Buddy cop genre revived in CBS's `NCIS' spinoff
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If any series has a shot at single-handedly reviving the buddy cop genre, it's "NCIS: Los Angeles." A spinoff of the durable "NCIS," the newcomer is a hit that ranks as one of the fall season's top-rated shows. Chris...
Network comedy shines in Golden Globe nods
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There is hope for broadcast TV comedy and for smart, tough women of a certain age, according to Tuesday's Golden Globes nominations. After a fallow period in network comedy, this season's lineup is so strong that four...
'Goodfellas' mobster blames alcohol for arrest
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A gangster-turned-FBI informant whose exploits were the basis of the 1990 Martin Scorsese mob film "Goodfellas" says his struggles with alcohol are to blame for his weekend arrest after a drunken disturbance at a hotel....
Ghost of meals past: Dickens' toothpick for sale
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An ivory and gold toothpick once owned by Charles Dickens is being auctioned in New York City. It's being offered by heirs to the Barnes & Noble family and is up for sale Tuesday at Bonhams New York. The pre-sale...
'Up in the Air' leads Golden Globes with 6 noms
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The recession-era tale "Up in the Air" led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Other drama picks were...
'Nanny Diaries' authors return with new Nanny tale
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When we last saw Nanny, she was screaming into a spy camera hidden in a teddy bear. The put-upon heroine of 2002's "The Nanny Diaries" had unleashed a stern rebuke to her pampered and clueless employers before marching...
Banton's attorney: Reggae star denies drug charges
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Reggae star Buju Banton's attorney says his client "vigorously denies" charges that he tried to buy a large amount of cocaine from an undercover police officer. In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Herbert...
List of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards
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Nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES _Picture, Drama: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglorious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push'...
ABBA, Genesis among new rock hall inductees
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The 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA is dancing its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges. The list of the next class of inductees was released Tuesday by the...
Golden Globe nominations announced
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The...
Streep, Roberts nominated for best actress Globe
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best actress in a musical or comedy have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The nominees, announced Tuesday morning are:...
Damon, Waltz nominated for supporting actor Globe
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actor in a motion picture have been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Matt Damon ("Invictus"), Woody Harrelson ("The Messenger"),...
Golden Globe animated film nominations announced
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best animated film have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The category's five nominees announced Tuesday morning by Justin...
Polanski film to debut at Berlin festival
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Roman Polanski's latest movie, "The Ghost Writer," will have its world premiere at the Berlin film festival in February, organizers said Tuesday. Polanski's movie was among a first batch of entries in the festival's...
2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup announced
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Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Joining Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin will be Pearl Jam, making its inaugural appearance at the fest, as well as...
Golden Globe nominations announced
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a miniseries or TV movie have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The category's five nominees announced...
Golden Globe nominations announced for miniseries
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The category's five nominees...
Golden Globe nominations announced
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best TV drama actress have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The category's five nominees announced Tuesday morning...
Golden Globe nominations announced
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The 67th annual Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a television drama have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The category's five nominees announced Tuesday...
Woods speaks of family values in interview
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Tiger Woods spoke of his commitment to his family during an interview screened in New Zealand on Tuesday that was conducted before his car crash and subsequent admission of several infidelities. Asked in the interview...
Cobain's mother gets guardianship of granddaughter
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The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been placed in a temporary guardianship, court records show. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted control over 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Kurt...
Grizz Chapman of '30 Rock' needs kidney transplant
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Actor Grizz Chapman of "30 Rock" said Monday he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition. Chapman said he is receiving dialysis treatments...
French rocker Hallyday wakes from coma
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Johnny Hallyday's press relations office says the French rocker has emerged from a medically induced coma he had been in since last week. In an e-mail, the Paris-based 96b press relations office said doctors at L.A.'s...
Mexico: Grammy winner sang at drug cartel's party
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When soldiers raided a drug cartel's Christmas party south of Mexico City, they found 16 automatic rifles, $280,000 in cash _ and a Latin Grammy winner. The presence of the Texas-based norteno singer Ramon Ayala at the...
Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects
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Having 10 best-picture nominees will be something different for the next Academy Awards, but it's nothing new at the Golden Globes. The Globes, whose nominations come out Tuesday morning, have long featured 10 or more...
Grizz Chapman of '30 Rock' needs kidney transplant
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Actor Grizz Chapman of "30 Rock" said Monday he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition. Chapman said he is receiving dialysis treatments...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma named to new post at CSO
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Monday named famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma to the newly created post of creative consultant, beginning in January. Ma's three-year appointment was announced by CSO music director designate...
