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AP – When organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced weeks ago that it would open with Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” which features French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in a small but much-hyped role, the paparazzi had visions of the one-time top model and President Nicolas Sarkozy racheting up the bling factor on the red carpet.
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Reuters – Andy Warhol’s very first self portrait injected the energy that been missing back into spring art sales Wednesday when it soared to $38.44 million at Christie’s post-war and contemporary art auction.
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omg! – Will Smith’s double-decker trailer on the set of ‘Men and Black III’ in New York City irks neighbors, gets moved. (May 11)
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Over the course of its first season, Nikita has become a show about loss and difficult choices as much as espionage and violence. It’s no surprise then that one of the principal characters meets a Division-related demise on Thursday’s finale (9/8c on the CW).
“Yes, someone dies,” Lyndsy Fonseca confirms to TVGuide.com. “Everything that happens in the finale is not just for the sake of killing people or for the sake of a good storyline. Stuff has been kind of brewing for a long time, and I think it’s going to be really emotional.”
Read More: Nikita's Lyndsy Fonseca: Yes, Someone Dies in the Finale
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omg! – The troubled actress didn’t admit to stealing a $2,500 necklace last February, but her no contest plea does go on her record as a conviction. (May 11)
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omg! – Tom Selleck on the challenges of playing Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on CBS’ ‘Blue Bloods’ and what to expect in Friday’s season finale. (May 11)
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AP – “Fast Five” burned more rubber overseas this past weekend, taking in a leading $70.2 million in 42 territories. An internationally-flavored cast and a gorgeous Brazilian backdrop have made this action heist drama a favorite around the world, with a $323.7 million global gross so far.
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Reuters – The mammoth CD reissue program undertaken by Pink Floyd is an acknowledgment that the era of physical CDs and lavish artwork is coming to an end, as fans increasingly opt to download music digitally, drummer Nick Mason said on Wednesday.
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AP – Lady Gaga turned up the heat on “American Idol.”
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AP – Hugh Grant has been weighing a big move: replacing the fired Charlie Sheen on CBS’ “Two and a Half Men.”
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Reuters – As beguiling as a stroll around Paris on a warm spring evening — something that Owen Wilson’s character here becomes very fond of himself — “Midnight in Paris” represents Woody Allen’s companion piece to “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” a fanciful time machine that allows him to indulge playfully in the artistic Paris of his, and many other people’s, dreams.
Read More: Woody Allen delivers love letter to Paris
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omg! – AP – May 15: Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 75.
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AP – Burt Reinhardt, one of CNN’s first presidents and a television pioneer who is credited with helping to build the global news network in its formative years, died at his home near Atlanta on Tuesday. He was 91.
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AP – Sarah Ferguson wasn’t invited to last month’s royal wedding so she made do with a retreat to a luxury beachfront resort in Thailand where villas go for $1,000 a night.
Read More: Fergie's retreat to Thailand spent at luxury spa
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Wednesday’s American Idol reminds us that this week’s vote will decide which singers get to go “home as heroes.” I personally think they’ll all go home pretty famous, but I won’t get into that now. In any case, to win those all-important votes, the singers must sing songs that inspire them before diving into the songbook of Leiber and Stoller, who wrote many hits in the post-World War II era. And who is the best person to guide the wannabes through that classic song book? Lady Gaga! Yeah, I don’t get the connection either, but Gaga is in the house. So, who was the best? Let’s find out….
Read More: American Idol Episode Recap: The Final Four Perform
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Reuters – The DVD of “The Green Hornet” — the action-comedy film based on the classic TV show — debuted at No. 1 on all three home video charts for the week ending May 8.
Read More: "Green Hornet" knocks "Deathly Hallows" off DVD perch
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omg! – Reuters – Despite the best efforts of right-wing pundits and contradicting earlier reports, controversial rapper Common went through with his White House appearance at Michelle Obama’s poetry event Wednesday.
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AP – Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” provided just what organizers wanted to open the world’s most glamorous film festival Wednesday: Romance, fantasy, laughs and a whole lot of stars, both on screen and strutting the Cannes red carpet.
Read More: Allen's `Midnight,' De Niro's jury open Cannes
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AFP – A longtime associate of Pablo Neruda has caused a media stir claiming that the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet was assassinated by the regime of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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AP – A lawyer entered a no contest plea Wednesday for Lindsay Lohan in the theft of a necklace, setting the stage for a summer of confinement, counseling and community service.
Read More: Lindsay Lohan says she's glad theft case resolved
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Land of Forgotten Dreams is an enthralled and mostly enthralling guided tour of what Herzog describes as “one of the greatest art discoveries in the history of human culture.”
