) -- Shakespeare, the Magna Carta - and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics....
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Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 12:31pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims....
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