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01/27/2012 11:34 PM
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Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74
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 AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
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01/27/2012 11:19 PM
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TV show choreographer gets 10 years for rape
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AP - A salsa dance instructor who worked on the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" has been sentenced in Los Angeles to 10 years in prison for raping one woman and assaulting another.
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01/27/2012 10:09 PM
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Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest
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Reuters - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse James on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards.
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01/27/2012 10:03 PM
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Loved and loathed, Lana Del Rey set to face the music
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Reuters - Rarely has a pop star just starting out been so loved and loathed as Lana Del Rey, the 25-year-old who has filled acres of newspaper column inches even before her debut album "Born to Die" hits shelves next week.
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01/27/2012 08:13 PM
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Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
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 AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
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01/27/2012 07:55 PM
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Demi Moore "smoked something" before convulsions: 911 tape
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Reuters - Actress Demi Moore suffered convulsions and seemed only semi-conscious after smoking an undisclosed substance before being rushed to hospital earlier this week, according to the tape of a medical emergency call released on Friday.
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01/27/2012 07:33 PM
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Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film
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Reuters - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her newest film, the former "Grey's Anatomy" TV star toplines an action comedy "One for the Money," in theaters of Friday.
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01/27/2012 07:07 PM
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SAG statuette has an interesting backstory
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 AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.
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01/27/2012 04:48 PM
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Winslet to receive honorary French 'Cesar'
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 AP - British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary award next month from organizers of the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
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01/27/2012 03:56 PM
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India's Razzies poke fun at "indulgent" Bollywood
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Reuters - Bollywood stars better watch out. Movie fans in India are handing out their own version of the Razzies, the annual Oscars spoof that spotlights Hollywood's worst performances.
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