Review: Bridges is brilliant in `Crazy Heart'
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In some not too far-fetched parallel universe, Jeff Bridges really might be living the life of a boozy country singer. Bridges seems like the real thing in "Crazy Heart," rasping out songs in the comfortable remnants...
Cobain's mother gets guardianship of granddaughter
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The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been placed in a temporary guardianship, court records show. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted control over 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Kurt...
`Princess and the Frog' bounds to No. 1 with $24M
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The animated musical "The Princess and the Frog" jumped to No. 1 at the box office with $24.2 million in its first weekend of nationwide release. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday,...
Authorities: Buju Banton negotiated cocaine deal
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Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit...
NBC pegs March 1 as debut date for 'Parenthood'
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NBC is announcing the debut date for its previously delayed drama series, "Parenthood," along with the arrival of other midseason shows. Initially announced for fall, "Parenthood" will premiere March 1. "The Marriage...
Review: Boxed set rescues Yiddish obscurities
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Various Artists, "Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953: Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection" (JSP Records) Moishe Oysher! Is there another name as redolent of Jewish life of an age past? And yet, the...
Review: Keys' newest flows well, but still average
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Alicia Keys, "The Element of Freedom" (J Records) On Alicia Keys' previous CDs, the gifted singer-songwriter-pianist presented songs that were epic and impeccable _ moreso than her actual albums. Tunes like "Fallin',"...
NY Film Critics name `The Hurt Locker' best film
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The Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" added to its award-season momentum, winning best film from the New York Film Critics Circle. The group, which announced its selections Monday, also awarded best director to Kathryn...
O'Donnell, Monaghan announce SAG Awards nominees
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Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell are set to reveal the nominees for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The two actors will announce the nominations Thursday morning at the Pacific Design Center in West...
History Channel plans scripted Kennedys miniseries
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The History Channel is planning its first scripted series and will base it on the Kennedys. The cable network says the eight-hour series is called "The Kennedys" and will be told in a multigenerational manner akin to...
'New Moon' distributor picks up Polanski film
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Summit Entertainment, the distributor of the "Twilight" films, has picked up Roman Polanski's latest movie. Summit says it will distribute Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" in North America. The film is expected to be...
Stephanopoulos starts early shift as 'GMA' co-host
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George Stephanopoulos began tackling an early shift Monday in his new job co-hosting ABC's "Good Morning America." Robin Roberts termed it "the dawn of a new day" as she welcomed Stephanopoulos beside her at the "GMA"...
'Basterds,' 'Nine' among top Critics' Choice picks
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"Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" lead contenders for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards with 10 nominations each, including best picture, the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced Monday. James Cameron's "Avatar"...
`Avatar' joins tradition of the Hollywood colossus
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It's fair to say that it's a risky venture create a movie about an exotically colored, 10-foot-tall tribe called the Na'vi and spend more money making it than any other film in the history of Hollywood. Yet investing...
Obamas join stars for Christmas benefit concert
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The nation's capital got in the holiday spirit Sunday night when music legends Neil Diamond and Mary J. Blige performed for President Barack Obama at the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert. The festivities,...
`Precious,' `Up,' `Hangover' make AFI top-10 list
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The dramas "Precious" and "The Hurt Locker," the comedies "Up in the Air" and "The Hangover" and the animated tales "Up" and "Coraline" are among the top-10 movies of the year chosen by the American Film Institute. ...
1 term's enough for France's Carla Bruni
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French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says it's up to her husband to decide whether to run for a second term in office in 2012 but says "one term would satisfy me." In an interview that aired Sunday on TF1 television,...
Obama's brother turns down film role
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President Barack Obama's half brother in China says he has not accepted requests to be in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly" because he wants to focus on his writing and charity work. Mark Ndesandjo told The Associated...
President Obama gives himself a B-plus grade
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President Barack Obama, in an interview that aired Sunday, gave himself "a good solid B-plus" grade for his first year in office. Speaking with fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey, the president claimed progress on economic...
Johnny Depp can't get used to winning awards
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Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp suspects he'll never get used to receiving awards for his acting work. Depp, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean"...
Review: 'Night Music' finds its way to Broadway
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Call it half a smile. The first Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," the enchanting, moonstruck musical based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles of a Summer Night," is a curious affair. There are some lovely...
`Precious,' `Up,' `Hangover' make AFI top-10 list
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The dramas "Precious" and "The Hurt Locker," the comedies "Up in the Air" and "The Hangover" and the animated tales "Up" and "Coraline" are among the top-10 movies of the year chosen by the American Film Institute. ...
`Hurt Locker' wins LA Critics' best-picture prize
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The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" was chosen as the year's best picture Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The film also won the group's best-director honor for Kathryn Bigelow. The group named Jeff...