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AP Top Entertainment News At 4:36 a.m. EDT
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8.30.2008 : 4:36 am
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Obama's speech seen by 38 million-plus viewers
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8.30.2008 : 4:36 am
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NEW YORK -- Barack Obama's audience for his acceptance speech likely topped 40 million people, and the Democratic gathering that nominated him was a more popular television event than any other political convention in history.
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Today on the presidential campaign trail
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8.30.2008 : 3:06 am
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IN THE HEADLINES McCain selects Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin to be vice presidential candidate ... Obama's acceptance speech at Democratic convention seen by 38 million-plus viewers ... Palin choice as McCain running mate raises eyebrows, even within her own state
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Dissident Cuban rocker fined $28, freed
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8.29.2008 : 10:09 pm
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HAVANA -- A Cuban punk rocker known for his raunchy lyrics criticizing Fidel Castro was convicted of public disorder Friday, but freed after a court dismissed a more serious "social dangerousness" charge that could have sent him to prison for four years.
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Police: DNA links man to slaying of Kutcher's ex
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8.29.2008 : 10:05 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- DNA evidence has linked an air conditioning repairman to the stabbing deaths of three women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, police said Friday.
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McCain VP decision boosts book on Alaska governor
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8.29.2008 : 9:07 pm
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NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain's surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate has given a brief, upbeat biography of her the kind of boost that Sen. Joe Biden's memoir received when he joined the Democratic ticket.
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Ex-private eye, lawyer, convicted of conspiracy
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8.29.2008 : 7:56 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and his entertainment lawyer co-defendant were convicted Friday of charges linked to the wiretapping of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's former wife in a child support battle.
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Diddy halts private jet flights over fuel prices
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8.29.2008 : 7:28 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Fuel prices have grounded an unexpected frequent-flyer: Diddy. Sean "Diddy" Combs complained about the "... too high" price of gas and pleaded for free oil from his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" in a YouTube video posted Wednesday. The hip-hop mogul said he is now flying on commercial airlines instead of in private jets, which Combs said had previously cost him $200,000 and up for a roundtrip between New York and Los Angeles.
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Jennifer Aniston will make a return visit to NBC
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8.29.2008 : 7:19 pm
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NEW YORK -- Jennifer Aniston will return home to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on the hit sitcom "Friends."
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Usher to help kick off NFL season with concert
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8.29.2008 : 5:52 pm
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NEW YORK -- Like the NFL teams beginning their new seasons, Usher is hoping to go all the way to the Super Bowl.
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New show aims to represent public defenders
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8.29.2008 : 5:48 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- On one side of the "Raising the Bar" soundstage is a sterile office space punctuated with old phones, metal filing cabinets and stacks of papers. On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs.
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Theron attends `Burning Plain' debut in Venice
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8.29.2008 : 5:22 pm
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VENICE, Italy -- Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut, "The Burning Plain," opens with a wide shot of a trailer ablaze in the New Mexico desert. While the landscape appears barren and exposed, it is concealing secrets that drive the story.
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Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction
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8.29.2008 : 5:14 pm
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LAS VEGAS -- After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go.
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Iranian film explores transsexual world
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8.29.2008 : 5:11 pm
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VENICE, Italy -- Organizers of the Venice Film Festival waited to announce "Khastegi (Tedium)" by first-time Iranian director Bahman Motamedian until the last minute to avoid alerting authorities to its sensitive subject: transsexuals in modern-day Iran.
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Hollywood stuntwoman Hazel Warp dies at 93
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8.29.2008 : 3:53 pm
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BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Hazel Warp, who was Vivien Leigh's stunt double in "Gone With the Wind," has died. She was 93. A spokeswoman at Evergreen Healthcare in Livingston confirmed Friday that Warp died Tuesday at Livingston Memorial Hospital. A cause of death wasn't released.
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Winfrey opens season with Phelps, other Olympians
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8.29.2008 : 3:43 pm
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CHICAGO -- Gold medalists Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin and Kobe Bryant, along with 150 other U.S. Olympic team members, will be on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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Michael Jackson at 50: `The best is yet to come'
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8.29.2008 : 2:24 pm
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NEW YORK -- Michael Jackson marked a personal milestone Friday: his 50th birthday. The 13-time Grammy winner, who has sold more than 750 million albums, told ABC News' "Good Morning America" that he's "looking forward to doing a lot of great things. ... I think the best is yet to come in my true humble opinion."
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Every little bit Phelps: Swimmer a VMA presenter
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8.29.2008 : 1:28 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- He does comedy, writes books, and mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?
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Lindsay Lohan lashes out at father on blog
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8.29.2008 : 8:30 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan had words for her father on her blog. The 22-year-old actress lashed out at father Michael by calling him a "public embarrassment" and a "bully" in a MySpace blog entry posted Thursday. Earlier in the week, Michael said in an interview with E! that Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson was "using" his daughter.
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David Duchovny enters rehab for sex addiction
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8.29.2008 : 8:12 am
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LOS ANGELES -- David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication," has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. The 48-year-old actor said he did so voluntarily, in a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein. He added: "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family."
