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Whitney Houston says mom rescued her from drugs

Singer Whitney Houston described her ex-husband Bobby Brown as my drug and told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast on Monday that her mother saved her by forcing her into a drug treatment program.
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Struggling NBC takes the Leno leap

So far, so impressive. After only a handful of fall premieres, broadcasters already have two reasons to celebrate: Fox's Glee and the CW's The Vampire Diaries debuted to strong numbers last week, suggesting that perhaps the coming weeks won't be a repeat of last fall's disappointing returns.
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AFI revs up its rock sound on Crash Love

When the members of AFI began work on their 2006 album, Decemberunderground, they tried really hard not to think about it as the follow-up to a big successful record, guitarist Jade Puget says.
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Songwriter Ester Dean crafts hip-hop hits

Three songs from the soundtrack to the upcoming LeBron James documentary, More Than a Game, bowed this month on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. And two of the three are by newcomer Ester Dean.
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Avett Brothers show their Love of pop on new set

Some call them Southern gentlemen; others call them crazy. Folk rockers the Avett Brothers have always sealed business agreements with just a handshake -- even now, as the band makes its new home on a major label.
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Tina Fey wins Emmy award for Sarah Palin spoof

Actress Tina Fey won an Emmy on Saturday for her uncanny portrayal of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, while pop star Justin Timberlake also was honored for his appearance on the NBC network's veteran sketch-comedy series.
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Cody exorcises demons from Jennifer's Body

Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody insists she is neither nerdy pushover or sexy cheerleader, as are the two main characters in her high-school horror movie Jennifer's Body. But in her new Hollywood reality, she may embody a little of both.
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Tyler Perry leads box office for 2nd time in 2009

Prolific filmmaker Tyler Perry scored his second No. 1 movie of the year at the North American box office on Sunday, leading a weak field of newcomers in what is traditionally one of the industry's slowest weekends.
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Elton John says wants to adopt Ukrainian baby

British singer Elton John, visiting Ukraine with his AIDS charity foundation, said on Saturday he wanted to adopt a 14-month-old boy from an orphanage in the east of the country.
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Stallone, Willis, Schwarzenegger form dream team

It is the action hero dream team. Sylvester Stallone will shoot a scene with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger soon for his upcoming adventure The Expendables, due to hit theatres in 2010.
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Megan Fox turns heads at TIFF

At the premiere of her latest film Jennifer's Body actress Megan Fox wowed fans with her own body - and says she's enjoying her sex symbol status.
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Lauren Bacall to get honorary Oscar

Lauren Bacall, whose sultry roles in film noir movies To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and Dark Passage earned her Hollywood immortality, is to get an honorary Oscar.
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Tancharoen brings old-school touch to new Fame

First-time feature film director Kevin Tancharoen grew up watching the movie Fame. Now, the 25-year-old dancer, choreographer and video director -- who has worked with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and who directed the MTV series Twentyfourseven and DanceLife -- presents his contemporary take on the classic tale of the pursuit of dreams.
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Jackson buried with glove, pearls and shades

Michael Jackson was buried with one of his iconic white gloves, sunglasses and dressed with pearl beads and a large gold belt, his sister, La Toya, said in a television interview to air on Friday.
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Photographer Leibovitz reaches deal with lender

Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz reached a deal on Friday with the art finance company behind her $24 million loan, allowing her to buy back control of her photographs, which had been put up as collateral.
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Dramas face tough time at Toronto festival

If there is anything Oscar voters love, it is a good drama. But as a key festival stop on the road to Hollywood awards got down to business on Friday, dramas were less on movie screens and more behind the scenes where the film genre is troubled.
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Moby miniseries reels in Hurt, Hawke

The upcoming Teutonic retelling of Moby-Dick has its Ahab: William Hurt has signed on to play the megamaniacal, peg-legged captain of the whaler Pequod, and Ethan Hawke has inked to play Starbuck, the first officer who is just about the only sailor who defies him.

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