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A Carroll County woman is headed to Maryland's statewide "Senior Idol" contest. Linda Lovering, 61, won the county's first "Senior Idol" competition Friday at the North Carroll Senior and Community Center.

Major casting alert: Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek is joining HBO's "Big Love." She'll play a powerful Washington D.C. lobbyist in a multi-episode arc starting in the third episode of next season.

Reporting from Toronto -- There are a thousand short stories behind "Get Low," which is premiering tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival.

A major obstacle to enjoying this year's 'American Idol' finalists tour has been removed.

MARCY PLAYGROUND LEVON HELM "VOLTAIC" FRIDAY 6/19 A A MARCY PLAYGROUND 10 p.m., Juanita's, $15 adv., $17 d.o.s. A Named for the formative grade school location in lead singer John Wozniak's Minneapolis childhood, the alt/post-grunge trio Marcy Playground is perhaps best known for its 1997 hit, "Sex and Candy." Wozniak's first effort, "Zog BogBean - ...

Michael is the longtime partner of Richard Tomlin , the brother of Lily Tomlin , who starred in the original 1980 movie version of 9 to 5 alongside Parton and Jane Fonda .

The release date for The Soloist was schedule-bumped several times, which in filmspeak means very, very bad things.

She's so in-Clined: Monica Heuser as Patsy. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres opens a production of "Always ... Patsy Cline" this week.