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‘Dancing With the Stars’ pro Derek Hough looks to balance outside opportunities with the show
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Derek Hough has made it to the finals of the 16th edition of “Dancing With the Stars,” which wraps Tuesday, but he almost didn’t return to the ABC show this season. “I was gonna sit this season out,” Hough said in a recent interview. “My mom hurt herself and she was
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Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez heading to Broadway in ‘First Date’
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A couple of stars from TV’s “Chuck” and “Smash” will soon be dating on Broadway. Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy “First Date” by “Gossip Girl” writer Austin Winsberg. The music and lyrics are by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. “First
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Ex-NFL WR Chad Johnson arrested on charges he violated probation in domestic violence case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada. A Broward County judge ordered Johnson jailed Monday until he posts a $1,000 bond. Another hearing was set for June 3. An arrest
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Jason Bateman confident there’s lots more ‘Arrested Development’ to come
TORONTO – It didn’t take much convincing for the “Arrested Development” cast to get behind creator Mitch Hurwitz’s unconventional plan to revive the beloved comedy. The offbeat show chronicling the lives of the quirky Bluth family makes its much-anticipated comeback next week in typically atypical fashion. As most fans know, “Arrested Development” — which ran
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AP Interview: Steven Soderbergh on breaking from filmmaking
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency. In his Chelsea studio, among various film posters and piles of moviemaking mementos, he has a few paintings in progress, including a new, livelier, “more Hendrix” version of a U.S. dollar bill. It’s only one of the many artistic endeavours he bounces between
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Takashi Miike’s police thriller ‘Shield of Straw’ gives Cannes a blast of action
CANNES, France – Director Takashi Miike says shooting an action movie in Japan is a lot harder than it looks. His Cannes Film Festival entry “Shield of Straw” is a robust thriller about a team of police tasked with escorting a child-killer with a bounty on his head across the country. Although touched with serious
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Mathieu Amalric learns to stop worrying and embrace psychoanalysis in ‘Jimmy P’
CANNES, France – Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. The French actor depicts a maverick academic counselling Benicio Del Toro’s Native American war vet in “Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian,” director Arnaud Desplechin’s Cannes Film Festival contender. Based on a true case study from the
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Interview: Netflix CEO on future of TV, ‘Arrested Development,’ BlackBerry
TORONTO – Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is standing in line at a bustling Toronto coffee shop, summing up a speech he’s set to deliver later in the day on the future of television, when he spies an example of his vision that’s so perfect it almost seems planted by his PR team. Smiling, he points
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‘Apple of my Eye’ star Michelle Chen turns to her first love, music, with new debut album
HONG KONG – Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster “You Are the Apple of My Eye.” Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. After she graduated from the University of Southern California and returned home to Taiwan, her initial attempts to break
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Expectations high for next Xbox, scheduled to be revealed Tuesday
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It’s almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor’s launch in 2005. With the next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, anticipation for the entertainment console’s latest
