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Magic Johnson
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In this Feb. 16, 2008 file photo, Former NBA star Magic Johnson arrives for the NBA All Star Basketball Gala in New Orleans. Magic Johnson says he's outraged that a pair of Minneapolis talk radio hosts accused him of faking AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker's conservative talk show on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008.

Published Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts Friday for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn't want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made the remarks during Baker's conservative radio show on Wednesday. After Johnson condemned the statements, the station said it regretted "some offhand remarks" by the pair.

Music Britney Spears
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In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Britney Spears is seen at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.

Published Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

If you're wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone - so does she.

Britain Q Awards
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U.S. performer Meat Loaf arrives for the Q Awards in central London, Monday, Oct. 6 2008.

Published Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week.

CORRECTION APTOPIX Make It Right
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Jennifer Jones poses for a photograph in front of one of the homes in Brad Pitt's Make It Right rebuilding project in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The Make It Right program calls for 150 homes to be built where levees broke after Hurricane Katrina, letting loose floodwaters that pushed homes off their foundations. This home was holding an open house and Jones was welcoming guests to the party.

Published Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

The first homes in Brad Pitt's Make It Right rebuilding project are complete, and some three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, 68-year-old grandmother Gloria Guy was on hand to give the actor a big hug.

People Angelina Jolie
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In this Oct. 4, 2008 file photo, actress Angelina Jolie attends a New York Film Festival screening of "Changeling" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.

Published Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

We've already seen the baby pictures - now see the photo of Angelina Jolie apparently breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine.

Brinkley Divorce
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In this Sept. 22, 2008 file photo, model Christie Brinkley attends the Metropolitan Opera season opening night gala performance at Lincoln Center in New York.

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

The highly public divorce battle between Christie Brinkley and her ex-husband may be settled, but the couple's bitter dispute is heating up again.

People O'Neal
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In this image originally released Sept. 17, 2008, by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Redmond O'Neal, son of actor Ryan O'Neal is shown in an arrest photo in Los Angeles. A judge has ordered Redmond O'Neal back to rehab weeks after he and his father were arrested on suspicion of drug possession.

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

A judge has ordered the 23-year-old son of actor Ryan O'Neal back to rehab weeks after he and his father were arrested on suspicion of drug possession.

People Lindsay Lohan
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In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Lindsay Lohan arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

Lindsay Lohan doesn't want to be on camera, at least not when she's giving a deposition.

People John Cusack
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This undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows Emily Leatherman, Emily Leatherman was moments away from accepting a deal that would have allowed her to escape state prison. But after she indicated she wasn't entering into the deal freely, a judge rejected the bargain and ordered the 33-year-old to stand trial beginning Friday.

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

A woman accused of stalking actor John Cusack will stand trial after a last-minute plea deal fell through late Wednesday afternoon.

Film-Billy Graham Movie
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This photo released by Rocky Mountain Pictures shows director Robby Benson, right, speaking with actor Armie Hammer on the set of "Billy: The Early Years,"on the set of "Billy: The Early Years," in Nashville, Tennessee in the spring of 2008. The movie focuses on Billy Graham's life as a teenager growing up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, when he became a super-evangelist, drawing hundreds of thousands of people to his preaching tour "crusades."

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

Robby Benson knows how it sounds. But his reason for making a movie about the life of a young Billy Graham, the director says, is simple: "I wanted to make a movie about goodness."

Published Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

"I'm not happy and perky all the time, like people might think. When I get off track, I say, 'OK, hour by hour. Take it hour by hour.' And usually by the next day, things have sort of worked out."

People Paris Hilton
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In this Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, Paris Hilton arrives at the launch party of new MTV series "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" in Los Angeles. The paparazzi darling and reality-TV star touted her presidential candidacy in a video on FunnyOrDie.com Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, her second appearance in a political spoof on the site.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

Watch out world: Paris Hilton is continuing her bid for the White House.

People Berkeley Breathed
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In this photo illustration provided Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 by cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, the main character from his comic strip, Opus, reads a newspaper with a 2008 photo of Breathed. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in Sunday comics pages after nearly 30 years because he wants to save his strip's main character from being dragged down in the current political climate. The last "Opus" strip will run Nov. 2, 2008.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in Sunday comics pages after nearly 30 years because he wants to save his strip's main character, Opus, from being dragged down in the current political climate.

