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3 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

I battled snobbery, says Brooke Shields

But back when Brooke Shields was growing up in the exclusive East Coast destination she battled with class snobbery as the only one of her friends to not come from a wealthy family.

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Related Topix: Pretty Baby, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Army Wives, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Brooke Shields, Celebrities

7 hrs ago | Metro

Fresh Prince reunion wow Norton show fans

Children of the 80s rejoice - all your dreams just came true on the Graham Norton Show last night as guest Will Smith was joined by Fresh Prince co-star 'Carlton' and DJ Jazzy Jeff for an impromptu performance of the Hollywood star's most famous rap - and a bit of a dance.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Will Smith, Hip-Hop, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Independence Day, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities

11 hrs ago | NME

'The Hobbit' actor Christopher Lee to release heavy metal album

The Hobbit actor Christopher Lee has revealed that he will release a heavy metal album on his 91st birthday.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Christopher Lee, Judas Priest, Heavy-Metal

15 hrs ago | Newsday

13 Hot concerts from fun. to Beyonce

Beyonce performs the song "Grown Woman" on her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013" at the Palais Omni Sport Bercy in Paris.

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Related Topix: Dance, Fun, Pop/Rock, New-Wave, Hip-Hop, Omni, Celebrities, Black Entertainment, Kanye West, Music!, Paul McCartney, Music, Entertainment

19 hrs ago | Seattle Times

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Taxi Driver, Musical Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, The Conversation

21 hrs ago | Daily Star

Amanda Bynes released...

MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN's relatives have filed a vandalism report with police after the late actor's grave in Los Angeles was desecrated.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Hot Chicks, Friday, Crime Movies, Amanda Bynes, Girls, Entertainment, Television, Lena Dunham

Yesterday | NEWS.com.au

Militants attacks kill nine in Pakistan

In the deadlier of Friday's two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20km south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior police officer Shafiullah Khan.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Friday, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Terrorism

Fri May 24, 2013

Ain't It Cool News

Spoilery early review of Man of Steel

I got a review here by "Super Christian Porn" who caught MAN OF STEEL 3 weeks early in Queenstown, Australia.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Family, Superman, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Scotsman.com

Gill Hornby on her new novel The Hive

Gill Hornby says she knew it as soon as she saw it in the gaggle of mothers outside her little daughter's new school.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby, Vocal

Seattle Times

Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'

For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Citizen Ruth, Animation Movies, Family, War Movies, Coming Home, Bruce Dern, Movies, Entertainment

Brandon Sun

Bruce Dern a leading man again in Alexander Payne's Cannes entry 'Nebraska'

CANNES, France - For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Citizen Ruth, Animation Movies, Family, War Movies, Coming Home, France, World News, Bruce Dern, Movies, Entertainment

Library Journal

Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon

Last week's interview with Jay Bushman of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Welcome to Sanditon has left me looking for more Austen adaptations and other read- or watchalikes.

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Related Topix: Europress, Koch Media, Pride & Prejudice, Video Games, Sense and Sensibility, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Emma Thompson, Arts, Cinema, Colin Firth, Clueless

Tulsa World

How to help those affected by the Moore tornado: OK Strong

It's just an empty field now, but community and industry leaders hope a new rail line and road will help make a section of Claremore an industrial hub for northeast Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Music!

Bellingham Herald

A season of thrills, chills

Whether you prefer Zimbabwean folk or classical chamber music, whether you love wacky festivals or serious theater, whether you like being inside or outside or both, you'll find a summer full of fun in the South Sound.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Gig Harbor, WA, Music!, Tacoma, WA

Thu May 23, 2013

Pickens Sentinel

Some things are worth preserving

It would be hard to miss all of the construction taking place over at the old high school, and I am sure that most of you have noticed that Brice Field now sits in open view of the passing cars on Pendleton Street.

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Related Topix: Easley, SC, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, The Wizard of Oz, Adventure, Musical Movies

E! Online

Jennifer Aniston Plays a Sexy Stripper: 5 More Stars Who've Taken It All Off in Movies

But the fit-as-a-fiddle actress is hardly the first A-lister who's dared to take it all off - minus a scrap of fabric to put the dollar bills in - for a movie roll.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Demi Moore, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Closer, Magic Mike

The Daily Record

Top stars square off for summer tour dollars

All anyone's been talking about are those aged wonders The Rolling Stones and their 50th-anniversary tour, but there's so much more happening on the road this summer.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Music!

EDGE

Lea Salonga

After Kobe beef, cheesecake drizzled in peach sauce, and coffee served from silver pots are whisked away, the band, white-haired and dressed in black, tests their instruments on stage.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Mulan, Adventure, Musical Movies, Aladdin, Celebrities, Lea Salonga, Vocal, Life, Food, Beef, Meat, Philippines, Southeast Asia, World News

Cinema Blend News

Steven Soderbergh Not Retiring, In Talks To Produce The Knick With Clive Owen For Cinemax

Steven Soderbergh started talking about retirement several projects ago but has remained busy putting together flicks like Side Effects and the HBO original film Behind the Candelabra , which premieres later this month .

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Related Topix: Side Effects, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Medicine, Nursing, Television

Your News Now

Sir Paul McCartney rocks Erwin Center

Even in the Live Music Capital of the world, there are some musicians who are in a class all their own.

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Related Topix: Music!, Celebrities, Paul McCartney