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Susan Lucci slams ABC exec in epilogue

By doris | Published: September 6, 2011

Full Story at MarqueeBlogs.CNN.com All My Children” star Susan Lucci has found an outlet to speak on the cancellation of her long-running soap. According to the New York Post, the actress just added a scathing epilogue to the paperback edition of her book, “All My Life: A Memoir.” Lucci, who has played Erica Kane on [...]

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Whoopi Goldberg’s ‘one really major regret

By doris | Published: April 14, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — “I only really have one really major regret,” Whoopi Goldberg tells CNN’s Piers Morgan. “And it was I had the opportunity to spend a birthday with Sammy Davis Jr., and I didn’t.” The actress and co-host of “The View” is a guest on Wednesday’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.”

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He’s back! Schwarzenegger plans return to film

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger is changing his famous catch-phrase to “I’m back” from “I’ll be back.” The former governor of California said on Thursday that he was returning to his former role as a Hollywood action hero. “Exciting news,” he wrote on Twitter. “My friends at CAA (Creative Artists Agency, [...]

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Oh, Boy: Culture Club to Reunite for World Tour

By doris | Published: January 30, 2011

Full Story at PopEater.com After recent hinting in the press, Boy George confirms: Culture Club will reunite next year. The singer, 49, also promises a “proper huge worldwide tour” starring the iconic ’80s hitmakers. The announcement comes during the run-up to the release of his solo album ‘Ordinary Alien,’ partly written while he served four [...]

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Mackenzie Phillips: ‘I understand this is a difficult thing’

By doris | Published: September 26, 2009

Full Story atCNN.com But as the former actress and musician talked with Oprah Winfrey for the second time this week — this time about the firestorm that erupted from her hour-long interview Wednesday — she said she doesn’t regret writing her memoir, “High on Arrival.” “I understand this is a difficult thing for my family,” [...]

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Carradine family requests help from FBI

By doris | Published: June 7, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – The family of David Carradine is asking a private forensics expert and the FBI to help investigate the “Kung Fu” actor’s death, attorney Mark Geragos said Saturday, the same day Thai police said surveillance footage indicated no one had entered his hotel room before he died. Carradine’s brother [...]

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Police Probe Mystery of Spider-Man Actress’s Death

By doris | Published: May 23, 2009

Full Story At  People.com Spider-Man 3 actress Lucy Gordon, who was found dead in her Paris apartment Wednesday, is being recalled as a promising actress whose burgeoning career was set to flourish further. The British actress, who apparently hanged herself, would have turned 29 on Friday – an occasion that leaves friends and family members [...]

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Idol David Cook’s Brother Dies of Cancer

By doris | Published: May 4, 2009

Full Story At  People.com After battling cancer for more than a decade, David Cook’s brother, Adam, died Saturday, the American Idol winner announced Sunday morning before the 12th annual Race for Hope 5K in Washington, D.C. “I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor and I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else right now,” [...]

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Las Vegas impressionist Danny Gans dies

By doris | Published: May 2, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com Singer-actor-impressionist Danny Gans, who spent more than a decade as one of the most popular entertainers in Las Vegas, died Friday. He was 52. Gans was pronounced dead in his bed shortly after police and paramedics were summoned to a report of a man not breathing at Gans’ home about 3:45 [...]

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Concert to pay tribute to late opera singer

By doris | Published: April 12, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Marian Anderson couldn’t sing at Constitution Hall or even a local high school because of the color of her skin. So the opera singer performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in April 1939 and sang “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.” Unlike other events then, the 75,000-person crowd [...]

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