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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The controversy over a Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin continued Wednesday with the reporter disputing a conservative activist's claim that she tried to prevent him from mistaking her child for Palin's.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former "The Hills" star Spencer Pratt is apologizing to his estranged wife, Heidi Montag, for acting out in their breakup.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wanda Jackson had no idea the influence she would have on future rock 'n' roll women when she carved a sharp, distinctive line across the heartwood of the new genre back in the 1950s and '60s.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Wednesday doubled Don Johnson's jury award for profits from the TV series "Nash Bridges" to more than $51 million.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The judge in Anna Nicole Smith's drug conspiracy trial told jurors Wednesday to disregard part of a former nanny's testimony because he did not consider it reliable.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys aren't the only big TV-honors game anymore. The Paley Center for Media announced plans Wednesday for an awards telecast that will debut in spring 2012 in New York.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in Nevada say a Hong Kong fashion model is facing a felony drug charge following her arrest at the Burning Man festival, along with misdemeanor vehicle charges after crashing a rented motor home into Reno's "Biggest Little City in the World" arch.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man who sued Beyonce Knowles claiming a music video shoot "shattered" his privacy has dismissed the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Twitterverse is full of far more mysterious forces than indecipherable trending topics and Lady Gaga. There are people out there with dark, dastardly intents, as I learned when my account was hacked.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latin Grammy nominations spread the love between established artists and newcomers, nominating songwriters Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz in four categories each.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer James Otto is hospitalized in Nashville. He was admitted to an area hospital Tuesday for an abdominal illness and is canceling his weekend shows in Clarksville, Tenn., and Berea, Ohio.
NEW YORK (AP) — British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he "came here to win."
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Willem Dafoe says "A Woman," one of his latest projects, is the kind of "pure personal cinema" that he wants to keep on doing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Winehouse is making music again. Quincy Jones says the five-time Grammy winner's first new track in years will appear on his forthcoming album, "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra."
NEW YORK (AP) — Carrie Underwood thought she'd walk away from her first movie experience vowing to stick to her day job. But after a recent screening of the upcoming movie "Soul Surfer," Underwood found she wasn't as bad as she thought she'd be.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Ben Affleck brought Boston to Venice on Wednesday, presenting a reality-driven heist film "The Town" that is destined to draw comparisons to his other films also set in his Massachusetts hometown.
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC says "Saturday Night Live" will launch its 36th season on Sept. 25 with host Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry.
LONDON (AP) — In an age of austerity, the London Film Festival is hoping that uncertainty will be good for creativity, and that Hollywood glamour and plucky British filmmaking can be a balm for economic woes.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Dortort, who produced "Bonanza," ''The High Chaparral" and other TV Westerns, has died. He was 93. His business manager, Mads Bjerre, tells the Los Angeles Times that Dortort died in his sleep Sunday at his West Los Angeles home.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept.
LONDON (AP) — A book-launch party for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at London's top modern art venue has been postponed following a threat by protesters to picket the event.
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian woman kidnapped at age 10 says she was repeatedly beaten, starved and forced to do housework half-naked during her 8 1/2 years at the mercy of a man who admired Hitler and considered himself an Egyptian god.
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