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• Oscar-nominated Actress Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66
  LAKEVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood acting career stretched through the decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated portrayal of a divorcee exploring her sexuality in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," died Friday. She was 66.Her husband,...
• 'Leave It to Beaver' Mom Barbara Billingsley Dies
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Barbara Billingsley, who played the quintessential suburban American mom on the 1950s television comedy "Leave It to Beaver," died Saturday at age 94. A spokesman for the Santa Monica, California, care facility where Billingsley died said...
• Country Stars Pay Tribute to Loretta Lynn
  NASHVILLE - It's a long way from the winding roads of Butcher Holler, Kentucky, to the superhighway of country music, but Tuesday night Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn was honored for her more than 50 years of songs.The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,...
• E! Series to Follow the Real Wives of Rock Stars
  LOS ANGELES - The spouses of rock stars will step into the spotlight for a docu-series on E!.The network is teaming with Real World producer Bunim-Murray Prods. for Married to Rock, which stars three women married to members of famous bands and one who hopes to join...
• Keira Knightley Due at London Film Festival
  
  LONDON Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan are due on the red carpet for the start of the 54th London Film Festival.The pair star alongside Andrew Garfield in opening-night film Never Let Me Go. It's an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel about boarding school friends...
• Goodness, Gracious: Jerry Lee Lewis Pens Memoir
  NEW YORK Jerry Lee Lewis has a book deal.It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, announced the book Tuesday. The currently untitled memoir is due in 2012.Lewis, in a statement from the publisher, says he is ready to say a whole lot about his life. He says, People can...
• Clooney Asks Obama for Commitments on Sudan
  WASHINGTON President Barack Obama met with activist-actor George Clooney at the White House on Tuesday to discuss U.S. involvement in Sudan ahead of a critical election early next year in Africa's largest nation.Clooney recently returned from Sudan, and is asking the U.S....
• Thriller Takes Far-Fetched Look at Office Politics
  PARIS - Alain Corneau's thriller Love Crime explores the dangers of mixing business with pleasure. This tale of power plays and seduction leading to murder in the world of executive skulduggery stars the polished Kristin Scott Thomas and up-and-coming Ludivine Sagnier. It...
• Democrat Fights Back Against Fox News Lawsuit
  LOS ANGELES - Last month, Fox News filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Democratic senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan, claiming she violated its copyright by using a Fox News clip in a campaign commercial against her challenger.Now, Carnahan has struck back, telling a...
• Elton John Teams with Idol for Musical 'Union'
  NEW YORK - Talk to Elton John and it's likely that, sooner rather than later, he will tell you that Leon Russell is his idol. Which isn't an unexpected statement to make, considering that the next entry in John's discography is The Union, a duet album with the 68-year-old...
• Disney Learning from Slow Start for 'Secretariat'
  ORLANDO - Racing saga Secretariat stirred the emotions of moviegoers over the weekend -- just not enough of them.The latest in a series of disappointing film releases by Walt Disney Studios, Secretariat represents only the second major theatrical campaign by the...
• 'Social Network' Repeats as No. 1 Draw with $15.5M
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie fans have bookmarked the Facebook drama "The Social Network" as their weekend favorite.David Fincher's saga about personality clashes and legal feuds among the website's founders took in $15.5 million to remain the No. 1 film for a second straight...
• Zuckerberg Takes Staff to See 'Social Network'
  LOS ANGELES - Mark Zuckerberg ended up seeing The Social Network after all.The Facebook cofounder and CEO took his staff to a screening, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. To celebrate a period of intense activity at Facebook, we decided to go to...
• Dr. Phil's Son Nabs First Rick Sanchez Interview
  LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK - Fired CNN anchor Rick Sanchez gave his first interview since being fired last Friday to RumorFix.com, the newly launched site run by Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil McGraw.Meanwhile, ABC News' Good Morning America has scored the first TV interview with...
• MSNBC Host Apologizes for Slavery Gaffe
  LOS ANGELES - He has been on the air only a week, but MSNBC's newest host, Lawrence O'Donnell, is already channeling Rick Sanchez and Dr. Laura Schlessinger by apologizing for insensitive remarks directed at a minority.In O'Donnell's case, the incident involved a show this...
• Health, Family Spurred Weinberg to Quit Conan
  LOS ANGELES - Max Weinberg, longtime drummer and bandleader for late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien, is speaking out about his decision not to return to Los Angeles for his counterpart's new TBS show, Conan, which premieres Nov. 8. On Feb. 8, I came to the end of a...
• Sandra Bullock in Negotiations to Star in 'Gravity'
  LOS ANGELES - Sandra Bullock is in negotiations to star in Gravity, the outer-space thriller that has become a game of musical chairs for the in-demand actress set.Alfonso Cuaron ( Children of Men, Y tu mama tambien ), who is directing and co-wrote the script with his...
• Rick Sanchez Issues Apology for 'Inartful Comments'
  LOS ANGELES - Fired CNN correspondent Rick Sanchez broke his silence Wednesday, apologizing in a statement for his inartful comments. Sanchez had called Comedy Central's Jon Stewart a bigot and suggested that Jewish people shouldn't be considered a minority in media.He...
• Lady Gaga More Powerful than Pelosi - Forbes
  LOS ANGELES - The Forbes list of the world's most powerful women includes Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Beyonce Knowles and Ellen DeGeneres, all of whom apparently wield more power than the woman who is second in line for U.S. president.The annual list, released late Wednesday,...
• 'Parker Spitzer' Trails Pack, but CNN Finds Upside
  
  CNN s new Parker Spitzer show either didn t park enough folks in front of their TVs during its debut, or it spit forth a key target demographic, depending on who s Monday-morning-quarterbacking. In this case, the opinions rolled in on Tuesday morning. The political talk...
• Republicans Take to Reality TV
  
  It s not just Bristol Palin doing the cha-cha in front of millions of Dancing with the Stars watchers: More Republicans are appearing on reality shows, according to the Los Angeles Times. Republicans both candidates and their families are finding they can connect...
• Jon Stewart Lampoons Fired CNN Host Rick Sanchez
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart gleefully struck back Monday night at the former CNN host who was fired after calling him a bigot.In his opening spot on "The Daily Show," Stewart told his Comedy Central audience that, after taping last Thursday's edition, he had heard Rick...
• Israeli Reality Show Headed for US Remake
  LOS ANGELES - Connected, a hit Israeli reality series that brings user-generated content to a new level, is on its way to a U.S. makeover.Production house Stone Co. has acquired domestic rights to the show.Producer Scott Stone ( The Mole, Tim GUNN'S Guide to Style )...
• Anna Nicole Smith Portrayed as Coconspirator
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a new twist at the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial, prosecutors are casting the dead celebrity model in the role of coconspirator who pressured her two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend to provide her with excessive prescription drugs.In closing arguments...
• ‘The Social Network’ Top Movie With $23M in Sales
  The Social Network, chronicling the rise of Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg, opened as the No. 1 movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters, logging $23 million in ticket sales for Sony Corp.Time Warner Inc. s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga Hoole remained in...

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