'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES (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
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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....
Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista
WASHINGTON (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....
3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln
The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America....
Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts'
CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers....
Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes
NEW YORK (AP) -- An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation....
2-second video causes headache for ABC News
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles....
Disney to release Indian film in southern dialect
HONG KONG (AP) -- Encouraged by the reception of its Hindi animated movie, Disney is shooting a new adventure film in the southern Indian dialect of Telugu as it deepens its localization drive in the populous country....
Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
LOS ANGELES (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....
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