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			<title>TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home</title>
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			<description>TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home

By MITCH STACY

Associated Press Writer 



TAMPA, Fla. – Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.



Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies at 75</title>
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			<description>Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies at 75

Associated Press 



LOS ANGELES - Dom DeLuise, the portly entertainer and chef whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died. He was 75.



Agent Robert Malcolm said DeLuise died about 6 p.m. Monday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. Malcolm said the family did not release the cause of death.



&quot;He had high blood pressure,  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86</title>
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			<description>'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86

By LYNN ELBER

AP Television Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress who considered herself lucky to be discovered by television executives after a long stage career that included a Tony award for the musical &quot;Mame,&quot; died Saturday at age 86.



The star of the TV shows &quot;Maude&quot; and &quot;The Golden Girls&quot; died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>American Idol</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Longtime NBC newsman Irving R. Levine dies at 86</title>
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			<description>Longtime NBC newsman Irving R. Levine dies at 86

By TERRY SPENCER

Associated Press Writer



MIAMI – Irving R. Levine, the bow-tied NBC newsman who explained the fine points of economics to millions of viewers for nearly a quarter century, has died. He was 86.



Levine died Friday of prostate cancer complications in Washington, D.C., announced his son, Daniel Rome Levine (pronounced luh-VEEN').



Known for his dry, measured delivery and trademark bow ties, Levine was a presence at  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>'Three Stooges' coming together at MGM</title>
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			<description>'Three Stooges' coming together at MGM

The Hollywood Reporter



Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.



MGM and the Farrelly brothers are finally slapping together their high-profile cast for &quot;The Three Stooges,&quot; a comedy project the filmmakers have been developing for years. Sean Penn is set to play Larry, and Jim Carrey is in negotiations to play Curly. Benicio del Toro is a rumored possibility for the brothers' taciturn leader, Moe.



The studio is looking to start production in the fall for  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Natasha Richardson dies after fall on ski slope</title>
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			<description>Natasha Richardson dies after fall on ski slope

By HILLEL ITALIE

AP National Writer 



NEW YORK – Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film &quot;Patty Hearst&quot; and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of &quot;Cabaret,&quot; died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury during a beginners' ski lesson.



Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson's husband Liam Neeson, confirmed  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Comic book fans will keep close watch on 'Watchmen'</title>
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			<description>Comic book fans will keep close watch on 'Watchmen' 

Although excited to see the movie, they're also worried it won't stay true to the acclaimed series. 

By RAY ROUTHIER

Staff Writer Portland Press Herald

 

PORTLAND — As a fan of comic books and graphic novels, Matt Pillar has mixed emotions about the film version of &quot;Watchmen,&quot; which opens around the country today.



Sure, he'd love to see the gritty locales and outrageous characters of the 1986-87 comic book miniseries  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ghost hunters probe 'haunted' closet</title>
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			<description>Ghost hunters probe 'haunted' closet

BY KATHRYN SKELTON

Morning Sentinel



BIDDEFORD -- The odd burning sensation on her legs started as soon as Dani King moved into the old brick mill-turned-apartment complex.



In a few weeks, her 2-year-old son started talking about the man in the closet. She cleared out the coats and stuff filling the shelves, but didn't see a thing.



&quot;The second time he mentioned 'The Man' I got on the computer. I'm like, 'Screw this; I'm getting somebody,'&quot;  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>'Lost in Space' actor Bob May dies at 69 in Calif.</title>
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			<description>'Lost in Space' actor Bob May dies at 69 in Calif.

By GREG RISLING

Associated Press Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Bob May, who donned The Robot's suit in the hit 1960s television show &quot;Lost in Space,&quot; has died. He was 69.



May died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Lancaster, said his daughter, Deborah May.



He was a veteran actor and stuntman who had appeared in movies, TV shows and on the vaudeville stage when he was tapped by &quot;Lost in Space&quot; creator  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:38:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>&amp;quot;The Prisoner&amp;quot; star Patrick McGoohan dead at 80</title>
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			<description>&quot;The Prisoner&quot; star Patrick McGoohan dead at 80

Reuters News Service



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Patrick McGoohan, a British television star in the 1950s and 1960s best known for two shows that crossed over to American TV, &quot;Secret Agent&quot; and &quot;The Prisoner,&quot; has died at age 80, his agent said on Wednesday.



McGoohan, born in New York City but raised in Ireland and England, was in the midst of restarting his career with two recent film offers but died  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ricardo Montalban dies at 88</title>
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			<description>Ricardo Montalban dies at 88

By BOB THOMAS

Associated Press Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's &quot;Fantasy Island,&quot; died Wednesday morning at his home, a city councilman said. He was 88.



Montalban's death was announced at a city council meeting by president Eric Garcetti, who represents the district where the actor lived. Garcetti did not give a cause  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Patrick Swayze checks into hospital with pneumonia</title>
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			<description>Patrick Swayze checks into hospital with pneumonia

By DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Patrick Swayze has checked himself into the hospital for observation after contracting pneumonia, A&amp;E President Abbe Raven announced Friday at a meeting of the Television Critics Association. Swayze was scheduled to appear to discuss his upcoming drama &quot;The Beast.&quot;



Robert DeBitetto, A&amp;E's programming senior vice president, explained his absence.



