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Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy
Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
Music, comedy strike defiant tone at Sandy concert
Musicians were so intent upon helping victims of Superstorm Sandy that they didn't seem to want their benefit concert in New York to end. The final ...
Pope hits 1M mark as he tweets: 'Dear Friends... '
Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and ...
Rolling Stones added to Sandy benefit concert
The Rolling Stones will join the artists already booked for next week's televised Superstorm Sandy benefit show in New York City, which producers said ...
Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen get Billboard honors
Billboard named Katy Perry its woman of the year, but the pop star thought her year was 2011. "I felt like my year was last year ... I thought my ...
He called it, and now Silver's a pop-culture star
The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012. The 34-year-old statistician, ...
Obama, Palin and Jobs join Bartlett's club
So much has changed since we last heard from "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," a decade ago. Barack Obama was a state legislator. Sarah Palin was ...
Sandy benefit concert draws $23 million in pledges
NBC says its benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross. Friday's hour-long telethon ...
AP PHOTOS: Stars come out for Sandy victims' show
For the victims of Superstorm Sandy, it was a sorely needed message delivered. From "Livin' on a Prayer" to "The Living Proof," every song Friday at ...
Songs offer messages of hope at Sandy benefit show
From "Livin' on a Prayer" to "The Living Proof," every song Friday at NBC's benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims became a message song.
NBC to hold Sandy benefit, Bon Jovi urges donation
NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native to the areas hardest hit. Bruce Springsteen and ...
Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC
The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city ...
Obama to take campaign to 'Tonight Show' Wednesday
President Barack Obama will be sitting down with Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show" Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election Day.
A night of humor _ after day of campaign criticism
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney poked gentle but sharp fun at one another Thursday night during an esteemed New York ...
Obama: No confusion over response to Libya attack
President Barack Obama is pushing back against critics who say there was confusion within his administration following the deadly attacks on the U.S.
'Night of Too Many Stars' shines on one who's not
Moments of absurdity are to be expected at the biennial "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit on Comedy Central. Things like Seth Rogen auctioning off a ...
Obama to appear on 'The Daily Show' on Thursday
President Barack Obama will appear on "The Daily Show" on Thursday. Comedy Central announced the booking Friday. It will be Obama's sixth guest visit ...
O'Reilly, Stewart joust at mock debate
This high-stakes debate had some props that even the presidential candidates might want at their own events. Jon Stewart came prepared with a ...
Stewart and O'Reilly get ready to 'Rumble'
One is from Fox News, the other Comedy Central. They might as well be the Capulets and the Montagues. But despite their opposing sides on the ...
'Family Guy' creator MacFarlane to host Oscars
"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane says being invited to host the 2013 Academy Awards "was the greatest call that I could have gotten in show ...
Netanyahu's bomb steals the show in his UN speech
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb during his speech at the U.N., he set off an explosion of ...
Lewis Black returns to Broadway with knives sharp
This may be a presidential election year, but don't expect Lewis Black to be enjoying himself. "Everybody goes, 'Oh, this must be an exciting time for ...
'Homeland' and 'Modern Family' win big at Emmys
The post-Emmy champagne surely tasted sweet for the people at "Modern Family" and "Homeland," but they needed only to look around the Nokia Theatre ...
Complete list of winners from Emmy broadcast
List of winners at Sunday's 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: — Drama Series: "Homeland," ...