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Hasselbeck exits 'The View' with no hard feelings

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 08:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo, television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck arrives at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2010 fashion show in New York. Hasselbeck is leaving the desk at NEW YORK (AP) — Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving "The View" showing no hard feelings toward her colleagues, even when she's sparred with them politically.


Demian Bichir delves into immigration debate

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 07:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, Mexican actor Demian Bichir poses for photos before an interview, in New York. Bichir stars as Det. Marco Ruiz in the new FX drama, "The Bridge," opposite Diane Kruger, who plays his detective counterpart in the U.S. The TV series premieres July 10 at 10 p.m. Eastern on FX. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Forgive Mexican actor Demian Bichir for pointing out the obvious metaphor in the title of his new TV series "The Bridge," but someone had to do it.


TV's 'Waltons' storekeeper Joe Conley dies at 85

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:05 PM PDT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85.

Appendicitis-hit Elton John 'grateful to be alive'

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 03:03 AM PDT

En esta foto del 30 de junio del 2012, Elton John canta durante un partido de fútbol de la Eurocopa 2012 en Kiev, Ucrania. El músico británico canceló un concierto en el Hyde Park de Londres luego que le diagnosticaron una apendicitis que requerirá cirugía, informó su publicista en un comunicado el martes 9 de julio del 2013. (AP Foto/Efrem Lukatsky, Archivo)LONDON (AP) — Elton John says he is grateful to be alive after learning he had been playing European tour dates while suffering from undiagnosed appendicitis.


SKorean pop star Rain discharged from military

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 01:11 AM PDT

South Korean actor and singer Rain salutes to his fans and media after he served 21 months in the army in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 10, 2103. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean pop sensation Rain is out of the military.


Shah Rukh Khan denies knowing gender before birth

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 12:57 AM PDT

FILE- In this Jan. 29, 2013 file photo, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan waves as he holds a trophy during the unveiling of TOIFA Bollywood awards in Mumbai, India. Khan is denying he knew the gender of his son before the boy's premature birth. Prenatal gender testing is illegal in India to prevent sex-selective abortions.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, file)NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian film superstar Shah Rukh Khan has denied that he knew the gender of his new baby before the boy's premature birth, media reports said.


Brazilian police arrest French movie producer

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 08:00 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say they have arrested a French movie producer wanted in his home country on international drug trafficking charges.

Weinstein, Warner Bros. spar over 'The Butler'

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2011 file photo, Harvey Weinstein, film producer and co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, is shown in New York. The dustup over the rights to a film title has turned into a public squabble between Weinstein and Warner Bros. Disputed is the claim to the title "The Butler," which the Weinstein Co. has promoted as the name of an upcoming drama about a White House butler. Weinstein took to "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, to claim Warner Bros. has an "ulterior motive" in refusing to allow use of the title. (AP Photo/John Carucci, File)NEW YORK (AP) — With the drama of a summer blockbuster, the dustup over the rights to a film title has turned into a public battle between Harvey Weinstein and Warner Bros.


Placido Domingo expects health improvement soon

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 07:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, tenor Placido Domingo performs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Domingo is in the hospital after suffering a blockage in an artery of the lungs. Domingo's publicist says the 72-year-old is expected to make a full recovery but will have to miss at least two appearances scheduled for later this month. He was admitted to the hospital Monday, July 8, 2013, in Madrid. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)MADRID (AP) — Opera singer Placido Domingo says he expects his health to improve soon, after he was admitted to a Madrid hospital with a blockage in an artery of the lungs.


Elisabeth Hasselbeck of 'The View' joining Fox

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this file TV publicity image released by ABC, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd pose on the set of their daytime talk show, "The View." Hasselbeck is leaving the desk at NEW YORK (AP) — Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the desk at "The View" for the couch on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends."


Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Travis has been hospitalized in Texas with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Dallas. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Randy Travis remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilize his weakened heart.


