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Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

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Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.
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No holding back for Alicia Keys on Freedom

An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon. Decked out in a black leather vest and black leggings brightly accented by turquoise suede knee-high boo a hint of matching eyeliner, the Grammy Award-winning singer is surprised by the chilly blast before she ducks into a waiting black sport utility vehicle. Commen...
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Jackson film crosses $100 million internationally

The Michael Jackson concert film This Is It has crossed the $100 million mark at international box offices as it enters its second weekend in theaters, the studio behind the movie said on Friday.
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Beatles photos from Help! up for auction

Seven black-and-white photographs of the Beatles sitting on a grassy field, taken by a teenage girl on the last day of filming for their movie Help!, will be sold next week, the auctioneer said.
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Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards

Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.
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Harvard biz grads send neutral signal on stocks

Harvard Business School is sending 28 percent of its 2009 graduating class onto careers in finance, a mildly bullish sign for the economy, said Ray Soifer, an independent bank consultant.
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In Berlin, music fans build a new history

Twenty-year-old Emilia was desperately trying to get a ticket to the MTV Europe Music Awards Thursday, shivering outside the O2 World stadium on a chill grey evening in what used to be East Berlin.
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Morgan Freeman settles lawsuit over crash

Oscar winner Morgan Freeman has reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who was his passenger in a car crash and later sued him, court documents showed on Thursday.
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U2, Jay-Z, Beyonce among early winners at MTV awards

Irish rockers U2 were among the early winners at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, picking up the best live act award hours after treating 10,000 fans to a free concert in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
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No decision yet on Oprah Winfrey move to cable

Oprah Winfrey has not yet made a decision on a possible move of her syndicated chat show -- one of the TV industry's biggest money makers -- to her new cable network OWN, her production company said on Thursday.
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Rihanna embarrassed she fell for man like Brown

After being beaten by singer Chris Brown in February, pop star Rihanna felt embarrassed she fell in love with the type of man he was and left him to set an example for young women, she said in an interview on Thursday.
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Malawi threatens arrests over Madonna school row

Malawi threatened on Thursday to arrest protesting villagers blocking construction of Madonna's multi-million dollar girls academy, a new controversy for the singer in the African country where she has adopted two children.
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Business Books: The human brain in the workplace

The modern workplace is an emotionally charged landscape of constant threats and unconscious fears that can addle or even destroy our brainpower, according to three recent books on neuroscience.
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In Vietnam, Capitals and Culture That Dazzle

The enormous, stately Citadel, the former palace of several emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), dramatically sprouts from the north bank of the Perfume River in the old capital of Hue, in
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Martin, Baldwin to ratchet up the funny at Oscars

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year's Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said.
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Robert De Niro movie a Fine mess

There isn't much that's fine in Everybody's Fine, an embarrassing misfire for Kirk Jones, who once gave us the exhilarating comedy Waking Ned Devine, and for Miramax, a storied company now reduced to little more than a film library.
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Sundance expands outside Utah for one night

Sundance Film Festival organizers on Wednesday unveiled plans for a one-night expansion of January's event to theaters in eight U.S. cities, hoping to encourage a discussion about the role art and cinema play in people's lives.
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Bob Seger raids vaults for Early Seger set

Bob Seger is raiding his vaults for a 10-song set dubbed Early Seger, Vol. 1 that will be released November 27 exclusively via Meijers stores in the Midwest before becoming available on Seger's official web site three days later.

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