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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:21 GMT) New!

Simon Cowell (R) and Mezhgan Hussainy arrive at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California March 7, 2010.  REUTERS/Gus Ruelas    (OSCARS-PARTY)(UNITED STATES (ENTERTAINMENT)AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."


Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:56:29 GMT) New!

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, left, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman, right. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.


Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP) (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:20 GMT) 

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002.AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.


Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:42:30 GMT) New!

Voto Latino co-founder and actress Rosario Dawson, second from right, participates in a news conference with actor Wilma Valderrama, right, California Community Foundation president Antonia Hernandez, far left, and Voto Latino executive director Maria Teresa Kumar at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Dawson announced a plan by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund) and Voto Latino to build momentum for the 2010 census by launching an interactive, multimedia campaign targeting young California Latinos. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.


Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:10 GMT) New!
AP - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.
'The Scottsboro Boys' examines racial injustice (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:21 GMT) New!

In this theater publicity image released by Sam Rudy Media Relations, from left, Derrick Cobey, Julius Thomas III, Brandon Victor Dixon and Josh Breckenridge are shown in a scene from 'The Scottsboro Boys,' a musical featuring a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, now playing at off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Sam Rudy Media Relations, Carol Rosegg)AP - Let's get right to the point. "The Scottsboro Boys" is a staggeringly inventive piece of musical theater.


CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:19 GMT) New!
Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.
Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:58:30 GMT) New!

Actress Reese Witherspoon, Avon global ambassador, speaks at the  International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.


'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:21 GMT) New!

Simon Cowell (R) and Mezhgan Hussainy arrive at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California March 7, 2010.  REUTERS/Gus Ruelas    (OSCARS-PARTY)(UNITED STATES (ENTERTAINMENT)AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."


"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:09:32 GMT) New!

Cast member John Cusack poses at a red carpet event for the movie Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.


Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:12:22 GMT) New!
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday protesting against China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated novelists because he was HIV-positive.
Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles (Reuters) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:30:22 GMT) New!

Corey Haim, a 1980's heartthrob whose Hollywood career was derailed by wild parties and drug abuse, died Wednesday aged 38 in Los Angeles after an apparent overdose, police said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Buckner)Reuters - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.


Louis Vuitton's Silver Screen Femininity (Fashion Wire Daily) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:00 GMT) New!

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Louis Vuitton show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on  Wednesday, March 10, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - It was all very 1950s heroine chic at Louis Vuitton Wednesday, March 10, in Paris, when the label's designer Marc Jacobs sent out a series of proper, feminine looks onto a runway that circled a huge water fountain in a courtyard of the Louvre Museum.


Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes (AP) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:10 GMT) New!
AP - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.
Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom) (Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:49:17 GMT) 

A model wears an outfit by designers Burberry Prorsum for their Autumn/Winter 2010 collection at London Fashion Week,  in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)