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US crime author has dark take on Finnish society
12/21/2012 2:02am
In the doorway of a Helsinki bar on a snowy December afternoon, American author James Thompson is being offered a pair of Russian army night vision goggles that may _ or may not _ have fallen off the back of a truck.
Country singer Tate Stevens wins Fox's 'X Factor'
12/21/2012 4:22am
Tate Stevens, who was mentored by music exec L.A. Reid on the second season of "The X Factor," has won the Fox singing competition.
Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday
12/21/2012 7:22am
As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end _ but that didn't stop those convinced that a 5,125-year Mayan calendar predicts the apocalypse from gathering at some of the world's purported survival hot spots.
Violence baked into popular culture
12/21/2012 7:49am
Well aware that the television audience may be particularly sensitive, the Showtime network aired a disclaimer warning audiences of violent content in the season finales of its dramas "Homeland" and "Dexter" last weekend. It was two days after a gunman killed 26 people in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
With 'Les Miz,' a new kind of speech for Hooper
12/21/2012 8:30am
Tom Hooper, the director of intimate character studies like the Oscar-winning "The King's Speech," the HBO miniseries "John Adams" and the TV drama "Longford," would not seem the sort of chap likely to make a sprawling adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical.
Cruise goes back to what he does best in 'Reacher'
12/21/2012 8:48am
Just turned 50, Tom Cruise is eligible for membership in the American Association of Retired Persons. Just split from third wife Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise is the object of told-you-so cynics who simply knew that romance wouldn't last. Just finished with his stab at something really different as a heavy-metal rock god in "Rock of Ages," Tom Cruise is coming off one of the lowest-grossing movies in his career.
UK man jailed over forged Churchill signatures
12/21/2012 9:09am
A British antiques dealer has been jailed for 10 months for forging the signatures of Winston Churchill and other famous figures in books he sold as collector items.
Cruise goes back to what he does best in 'Reacher'
12/21/2012 9:18am
Just turned 50, Tom Cruise is eligible for membership in the American Association of Retired Persons. Just split from third wife Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise is the object of told-you-so cynics who simply knew that romance wouldn't last. Just finished with his stab at something really different as a heavy-metal rock god in "Rock of Ages," Tom Cruise is coming off one of the lowest-grossing movies in his career.
Review: 'West of Memphis' seizes reins of justice
12/21/2012 9:19am
Peter Jackson owns the box office right now with "The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey," part one of his "Lord of the Rings" prelude.
Stokowski sleuth tracks past for Philly Orchestra
12/21/2012 9:24am
A century after Leopold Stokowski took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as "Stoki."
PSY's 'Gangnam Style' reaches 1B views on YouTube
12/21/2012 9:57am
Viral star PSY has reached a new milestone on YouTube.
Naomi Watts shared 'Impossible' with family
12/21/2012 10:02am
To play a mother torn from her husband and sons by the 2004 tsunami, Naomi Watts sure wasn't going Method.
Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown
12/21/2012 11:23am
"Chester Raccoon stood at the edge of the forest and cried. `I don't want to go to school,' he told his mother. `I want to stay home with you. I want to play with my friends. And play with my toys. And read my books. And swing on my swing. Please may I stay home with you?'" _ "The Kissing Hand," by Audrey Penn.
'Pippin' is back, and surrounded by Broadway buzz
12/21/2012 12:16pm
"Everything has its season, everything has its time," goes a famous song from the musical "Pippin." Well, maybe, but for the many fans of that `70s Stephen Schwartz hit, a return to Broadway has been overdue for years.
Country star Travis pleads not guilty to assault
12/21/2012 12:17pm
Country star Randy Travis has pleaded not guilty to simple assault and faces trial March 11 in a Dallas-area municipal court.
Hugh Grant settles hack claim with Murdoch paper
12/21/2012 12:20pm
Actor Hugh Grant has settled his phone hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid for a "substantial" but undisclosed sum of money, his lawyer said Friday.
Author, 'Whorehouse' playwright Larry L. King dies
12/21/2012 12:34pm
Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and a movie starring Burt Reynolds, died Thursday. He was 83.
Rebel Wilson to host springtime MTV Movie Awards
12/21/2012 1:51pm
"Pitch Perfect" star and "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer Rebel Wilson is taking center stage.
The AP picks its Top 10 theater moments of 2012
12/21/2012 2:13pm
Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and that old stalwart "The Lion King" celebrated its 15th anniversary. Yes, 2012 was a year of old and new, theatrically speaking.
2012 styles that made our heads turn
12/21/2012 2:15pm
Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on _ and consumers respond to _ is buzz.
Ashton Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore
12/21/2012 3:57pm
Ashton Kutcher filed court papers Friday to end his seven-year marriage to actress Demi Moore.
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