Stories tagged with "usa today"
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This just in: Celebrities are Tweeting some actual news!
To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW Stars are still flitting to Twitter to dish about what they're eating and where they're going,...
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Blind Pilot on the scene at Lollapalooza
To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW USA TODAY is teaming up with indie-folk band Blind Pilot, which is Twittering for our...
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Live, from Mumbai! It's Chris Kattan and 'Bollywood Hero'
Some Saturday Night Live stars have used the late-night comedy show as a launchpad for thriving Hollywood careers. Others have seen their post-show professional lives fizzle.For...
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Can 'American Idol' still be a star without Paula?
The jury's still out on Judge Paula.American Idol followers say Paula Abdul's abrupt departure leaves a big hole as the show loses both her cheerleading and her antics. But a few...
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Woodstock is seen through two original lenses
Woodstock was billed as a music and art fair, but the event that took place on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 15-18, 1969, will forever be remembered as a counterculture festival of...
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Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing
Another movie tie-in gives a boost to a book; Swedish computer-hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander is virtually unstoppable; and conservative authors are thriving.Movies bump book...
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Twilight series eclipses Potter records on Best-Selling list
Stephenie Meyer's four-book Twilight series has sunk its fangs into USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list — with no signs of letting go. Meyer's domination of the list for the...
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Playlist: Levon Helm's 'When I Go Away,' 10 more tracks
It doesn't matter whether Levon Helm is wailing soul-saving gospel (as on this week's pick, When I Go Away, an Electric Dirt track), feisty Muddy Waters-penned blues or acid-era...
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MMA game is a sales knockout, with rival on the way
The battle for mixed martial arts fans is spilling out of the ring and into the video-game arena.UFC 2009 Undisputed ($60, rated T for ages 13-up), based on the Ultimate Fighting...
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Fawcett, Jackson get 'Fair' magazine play
To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson are getting equal attention in September's Vanity Fair....
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Vampire Weekend on the scene at All Points West Festival
To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW USA TODAY is teaming up with indie rocker Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend, who is Twittering...
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King of Pop dethrones Gosselins on Celeb Heat Index
To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW Michael Jackson is No. 1.His unexpected death at age 50, the tribute concert and the death...
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Kathryn Stockett's 'The Help' is the hot book this summer
The table at the front of Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Ill., is where booksellers keep the titles they reach for when customers ask, "What do you recommend?"Front and center...
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These books offer unreal stories of reality TV
Oh, the joy of being a young media darling. Or maybe not. USA TODAY looks at three novels for fans who can't get enough of reality TV and gossip rags.L.A. Candy Harper, $17.99 The...
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Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing
E. Lynn Harris' book tour will go forward in honor of the author; colleagues remember memoirist Frank McCourt; and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series catches another...
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These five well-known men are workin' it in white
Men usually leave it to the ladies to experiment with color. However, several male stars are shaking things up by throwing white into their color palettes. "Most guys aren't going...
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Who's rocketing, who's sputtering this summer
The cutthroat summer season has the power to revive, tarnish or launch a film career. Funny People, Julie Julia and Inglourious Basterds have yet to open. But it isn't too early...
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To know 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' is to love her
When Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson died in 2004, he left behind three manuscripts, all featuring computer nerd Lisbeth Salander, one of the most startling, engaging and...
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Playlist: Imogen Heap, Prefab Sprout, Anjulie, Ne-Yo
On First Train Home, the first single from her upcoming Ellipse album (due Aug. 25), Imogen Heap offers a shimmering, percolating electro-pop soundscape that is grounded by her...
