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  Jenner: Kim Kardashian 'thrilled for the new baby'

  Posted 2:20 PM 6/17/2013

  LOS ANGELES (AP) Kris Jenner says her daughter Kim Kardashian is thrilled to have a new baby.

  Kardashian and her rapper boyfriend Kanye West were keeping silent in the wake of multiple reports that Kardashian gave birth over the weekend about a month premature.

  But Jenner told E! at (More)

  
  

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  Review: J. Cole is superb on sophomore album

  Posted 1:12 PM 6/17/2013

  J. Cole, "Born Sinner" (Roc Nation/Columbia)

  J. Cole continues to live up to the hype he initially got from rap great Jay-Z, delivering an assortment of quality songs on his sophomore album, "Born Sinner."

  Like his 2011 debut album, the 28-year-old primarily produces his new (More)

  
  

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  Neil Patrick Harris to return to Broadway _ to act

  Posted 1:02 PM 6/17/2013

  NEW YORK (AP) Neil Patrick Harris is returning to the stage and not to hand out awards.

  The four-time Tony Award host and former "Doogie Howser, M.D." will star on Broadway in the spring as the gender-bent rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the cult musical that (More)

  
  

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  Miss Universe contest heads to Moscow

  Posted 1:00 PM 6/17/2013

  LAS VEGAS (AP) This year's Miss Universe pageant will be held in Russia's capital Moscow.

  Donald Trump made the announcement Sunday after the Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas.

  He added that he would be moving Miss USA out of Las Vegas and to his golf resort in Miami for the next three (More)

  
  

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  Expert: Promoter created conflict with Jackson doc

  Posted 12:39 PM 6/17/2013

  LOS ANGELES (AP) The promoter of Michael Jackson's ill-fated series of comeback shows created a conflict of interest with the singer's physician when it negotiated terms of his deal, an expert testifying for the superstar's mother told a jury on Monday.

  David Berman told jurors hearing a (More)

  
  

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  Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' sets NT Live record

  Posted 12:00 PM 6/17/2013

  NEW YORK (AP) As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage.

  National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play "The Audience" has captured its largest (More)

  
  

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  Review: 'The Heist' is a good summer read

  Posted 11:53 AM 6/17/2013

  "The Heist" (Bantam), by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

  Janet Evanovich, creator of the popular novels featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, teams up with Lee Goldberg, writer for the TV series and books featuring Adrian Monk, the detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder, for "The (More)

  
  

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  Dave Chappelle to headline monthlong comedy tour

  Posted 11:24 AM 6/17/2013

  NEW YORK (AP) Dave Chappelle is making his most substantial return to stand-up comedy with a one-month tour for Funny Or Die.

  The comedian will headline the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, which kicks off Aug. 23 in Austin, Texas. The 13-date, two-stage tour concludes Sept. 22 in (More)

  
  

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  Review: 'Crime of Privilege' misses the mark

  Posted 10:48 AM 6/17/2013

  "Crime of Privilege" (Ballantine Books), by Walter Walker

  How much wealth does it take to be above the law? What rules come with being a member of the privileged class? Those are among the questions posed in Walter Walker's "Crime of Privilege."

  In 1996, a young lawyer named George (More)

  
  

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  Celeb birthdays for the week of June 23-29

  Posted 10:08 AM 6/17/2013

  June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 73. Singer Rosetta Hightower of The Orlons is 69. Actor Ted Shackelford ("Knots Landing") is 67. Actor Bryan Brown is 66. Former "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson is 57. Actress Frances McDormand is 56. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 51. Singer Chico (More)

  
  

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  Winners at the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards

  Posted 2:43 AM 6/17/2013

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Winners of the Daytime Emmy Awards presented at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday:

  Drama series: "Days of Our Lives."

  Lead actress in a drama series: Heather Tom, "The Bold and the Beautiful."

  Lead actor in a drama series: Doug Davidson, "The Young and (More)

  
  

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  Louisville Slugger exhibit features Lego stadiums

  Posted 1:31 AM 6/17/2013

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A baseball-themed exhibit built entirely from Legos is attracting adults and children to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum.

  The exhibit occupies a large space inside the museum and is filled with baseball-themed art, including a 58,000-piece model of Wrigley (More)