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Forbes names Justin Bieber third most powerful celebrity

680News staff 16 May, 2012 0

Stage musical of 'Bring It On' leaps to Broadway for a 12-week stand starting in July

The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Cheerleaders are coming back to Broadway. Producers announced Wednesday that "Bring It On: The Musical" will form a complex pyramid in New York as part of the show's 13-city national tour. Its new 12-week stand at the St. James Theatre is set to begin July 12 with an official openin

The Croisette in Cannes gets clogged up by Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator' and his camel

The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - "The Dictator" knows how to make a scene. Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy character turned up at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with two of his model bodyguards and a camel, bringing the famed Croisette promenade to a standstill. It's his latest stunt for "The Dictator," released

Ewan McGregor, Jean-Paul Gaultier on open-minded Cannes Film Festival jury

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - If Nanni Moretti had his way, what happened in Cannes would stay in Cannes. The Italian director is heading the film festival's jury and will preside over the now-traditional post-prizes press conference when the movie extravaganza wraps up May 27. He preferred it in the old days, w

Cheerleading musical 'Bring it On' heads from Toronto to Broadway

The Canadian Press 16 May, 2012 0

TORONTO - Cheerleading spectacle "Bring it On: The Musical" is about to cartwheel from Toronto to Broadway. The stage show, about a high school cheerleading squad, is currently playing at the city's Ed Mirvish Theatre. Mirvish Productions says it's due to begin previews at New York's St. James Theat

RI works to help ex-BoSox pitcher Schilling's game company after missed payment

David Klepper,Erika Niedowski, The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Leaders in Rhode Island are working to help former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company remain viable after it failed to make a scheduled US$1.1-million payment to the state's economic development agency. Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says the state must do "every

Philippine President Aquino roots for Jessica Sanchez to win 'American Idol' next week

The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has picked his "American Idol." The Philippines' leader says he is happy Jessica Sanchez is one of the singing contest's top three finalists and "hopefully she really reaches the top." The 16-year-old Sanchez is from Chula Vista, Californ

A zoo-like Cannes opens with 'Moonrise Kingdom,' Sacha Baron Cohen stunt

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - The sunbaked Cannes Film Festival got under way with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," whose carefully composed whimsy stood in stark contrast to the zoo-like atmosphere at the annual French Riviera extravaganza. Anderson's film, which was shown to the press before its official pre

As 'Saturday Night Live' season comes to a close, signs of a coming shift

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - How can "Saturday Night Live" possibly replace (fill in the blank)? How many times have we asked that question across nearly four decades? "Impossible!" said some in 2006 when Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Rachel Dratch headed for the door, only to be followed two years

Betty White heads to nation's capital to see National Zoo, indulge passion for animal watching

Brett Zongker, The Associated Press 16 May, 2012 0

WASHINGTON - Betty White is headed to Washington to see the wildlife — not the donkeys and elephants on Capitol Hill, but the animals in the National Zoo. After a stop at the Smithsonian on Thursday, White will visit the zoo one day later to indulge her passion: animal watching. She's looking forwar