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5/1/2013
Chris Kelly, of rap duo Kris Kross, dies in Ga.
Posted 9:21 PM 5/1/2013 by Connie Murphy
ATLANTA (AP) - Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," has died, according to authorities. He was 34. Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said the 34-year-old (More)
Activision summons new 'Call of Duty' video game
4/28/2013
'Iron Man 3' & 'Pain & Gain' top weekend flicks
Posted 10:53 AM 4/28/2013 by David Ortiviz
LOS ANGELES - "Iron Man 3" is the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadows a sleepy pre-summer weekend at the domestic box office. The superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. got a head-start on its domestic launch next Friday with a $195.3 million (More)
4/26/2013
NBC gives full-season renewals to 5 of its dramas
Posted 2:25 PM 4/26/2013 by Eric Ross
NEW YORK (AP) - Television producer Dick Wolf will be busy next season. NBC said Friday that it has renewed five of its dramas for next season. Two of them - the long-running "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Chicago Fire" - are made by Wolf and his team. (More)...
Country music star George Jones dies
4/25/2013
MTV piping up for 'Scream' series to air in 2014
Posted 4:14 PM 4/25/2013 by Alyse Rzemek
NEW YORK (AP) - MTV is getting ready to blast viewers with a brand-new "Scream." The network says it will produce a pilot for a TV-series adaptation of the wildly popular slasher films. The series would reinvent the horror-comedy franchise that began with the original release in 1996 (More)
4/24/2013
Ben Affleck to 'Live Below the Line' on $1.50 a day
Posted 11:10 AM 4/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
Oscar winner Ben Affleck's next project is aimed at raising money and awareness for global poverty. Next week, the star of "Argo" and "Good Will Hunting" is joining thousands of others around the world by living on $1.50 a day. Affleck has joined The Global Poverty Project's Live Below (More)
4/22/2013
Woodstock icon dies
Posted 5:42 PM 4/22/2013 by Joe Bevans
NEW YORK (AP) - Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died at 72. His family says in a statement that Havens died Monday of a heart attack. Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He returned to the site during the 40th (More)
4/18/2013
Cannes Film Festival to feature world cinema
Posted 4:56 AM 4/18/2013 by JD Downing
PARIS (AP) - The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival includes 19 films and lots of world cinema, including from some of the globe's most difficult locales for artists.Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux said Thursday that the high-profile festival protects talent in countries (More)
4/16/2013
Motion picture group expands movie ratings
Posted 6:43 PM 4/16/2013 by JD Downing
(AP) - The Motion Picture Association of America announced changes Tuesday to its movie rating system, saying it wants to better inform parents about violence in films.
The new system, rolled out as the "Check the Box" campaign, will include prominent and detailed descriptions explaining why a (More)
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4/15/2013
Faith Hill says she won't do 'SNF' theme this year
Posted 11:15 AM 4/15/2013 by Patricia Collier
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Faith Hill is out of the football game.The country star announced Monday morning on Twitter that she won't be doing the "Sunday Night Football" theme song this year. She's been featured at the top of the broadcast for six years now.Hill says in her tweet (More)
4/14/2013
Jenna Bush-Hager delivers first child
Posted 3:11 PM 4/14/2013 by Monica Gouty
DALLAS (AP) - Former President George W. Bush has become a grandfather.His twin daughter Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on Saturday night in New York City.The former president announced the birth in a statement Sunday. The baby's name is (More)
4/12/2013
New line of Barbie dolls being called racist
Posted 11:32 AM 4/12/2013 by Patricia Collier
A new line of Barbie dolls is getting a lot of attention but it wasn't exactly what the toy maker Mattel was expecting.
The classic Barbie doll was introduced in the 1950s. Most girls grew up with one or two. In an effort to stay current, Mattel recently redesigned Barbie, giving her a "global (More)
Comedian Jonathan Winters dies
4/11/2013
16 Bradbury e-books due out this month
Posted 3:45 PM 4/11/2013 by JD Downing
(AP) - E-book editions of "Dandelion Wine," ''The Illustrated Man" and other Ray Bradbury favorites are coming out this month.Publisher William Morrow announced Thursday that 16 Bradbury works will be released in April and seven more later in the year.The science (More)
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Lance Armstrong sells his Austin estate
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