Study: TV's female characters are sexual targets

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT

This publicity photo released by Fox shows teen character Meg, right, and Quagmire, in a scene from Fox's animated sitcom "Family Guy." Teenage female characters are sexual fodder for network TV series, especially comedies, according to a study from the Parents Television Council released Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Fox)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teenage female characters are sexual fodder for broadcast network TV series, especially comedies, according to an advocacy group's new study.


Placido Domingo in hospital in Spain with embolism

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 10:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, tenor Placido Domingo performs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Domingo is in the hospital after suffering a blockage in an artery of the lungs. Domingo's publicist says the 72-year-old is expected to make a full recovery but will have to miss at least two appearances scheduled for later this month. He was admitted to the hospital Monday, July 8, 2013, in Madrid. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Opera singer Placido Domingo is in the hospital after suffering a blockage in an artery of the lungs.


Meredith Vieira to host daily talk show in 2014

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 11:02 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Meredith Vieira attends the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom in New York. Vieira is returning to daytime TV with a syndicated talk show. Producer NBCUniversal says NEW YORK (AP) — Meredith Vieira is returning to daytime TV with a syndicated talk show.


10 Sting concerts in NYC will benefit arts group

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 09:13 AM PDT

FILE - This June 13, 2013 file photo, Sting performs at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th annual induction and awards gala in New York. Sting will hold 10 concerts this fall to benefit The Public Theater. The singer announced Tuesday, July 9, 2013 that he will perform at the 260-seat Anspacher Theater in the Public Theater from Sept. 25 through Oct. 9.(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Sting will hold 10 concerts in New York City this fall to benefit The Public Theater arts organization.


Jim Foglesong, label exec, hall of famer, dies

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:10 PM PDT

In a May 1, 2005 photo provided by the Country Music Hall of Fame, Jim Foglesong is honored at the Medallion Ceremony honoring him, in Nashville, Tenn. He is pictured with fellow Hall of Fame member Jo Walker-Meador. Foglesong, a music producer who helped launch Garth Brooks' career and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, July 9, in Nashville, says a spokeswoman at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, where Foglesong has been a faculty member since 1991. He was 90. (AP Photo/Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Donn Jones)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Foglesong, a record label executive and music producer who helped launch Garth Brooks' career and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. He was 90.


Ex-NBC reporter who covered RFK death dies in Md.

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:01 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former NBC News reporter who covered the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy for the network in 1968 has died in Maryland. Charles Quinn was 82.

NY judge: Apple conspired to raise e-book prices

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 08:48 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. broke antitrust laws and conspired with publishers to raise electronic book prices, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, citing "compelling evidence" from the words of the late Steve Jobs.

Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist is writing book critical of GOP

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 07:23 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Crist, the former Florida governor who switched from the Republican Party to Democrat, is working on a book that strongly criticizes the GOP's conservative policies.

Rihanna sends $5K check to Illinois high school

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 05:43 AM PDT

Rihanna plays at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark, Friday night, July 5, 2013. Roskilde Festival is the largest North European culture and music festival and has existed since 1971. (AP Photo/Simon Fals, Polfoto ) DENMARK OUTBARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Pop star Rihanna is donating $5,000 to a suburban Chicago high school to cover the costs of her brief but tardy visit earlier this year.


Samuel Beckett manuscript sells for $1.4 million

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 05:01 AM PDT

An undated photo made available by Sotheby's showing part of a set of Samuel Beckett jotters. Sotheby's says the manuscript of Irish writer Samuel Beckett's first novel has sold at auction for almost 1 million pounds ($1.5 million/1.160.280 euro).Britain's University of Reading bought "Murphy," written in 1935-36, for 962,500 pounds ($1.4 million/1.116.770 euro) at Wednesday's sale. The six exercise books contain the heavily reworked text of the novel as well as notes, doodles and sketches of figures including James Joyce and Charlie Chaplin. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)LONDON (AP) — Sotheby's says the manuscript of Irish writer Samuel Beckett's first novel has sold at auction for almost 1 million pounds ($1.5 million).


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