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Actor who was Mr. Pitt on ‘Seinfeld’ dies at 77

By doris | Published: January 31, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine’s boss Mr. Pitt on “Seinfeld” and the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in the animated TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” has died. He was 77. A website statement from LucasArts said Abercrombie [...]

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Screen Actors Guild Awards: The winners list

By doris | Published: January 30, 2012

Full Story at MarqueeBlogs.CNN.com The 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards honored first-time and sixth-time winners alike on Sunday night. Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis received SAG awards for their supporting and leading roles, respectively, in “The Help,” which also took home the award for outstanding cast in a motion picture. Meanwhile, ABC sitcom “Modern [...]

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Michael Jackson’s children cement his legacy

By doris | Published: January 29, 2012

Full Story at TODAYEntertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the “Thriller” singer’s glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Well over a hundred fans of the King of Pop and celebrities including Justin Bieber and Jackson [...]

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Woman on 911 tape: Demi Moore ‘convulsing’ after ‘smoking something’

By doris | Published: January 28, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles (CNN) — A woman called 911 soliciting help for actress Demi Moore, whom she said was “convulsing” and “burning up” after “smoking something,” according to a recording of the call obtained Friday from the Los Angeles Fire Department. The star of “Ghost,” “A Few Good Men,” “G.I. Jane” and [...]

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Marg Helgenberger on shooting her final ‘CSI’ episode

By doris | Published: January 27, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com In preparation for Marg Helgenberger’s last episode of “CSI” — which aired on Wednesday on CBS — EW talked to the 53-year-old actress about becoming the third original star (behind Gary Dourdan and William Petersen) to depart the long-running crime drama, as well as what she’ll miss, and whether she’ll ever [...]

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Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ joke offends Sikh community

By doris | Published: January 26, 2012

Full Story at TheMarquee.Blogs.CNN.com Late night hosts are using everything they’ve got to poke fun at the Republican presidential candidate race, from Jimmy Fallon making campaign ad parodies to Jimmy Kimmel’s “A Charlie Brown GOP Debate.” But “The Tonight Show’s” Jay Leno might have gone too far for a few laughs. On January 19, the [...]

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Hospital must pay Garth Brooks $1 million

By doris | Published: January 25, 2012

Full Story at Entertainment.msnbc.com An Oklahoma hospital in Garth Brooks’ hometown must pay $1 million to the country singer because it failed to build a women’s health center in honor of his late mother, jurors ruled Tuesday evening. Jurors ruled that the hospital must return a $500,000 donation to Brooks plus pay him $500,000 in [...]

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Photojournalist Eve Arnold dies at 99

By doris | Published: January 24, 2012

Full Story at Entertainment.msnbc.com Eve Arnold, a globe-trotting photojournalist who captured iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, has died, the Magnum photo agency said Thursday. She was 99. Magnum spokeswoman Fiona Rogers said Arnold died peacefully Wednesday in a London nursing home. Born in Philadelphia in 1912 to Russian immigrant parents, Arnold began working as a [...]

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Seacrest launching a lifestyle, entertainment TV network

By doris | Published: January 23, 2012

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Ryan Seacrest is getting his own TV network after all. The multi-hyphenate, along with partners AEG and talent agency CAA, have struck a deal with billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban to rebrand his HDNET as AXS TV (pronounced Access) beginning this summer. The channel’s programming lineup will rely heavily on live lifestyle [...]

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Singer Etta James dies at 73

By doris | Published: January 22, 2012

Full Story at Entertainment.msnbc.com Etta James’ performance of the enduring classic “At Last” was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait. In real life, little about James was as genteel as [...]

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