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Reuters - Thursday, March 19
Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall
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LOS ANGELES - Award-winning actress Natasha Richardson, a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, died on Wednesday at age 45 after a suffering a severe brain injury in a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week. Richardson had been hospitalized in New York since Tuesday, surrounded by her husband, actor Liam Neeson, her two sons Michael, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12, and members of her immediate family including her mother, actress Vanessa Redgrave.
Elimination gives "American Idol" its final 10
NEW YORK - Fans of "American Idol" eliminated Alexis Grace from the show's eighth season on Wednesday when they cast the fewest votes for the Memphis singer's rendition of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" during the show's country music-themed week. Grace, 21, was sent packing after the show's four judges declined to use their onetime per season vetos to save her from elimination at the end of the Grand Ole Opry week.
Kanye West charged in airport scuffle
LOS ANGELES - Rap star Kanye West was charged on Wednesday with battery, theft and vandalism in connection with a September 11, 2008 scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport. The L.A. District Attorney's Office has accused West, 31, of smashing camera equipment in the encounter. He faces up to two and a half years in prison if convicted on all the misdemeanor charges.
VH1 resuscitates "Behind the Music"
LOS ANGELES - VH1 is reviving its former signature series "Behind the Music." The cable network is ordering about 10 new episodes of "Music," bringing back the iconic documentary program that ran for seven years on VH1 starting in 1997.
Nicolas Cage journeys deeper into sci-fi
NEW YORK - Nicolas Cage has battled terrorists, drug dealers, prisoners and even himself in a varied acting career, but in "Knowing," he may have met his toughest adversary yet -- Mother Nature. "Knowing" debuts in theaters across the United States on Friday and once again has the Oscar-winning actor saving humankind, this time in a role that straddles science fiction and fantasy.
NBC boss: Jon Stewart's criticism absurd, unfair
NEW YORK - NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker fired back at comedian Jon Stewart on Wednesday, saying it was "unfair" and "absurd" for the funnyman to criticize CNBC and question its coverage of financial news. "Everybody wants to find a scapegoat. That's human nature," Zucker said during a keynote address at a media industry conference. "But to suggest that the business media or CNBC was responsible for what is going on now is absurd."
Stacy Keach had mild stroke: spokesman
LOS ANGELES - Veteran actor Stacy Keach, who stars in the touring stage production of "Frost/Nixon," suffered a mild stroke before being hospitalized in Los Angeles this week, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Keach, 67, who plays late U.S. President Richard Nixon in the play, was admitted to an undisclosed hospital on Tuesday.
Shows honored for "television with conscience"
LOS ANGELES - Television can be good for you, after all. The TV show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition", the drama "Brothers and Sisters" and the 2008 "Stand Up to Cancer" charity fund-raiser were among eight programs named on Wednesday for exemplifying "television with a conscience."
New York Dolls reunite with Rundgren for new album
LONDON - Veteran rock act the New York Dolls will issue its fourth album, "Cause I Sez So," on May 5 in the U.S. and a day earlier in the U.K. The band, which was revived in 2004 at the instigation of singer-songwriter Morrissey, who was curating the Meltdown festival in London, has reunited with Todd Rundgren, producer of its self-titled 1973 debut. A re-recorded version of "Trash" from that album features on the new set.
Springsteen leads Seeger 90th birthday tribute
NEW YORK - Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp and Emmylou Harris are among the dozens of musicians who will celebrate American folk music legend Pete Seeger's 90th birthday with a gala concert at Madison Square Garden on May 3. The event, dubbed "The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders," will raise funds and awareness for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an environmental organization founded by Seeger in the 1960s to preserve and protect the Hudson River.
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