NYC socialite Mortimer launches reality TV show (AP)
AP – Red carpet regular Tinsley Mortimer is jumping from the social circuit to the national spotlight with her own reality television show.
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Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies aged 69 (Reuters)
Reuters – Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a key member of the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive line nicknamed the “Fearsome Foursome,” died at the age of 69 on Thursday after a battle with cancer.
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Glenn Close has genes mapped (Reuters)
Reuters – Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.
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Betty White to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ (AP)
AP – The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host “Saturday Night Live.”
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Gridiron hall of famer Olsen dies (AFP)
AFP – Merlin Olsen, a gridiron Hall of Famer who became a popular actor and broadcaster in the wake of his National Football League career, has died at the age of 69.
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HBO’s `The Pacific’ joins `Band of Brothers’ ranks (AP)
AP – Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people’s war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in “Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers.”
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Betty White set to host “Saturday Night Live” (Reuters)
Reuters – After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and “Golden Girl” Betty White is taking her motherly brand of humor to sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s producers said on Thursday.
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Review: ‘Out of League’ takes title too literally (AP)
AP – Remember the hoo-ha over whether Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl made a believable couple in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up”?
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O’Brien shakes off “Tonight Show,” hits the road (Reuters)
Reuters – Former late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month.
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Madonna to launch fashion lines (Reuters)
Reuters – It appears the Material Girl will be getting a lot more material.
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Conan O’Brien will take his show to theaters (AP)
AP – Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O’Brien is taking his act on the road.
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Evan Rachel Wood Won’t Swing With Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ (Playbill)
Playbill – Reeve Carney’s Peter Parker will have to find a new girlfriend to call him “Tiger” in Broadway’s Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Evan Rachel Wood has departed the project due to a scheduling conflict.
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Mexican Carlos Slim world’s richest in new ranking (AFP)
AFP – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has dethroned Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world wealthiest person and China is fast catching up with the number of US billionaires on the annual Forbes rich list.
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC’s top fashionista (AP)
AP – Actress Reese Witherspoon says her “Legally Blonde” character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation’s capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
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Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles (Reuters)
Reuters – Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.
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Conan’s lone Twitter followee: ‘It’s totally nuts’ (AP)
AP – Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
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Madonna, Lourdes to launch ‘Material Girl’ line (AFP)
AFP – Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called “Material Girl” in the US this August.
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Mexican Carlos Slim world’s richest in new ranking (AFP)
AFP – The world’s new richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, and a fresh crop of billionaires in Asia helped lead a comeback for the wealthiest few on the planet in 2010, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC’s top fashionista (AP)
AP – Actress Reese Witherspoon says her “Legally Blonde” character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation’s capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
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Conan’s lone Twitter followee: ‘It’s totally nuts’ (AP)
AP – Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
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New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream (Reuters)
Reuters – They conjured box office magic with their “Bourne” spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller “Green Zone” debuts on Friday.
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Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me’ (AP)
AP – In “Remember Me,” Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from “Twilight,” apparently in search of his “Five Easy Pieces” or “Rebel Without a Cause.”
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Underwood flying high as “Play On Tour” starts (AP)
AP – After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time.
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‘Lost Boys’ star Corey Haim dies after apparent overdose (AFP)
AFP – Corey Haim, a 1980’s heartthrob whose Hollywood career was derailed by wild parties and drug abuse, died Wednesday aged 38 in Los Angeles after an apparent overdose, police said.
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‘Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)
AP – Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.