‘Big Mike’ draws tears, cheers on ‘American Idol’ (AP)

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Published: March 11, 2010
'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)  | read this item

LOS ANGELES – Michael “Big Mike” Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the “American Idol” judges giddy with a moving performance of “This Woman’s Work.”
Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the [...]

Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)  | read this item

LOS ANGELES – Corey Haim’s story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.
Haim died Wednesday at 38, another chapter in Hollywood’s tragic history of careers ravaged by drugs.
Brittany Murphy’s career was rebounding when she died at [...]

Conan’s lone Twitter followee: ‘It’s totally nuts’ (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)  | read this item

CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
This week, she has 20,000 — as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding.
The unsuspecting rural Michigan woman has one out-of-work late-night talk show host to thank for her newfound online popularity [...]

‘Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)  | read this item

LOS ANGELES – Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
“As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the [...]

Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men’ (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)  | read this item

Jonnypro buzzed up: Obama decries waste, fraud in gov’t health system (AP)
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Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me’ (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me' (AP)  | read this item

In “Remember Me,” Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from “Twilight,” apparently in search of his “Five Easy Pieces” or “Rebel Without a Cause.”
When Pattinson’s character — a wayward, rebellious 21-year-old named Tyler Hawkins — meets who will quickly become his love interest — a fellow NYU student named Ally (Emilie de Ravin) — he [...]

Underwood flying high as "Play On Tour" starts (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Underwood flying high as "Play On Tour" starts (AP)  | read this item

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time.
Really high. She plans to fly over the audience, for starters.
“We’re kind of going for broke on this one just because I feel like it’s time,” Underwood said in an interview this week. “At [...]

Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident (AP)  | read this item

LOS ANGELES – The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn’t included in the Academy Awards‘ In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.
It was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment to omit Fawcett, said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]

Letterman: Case against producer handled properly (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Letterman: Case against producer handled properly (AP)  | read this item

NEW YORK – From the start, David Letterman made sure the story of a $2 million shakedown attempt over his sex life was one he narrated himself.
It was the comic, not prosecutors, who broke the news of the case, which spurred him last fall to acknowledge affairs with women on his staff.
After former television producer [...]

Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)

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Published: March 10, 2010
Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)  | read this item

Thomas buzzed up: Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were ‘almost burned’ (AP)
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