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Ty Pennington to host new HLN series
Ty Pennington is doing some traveling again, this time for the HLN television network. HLN said Wednesday that Pennington, who stars in "Extreme ...
Gunn expands his mentoring 'Baileywick' to Disney
Tim Gunn has advised divas for years on "Project Runway," so working with a princess is no big deal. In the new Disney Junior animated series "Sofia ...
Bobby Womack diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the BBC in a recent interview the diagnosis comes ...
'Peter and the Starcatcher' to live off-Broadway
Broadway's boy who wouldn't grow up is not going away quite yet. Producers of the play "Peter and the Starcatcher" said Wednesday that the production ...
Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land'
The new movie "Promised Land" digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that's generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production ...
Jon Stewart to host Grammy's MusiCares tribute
Jon Stewart is hosting the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen. The Recording Academy also announced Wednesday that Elton John, Neil Young, Mumford ...
Activist asks public to visit China Nobel wife
Chinese activists urged the public on Wednesday to visit dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife to highlight that she has been under house arrest since her ...
Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights
Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack ...
Storm returns to TV 3 weeks after grill accident
With a wave of her bandaged left hand, and boosted by well wishes from Dr. Phil, Chris Evert and even a young woman she once babysat, Hannah Storm ...
Concern over Oscar voting extends deadline
Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to ...
Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's main city, killing 61 people — many of them children and ...
Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'
Hugh Hefner's celebrating the new year as a married man once again. The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his "runaway bride," ...
Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian
Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest ...
Heartwarming moments defy chill at Rose Parade
A couple who became husband and wife on the "Love Float," a surprise reunion between a returning soldier and his little boy, and a grand marshal famed ...
McGreevey, NJ jail program earn spot at Sundance
The jailhouse treatment program where former Gov. Jim McGreevey counsels inmates has earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival and accolades from ...
World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed ...
DiDonato a luminous Mary Stuart at Met
The Metropolitan Opera may have pretty much turned opening night over to the glamorous Anna Netrebko, but New Year's Eve belongs to a very different ...
US, Europe hope the new year brings better times
From the glittering New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to joyous fireworks in London and cheers in a once-isolated Asian country, the world did ...
'Rings' trilogy sound editor Hopkins dies in NZ
Oscar-winning sound editor Mike Hopkins, who worked on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and other Peter Jackson films, has died in a rafting accident ...
Willard completes program, avoids lewdness charge
Actor Fred Willard has completed a diversion program for his arrest this summer for a suspected lewd act at a Hollywood adult theater. Frank Mateljan, ...
Myanmar fetes 2013 with first public countdown
Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former ...
Vanderbilt wins Music City Bowl to cap 9-4 season
The Southeastern Conference is so strong that even Vanderbilt, yes Vandy, is winning like the Commodores haven't in nearly a century. And coach James ...
'The Hobbit' holds on to first place with $32M
A tiny hobbit has a mighty hold on the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week and wrapping up a year that saw a record-breaking $10.