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Leno says farewell to 10 p.m. show on Tuesday
...have been thinking? Well? The network has a vast amount of work to do now. The list: develop new dramas; bring viewers back; convince Hollywood it's serious about 10 p.m.; convince affiliates the same; re-establish Leno at "Tonight;" hope and pray that this... |more
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Ellen's 'Idol' debut: Pleasing - and passionless
...fun moment in the cycle, when judges dispatch hopefuls like Freddy Krueger dispatches dreaming teens. It's an awful week, Hollywood , like exams or the SATs. You can make jokes (Ellen did), but the risks of bombing are obvious as well.Moreover, Ellen had absolutely... |more
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'Percy Jackson & the Olympians' cast Q&A
...a wit in the movie," McKidd says. "The fact that the gateway to hell is in the 'H' of the Hollywood sign." That's the famous Hollywood sign in the hills of Los Angeles. Also, McKidd essentially plays a father who is estranged from his teenage son, but at the... |more
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Werewolves are a hair different in 'The Wolfman'
...werewolf-movies.com. "I think the time has probably come for us to do away with silver bullets, full moons and all of the other Hollywood mythology we've inherited from the 1940s." CLAWING ITS WAY BACK TO THE PAST By Frank Lovece, Special to NewsdayWe think... |more
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Senate daughter Ayla Brown endorses Simon Cowell
.... . . I think by Simon leaving, it's going to be a real loss to the show."But Ayla, 21, isn't sitting back and waiting for Hollywood to call. After her father's election, music label Double Deal moved the release of her five-song EP, "Circles," from April... |more
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24 all set to hit the big-screen
Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland's dream of bringing his hit American TV series 24 to cinemas is set to come true, as Hollywood bosses have commissioned a script to turn it into a movie. The actor has always talked of transforming the real time series 19 m ago |more
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Idol-worthy: Didi Benami shines in Hollywood
...entry to: Your email address: Message (optional): OK, I'm getting a little ahead of myself. We still have three more Hollywood episodes to go before we even hit the top 24. (SO EXCITED.) But Benami -- who delivered a sparkling rendition of Kara... |more
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'IDOL' WATCH: Hollywood Round One
...first round of Hollywood auditions on "American Idol" brought the welcome addition of Ellen DeGeneres to the judging panel. Ellen replaced Paula Abdul, after Paula was not hired back for "Idol's" ninth season. Ellen was a refreshing change to panel, being... |more
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Hollywood brings changes for ‘American Idol’
...you don’t hear anything from me tomorrow, send help. And snow shovels. It does make me jealous for the people who got to go to Hollywood, where it’s presumably warm. And it’s even worse because this season’s Hollywood round offered a new spark that the last... |more
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Land trust solicits funding to buy peak near Hollywood sign
...director. As part of an effort to solicit public contributions and raise a total of $12.5 million, the trust plans to cover the Hollywood sign with a banner reading "Save the Peak." But getting approval to do that was almost as complicated as negotiating the... |more