People Britney Spears
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In this Oct. 11, 2007, file photo, singer Britney Spears drives from family court in Los Angeles. Spears may have to stand trial for a misdemeanor driving without a license after all. A three-judge panel in Los Angeles on Tuesday denied a motion by Spears' attorney seeking a delay in the trial and a possible reduction in the charge.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

An attorney for Britney Spears has rejected a plea offer that would have placed her on a year's probation and forced her to pay a $150 fine in her misdemeanor driver's license case.

People Adam Goldberg
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In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Adam Goldberg "DJ AM " arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

Friends of DJ AM are throwing a party to welcome the celebrity disc jockey home after he survived a fiery plane crash last month in South Carolina.

People My Morning Jacket
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In this April 27, 2008 file photo, Jim James of My Morning Jacket performs during the third day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

My Morning Jacket singer-guitarist Jim James has been released from the hospital after being injured in a fall during a concert at the University of Iowa.

People Travis Barker
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Drummer Travis Barker appears onstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios, in this Nov. 17, 2006 file photo in New York. Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.

People Nolte Fire
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A Los Angeles County Fire investigators holds a power strip which he removed from burned furniture as he investigates a fire at actor Nick Nolte's house in Malibu, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home.

Published Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2008

Actor Nick Nolte jumped out a window and used a hose to fight a fire that broke out in his Malibu home Tuesday, authorities said.

PEOPLE DAVID DUCHOVNY
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David Duchovny is seen in a Saturday July 12, 2008 file photo in Los Angeles. An attorney for Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication," voluntarily entered the facility in late August.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

An attorney for David Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for treatment of sex addiction.

Elle Women in Hollywood
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Kate Beckinsale, left, and Sheryl Crow pose together at Elle's 15th annual Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Elle Women in Hollywood
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Halle Berry arrives at Elle's 15th annual Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue.

Books Thurber Prize
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In this Friday, May 18, 2007 file photo, Larry Doyle sits at his Baltimore home. Doyle, a former writer-producer for "The Simpsons," was named the winner Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 of this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Larry Doyle, a former TV writer-producer for "The Simpsons," was named the winner Monday of this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor. He was cited for the novel "I Love You, Beth Cooper."

People Paris Bennett
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In a March 9, 2006, file photo American Idol, season five contestant, Paris Bennett, 17, of Fayetteville, Ga., arrives to a finalist party at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Bennet gave birth to a daughter named Egypt on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt.

China Bruce Lee
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Hong Kong actor Danny Chan is photographed before a press conference marking the launch of a TV series about the life of Kung Fu star Bruce Lee, in Beijing Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008. Chan stars as Lee in the 50-part prime-time TV series made by China's state broadcaster CCTV. The 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million) series will start airing on Sunday.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.

TV Dancing With The Stars
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In this image released by ABC, volleyball player Misty May-Treanor, left, and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy perform on the ABC celebrity dance competition, "Dancing With The Stars," Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 in Los Angeles.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Misty May-Treanor is too hurt to keep dancing. The 31-year-old "Dancing with the Stars" contestant and Olympic gold medalist volleyball player appeared at the conclusion of Monday's show on crutches and with a cast on her left leg to announce that she's out of the popular ABC dancing competition after injuring herself while rehearsing Friday.

People R Kelly
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In this June 13, 2008 file photo, R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Court Building in Chicago during jury deliberations in his child pornography trial.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect.

Miley Cyrus Sweet 16 Birthday
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In this image released by Disneyland, "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus is joined by Mickey Mouse as more than 5,000 fans sing "Happy Birthday" to her Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 at Disneyland park in Anaheim, Calif., during Cyrus' "Sweet 16" birthday party, a park-wide gala attended by dozens of celebrities and fans from around the world.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

The ex-headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa sued the talk show host for defamation, claiming Winfrey falsely suggested she tried to cover up abuse at the school.

People Stephen Colbert
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In this image released by the New Yorker Festival, Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," is shown during an interview at The 2008 New Yorker Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in New York.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Stephen Colbert was raised in South Carolina to be a Southern gentleman. But he spends his days being a jerk. It must be tough.

People Michael Lohan
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In this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo, Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, is interviewed in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Michael Lohan isn't the type to back down from a fight.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

"America's Mexican," as George Lopez referred to himself in his 2007 HBO comedy special, knows he's made it big.

Music American Music Awards
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In an April 3, 2008 file photo Jimmy Kimmel poses on the press line at the Jimmy Kimmel Show 1000th Episode Party. Kimmel is slated to host the American Music Awards on Nov. 23, 2008.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to provide more laughs for the American Music Awards.

