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2012 Essence Fest draws 413,000
NEW ORLEANS — The 2012 Essence Music Festival drew 413,000 people to New Orleans for the four-day event held over the Fourth of July weekend. That’s less than the 422,000 who gathered for the 20...
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Associated Press Academy Awards producer Laura Ziskin answers questions at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after nominations for the 79th Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ziskin co-founded Stand Up to Cancer and produced the telethon in 2008 and 2010, before she died of breast cancer in 2011.
Stand Up to Cancer telethon to air Sept. 7
LOS ANGELES — A year after movie producer Laura Ziskin lost her life to cancer, the ambitious telethon she helped start to fight the disease will be back on the air. Stand Up to Cancer, which sa...
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Horoscope
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Move money around to cover your costs. A deal being offered is too good to refuse. A partnership will be a stabilizing factor in your life. New...
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Associated Press Peter O'Toole and Jodie Whittaker star in a scene from "Venus." In a statement released Tuesday, the 79-year-old actor said he would retire from films and stage.
Peter O’Toole retires, says his ‘heart’ for acting is gone
LOS ANGELES — Screen legend Peter O’Toole announced Tuesday that he is retiring from acting. “It’s time for me to chuck in the sponge,” he said in a statement. “To retire from stage and screen. ...
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Ground rules needed for sister borrowing things without asking
Dear Annie: My older sister, “Lilly,” is always taking my things without permission. She uses my socks, hairdryer and makeup. She does this with everyone in the family. She even borrows my parents’...
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Associated Press Director Spike Lee at the premiere of the film "Red Hook Summer" at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Lee is working on a documentary about Michael Jackson's "Bad" album. Lee's documentary will be part a flood of material to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the "Bad" album, Jackson's follow-up to "Thriller."
Director Lee works on new Michael Jackson documentary
NEW YORK — Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a planned documentary about the sin...
Jul 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a walk down memory lane or reconnect with people from your past and resurrect old goals that were shelved because they were ahead of thei...
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Counterprogramming ‘Waterwalk’
DOWNER’S GROVE, Ill. — “We had planned on showing ‘Dark Shadows,’” the manager told me as the lights went down on an audience of 314 at the venerable Tivoli Theater here for the indie film “Waterwa...
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Associated Press Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, in West Hollywood, Calif. Cruise and Holmes have reached an agreement in their divorce case, according to her attorney. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said in a statement Monday that the case has been settled and an agreement was signed. Holmes filed for divorce less than two weeks ago, putting an end to the romance that began in 2005. The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri.
Divorce settlement Cruise-Holmes wish for privacy
LOS ANGELES — Only time will tell if the quick divorce settlement reached between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise lasts longer than their five-year marriage. It will need to, since the agreement wil...
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Recognizing alcohol a problem first step in turning life around
Dear Annie: I’ve been dating “Dayna” for eight months, and we moved in together three months ago. We fell in love from the moment we met. I’m normally a calm guy. However, two months ago I made ...
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