Faith Evans arrested on drunken driving charge (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

In this Jan. 7, 2009 photo singer Faith Evans attends the premiere of 'Notorious' in New York. The Grammy-winning Evans was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving, after being stopped in the Marina del Rey section of Los Angeles on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)AP – Grammy-winning singer Faith Evans has been arrested after being stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint in the Los Angeles area.


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Lifetime's "Bond of Silence" a missed opportunity (Reuters)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Reuters – One learns over the years not to expect too much from a Lifetime original movie.

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Wiesel's `Sonderberg Case' is tale of family ties (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

In this book cover image released by Alfred A. Knopf, 'The Sonderberg Case' by Elie Wiesel is shown. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf)AP – “The Sonderberg Case” (Alfred A. Knopf, $25), by Elie Wiesel, translated by Catherine Temerson: After more than 60 years, over 50 books and a Nobel Peace Prize, Elie Wiesel is still struggling with what it means to be a Holocaust survivor.


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Van Gogh painting stolen in Egypt, fate unclear (Reuters)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Reuters – A Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million was stolen from a Cairo museum on Saturday and after reporting it had been recovered, the state news agency quoted a minister as saying it was still missing.

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Stallone's 'Expendables' retains crown with $16.5M (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate Entertainment, from left, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture are shown in a scene from 'The Expendables.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Entertainment, Karen Ballard)AP – Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again.


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Wyclef Jean: I'm not giving up my bid for prez yet (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF ** Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP – Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision disqualifying him from the race.


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Jennifer Aniston and Motherhood at "The Switch" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

FWD101  Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Film Premiere of Fashion Wire Daily – Motherhood was on everyone’s mind on Monday, Aug. 17, at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood, where Jennifer Aniston introduced her latest romantic comedy “The Switch” to the world. The film is all about a single, 40-year-old woman who decides to use artificial insemination in order to have a child.


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'True Blood' stars Paquin, Moyer tie the knot (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

In this June 8, 2010 photo, cast members Anna Paquin, right, and Stephen Moyer arrive at the premiere for the third season of HBO's 'True Blood' in Los Angeles. Paquin, 28, and Moyer, 40, were married Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at a ceremony in Malibu, Calif., their publicists said in a statement. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP – “True Blood” co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have taken their true love to the altar.


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Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti election ruling (AFP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Wyclef Jean (C) is chased by reporters on August 20, in Port-au-Prince. Hip-hop star Wyclef refused Sunday to abandon his bid to become president of quake-hit Haiti, saying his lawyers would appeal the decision to reject his candidacy.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AFP – International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was expected to file a formal appeal Monday, challenging a decision by Haiti’s electoral authorities to bar him from the November presidential race.


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UK pop singer in apparent suicide fall at show (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

AP – The lead singer of a British pop trio climbed a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at a Belgian rock festival and leaped to his death in the parking lot below, police said Saturday.

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Betty White scores Emmy win for `SNL' hosting gig (AP)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Actress Betty White poses for a photograph in Los Angeles, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Gus RuelasAP – The Betty White phenomenon keeps getting bigger.


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Carey Mulligan gears up for thriller "Drive" (omg!)

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 pm

omg! – Reuters – British actress Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) is in negotiations to climb into the passenger seat of the action thriller “Drive,” which already has Ryan Gosling at the wheel. “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston is also negotiating to join the cast.

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Box Office: Stallone Wins Another Expendable Weekend

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Like Poseidon distracted but not devoured by a school of piranha (actual size: five to 10 inches), The Expendables won the weekend box office at North American theaters by overcoming five undersized new contenders.

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'The Expendables': Sly and the Family Clones

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Sylvester Stallone leads a reunion of ’80s and ’90s action stars on amission to kill the bad guy and save the girl — a plot that, like thecharacters, is expendable

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Jonathan Franzen: American Author on TIME Pens 'Freedom'

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

At a time when the trend in fiction has been toward specialization, Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections and the new Freedom, is a devotee of the all-embracing, way-we-live-now novel

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'Scott Pilgrim' Director Wright on Teens, Magical Realism

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright speaks with TIME about movies, video games and all things teen angst

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Isabel Sarli: A Sex Bomb at Lincoln Center

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

The voluptuous siren of Latin American sexploitation films gets a career retrospective at New York City’s august Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Animal Kingdom: A Cool and Creepy Crime Drama

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Winner of the World Cinema – Dramatic prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, David MichÔd’s Animal Kingdom is a contemplative crime drama with a high startlement quotient

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Patricia Neal Dies at 84: A Life of Tragedy and Triumph

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

An appreciation of the Oscar-winning actress whose real life of heart-rending challenges was more than the equal of a career of superbly-wrought on-screen roles

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Bill Murray: Mercurial 'Get Low' Star Keeps Media Guessing

Posted under Entertainment on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

For the new film Get Low, Bill Murray’s press appearances have been sporadic at best. But that’s the secret of the actor’s success

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