People Tyler Perry
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Will Smith, left, is greeted by Tyler Perry at the unveiling of Perry's new motion picture and television studio in Atlanta, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Tyler Perry unveiled a new multimillion-dollar TV and film studio Saturday on 30 acres in southwest Atlanta.

King's Museum
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A display explaining different blues styles is seen during a media tour of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, in Indianola, Miss.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Grammy-winning merengue superstar Juan Luis Guerra is planning to teach at his Boston alma mater.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Former "American Idol" contestant LaKisha Jones has tied the knot.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

CBS News' Bob Schieffer said moderating the debate between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama won't be nearly as unnerving as his Grand Ole Opry debut was Sunday.

People Janet Jackson
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In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, singer Janet Jackson performs during her concert in Los Angeles.

Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008

Janet Jackson has postponed three more shows because of an undisclosed illness.

People Natalie Cole
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In this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, Natalie Cole arrives at the 4th Annual Peapod Foundation Benefit Concert in Los Angeles.

Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008

Natalie Cole, who suffers from hepatitis C, is resting at her Los Angeles home after being released from the hospital earlier this week, Cole's representative said Friday.

People Castroneves Tax Charges
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In this Nov. 18, 2007 file photo, Helio Castroneves arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. A grand jury on Thursday, oct. 2, 2008, returned a tax evasion indictment against the 33-year-old Castroneves, who lives in a Coral Gables mansion.

Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008

Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.

Castroneves Tax Charges
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In this May 15, 2005, file photo, IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, celebrates with his sister, Kati, after he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 auto race with an average speed of 227.077 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Helio Castroneves is facing federal tax charges in Miami. Castroneves is charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion from 1999 through 2004. Also indicted in were Constroneves' sister and business manager, and his attorney.

Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income.

Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008

A former Argentine airport officer who became a Latin American pinup model testified in U.S. court Friday about discovering a suitcase stuffed with nearly $800,000 in cash brought to a Buenos Aires airport from Venezuela.

Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008

Each year since 1998, I've compiled a "10 to Watch" list of actors on TV. These are actors on new network shows who have the potential to go on to bigger careers even if their new series fails.

People James Earl Jones
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In this Jan. 8, 2008 file photo, James Earl Jones is shown on the first day of rehearsal for the new Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," in New York. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced Thursday Oct. 2, 2008, that James Earl Jones, whose acting prowess and iconic voice are world-renown, will receive the Guild's most prestigious accolade, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

James Earl Jones, who has voiced some of entertainment's most memorable characters, will receive the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

People Bernhard Palin
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This June 9, 2006 file photo shows comedian Sandra Bernhard in New York. A women's shelter on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 cut headliner Sandra Bernhard from its annual benefit after she said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin would be gang-raped if she ever visited New York.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women's shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

People Safer
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In this image released by CBS, the face of a clock, etched in marble and created by veteran "60 minutes" correspondent Morley Safer is shown. Safer's work celebrating the CBS newsmagazine's 40th anniversary will be unveiled at a party on Oct. 6, 2008. It's the face of a clock with "60" at the top and "40" where the "8" would be in most clocks.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes."

People Dolly Parton
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In this June 7, 2007 file photo, Dolly Parton arrives for the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala in New York.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

Dolly Parton, who often refers to her Smoky Mountains upbringing, will serve as the ambassador for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

SWITZERLAND UNICEF HAYEK
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Mexican actress Salma Hayek, spokeswoman for the global Pampers/UNICEF campaign "One Pack = One Vaccine", reacts during a press conference to announce the partnership between UNICEF and Pampers aimed at eliminating maternal and newborn tetanus, at the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

Hollywood mom Salma Hayek is lending her star power to a UNICEF campaign to eradicate tetanus in mothers and babies around the world within four years.

South Korea Actress
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In this May, 2008 file photo, a top South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil is seen. The actress has been found dead in a suspected suicide.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

A popular South Korean actress depressed after a divorce and distraught over online rumors was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, hours after she sent a text message saying "take care of my children no matter what happens."

People Leonardo DiCaprio
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In this image released by Warner Bros., actor Leonardo DiCaprio, left, talks with host Ellen DeGeneres about the public service announcement he put together with some of his Hollywood friends including DeGeneres to encourage people to vote for the upcoming election during the taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, in Burbank, Calif. The program is scheduled to air on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

How do you get kids to vote? Just say no.


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