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''THE VIEW" HOSTS WILL COME BACK FOR BARBARA WALTERS FAREWELL
LOS ANGELES (AP) — All the past and present hosts of "The View" will reunite to say goodbye to Barbara Walters. ABC says all 11 hosts will appear on the May 15 episode, the day before Walters retires from the show.
JENNY McCARTHY WILL MARRY DONNIE WAHLBERG
NEW YORK (AP) — Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids On The Block are engaged. McCarthy showed off her yellow sapphire engagement ring on "The View" today. She says Wahlberg proposed last weekend with the help of her son, Evan. Wahlberg showed up on set to give McCarthy a kiss. It will be the second marriage for both.
AC/DC'S MALCOLM YOUNG IS ILL
NEW YORK (AP) — AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band. AC/DC have issued a statement saying Young is suffering from ill health. The specifics of his illness were not given. The band plans to continue making music and asks for privacy for Young.
MILEY CYRUS CALLS OFF ANOTHER SHOW
UNDATED (AP) — Miley Cyrus will miss her concert tonight in St. Louis. She tweets the hospital staff tells her she will not be released today. She was hospitalized yesterday with an allergic reaction to antibiotics. She missed her show last night in Kansas City, and she called off a show in Charlotte last week because of the flu. Cyrus' representative says she still hopes to be able to perform in Nashville on Friday.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE IS BEMUSED BY APPLAUSE
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Radcliffe is still adjusting to audiences who applaud just because he showed up. Radcliffe has appeared in various Broadway productions and he's always greeted with applause when he makes his entrance. Radcliffe says when that first happened in 2008 with "Equus," he had to keep from laughing. Radcliffe says the English are unaccustomed to that kind of outburst. He says it's obviously a sign of being liked and that's lovely, but it's something he doubts he'll ever get used to. Radcliffe is now starring in the Broadway comedy "The Cripple of Inishmaan."
''THE RAILWAY MAN" - NICOLE KIDMAN
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicole Kidman could have met the real-life person she plays in "The Railway Man" but chose not to do so until she had already started filming. Kidman plays Patti Lomax, the wife of prisoner-of-war Eric Lomax, who was forced into working on a train track from Thailand to Burma by the Japanese during World War II. Kidman says one of the film's producers interviewed Patti Lomax and sent her the tapes so she could learn her mannerisms like she was a fly on the wall. Kidman says she wanted it that way so she didn't feel intimidated before she started filming. She has since met Lomax over tea.
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Nicole Kidman, actress
Nicole Kidman says playing Patti Lomax in "The Railway Man" was a different role for her.
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Nicole Kidman, actress
Nicole Kidman says she didn't want direct contact with Patti Lomax before playing her in "The Railway Man."
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Nicole Kidman, actress
Nicole Kidman says she was able to see Patti Lomax through interviews before she played her in "The Railway Man."
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Nicole Kidman, actress
Nicole Kidman says she waited to meet Patti Lomax until after she had reviewed interview tapes of Lomax.
B.B. KING APOLOGIZES FOR ST. LOUIS CONCERT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — B.B. King is apologizing for the poor performance he gave in St. Louis on April 4. King's show was so bad, the audience jeered him and many walked out. The band kept missing cues and King led a singalong of "You Are My Sunshine" for 15 minutes. King's publicists say the combination of a very long drive from Las Vegas and missing his daily dose of diabetes medicine resulted in a performance that did not match King's usual standard of excellence. The statement adds that King "humbly asks for the understanding of his fans."
ALICIA SILVERSTONE PUBLISHES BOOK FOR MOTHERS
NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia (ah-LEE'-see-ah) Silverstone's new book about motherhood is causing some controversy. Among the ideas Silverstone advocates in "The Kind Mama" are a vegan diet and mothers staying in bed with their babies for a period after birth. She also suggests babies should sleep in the same bed as their parents, a move the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend because of the risk of suffocation. Silverstone is aware of her critics. She says the book suggests ideas that mothers might want to consider but she never says they have to do them.
by Margie Szaroleta
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