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Stars offer hugs, kisses and vampire bite at gala
CAP D'ANTIBES, France (AP) -- Stars promised hugs, kisses, a massage - and a vampire bite - in a glamor-filled auction to raise money to fight AIDS....
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'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A theater cast has flown from tropical Nigeria to share its own interpretation of the Shakespearean tragicomedy "The Winter's Tale" with a UK audience....
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New Yorker mag serialize Egan story on Twitter
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan's latest New Yorker magazine story is being serialized on Twitter....
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'Million Dollar Quartet' packing up from New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Tony-nominated musical "Million Dollar Quartet" will soon no longer be rocking New York....
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Broadway stars to come out for Drama Desk Awards
NEW YORK (AP) -- Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Bernadette Peters will be on hand to help present the Drama Desk Awards next month....
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Spelling's widow sues Md. auction house over dolls
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling is suing a Maryland auction house that sold part of her extensive collection of antique dolls, claiming it owes her money and failed to return unsold items....
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Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon
ISTANBUL (AP) -- If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read....
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South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion week
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday....
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New Duerer exhibit focuses on artist's early years
NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) -- A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerer's hometown brings together works by the Renaissance artist from galleries in a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years....
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Pritzker prize's other winner in China: Hyatt
BEIJING (AP) -- When architect Wang Shu accepts his field's richest prize Friday in a ceremony at the seat of China's legislature, a symbolic second winner will be Hyatt Hotels....
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Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon
ISTANBUL (AP) -- If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read....
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Check out Perdiguero exhibit soon
Ghostprint Gallery will soon close "Perros Indalo" by New York artist Juan Perdiguero, the first exhibitor at the gallery when it opened in 2007. "Perros Indalo," translated "Indalo dogs" in Spanish, refers to the stray and watchdogs the artist once observed in Almeria, Spain. The Indalo is a ghost in a legend of the region.
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NY black radio-pioneer Hal Jackson dies
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York radio pioneer Harold Jackson, the first African-American voice on network radio, has died....
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Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88....
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Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sharon Stone is being sued by a former nanny who claims the Oscar-nominated actress insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime....
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New Woodward book coming in September
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new Bob Woodward book is scheduled for September, upholding an election-year tradition....
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Giant bull head draws drivers to SD sculpture park
MONTROSE, S.D. (AP) -- Cartoonlike buzzards wielding a knife and fork, anvil and oversized mallet might seem like an odd way to welcome tourists, but Porter Sculpture Park is no typical roadside attraction....
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Book deal for watchdog who helped oversee bailout
NEW YORK (AP) -- The man who helped oversee the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry has a book deal....
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LA designer says Facebook bride wore her dress
DENVER (AP) -- Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone says Priscilla Chan was wearing one of her dresses when she married Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg....
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Actor Michael McKean struck by car in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actor Michael McKean, who portrayed the lead singer in the movie "This is Spinal Tap," was injured when he was struck by a car in New York City....
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LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in June
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation - a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air....
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Tom Ford Beauty's fragrance do well at Fifis
New York (AP) -- Justin Bieber was honored alongside top fashion names like Tom Ford and Gucci at the Fragrance Foundation's annual Fifi awards for the best perfumes....
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Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar....
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Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell has visited the holy West Bank town of Bethlehem on her birthday....
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