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Ashton Kutcher-produced TV flop 'The Beautiful Life' finds afterlife with episodes on YouTube
FRAZIER MOORE - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) It was the first new series to be canceled this fall, but now "The Beautiful Life" has found a new life online. Three episodes of the youth-oriented melodrama are on YouTube, including one that was never aired. The remaining two episodes that were filmed will have their...
Winfrey donates $1.5M to private middle school in inner-city Atlanta
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A private middle school in inner-city Atlanta has received $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey. The Ron Clark Academy announced the donation Thursday. The innovative school has struggled to raise money this year amid the sagging economy to pay for its $2.8 million operating...
Yvonne King Burch, who launched her musical clan into show business as King Family, dies at 89
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Yvonne King Burch, who gained early fame as one of the singing King Sisters during the big band era before launching her entire extended musical clan into show business as the King Family, has died. She was 89. Burch died in a Santa Barbara hospital Sunday,...
'American Idol' creator's new project to put audience, aspiring stars together online
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The creator of Fox's "American Idol" is going beyond TV with a project that will tell the story of five young people trying to make it in Hollywood with online audience feedback. Starting in early 2010, Simon Fuller's "If I Can Dream" will follow three aspiring...
Jon, Kate Gosselin divorce final in Pa.; Kate gets house, primary custody of kids
MARYCLAIRE DALE - December 19, 2009
PHILADLELPHIA (AP) Jon and Kate Gosselin officially divorced Friday after 10 years of marriage, eight children and a year of tabloid headlines. Kate Gosselin gets the family home in eastern Pennsylvania in the no-fault divorce agreement, according to her lawyer, Mark Momjian. She will...
ABC News to interview ex-John Edwards aide about new book, former senator's sex scandal
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff's interview with Andrew Young will air Jan. 29 on "...
Dsquared2's Catens on the launching pad for fashion fame with TV show, Olympic outfits
SAMANTHA CRITCHELL - December 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Dan and Dean Caten are loving this moment in the limelight. The twin-brother team behind the fashion label Dsquared2 are on TV and the radio, they created concert costumes for Madonna and Britney Spears, and they'll be outfitting the headlining performers at the opening...
Holiday episodes give TV show set designers an early decorating challenge
SOLVEJ SCHOU - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Imagine if your holiday decorations were going to be seen by millions of people. That's the challenge for many TV-show set decorators as all the Christmas-themed episodes roll around. "Decorations should be what's appropriate for the characters and story," says "...
Cast of hot Fox musical series gleeful over Globes nominations
MICHAEL CIDONI - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The mood on the set was appropriately gleeful. The musical-dramedy "Glee" got some serious Golden Globe love Tuesday, with more nominations than any show. Among the Fox series' four nominations: best television series comedy or musical. On the Paramount...
'So You Think You Can Dance' finale expects a well-behaved Adam Lambert, producer says
LYNN ELBER - December 15, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) "So You Think You Can Dance" producer Nigel Lythgoe won't predict which dancer will end up the winner on Wednesday's season finale. But he's confident that guest star Adam Lambert is going to be well-behaved. Lythgoe said he passed the message to Lambert's camp that...
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