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Obama honors Carole King at White House concert

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:20 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times.

Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:27:35 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.

Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:11:20 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal.

Talk of lies, pride as Trump case goes to jury

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:21 -0400

CHICAGO (AP) — The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand.

Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affair

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself.

Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:09 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her.

Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:03 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims.

Emails show AEG lawyer called Jackson a 'freak'

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:22:12 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed.

'Idol' winner rolling out debut album in July

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:32:36 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album.

Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:21:33 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost."

Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:44 -0400

ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.

ND ad agency sues creators of Cartoon Network show

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:10 -0400

A North Dakota advertising agency is suing the creators of a Cartoon Network show, alleging that they copied a state marketing campaign.

Top AEG lawyer referred to Jackson as 'freak'

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:47:38 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emails displayed in court show a lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC referred to Michael Jackson as a "freak" on the day the singer signed a contract for his ill-fate comeback concerts.

Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:10:34 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that.

Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:13 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas — how else? — with the flattery of his own mother.

Attorney: Donald Trump lied on stand

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:52:43 -0400

CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star whom he said lied on the witness stand.

Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:38 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter.

Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:24:14 -0400

LONDON (AP) — Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics.

'GMA' host Roberts to write memoir about illness

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Roberts will tell the story of her battle with a life-threatening illness in a new memoir.

Ryan Gosling breaks Cannes' heart, misses premiere

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling.

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:12 -0400

CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:22 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is.

Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:49:45 -0400

BEIJING (AP) — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.

Closings arguments begin at Donald Trump trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:58 -0400

CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for an 87-year-old grandmother who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a condo deal has told jurors the "Apprentice" star lied on the witness stand.

Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:39 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:39:02 -0400

PRAGUE (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.

Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:02 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.

Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:41:37 -0400

BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis.

Nick Jonas, Giuliana Rancic to host Miss USA

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:16 -0400

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality.

Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:45:04 -0400

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.

WW II photo-documentarian Wayne Miller dies at 94

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:27:37 -0400

ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, has died at age 94.

Sammy Hagar faces appeal of tossed defamation case

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:24:10 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former Playboy bunny who claims Sammy Hagar fathered her now-deceased child is appealing a ruling that dismissed her lawsuit against the former Van Halen frontman.