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Today's Entertainment News:
New Mexico novel headed to big screen
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:04 pm PDT
AP - A film based on New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya's novel, "Bless Me, Ultima" will shoot in the Santa Fe area beginning in October. Full Story
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Buju Banton's drug trial the talk of Jamaica
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:30 pm PDT
AP - The U.S. drug trial of reggae star Buju Banton is the talk of Jamaica, where islanders are debating his guilt or innocence on street corners, in offices, in letters to the editor and on social networking websites. Full Story
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'Wall Street' leads market with $19 million debut
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:25 am PDT
AP - Movie fans are investing in Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $19 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Full Story
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Dancing's Derek Hough: You Will See a New Side of Jennifer Grey
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:00 pm PDT
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After Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough topped the Dancing with the Stars leaderboard last week with a 24, rumblings about the Dirty Dancing star's so-called "dance experience" heated up again — an unfair dig at her, Hough tells TVGuide.com. "Would you ask Adrien Brody to play piano at Carnegie Hall? Or would you ask Hilary Swank to fight in a professional boxing match?" he says. "Jennifer learned to dance 23 years ago for that movie and she played a person who didn't know how to dance. She wasn't learning new routines and dancing live week in and week out. ... Full Story

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Smith verdicts will resonate for doctors, patients
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:24 am PDT
AP - During the past few weeks, a beautiful blonde celebrity has been making cameo appearances in a downtown courtroom. Full Story
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O'Donnell is first political target of SNL season
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:26 pm PDT
AP - With the new season of "Saturday Night Live" comes a fresh batch of political satire — and Delaware Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell is the first target. Full Story
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"Ordinary Family" unusually promising
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:47 pm PDT
Reuters - From Ozzie and Harriet to Marge and Homer, television has offered up various representations of the so-called ordinary family. But after years of such efforts and dozens and dozens of domestic dramas and comedies, the TV family remains mostly a fun-house-mirror version bearing scant resemblance to any real family. Full Story
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Demi Moore settles Australia magazine case: lawyer
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:05 pm PDT
AFP - Hollywood actress Demi Moore has reached an out-of-court settlement with an Australian gossip magazine which printed photos of celebrities at a party she threw in 2008, her lawyer said Monday. Full Story
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Muse a contender for world's biggest band
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:59 pm PDT
Reuters - With U2 on tour hiatus until 2011, no other group looks more poised to take over its biggest-band-in-the-world status than Muse, and the British trio proved its mettle with a mighty performance Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Full Story
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Hollywood hopeful for NBC without Jeff Zucker
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:49 pm PDT
Reuters - Sunday's announcement that Steve Burke will take the reins at the post-merger NBC Universal capped a wave of grim relief and bright hope that swept Hollywood upon hearing two days earlier of the resignation of CEO Jeff Zucker. Full Story
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Peru collective connects young artists with buyers
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:57 am PDT
Reuters - A three-day fair at an upscale hotel is showcasing the work of contemporary Peruvian artists to a growing legion of middle class art collectors and enthusiasts with money to spend. Full Story
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Demi Moore settles Australia magazine case: lawyer
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:05 pm PDT
AFP - Hollywood actress Demi Moore has reached an out-of-court settlement with an Australian gossip magazine which printed photos of celebrities at a party she threw in 2008, her lawyer said Monday. Full Story
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Max Mara: Moods For Moderns
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:38 am PDT
Fashion Wire Daily - One mega Italian brand noted for its ability to read fashion trends and supply up-to-date clothes for well-dressed career women is Max Mara, which judging from its runway show in Milan on Saturday, Sept. 25, means that women will be wearing jaunty, sleek clothes next spring with a large dose of active sportswear elements. Full Story
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Review: Lincoln's election year in colorful detail
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:00 pm PDT
AP - "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War" (Bloomsbury Press, $29), by Douglas R. Egerton: It was in the spring of 1860, an election year just a century and a half ago, that East Coast voters began talking about a dark horse — a middle-aged lawyer from Illinois. His only experience in national politics was one term in the House of Representatives. Full Story
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Oft-mocked NY gov. gets in jabs of his own on SNL
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:04 pm PDT
AP - Mocked for years on "Saturday Night Live" as a clueless blind man, the governor of New York appeared on the show's season premiere to dish right back. Full Story
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Hollywood celebrates the newest art space in L.A.
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:18 am PDT
AP - The Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrated the opening of its newest exhibition hall on Saturday with a glitzy party, complete with Hollywood heavyweights, art icons and entertainment by Christina Aguilera. Full Story
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