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Don Mischer to receive Producers Guild TV award

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A month before he directs and co-produces his second Academy Awards show, Don Mischer will receive an honor of his own at one of the key Oscar precursor shows, the Producers Guild of America's 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards.
NAEP Results

U.S. Students Score Low on Math and Reading, Still Achievement Gap in NAEP

The 2011 federal exam shows U.S. students still lag behind other countries in math scores despite improvements, while reading scores have dropped. Education Secretary Duncan places blame for low literacy on No Child Left Behind, which encourages test inflation and has failed to close the achievement gap between white and minority students in America.
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Actor Antonio Banderas poses on the red carpet upon his arrival at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Doha

North America box office goes to Puss in Boots

Animated movie Puss in Boots landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a domestic opening, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.
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Blumhouse, Gold Circle join to form Angle Films

Paul Brooks' Gold Circle Films and Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions have combined forces to form Angle Films. The companies simultaneously announced on Tuesday a first-look distribution deal for their new production company with Universal Pictures.
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Hugh Grant is new father of baby girl

Actor Hugh Grant, known for films such as Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary, has welcomed a baby girl into his life following a brief affair with an unidentified woman, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Spielberg's Tintin lands closing night at AFI festival

Monday afternoon's announcement that Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin will be the closing-night film at the AFI Fest would be more newsworthy if the film won't already have been playing around the world for two weeks by the time it debuts in Hollywood on November 10.
Actor Antonio Banderas poses on the red carpet upon his arrival at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Doha

North America Box Office Goes to 'Puss in Boots'

Animated movie Puss in Boots landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a domestic opening, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.
Television personality Ricki Lake arrives at the 25th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles, March 5, 2010.

Ricki Lake Says J.R. 'Hard to Beat' on 'Dancing'

She's been atop the leader board on TV contest Dancing With the Stars several times, but Ricki Lake still doesn't believe she'll end up with the mirror ball trophy. The winner, she thinks, will be J.R. Martinez.
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Jessica Simpson Pregnant with First Child

Singer, actress and fashion mogul Jessica Simpson has finally put baby rumors to rest by confirming Monday that she is pregnant with her first child, in a statement posted on her official website.
An honour guard stands in front of the Bolshoi Theater during its reopening ceremony in Moscow

Puppets, Naked Ladies Run Wild in Revamped Bolshoi

Nudity, video, puppets and an ultra-modern twist on Mikhail Glinka's folkloric romantic opera Ruslan and Lyudmila will be the first full production to grace the stage of Russia's newly renovated Bolshoi theater.

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