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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie suing tabloid over claim they were about to split

LONDON - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported the celebrity couple was going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday. Keit...

Michael Jackson's doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in death

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death. Prosecutors announced the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiol...

Royal Shakespeare Company plans New York visit during summer 2011

NEW YORK - 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 Shakesp...

Super Bowl sets record with 48 minutes of ads

NEW YORK - In the U.S., commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the big Super Bowl game, the most ever. Research firm Kantar Media says the amount of ads that aired on CBS was nearly three minutes...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie suing tabloid over claim they were to split

LONDON - Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported they were going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday. Ke...

Journalist Ian Brown wins $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction

TORONTO - Ian Brown has won the Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction. The Globe and Mail journalist picked up the $25,000 award for his book "The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search For His...

Super Bowl most watched TV show ever

NEW YORK - The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people in the U.S., surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history. The Nielsen Co. ...

Cartoon adventure tale 'Up' wins best animated feature at the Annie Awards

LOS ANGELES - The travel adventure "Up" was the winner of the best animated feature at the 37th annual Annie Awards. "Up" director Pete Docter won the award for directing in a feature production. ...

Royal Shakespeare Company plans six-week New York visit during summer 2011

NEW YORK - Call it Stratford-upon-Hudson. Or maybe the East River. Lincoln Center Festival says Great Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company will take up residence at New York's Park Avenue Armory in ...

Gora book is everything you want to know and more about 1980s era of filmmaking

"You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation" Susannah Gora (Crown) Did you know that people come up to Matthew Broderick - often at ball ga...