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Oscar nominations announced

Oscar nominations announced

“Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” have been duking it out all awards season. Now, the two films face their final showdown: They enter the 82nd annual Academy Awards prizefight with nine nominations apiece.
The films – which, coincidentally, are by former husband-and-wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow – couldn’t be more different. “Avatar” is an eye-popping [...]

Conan O’Brien signs deal, Friday his last ‘Tonight Show’

Conan O’Brien signs deal, Friday his last ‘Tonight Show’

Therrrre goes Conan.
NBC confirmed to the Associated Press and other news outlets that it had reached a $45 million deal for Conan O’Brien to leave The Tonight Show.
The redheaded comic hosted the late-night show for seven months, but was pushed out of his 11:35 p.m. time slot to make way for the return of Jay [...]

Clooney to host an MTV telethon in aid of Haiti

Clooney to host an MTV telethon in aid of Haiti

George ClooneyHollywood actor George Clooney is to present a telethon to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
The event – which will feature pleas for cash from celebrities – will be broadcast on MTV on Jan. 22.
Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have pledged $1 millon from their charitable foundation to the [...]

NBC confirms Leno show leaving primetime

NBC confirms Leno show leaving primetime

Raise your hand if you’re surprised by what you’re about to read.
NBC Chairman Jeff Gaspin kicked off his network’s portion of the TCA press tour by confirming the worst kept secret in the TV biz: “I can confirm, starting Feb. 12, The Jay Leno Show will no longer air at 10 p.m.”
Gaspin said that, “While [...]

No heart disease for Limbaugh

No heart disease for Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh ended his unaccustomed silence and announced today that medical tests have revealed “no heart disease whatsoever” and that he is doing fine.
He was discharged from the hospital on Friday morning local time, according to a statement released by Limbaugh’s show.
Limbaugh, who made no public statements during his two days in the hospital, added [...]

Katherine Hepburn to be honored with 2010 Stamp

Katherine Hepburn to be honored with 2010 Stamp

Legendary Actress Katharine Hepburn will be immortalized on a new series of postage stamps issued on May 12, 2010, as part of the Postal Service’s Legends of Hollywood series.
Among the other new 2010 stamp honorees are Mother Teresa, singer Kate Smith, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, the Winslow Homer painting “Boys in a Pasture,” poet Julia de [...]

Mueller used to find Sheen’s bad rep ‘hysterical’

Mueller used to find Sheen’s bad rep ‘hysterical’

The bad boy image Charlie Sheen earned long before his Christmas Day arrest once seemed little more than a laughing matter to wife Brooke Mueller. Seven months before she dialed 911 to report her firsthand take on the actor’s bad behavior, Mueller explained how she saw Sheen.
“It’s hysterical to me that he has this [...]

Report: Child protection investigators called to Tiger Woods’ home

Report: Child protection investigators called to Tiger Woods’ home

The Florida Department of Children and Families has reportedly paid a visit to the Windemere, Fla., home golfer Tiger Woods shares with his wife, Elin Nordegren and their two young children.
When reached by Usmagazine.com for comment, Capt. Angelo Nieves of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said his office was in contact with DCF, but would [...]

Johnny Hallyday’s surgeon attacked in Paris

Johnny Hallyday’s surgeon attacked in Paris

A French surgeon who operated on rock legend Johnny Hallyday has been attacked in Paris, officials say.
Stephane Delajoux was punched and kicked by two hooded men late on Friday, according to his lawyer and legal officials.
Hallyday, 66, known as the “French Elvis” suffered complications following surgery in Paris for a slipped disc.
He is reported to [...]

Diane Sawyer confirms this is her last week on “GMA”

Diane Sawyer confirms this is her last week on “GMA”

In her first public comments about her departure from “Good Morning America,” Diane Sawyer confirmed today that she will end her run on the ABC News morning show on Friday, a decade after joining the anchor desk for what was supposed to be a temporary assignment.
“I’ve calculated — 2,881 shows,” Sawyer said. “Roughly.”
Not that she’s [...]

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