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Leno goes back to Jackson jokes on TV show
May 24 2005 10:28PM (CT)
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Hours after testifying as a defense witness in Michael Jackson's molestation trial, Jay Leno was again mocking the pop star on the "Tonight Show."
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'American Idol' contestants face off
May 24 2005 9:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Long-locked Alabama rocker Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood, the country fan from Oklahoma, squared off with soaring ballads and gospel choirs in the "American Idol" finals Tuesday.
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'Nightline' to repeat names of war dead
May 24 2005 9:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC's "Nightline," which ignited a brief political battle last year with its decision to read the names of Americans killed in Iraq, will do so again this year.
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N.Y. producer pleads guilty to stealing
May 24 2005 8:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A noted producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing from a nonprofit theater company so she could repay $48,000 she had earlier stolen from actors Carl and Rob Reiner and "Seinfeld" producer George Shapiro.
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New Latin-focused TV channel begins tests
May 24 2005 7:43PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A new TV station backed by Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba and Uruguay began transmitting by satellite Tuesday as part of the test phase for a project organizers say will bring Latin America an alternative to large commercial media outlets.
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PBS chief rejects liberal bias allegations
May 24 2005 4:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president of the Public Broadcasting Service on Tuesday rejected criticism by conservatives that public TV is guilty of liberal bias, and she offered a strong defense of PBS' Bill Moyers, a target of right-wing wrath.
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N.Y. landmarks panels OKs Whitney plan
May 24 2005 4:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After trying for almost two decades, the Whitney Museum of American Art has cleared a huge hurdle in its quest to add to its famed Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue, winning the approval of the city Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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'Starting Over' helps women achieve dreams
May 24 2005 3:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Rhonda Britten and Iyanla Vanzant, the life coaches from the daytime reality series "Starting Over," hope to take the desperation out of housewives _ one woman at a time. "There's no place that gives people hope," says Vanzant. "People are suffering. They need hope. 'Starting Over' gives them hope."
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Hawaii is world's stand-in for 'Lost'
May 24 2005 3:43PM (CT)
MOKULEIA, Hawaii (AP) - As a band of jittery plane crash survivors huddle on an island hillside listening to a distress call that has looped through the airwaves for 16 years, one of them asks, "Where ARE we?" The answer: The Hawaiian island of Oahu.
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O'Donnell to appear on 'Queer as Folk'
May 24 2005 3:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell hasn't been doing many acting gigs lately, but she'll appear on Showtime's "Queer as Folk" for three episodes.
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Three TV series draw more than 30 million
May 24 2005 3:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a positive sign for network television as its traditional season nears its end, three scripted series drew more than 30 million viewers in the past week, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Actor happy WB picked up 'Supernatural'
May 24 2005 1:09PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jared Padalecki knew better than to count on his new drama being picked up by a TV network. "Young MacGyver" never made it on the air.
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Trump makes light of TV movie about him
May 24 2005 12:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump wasn't fired up about ABC's "Trump Unauthorized," the made-for-TV movie about the real estate mogul. He was sorta looking forward to it.
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BBC, unions to hold talks to avoid strikes
May 24 2005 9:38AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British Broadcasting Corp. and its unions said Tuesday they had agreed to meet with negotiators in a bid to avert a series of planned strikes over job cuts.
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Correction: Desperate-Housewives
May 24 2005 9:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a May 23 story about the "Desperate Housewives" finale, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the character Lynette, played by Felicity Huffman, had sabotaged her husband's promotion because she was jealous over a sexy co-worker. Instead, Lynette derailed the promotion because she was afraid it would take her husband away from home too much.
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'Housewives' finale leaves questions
May 24 2005 7:40AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The desperate divas of Wisteria Lane have brought their first season to a smashing close. So what's in store for Year Two of ABC's hit melodrama from the 'burbs?
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Comic actor, director Howard Morris dies
May 24 2005 4:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Howard Morris, the wry-faced comic who costarred with Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner on the TV classic "Your Show of Shows" before going on to success as a film director, and to fame as poetry-spouting Ernest T. Bass on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 85.
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TV pitchman for Frosted Flakes dies at 91
May 24 2005 4:13AM (CT)
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Thurl Ravenscroft, who provided the rumbling "They're Grrrrreeeat!" for Kellogg's Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, has died. He was 91.
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