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Stars over the moon about Obama's speech
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8.29.2008 : 7:28 am
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DENVER -- First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: "It was excellent," Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. "It was amazing."
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Oprah on Obama: 'I cried my eyelashes off'
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8.29.2008 : 1:58 am
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DENVER -- Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. And those must've been some serious tears.
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Higher TV convention ratings this time than last
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8.28.2008 : 7:57 pm
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NEW YORK -- Interest in the Democratic convention among television viewers continues to run well ahead of 2004, although vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was a slightly less potent draw than Hillary Clinton.
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German studio offers 'Valkyrie' extras settlement
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8.28.2008 : 7:16 pm
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BERLIN -- A German film studio has offered to negotiate a settlement with a dozen extras who were injured on the set of the Tom Cruise film "Valkyrie," despite their demands that the actor and his production company, United Artists, pay them $11 million.
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Yearwood philosophical after emergency landing
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8.28.2008 : 6:46 pm
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Trisha Yearwood had a harrowing experience on a recent flight to Oklahoma when her plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Baltimore because of a cracked windshield.
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Denver band Flobots all over town during DNC
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8.28.2008 : 6:15 pm
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DENVER -- Colored wristbands run halfway up Stephen Brackett's arm, each one marking a show he and his band, the Flobots, have played the last several days.
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Valentino walks red carpet for his documentary
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8.28.2008 : 5:52 pm
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VENICE, Italy -- Of all the women Valentino has dressed in his 45-year career -- from Jacqueline Kennedy to Mariella Agnelli to Gwyneth Paltrow -- one red carpet moment stands out: When Julia Roberts wore a vintage black-and-white Valentino gown when she was awarded her best actress Oscar.
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Kitano examines cruel art in Venice entry
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8.28.2008 : 5:23 pm
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VENICE, Italy -- Takeshi Kitano presents a portrait of an artist who sacrifices his family and nearly his own life in pursuit of art in his new film "Achilles and the Tortoise."
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Rapper DMX pleads out Florida drug case
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8.28.2008 : 5:16 pm
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MIAMI -- Rapper DMX has pleaded out a Miami drug case and now awaits extradition to face more charges in Arizona. The 37-year-old rapper and actor pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession and was sentenced to time served. His lawyer Bradford Cohen says DMX is still in custody, waiting for Arizona authorities to pick him up on drug and animal cruelty charges there.
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Italy museum defies pope anger over crucified frog
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8.28.2008 : 4:39 pm
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ROME -- An art museum in northern Italy said Thursday it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials.
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Reviewed: `Raising the Bar,' 'Sons,' 'True Blood'
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8.28.2008 : 2:56 pm
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NEW YORK -- The fall season is afoot, with these three shows among the first to hit the air: TNT's courtroom drama "Raising the Bar"; FX's series about an outlaw motorcycle club, "Sons of Anarchy"; and HBO's vampires-are-just-folks horror-comedy-romance, "True Blood."
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
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8.28.2008 : 2:08 pm
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" by Sean Williams (Del Rey)
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
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8.28.2008 : 2:05 pm
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FICTION 1. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
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'Suge' Knight released from Las Vegas jail
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8.28.2008 : 1:43 pm
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LAS VEGAS -- Marion "Suge" Knight has been released from a Las Vegas jail. The founder of bankrupt Death Row Records posted $19,000 bail Wednesday and promised to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Sept. 26 on felony assault and drug charges.
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Kanye West performs on sidelines of Dem convention
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8.28.2008 : 11:55 am
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DENVER -- Kanye West's regret on the day Barack Obama was nominated for president: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it.
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Duke offers British public a bargain masterpiece
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8.28.2008 : 11:51 am
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LONDON -- A British aristocrat is offering two public art galleries a 50 million-pound (US$92 million) bargain -- a Renaissance painting by the Italian artist Titian that has been on display in Britain for 200 years but now could be sold overseas.
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Hilary Duff's dad to spend 10 days in Texas jail
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8.28.2008 : 9:11 am
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HOUSTON -- A judge in Texas has ordered the father of actress and singer Hilary Duff to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court.
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Hollywood stars talk politics at Dem convention
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8.28.2008 : 8:38 am
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DENVER -- Screenwriter and actor Danny Strong is interviewing colleagues at the Democratic National Convention for an Associated Press video diary. He spoke this week with several members of the Creative Coalition, a nonprofit group that engages the artistic community in issues, about why they're in Denver and what role actors have in politics.
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Blogger arrested over leak of Guns N' Roses songs
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8.28.2008 : 8:02 am
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LOS ANGELES -- A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.
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Kid Rock's video for 'Roll On' to showcase Detroit
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8.28.2008 : 7:15 am
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DETROIT -- Kid Rock is showing his affection for Detroit with a new video for a song on his new platinum-selling CD "Rock 'N Roll Jesus."
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Man rams car into Playboy Mansion gates _ twice
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8.28.2008 : 6:01 am
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- One man appears determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion. Los Angeles police say a Ventura County man rammed his vehicle into the gates at Hugh Hefner's legendary home twice in the past week.
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