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NBC is taking a page from the  GLEE playbook by introducing a new series centered on the world of Broadway musical theater. Executive-produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG, SMASH follows the conception and theatrical mounting of a musical production based on the life of screen legend MARILYN MONROE. DEBRA MESSING and ANGELICA HUSTON headline a cast that [...]


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Opening soon in theaters, REAL STEEL is a sentimental sci-fi blend of THE CHAMP and TRANSFORMERS that works surprisingly well. Inspired by a short story from RICHARD MATHESON and directed by SHAWN LEVY, the film is set in the near future and stars HUGH JACKMAN as a washed-up boxer whose sport has been outlawed with [...]


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The innate chemistry among Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton is one of the many strengths of NBC’s new singing competition show The Voice. The coaches are so close that three of them actually shared a few drinks together while shooting The Voice, much to the chagrin of the series’ [...]


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[caption id="attachment_53225" align="alignleft" width="260" caption=""Bye Bye Birdie" film poster courtesy ©Columbia Pictures"][/caption]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will premiere a new digital restoration of Bye Bye Birdie on April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Hosted by film critic [...]


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[caption id="attachment_51731" align="alignleft" width="145" caption="KENTUCKY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM"][/caption]

The Kentucky Hall of Fame & Museum will usher in the new class of honorees, including Keith Whitley, Patty Loveless, Steve Wariner, John Michael Montgomery, The Goins Brothers, Molly O’Day and Larnelle Harris.

Presenters confirmed for the ceremony include Eddie Montgomery, set to [...]


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[caption id="attachment_46494" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Carrie Fisher courtesy matt klein (CC 2.0) "][/caption]

Of course it wasn’t yesterday when Carrie Fisher starred as the thin (but curvy) Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars trilogy, but today she has grown into a shockingly heavyset lady.

Every curse has a blessing (sort of) and Jenny Craig knows a advertising [...]


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[caption id="attachment_44312" align="alignleft" width="429" caption="Miley Cyrus courtesy Jeff Denberg (CC 2.0)"][/caption]

With her bong-smoking video going viral, Miley Cyrus has reportedly helped sell salvia divinorum (better known as Sally-D) like only a celebrity endorsement can.

Sales have allegedly soared 300% in L.A.  The hallucinogenic drug is legal in California but not so in 15 [...]


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[caption id="attachment_43803" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Director Julie Taymor (Credit: Marion Curtis/StarPix)"][/caption]

Although Julie Taymor’s latest Shakespearean adaptation, The Tempest, comes out on Friday, the director has received more press for the $65 million Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which had endured its share of bumps and bruises during its preview stage (as this NY Times [...]


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