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An astounding season from Chicago point guard Derrick Rose, the likely NBA MVP, makes the Bulls a surprise title contender. Why they’re worth rooting for
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The Restrepo director was both a soldier among frontline photographers and a missionary with no dogma but to give people the look and feel of the wars their governments wage in their name
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Still an old-fashioned whodunit in which people get scared over the phone and killed in person
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An import from London gives Broadway its theatrical event of the season
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The nude pictures of Turkish-German actress Sila Sahin spark debate over integration of Muslims in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. It may also be a curveball for feminists
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The Nielsen company reported yesterday that the number of US households with a television actually decreased by over a million last year; this marks the first decline in household TV ownership since 1992
Read More: America Loves TV More, Televisions Less
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The U.S. and Canada are among the few countries that let horses take a performance-enhancing drug on race day. Why this practice is hurting horse racing and should be stopped.
Read More: The Kentucky Derby's Drug Problem: Time to Kick the Habit
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Once the bullied underdog of Real Housewives, Frankel has gone from reality-TV star to real-life mogul
Read More: Bethenny Frankel: From 'Housewives' Star to Thriving Mogul
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Colleges play silly games to meet Title IX requirements for gender equity in sports. Wouldn’t it be simpler if the NCAA just recognized competitive cheerleading as a sport?
Read More: Make Cheerleading a Sport to Help Schools Observe Title IX
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omg! – Ali Landry, Alison Sweeney, Lisa Rinna, Denise Richards, Kyle Richards and Candace Cameron Bure host their monthly Hot Moms Potluck Dinner where they have a lively conversation about a variety of interesting topics including beauty tips and much more.
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The most powerful woman in show business isn’t worried about the most powerful woman in politics becoming even more powerful.
Read More: Oprah: Prospect of Sarah Palin Becoming President Doesnt "Scare" Me
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omg! – AP – Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have made their breakup official by filing for divorce in Los Angeles.
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AP – The head of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing regulatory conditions to ensure that cable TV giant Comcast Corp. cannot stifle competition in the video market once it takes control of NBC Universal.
Read More: FCC chairman seeks conditions on Comcast, NBC deal
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AP – Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Read More: Capsule reviews: 'True Grit' and other films
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Reuters – Another previously unheard Justin Bieber song has hit the web: “Ride,” an uptempo dance track that leaked online Wednesday and finds the 16-year-old pop star reflecting on — what else? — love over 8-bit-style blips.
Read More: New Justin Bieber song "Ride" is for another artist
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omg! – Kit Hoover asks Tom Arnold to share three things we don’t know about him, but instead he tells her three things women don’t know about men. Plus, Tom shows off his tattoos, but what does one of them possibly mean other than what he originally thought?
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AP – Ten weeks after giving birth to 17 puppies, the Rhodesian Ridgeback mother is to be spayed while her cute offspring leave for new homes, the dog’s owner said Thursday.
Read More: German dog to be spayed after 17-puppy litter
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AP – Lindsay Lohan isn’t the only one authorities are investigating over a late night spat with a rehab worker. Experts say the facility where she is being treated and its former employee will also receive some scrutiny.
Read More: Lohan rehab spat to bring scrutiny to Betty Ford
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AP – Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have made their breakup official by filing for divorce in Los Angeles.
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AP – Universal’s “Little Fockers,” the latest installment in the successful comedy franchise that began 10 years ago, is set to bring home yet another No. 1 debut for Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and their reunited family of A-listers.
Read More: Box Office Preview: Little doubt 'Fockers' to win
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More than a week after announcing their split, Ryan Reynolds has filed for divorce from Scarlett Johansson, People reports
The 34-year-old actor filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday. Johansson, 26, filed…
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AP – Actress Jane Lynch says her “Glee” character Sue Sylvester throws “a hissy fit the likes of which no one has seen before” when the show returns.
Read More: Lynch promises prime `hissy fit' in new episode
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omg! – Reuters – In the U.S., 20th Century Fox is selling the feature film “Gulliver’s Travels” as a Jack Black comedy.
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omg! – Reuters – In the midst of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by BP drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, a number of news outlets got a bunch of yuks with news that Kevin Costner was the potential savior for the crisis — that his company, CINC (“Costner in Nevada Corporation”), had developed a technology that separated oil from water.
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Reuters – On Broadway, bad press doesn’t necessarily spell failure, and the struggling “Spider-Man” musical is still luring tourists and theater goers into seats as it deals with persistent technical problems.
Read More: Epic disaster or blockbuster? "Spider-Man" hangs on
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AP – Curtain up! Light the lights! Spider-Man returned to the stage Thursday, a day after two performances were canceled due to a scary fall that left a stuntman seriously injured.
Read More: Curtain up! Theatergoers see `Spider-Man' return
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Vladimir Arzumanyan, a 12-year-old from Armenia, won the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest on Nov. 20. Does the future of pop have an East European accent?
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The controversial posthumous release pulls together discarded tracks from all over the Gloved One’s career into a surprisingly coherent album. The question is, Can its producers make nine more?
Read More: New Michael Jackson Album 'Michael' Assembles Leftover Tracks
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Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), the focal character in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, belongs to a social class that might be called the homeless elite.
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