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NBC hires former Steelers star Hines Ward as NFL and college analyst
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Hines Ward has been hired by NBC Sports to work as an analyst for its NFL and college football coverage. Ward retired in March after 14 seasons with the Steelers. NBC announced Thursday that it has come to a multiyear agreement with Ward. The four-time Pro Bowl
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Madonna kicks off ‘MDNA’ world tour in Israel to raucous fans
JERUSALEM – Pop music star Madonna treated tens of thousands of ecstatic fans in Israel to the inaugural show of her “MDNA” world tour on Thursday, performing in a country where she has long claimed a special bond. The “Material Girl,” a devotee of a form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah, danced, bumped, grinded
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Judge Judy launches website to discuss life, romance and children, and to ‘have a little fun’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Judge Judy is doing more than holding court on TV. She’s now dishing out advice online. Judy Sheindlin said the goal of her new website is to share her ideas about life, create a forum to discuss a variety of issues and to “have a little fun.” She’ll have her say
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‘Smash’ star Megan Hilty assures her troubled character will be back
TORONTO – The recent season finale of “Smash” had fans questioning the fate of Megan Hilty’s conniving character after — spoiler alert! — she lost the part of Marilyn Monroe and was seen in her dressing room with a bunch of pills in her hand. But Hilty assures we haven’t seen the end of troubled
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‘Downton Abbey’ star Maggie Smith to be feted by Stratford festival
TORONTO – Oscar winner and “Downton Abbey” star Maggie Smith is set to be feted by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Smith has been named the 2012 recipient of the theatre festival’s legacy award, to be presented in Toronto on Sept. 10. The prize honours Smith for the four seasons she spent at the southwestern Ontario
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Christie’s to auction Renoir’s nude painting ‘Bagneuse,’ estimated at up to $28 million
LONDON – Christie’s auction house says it will sell Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Impressionist nude “Bagneuse” (“Bather”), which is valued at between 12 million pounds and 18 million pounds ($18 million and $28 million). The French master’s 1888 painting is part of a June 20 sale of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s in London. The auction
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Composer John Kander, to be honoured by Dramatists Guild Fund, not slowing down at 85
NEW YORK, N.Y. – When the Dramatists Guild Fund honours composer John Kander at a star-studded gala next month, there is very likely to be one person reluctant to be there. That would be John Kander. “It scares me to death,” says the Tony Award-winning songwriter with partner Fred Ebb of “Cabaret,” ”Chicago” and “Kiss
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Grammys to be held Feb. 10 in Los Angeles; nominations concert set for Dec. 5
NEW YORK, N.Y. – If you’re a fan of the Grammy Awards, mark your calendar for Feb. 10 — that’s when the annual event will be held next year. The Staples Center in Los Angeles will again be the stage for what’s billed as “music’s biggest night.” The nominations will be revealed about two months
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Satan’s second act: Author Lauren Weisberger writing sequel to ‘Devil Wears Prada’
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Lauren Weisberger has made another deal with the devil. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that the author of “The Devil Wears Prada” has a sequel planned for next April. “Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns” continues the adventures of former magazine assistant Andrea “Andy” Sachs, now a bridal magazine editor, and
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Amy Winehouse’s family puts late singer’s London house on the market
LONDON – The family of Amy Winehouse has put the late singer’s London home up for sale for 2.7 million pounds ($4.2 million). The three-bedroom property in the Camden neighbourhood of northwest London had become a shrine of sorts for mourning fans who left flowers and tributes following Winehouse’s death last July from alcohol poisoning.
