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Father of Sarah Palin's grandson on Playgirl cover
The teen father of Sarah Palin's grandson is featured on the cover of the upcoming print version of Playgirl magazine — sporting nothing but a sultry gaze.The nude photos of Levi Johnston — the 19-year-old former fiance of Palin's daughter — were a huge hit last fall on the magazine's Web site.
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Lohans back in NY court over child support
Actress Lindsay Lohan's estranged parents are still feuding.Dina and Michael Lohan were in Nassau County Family Court on Long Island in a dispute over child-support payments Tuesday. Dina Lohan claims her ex-husband is late on child support for their two minor children, Ali and Cody.
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'Lost' premiere sets encouraging note for ABC
Fans still found "Lost," even on a busy television week dominated by the Super Bowl.The genre-busting mystery opened its final season last Tuesday with 12.1 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said. That's an increase of 6 percent over the audience for the 2009 season debut.
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'Survivor' host Probst signs deal for next season
Jeff Probst is sticking with "Survivor" next season as host and an executive producer.CBS announced an agreement Tuesday with Probst, who has been host of "Survivor" since its debut in 2000. He'll be back for the 21st and 22nd installment of network TV's longest-running reality competition series, airing in 2010-11.
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DeGeneres says Cowell is 'meaner than I thought'
Ellen DeGeneres, the newest judge on "American Idol," says Simon Cowell is "meaner" than she thought. Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and various guest judges kicked off the ninth season of the Fox singing competition last month. DeGeneres begins her stint Tuesday night.
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Top 20 prime-time TV programs
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Feb. 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.1. "Super Bowl: Indianapolis vs. New Orleans," CBS, 106.48 million.2. "Super Bowl Post Game," CBS, 75.47 million.3. "Undercover Boss," CBS, 38.
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Marchesa caters to the high-wattage fashion crowd
Marchesa is a glamorous, movie-star fashion house: Its specialty is the show-stopping red carpet dresses you're likely to see on Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller or "Annie," known to the rest of us as Anne Hathaway.The gowns seem a perfect complement to the label's co-founders, Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, two Brits-turned-New Yorkers who fit nicely into the glitzy fabric of the fashion world, clinking champagne glasses with the A-list of editors, stylists and models who'll attend the Marchesa preview at New York Fashion Week, which starts Thursday.
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'Lost' star cast in 'Hawaii 5-0'
"Lost" star Daniel Dae Kim is the first actor cast for the remake of the hit cop series "Hawaii Five-0."CBS told The Honolulu Advertiser that Kim will portray detective Chin Ho Kelly, who was originally played by the late Kam Fong. Kim plays Jin on ABC's "Lost," which is in its sixth and final season.
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UK group urges Elton John to cancel Israel show
A British academic group that supports Palestinian rights is urging singer Elton John to cancel a summer concert in Israel.The British Committee for Universities of Palestine says in an open letter to John that it is wrong to perform in Israel because of alleged abuses committed during the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip last year.
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Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite
Jay Leno has a message for David Letterman: Thanks.Leno said that "whatever happened in the last 18 years disappeared" when the two comics got together to film their surprise Super Bowl ad last week."He was very gracious," Leno said Monday on his prime-time show, which ends Tuesday.
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Kate Gosselin to release personal new book
Kate Gosselin has a new book, "I Just Want You to Know," scheduled for release in April.Christian book publisher Zondervan said Tuesday the book features excerpts, prayers and memories from Gosselin's journal, offering readers a look at her life during the three years her family went from obscurity to fame on TLC's "Jon&Kate Plus 8.
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SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick's wife on cover
Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.The 22-year-old wife of tennis star Andy Roddick said being chosen for the front is "the news of a lifetime."The cover photo of Decker smiling in a yellow bikini is a departure from the moresultry look that SI had gone for the past few years, she said.
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Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti with UN refugee body
The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.The Hollywood star spoke with hospitalized Haitian survivors in the neighboring Dominican Republic on Monday.UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said Jolie would travel to Haiti later Tuesday.
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TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat
A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia.ITV Studios, producer of "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here," was fined 3,000 Australian dollars ($2,615) after pleading guilty Monday, the Australian RSPCA said Tuesday.
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Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty in Utah court
Former child television star Gary Coleman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April.In a deal with the prosecutor, Coleman entered the plea in Santaquin Justice Court on his 42nd birthday.
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Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed
Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat.
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Andre Leon Talley to judge 'Top Model'
Andre Leon Talley will help crown "America's Next Top Model."The over-the-top 60-year-old Vogue editor-at-large will join Tyra Banks, photographer Nigel Barker and a weekly guest judge on the panel of the 14th season of the CW modeling competition (premiering March 10 at 8 p.
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Record ads
Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game — the most for any Super Bowl.Research firm Kantar Media says the amount of ads that aired on CBS was nearly 3 minutes longer than last year's total, the previous record holder.
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Embalmer turned hairstylist takes Alpharetta by storm
There is a hair emergency happening at Muse Salon. At 9 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, co-owner/stylist Daniel Jones is hard at work fixing a color disaster. Five other clients are also awaiting his services, but Jones, thanks to the support of several assistants, is unflappable.
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Royal Shakespeare Company plans 2011 NY visit
Call it Stratford-upon-Hudson. Or maybe the East River.Great Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company will take up residence at New York's Park Avenue Armory in 2011, presenting five Shakespeare plays in repertory July 6-Aug. 14, Lincoln Center Festival and the armory announced Monday.
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British comic actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89
Ian Carmichael, a British comic actor who starred in "I'm All Right Jack" on the silver screen and played Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey on TV, has died. He was 89.Carmichael, who had been ill for more than a month, died Friday at his home in Grosmont in northern England, his family said.
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Hollywood stars vie for London theater awards
Hollywood heavyweights feature strongly in the race for Britain's 2010 Laurence Olivier theater awards, with Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, James Earl Jones and Keira Knightley among the nominees announced Monday.Jones is shortlisted for best actor for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," alongside Law for "Hamlet," James McAvoy for "Three Days of Rain," Mark Rylance for "Jerusalem," Ken Stott for "A View from the Bridge" and Samuel West for "Enron.
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Ex-NFLer Sapp released from Fla. jail on bond
Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been released from jail on $1,500 bond after being arrested in Miami Beach on charges he choked a woman in his hotel room.Sapp was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery in the incident early Saturday after a night of partying.
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Nominees for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards
Nominations for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance in London:New Play: "Enron"; "Jerusalem"; "The Mountaintop"; Red."New Comedy: "Calendar Girls"; "England People Very Nice"; "Parlour Song"; "The Priory.
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Members of Russia's Bolshoi to perform in Cuba
Several leading members of Russia's famed Bolshoi ballet will perform with their Cuban counterparts during a visit to Havana next week.Cuba's state-run media says it will be the first time in three decades that the renowned troupe performs on the island.
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