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An estimated 41.3 million people saw "The Hurt Locker" top the popular "Avatar" for best picture in the most-watched Academy Awards telecast since 2005.

Oscar viewership was up 14 percent over last year, the Nielsen Co. said Monday, keeping with a trend of bigger audiences for major events on broadcast television a month after the Super Bowl set the mark for most-watched telecast ever.

In true film fashion, the Oscars built to a big climax when the Iraqi war thriller "The Hurt L

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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC's "This Week" — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

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US singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder was Saturday awarded one of France's top cultural honours, which he dedicated to his deceased mother 30 years after he was tapped to receive it.

"I receive this honour in memory of my mother and in memory of all of those that have made it possible for me to stand here today," said an emotional Wonder, clad in marine blue striped suit, as he received the Commander of Arts and Letters award from French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand.

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Onscreen, Christopher Walken's oft-imitated shtick has veered into self-parody in recent years.

But seeing it live is a whole other matter: On the evidence of his brilliant performance in Martin McDonagh's new play, "A Behanding in Spokane," the actor should have returned to the stage a long time ago.

Fueling the evening with his endlessly entertaining physical mannerisms, offbeat comic timing and hilarious vocal inflections, Walken lifts this slight shaggy-dog story into the co

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Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that "Avatar" director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned.

Publisher Henry Holt and Company, responding to questions from the AP, said Monday that author Charles Pellegrino "was not able to answer" concerns about "The Last Train from Hiroshima," including whether two men mentioned in the book actually existed.

"It is with deep regret that Henry Holt and

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Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman says she doesn't plan on having more children unless she gets married someday "far" in the future. She says if that ever happens, she would only have one child.

Widely known as "Octomom," Suleman has six older children. She appeared Wednesday on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," where she has been a frequent topic of debate.

Suleman's octuplets celebrated their first birthday in January.

All of her children were conceived by in vitro ferti

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CBS is temporarily halting production of television's top-rated comedy, "Two and a Half Men," following news from Charlie Sheen's publicist that the actor is in rehab and is taking a break from the show.

Publicist Stan Rosenfield announced Tuesday that Sheen has entered a rehab facility "as a preventative measure." He asked for privacy for Sheen, 44, but did not specify why the embattled actor was seeking treatment.

Sheen's bosses expressed support for the actor in a statement t

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France's national library has bought the memoirs of celebrated Venetian lover Giacomo Casanova, which were initially thought to have perished at the end of World War Two.

The 3,700 fading yellow pages of Casanova's "Histoire de ma Vie" (Story of my Life) were discovered packed in a dozen boxes which had been transferred to a safe just days before the allied bombing of Germany in 1945.

"During the Second World War Leipzig was bombed, but the boxes were discovered in the basement

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Tina Fey will probably reprise her famous impression of Sarah Palin when she hosts "Saturday Night Live" in April, the comedian told The Associated Press.

"It's inevitable that we'll try it, at least," Fey said in an interview Tuesday. "We'll see if it makes it to air."

Officials at the NBC sketch show wouldn't comment; "SNL" generally doesn't discuss any planned sketches, given that much can change even in the hours before show time.

Fey's performances as the former Alas

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Prolific British author Dick Francis, a former jockey whose thrillers rode high in best-selling lists for decades, has died at the age of 89, his family said on Sunday.

He passed away at his Caribbean home in Grand Cayman from "old age", according to a statement released through his publicist.

His son, Felix, said he was "devastated" as he paid tribute to his "extraordinary" father, who wrote 42 novels.

Francis specialised in novels based on the horse racing industry, dra

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President Obama may be proposing funding cuts for culture in his bleak 2011 budget, but he's once again signaled an enlightened approach to the arts by appointing New York painter

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It's play time again for Hollywood, as the annual Toy Fair kicks off in New York on Sunday with the traditional slew of product tied to movies, TV shows and entertainment characters.

Among this year's hot properties: "Toy Story 3," "Iron Man 2," "How to Train Your Dragon," the latest installments of "Twilight" and "Harry Potter," and TV favorite "Dora the Explorer," who is celebrating her 10th anniversary. But overall, there are fewer movies than last year that are ripe for toy merchan

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Multifaceted entertainer Justin Timberlake is coming to Harvard University to be honored as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

The Grammy and Emmy award winner will receive his pudding pot from the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe at a roast scheduled for Friday.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals said the singer, songwriter, actor and producer was selected because he's "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers."

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Calling Of The Spirits of the Winds

When Divine Spirit Makes Itself Known
~By Witch Daughter of Aradia

This is what happened to me over the Summer this past year. I became so involved studying and researching about Native Americans and Core Shamanism over this past time we've been away from here, and this time the… Continue

Time is my Master!

At forty-nine I have finally come to realize that time is my master. At this age you start to reflect on things you have done, and things you have not done. At this age you start to realize things that you can still get done, and things you will never get done, because time is your master.

One thing I have wanted to do is to make an impact on our environment, as I have developed one belief system in my forty-nine years; “There are no passengers on our planet earth, we are al… Continue

Time is my Master!

At forty-nine I have finally come to realize that time is my master. At this age you start to reflect on things you have done, and things you have not done. At this age you start to realize things that you can still get done, and things you will never get done, because time is your master.

One thing I have wanted to do is to make an impact on our environment, as I have developed one belief system in my forty-nine years; “There are no passengers on our planet earth, we are al… Continue

"The transition from summer to winter we call autumn is upon us. The fall colours is a reminder of Mother Nature’s beauty and a time to reap from her benefits. From full life into death within our seasons, fall is a small sign of the cycles found in our entire Universe. Until we are reborn again, in the spring, to complete yet another succession of life."

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Bryanna Global Warrior ~ Book 3 ~
Planet Earth - Past, Present & Future

Is now at the Publisher with a late December 2009 or early January 2010 release date.

Bryanna Global Warrior Book 3

Planet Earth - Past, Present & Future.

Written by; Frank J. Ball Sr.
Illustrated by; Bo

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Why do you hate me so?

I roamed on lands that were wide open and free
They were mine to settle and hunt and breed
Until you cut my trees and moved in your,
Farms, your homes and towns
Now you scream and shout and yell
If you catch a glimpse of me on your fields or hills

Why do you hate me so?

I mate f… Continue

I decided to share this ancient story as i have a real connection with it..... i was lucky enough to be gifted the medicine name Changing Woman a few years back now, by a Lady Shaman called Lee Hilfiker… it is a great honour to have received this name.... as since then i have researched it's meaning & found that throughout most Native American tales & legends Changing Womans name appears.... I found a book on Changing Woman & loved how beautiful the story is...... The story of the Na… Continue