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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo, meets aid workers

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:39:08 +0000

GOMA, Congo - Ben Affleck is trying to draw more attention to the conflict in eastern Congo, where some 250,000 people have been displaced by violence. The actor visited the Central African country...

Michael Jackson to testify in Bahraini sheik's lawsuit in London

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:39:11 +0000

LONDON - Michael Jackson's lawyer says the pop star has agreed to come to London to respond to a Bahraini sheik's $8.6 million Cdn lawsuit. Jackson had asked to testify by a video link from the Uni...

Heffel auction first indicator of state of Canada's art market

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:42:16 +0000

TORONTO - A drip painting by late Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle drew a winning bid to the tune of $1.4 million at the Heffel Fine Art sale on Wednesday, the third-highest price paid at auction fo...

Publicist says that Paris Hilton and Benji Madden have split up

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:15:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up. Hilton publicist Alanna McCarthy says the two remain very good friends. She wouldn't say more. Hilton and ...

Colbert wears sweater, sings with Willie Nelson in Christmas special

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:34 +0000

NEW YORK - The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots. Following the tradition of Andy Williams and Bing Crosby, C...

Oscar-nominated film and comedy writer Irving Brecher dies at 94

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:34 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Irving Brecher, who wrote vaudeville one-liners for Milton Berle and scripted Marx Brothers movies, the TV and radio hit "The Life of Riley" and the Oscar-nominated musical "Meet Me in S...

Beyonce becoming a bit more 'Fierce,' but no less ubiquitous

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:36 +0000

NEW YORK - With a new album and two movies on the horizon, it appears the Season of Beyonce has begun. Then again, one could argue that it's always Beyonce season. Two years ago, it was all abou...

Twisted Sister live, loud and proud on 'Live At The Astoria'

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:41 +0000

While they scored big in the 1980s with a pair of radio-friendly anthems, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock," Twisted Sister has always been a live band at heart. From the bars of Long Islan...

Veteran theatre and dance critic Clive Barnes dies at 81 in New York

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:32 +0000

NEW YORK - Clive Barnes, longtime theatre and dance critic for the New York Post, has died. Barnes died Wednesday of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Post announced. He was 81. The London-bor...

James Van Der Beek back creekside in North Carolina for 'One Tree Hill'

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:35 +0000

RALEIGH, N.C. - James Van Der Beek is back creekside. Five years after his star-making turn as the centre of "Dawson's Creek" came to an end, Van Der Beek is back on one of Wilmington's sound stage...

Actor Hugh Jackman named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:37 +0000

NEW YORK - Hugh Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." Recalling Furness'reaction, Jackman says: "God bless her, s...

'World of Warcraft'retains MMO crown with 'Wrath of the Lich King' expansion

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:43 +0000

"World of Warcraft" firmly maintains its position as the top MMO - massively multiplayer online game - as millions of PC gamers snap up copies of "Wrath of the Lich King," the game's second expansion ...

United States putting comedian Bob Hope on postage stamp next year

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:37:09 +0000

WASHINGTON - The post office is telling Bob Hope: "Thanks for the memories." The beloved entertainer will be honoured on a U.S. postage stamp next spring. The stamp design will be unveiled Monda...

The next deadline in Hollywood actors dispute is awards season

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:37:16 +0000

LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios plan to hold their first contract talks in four months on Thursday and will negotiate this time with the help of a federal mediator. Expe...

Afraid he'll win, flat-footed journalist quits British dancing show

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:10:32 +0000

LONDON - The public adored him but the judges hated him. One called him a "dancing pig in Cuban heels." In the latest twist, retired British Broadcasting Corp. political correspondent John Sergeant...