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The life and career of silent film star Gloria Swanson and camera movement in classic Hollywood cinema will be the topics explored by Cari Beauchamp and Patrick Keating, respectively, who have been named Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion [...]

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International superstar Shania Twain’s highly anticipated autobiography will be out on May 3.  The book will be published by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, and has been entitled From This Moment [...]

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The Earth waits breathlessly as the most misunderstood man in the world, Charlie Sheen starts to get ready to commence to get ready to write a tell-all book and unload it on the highest bidder.  If you’ve got a cool ten mill (American) burning a [...]

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Yesterday, Keith Brown pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree felony sodomy and two counts of second-degree felony child abuse.

His plea agreement means he could get 10-years to life.

The 5 Browns are a internationally famous five-sibling classical piano group [...]

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Here is yet another reason for Jane Lynch to celebrate. The Emmy-winning actress, who plays Sue Sylvester on Glee, will add author to [...]

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Nicole Polizzi, known the world over as Snooki was hawking her new book, A Shore Thing (you can’t make this stuff up) in Washington where she was finally asked some serious political questions.

The book is a New York Times bestseller [...]

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Struggling with sexual orientation, cerebral palsy, marital problems, taxes, drugs and an almost-deadly accident, The Facts of Life star Geri Jewell has at least found some footing on that endless mountain trail she was dangling on.

In I’m [...]

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The new edition of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn no longer contains the N-word.

Film critic Roger Ebert took exception with the manicuring of a classic to fit this year’s fashions, tweeting yesterday, “I’d rather be called a N—- than a slave.”

Well, [...]

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A distant voice from the ’70s and ’80s has returned to claim a victory or sorts.

The once popular Kate Jackson (star of the original Charlie’s Angels [...]

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If you stare at a cloud long enough you’ll see anything your imagination can invent.  After 500 years (some) scientists say that if you look close enough into Mona Lisa’s eyes you’ll see letters and numbers.

In the book (and the movie) The Da Vinci [...]