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Bynes appears in NYC court in suspected bong toss

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New YorkNEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Bynes wore a long aqua wig, false eyelashes and black sweatpants and a tank top for a brief court appearance Tuesday on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.


Singer Randy Travis in critical condition in Texas

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:34 AM 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 music singer Randy Travis was listed in critical condition a day after being hospitalized in Texas with heart problems.


Elton John diagnosed with appendicitis

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:09 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Elton John has canceled a show in London's Hyde Park after being diagnosed with appendicitis that will require surgery.

Russia's culture ministry fires Bolshoi chief

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Anatoly Iksanov , the general director of the Bolshoi Theater, speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. The Russian culture ministry has fired the director general of the famed Bolshoi Theater that has been mired in scandal since an acid attack on its artistic director. Minister Vladimir Medinsky said Tuesday, July 9, 2013, that Iksanov would be replaced by Vladimir Urin, head of another major ballet and opera theater. Medinsky said Iksanov would serve as his adviser.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)MOSCOW (AP) — The chief of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater was fired Tuesday after months of infighting following an acid attack on its artistic director that has stained the reputation of one of the legendary names in world ballet.


AP PHOTOS: Underground music flourishes in Iran

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:49 AM PDT

In this picture taken on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, female Iranian back vocalist Azadeh Ettehad and violinist Nastaran Ghaffari, both members of a band called "Accolade," perform in an unauthorized stage performance in Tehran, Iran. Headphone-wearing disc jockeys mixing beats. It's an underground music scene that is flourishing in Iran, despite government restrictions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Heavy metal guitarists jamming in basements. Headphone-wearing disc jockeys mixing beats. There's an underground music scene flourishing in Iran, despite government restrictions.


Author of Princeton letter writing advice book

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:01 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Princeton University alumna who urged female students to find a husband before they graduate has a book deal.

'Despicable Me 2' tops 'Ranger' with $83.5 million

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:39 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney's "The Lone Ranger" got stampeded by the kind of movie the company built its reputation on: an animated crowd-pleaser.

Doctor says he thought Jackson had drug problem

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 04:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2009 handout photo provided by AEG, pop star Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A doctor who treated Jackson on his 1993 "Dangerous" tour testified on Monday, July 8, 2013, in a negligent hiring suit against AEG Live LLC that he expressed concerns that the singer had problems with prescription painkillers to a promoter who later became a top AEG Live executive. (AP Photo/ Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images, file) ** MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT **LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who treated Michael Jackson during a 1993 concert tour that had to be canceled when the singer entered rehab testified Monday about the signs that led him to conclude the singer had a problem with prescription pain medications at the time.


De la Renta joins Clintons and pantsuit in Ark.

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:41 PM PDT

An Oscar de la Renta pantsuit, center, worn by Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, is displayed next to other creations by the designer at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, July 8, 2013. The "Oscar de la Renta: American Icon" exhibit is on display at the Clinton library until Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It's not quite "Project Pantsuit," but it's not far off.


Bentley holding benefit for Ariz. firefighters

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2013 file photo, Dierks Bentley performs at LP Field in Nashville Tenn. Bentley is organizing a July 22 benefit concert at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz., for the families of 19 firefighters from Prescott Fire Department's Granite Mountain Hotshots who were killed while on duty. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dierks Bentley has one day off the rest of this month and he's giving it to the families of fallen firefighters in Arizona.


Bynes due in court on reckless endangerment charge

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2011 file photo, Amanda Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. Bynes is due in court Tuesday July 9, 2013 on allegations that she tossed a marijuana bong from the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment. The 27-year-old actress is charged with reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Bynes is due in court on allegations that she tossed a marijuana bong from the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.


Lauryn Hill starts prison sentence for taxes

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:54 PM PDT

FILE - An April 22, 2013, file photo shows singer Lauryn Hill walking from federal court in Newark, N.J. Hill has started serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade. The Grammy-winning singer reported Monday July 8, 2013, to the federal prison in Danbury. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut on Monday for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.