&quot;Patrick  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>&amp;quot;Superstars of Dance&amp;quot;</title>
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			<description>&quot;Superstars of Dance&quot;



SERIES PREMIERE 

Sunday, Jan. 4th 9/8c on NBC







http://www.nbc.com/superstars-of-dance/ </description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:41:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>John Travolta's 16-year-old son dies in Bahamas</title>
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			<description>John Travolta's 16-year-old son dies in Bahamas

By JUAN McCARTNEY

Associated Press Writer 



NASSAU, Bahamas – John Travolta's teenage son, Jett, died in the Bahamas after falling ill and hitting his head at his family's vacation home, police said Friday. A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning. He was taken by ambulance to a Freeport hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a statement from chief police superintendent Basil Rahming.



The  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:46:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>'Sopranos' actor 'Johnny Cakes' dead in suicide</title>
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			<description>'Sopranos' actor 'Johnny Cakes' dead in suicide

The Associated Press



NEW YORK – Police say the actor who portrayed the gay lover of a closeted mobster on &quot;The Sopranos&quot; has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New York.



Police spokesman Lt. John Grimpel says John Costelloe was found dead in an apparent suicide at his Brooklyn home on Dec. 18.



Police were called to his residence after family members were unable to reach him.



The 47-year-old former New York  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies</title>
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			<description>Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies

By POLLY ANDERSON

Associated Press Writer 



NEW YORK – Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.



Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday in Connecticut of colon cancer.



Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Majel Roddenberry, widow of 'Trek' creator, dies</title>
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			<description>Majel Roddenberry, widow of 'Trek' creator, dies

By ROBERT JABLON

Associated Press Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Majel Barrett Roddenberry, &quot;Star Trek&quot; creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry died of leukemia Thursday morning at her home in Bel-Air, said Sean Rossall, a family spokesman.



At Roddenberry's side were family friends and her son, Eugene Roddenberry Jr.



Roddenberry  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Actor Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92</title>
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			<description>Actor Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92

By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

AP Drama Writer 



NEW YORK – Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as &quot;30 Seconds over Tokyo,&quot; &quot;A Guy Named Joe&quot; and &quot;The Caine Mutiny,&quot; died Friday of natural causes. He was 92.



Johnson died at Tappan Zee Manor, an assisted living center in Nyack, N.Y., said Wendy Bleisweiss, a close friend.



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			<title>Sale of large collection of Marilyn Monroe photos</title>
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			<description>Sale of large collection of Marilyn Monroe photos

By ULA ILNYTZKY

Associated Press Writer 



NEW YORK – Before the world knew her as Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Baker so captivated photographer Andre de Dienes at her first modeling assignment that he later recorded their meeting in his diary: &quot;An earthly sexy-looking angel! Sent expressly to me!&quot; De Dienes simultaneously captured the innocent exuberance and seductiveness of the young model in a series of photos that day in 1949  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Heath Ledger gets posthumous film award</title>
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			<description>Heath Ledger gets posthumous film award

Reuters News Service



MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The late Australian actor Heath Ledger was awarded one of his country's most prestigious film awards on Saturday for his final role as The Joker in the Batman movie &quot;The Dark Knight.&quot;



Ledger, 28, who died of an accidental overdose of painkillers and other medicines in his New York apartment 11 months ago, was posthumously awarded the AFI (Australian Film Institute) international award for  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:38:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Jerry Lewis makes another anti-gay slur</title>
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			<description>Jerry Lewis makes another anti-gay slur

By ROD MCGUIRK

Associated Press Writer 



CANBERRA, Australia – Jerry Lewis made an anti-gay slur on Australian television similar to one he apologized for using on his annual telethon a year ago.



Following a news conference in Sydney Friday, Lewis, 82, was asked by a Network Ten national TV reporter for his opinion on the Australian nation sport of cricket.



&quot;Oh, cricket? It's a f-- game. What are you, nuts?&quot; Lewis replied.



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			<title>Will Ferrell's Bush meets Fey's Palin on `SNL'</title>
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			<description>Will Ferrell's Bush meets Fey's Palin on `SNL'

By JAKE COYLE

AP Entertainment Writer 



NEW YORK – Appearing as President Bush on the primetime edition of &quot;Saturday Night Live,&quot; Will Ferrell offered his political &quot;strategery&quot; to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin.



Ferrell reprised his famed impression of the president on the live &quot;Weekend Update&quot; special Thursday to give an &quot;impromptu&quot; evening address to the nation. He spoke about the election between John  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Beyonce would like to be known as &amp;quot;Sasha Fierce&amp;quot;</title>
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			<description>Beyonce would like to be known as &quot;Sasha Fierce&quot;

Reuters News Service



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Just like the &quot;Seinfeld&quot; episode where George wanted everyone to call him &quot;T-Bone,&quot; Beyonce Knowles would like to be known by a bold new name.



The R&amp;B singer has christened herself &quot;Sasha Fierce&quot; for her new double album, &quot;I Am ... Sasha Fierce,&quot; due in U.S. stores on November 18, and has released a lengthy justification for the comical  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles</title>
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			<description>Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles

 By BOB THOMAS

Associated Press Writer 



LOS ANGELES – Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86.



Blackwell died Sunday of complications from an intestinal infection, publicist Harlan Boll said.



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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:57:05 GMT</pubDate>
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