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Rihanna, Pink, T.I. added as performers at MTV Video Music Awards
NEW YORK - Rihanna is back for another performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, along with Pink, Paramore and T.I., who will be making his first appearance at a major awards show since his arrest ri...
Networks get boost from Olympics but face ratings drop after closing ceremonies
Once the Olympic torch is snuffed, will network TV go dark as well? Much has been written about the incredible resurgence in ratings at NBC, where wall-to-wall broadcasts of the Summer Games in Bei...
DVD releases include 'What Happens in Vegas,' 'Nightmare Before Christmas'
Selected home-video releases: "What Happens In Vegas" Cameron Diaz is a jilted Wall Streeter, Ashton Kutcher's an out-of-work carpenter, the two getting hitched on a drunken whim in Las Vegas th...
Sanjaya of 'American Idol' pitching insurance for Nationwide
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya has gone from "pitchy" to pitchman. Sanjaya Malakar is selling Nationwide Insurance in a new ad that's part of the Columbus, Ohio-based co...
The big question: Why don't many TV stars bother watching television?
NEW YORK - Stage actors love theatre. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don't seem to catch much TV, according to an unofficial survey sp...
iPod a key tool for many athletes in pre-competition routine
BEIJING - It's 5 a.m. on the morning of the men's Olympic triathlon and Simon Whitfield is listening to "Tarantulove" by Canadian rocker Hawksley Workman on his iPod. Once the Victoria native arriv...
HMV Canada: "A Little Bit Longer" by Jonas Brothers tops CD sales list
TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Aug. 21. CDs 1 A Little Bit Longer - Jonas Brothers 2 Girlicious - Girlicious 3 "Mamma Mi...
"The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson tops Maclean's fiction list
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada compiled by Maclean's magazine. FICTION 1 (-) The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson 2 (3) The Host - Stephenie Mey...
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai police say disgraced rocker Gary Glitter has agreed to leave Thailand for London. The announcement appeared to end a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a ...
Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives back in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand - Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese p...
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