Kings of Leon join in to help Okla. tornado relief

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2013 photo, Caleb Followill from the band Kings of Leon performs at the 3rd annual Governors Ball Music Festival in New York. The Followills are reaching out to help Oklahoma after a series of tornadoes killed dozens of people last spring with a benefit concert in Oklahoma City featuring The Flaming Lips, Jackson Browne and Built to Spill. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When tornadoes devastated parts of Oklahoma earlier this year, members of Kings of Leon decided to help out the people of the state that's been a huge part of their lives over the years.


Singer Randy Travis in critical at Texas hospital

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs at the 2013 CMA Music Festival at 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 John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music singer Randy Travis is in critical condition at a Texas hospital after being hospitalized for heart problems.


Randy Travis in critical in Texas hospital

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 03:37 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 music star Randy Travis was in critical condition Monday in a Texas hospital, a day after he was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy.


De la Renta to join Clintons and pantsuit in Ark.

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 01:47 PM PDT

An Oscar de la Renta pantsuit, center, worn by Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, is displayed next to other creations by the designer at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, July 8, 2013. The "Oscar de la Renta: American Icon" exhibit is on display at the Clinton library until Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's pantsuits is on display at a museum in Arkansas.


Country singer Randy Travis hospitalized in Texas

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 02:59 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 music star Randy Travis was in critical condition Monday in a Texas hospital, a day after he was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy.


Bon Jovi gives $1M to NJ Superstorm Sandy relief

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:05 AM PDT

Sharon Mary Atkinson describes some of the devastation from Superstorm Sandy, as singer Jon Bon Jovi, right, listens Monday, July 8, 2013, as he walks in his hometown of Sayreville, N.J., with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Bon Jovi is giving $1 million to help the band's home state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Bon Jovi has been a high-profile presence in his hometown since some neighborhoods were wiped out by Sandy last year. The singer says he wants to do what he can to help, including telling the world about the central New Jersey community's struggles. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, Pool)SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi went home Monday to present a $1 million check from his band to a fund to help New Jersey recover from Superstorm Sandy.


David Schwimmer finds 'artistic home' in Chicago

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2013 file photo, actor David Schwimmer attends the NBC Network 2013 Upfront at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago with a group of his Northwestern University classmates. Schwimmer has returned to direct the company's summer offering, a crime comedy called "Big Lake, Big City" written by Keith Huff of TV's "Mad Men" and Broadway's "A Steady Rain." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)CHICAGO (AP) — Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director David Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago with a group of his Northwestern University classmates.


Thriller writers collaborate for anthology

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly. Lee Child and Joseph Finder.

Play about American activist performed in Israel

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 08:09 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, July 7, 2013. Israeli actress Sivane Kretchner plays American activist Rachel Corrie as she performs in a theater in Jerusalem. A one-person play about an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer is being performed for a Hebrew-speaking audience in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — A one-woman play about an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza is being performed for Hebrew-speaking audiences for the first time. Producers hope the show will force Israelis to confront an issue that, 10 years later, is still stirring passions.


Slipknot singer reports Iowa theft of $36K of gear

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:36 AM PDT

US Slipknot perform at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Thursday, July 4, 2013. The festival ends Sunday. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Thomas Borberg) DENMARK OUTWEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The lead singer of the heavy metal band Slipknot says musical equipment worth $36,000 has been stolen from his home and storage units in Iowa.


Elton John cancels London show due to appendicitis

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:13 AM PDT

FILE - This June 30, 2012 file photo shows British pop star Elton John performing during the Euro 2012 soccer championship in Kiev, Ukraine. Elton John has canceled a show in London's Hyde Park after being diagnosed with appendicitis that will require surgery. A statement issued Tuesday July 9, 2013 by the musician's publicist said John was suffering from an inflamed appendix and surrounding abscess. The 66-year-old performer had been due to play an outdoor concert in London's Hyde Park on Friday on a bill with Elvis Costello and Ray Davies.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)LONDON (AP) — Elton John has canceled a show in London's Hyde Park due to appendicitis that will require surgery.


Dutch prince flown to The Hague, still in coma

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:39 AM PDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch royal house says Prince Johan Friso, who has been in a coma since being struck by an avalanche in February 2012, has been moved from a London hospital to a palace in The Hague even though he remains in a state of "minimal consciousness."

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