NEW YORK (AP) — The venerable police-courtroom drama “Law & Order” has been axed.NBC announced Friday that the show would end its historic 20-season run on May 24, with a season finale that was never meant to bring the saga to a close.The show starred an ensemble cast currently consisting of Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, […]
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West outburst rains on Swift’s MTV parade
NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with a poignant, tender tribute to fallen icon Michael Jackson, but soon got back into raucous character thanks to Kanye West, who delivered yet another awards show outburst at the expense of country and pop sweetheart Taylor Swift. The two moments represented the […]
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List of MTV Music Award winners
Video of the Year: Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” Best Female Video: Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me.” Best Rock Video: Green Day, “21 Guns.” Best Pop Video: Britney Spears, “Womanizer.” Best Male Video: T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life. Best Hip-Hop Video: Eminem, “We Made You.” Best New Artist: Lady Gaga […]
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Paisley, Underwood return as hosts of CMA Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return as co-hosts of the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville this fall. The CMA said Tuesday that both singers possess the humor and timing needed to host the three-hour show, which airs live on ABC Nov. 11. The pair, two of country’s most popular […]
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Sony bids $50 million for Jackson rehearsal film
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sony Corp.’s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” comeback concert series, according to a person familiar with the bid. The person said Monday that the bid came after several studios, including Paramount, […]
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Sony bids $50 million for Jackson rehearsal film
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sony Corp.’s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” comeback concert series, according to a person familiar with the bid. The person said Monday that the bid came after several studios, including Paramount, […]
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Dave Chappelle show draws thousands in Oregon
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) – Thousands of people who learned through text message, Twitter and word-of-mouth that comedian Dave Chappelle would hold a free show filled a downtown Portland square late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Chappelle arrived at about 1 a.m. to a surge of camera phone-wielding fans. There was only problem – a small amplifier […]
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Vatican lauds good/evil theme in Harry Potter film
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican lauded the latest Harry Potter film on Monday, saying “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” made the age-old debate over good vs. evil crystal clear. The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano even gave two thumbs up to the film’s treatment of adolescent love, saying it achieved the “correct balance” and […]
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Jackson’s doctor denies giving dangerous drugs
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Michael Jackson’s dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but had never given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use. “I was not one of the doctors who participated in giving him overdoses of drugs or too much of anything,” Dr. Arnold Klein […]
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Jackson’s mother loses control of son’s estate
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson’s longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer’s estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson’s mother to be put in charge or share control. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff backed attorney John Branca and music executive John […]