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Seth Rogen says experiences smoking dope helped him prepare to play stoner

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:17:04 +0000

MONTREAL - Seth Rogen says his experiences smoking dope as a kid came in handy when he played a stoner on the run in his new movie "Pineapple Express."

He says it also didn't hurt that he grew up i...

'Dark Knight' sets record with $155.34M on its opening weekend

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:22:49 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.

"The Dark Knight" took in a record US$155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $...

Dercy Goncalves, brash Brazilian actress and comedian, dies at age 101

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:35:54 +0000

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behaviour, has died.

She was 101.

Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves d...

'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:38:33 +0000

LOS ANGELES - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office.

The figures relea...

Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning branches out, sort of, with first solo disc

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:27:35 +0000

TORONTO - It's taken Brendan Canning some 18 years to put out his first solo disc and despite all that time in indie music circles - much of it spent anchoring supergroup Broken Social Scene - the bes...

Martin Short interrupts his cherished cottage time for Just for Laughs

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:27:43 +0000

TORONTO - When Martin Short and his family vacation in Ontario's Muskoka Lakes Township every summer, the animated Canadian funnyman enjoys exercising, socializing with fellow celebrity cottagers and ...

Welsh mayor wants to overturn town's ban on Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:32:25 +0000

LONDON - The mayor of a small Welsh coastal town wants to overturn its ban on Monty Python's "Life of Brian."

After all, she starred in it.

"Life of Brian" follows the rise and fall of the titul...

Slow going to buy tickets for Elton John concert in Saint John, N.B.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:30:19 +0000

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Patience and persistence paid off on Saturday morning for some Elton John fans trying to buy tickets to his upcoming show in Saint John, N.B.

Fans who lined up at the box office ...

German Love Parade festival draws over one million people

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:52:45 +0000

BERLIN - More than 1.5 million revellers danced through the streets of the western German city of Dortmund on Saturday at the annual Love Parade techno music festival.

A roughly 1.5-kilometre main ...

Shannen Doherty joins Garth, Spelling on new version of 'Beverly Hills 90210'

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:12:04 +0000

BEVERLY HILLS, California - Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style.

Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in the CW network's new version of the ...

'Dark Knight' sets single-day box office record with $66.4M opening

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:42:20 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record.

Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day ...

Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:41:14 +0000

PARIS - Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins.

Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a ...

Angelina Jolie and her twins leave French hospital where she gave birth

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:10:03 +0000

PARIS - Angelina Jolie has left the building, and so have the twins.

The Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice says in a statement that the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riv...

Angelina Jolie leaves Nice hospital where she gave birth to twins, hospital says

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:37:03 +0000

PARIS - The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left its premises.

The hospital says Jolie left early Saturday morning along with the twins, Knox Leon and Vivie...

Billy Joel in a Shea Stadium state of mind, playing ballpark's final concert

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:49:18 +0000

NEW YORK - Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' ro...