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Seth Rogen says experiences smoking dope helped him prepare to play stoner

MONTREAL - Seth Rogen says his experiences smoking dope as a kid came in handy when he played a stoner on the run in his new movie "Pineapple Express." He says it also didn't hurt that he grew up i...

'Dark Knight' sets record with $155.34M on its opening weekend

LOS ANGELES - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record US$155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $...

Dercy Goncalves, brash Brazilian actress and comedian, dies at age 101

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behaviour, has died. She was 101. Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves d...

'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M

LOS ANGELES - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office. The figures relea...

Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning branches out, sort of, with first solo disc

TORONTO - It's taken Brendan Canning some 18 years to put out his first solo disc and despite all that time in indie music circles - much of it spent anchoring supergroup Broken Social Scene - the bes...

Martin Short interrupts his cherished cottage time for Just for Laughs

TORONTO - When Martin Short and his family vacation in Ontario's Muskoka Lakes Township every summer, the animated Canadian funnyman enjoys exercising, socializing with fellow celebrity cottagers and ...

Welsh mayor wants to overturn town's ban on Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'

LONDON - The mayor of a small Welsh coastal town wants to overturn its ban on Monty Python's "Life of Brian." After all, she starred in it. "Life of Brian" follows the rise and fall of the titul...

Slow going to buy tickets for Elton John concert in Saint John, N.B.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Patience and persistence paid off on Saturday morning for some Elton John fans trying to buy tickets to his upcoming show in Saint John, N.B. Fans who lined up at the box office ...

German Love Parade festival draws over one million people

BERLIN - More than 1.5 million revellers danced through the streets of the western German city of Dortmund on Saturday at the annual Love Parade techno music festival. A roughly 1.5-kilometre main ...

Shannen Doherty joins Garth, Spelling on new version of 'Beverly Hills 90210'

BEVERLY HILLS, California - Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in the CW network's new version of the ...

'Dark Knight' sets single-day box office record with $66.4M opening

LOS ANGELES - Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day ...

Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice

PARIS - Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a ...

Angelina Jolie and her twins leave French hospital where she gave birth

PARIS - Angelina Jolie has left the building, and so have the twins. The Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice says in a statement that the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riv...

Angelina Jolie leaves Nice hospital where she gave birth to twins, hospital says

PARIS - The Nice hospital where Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins says the star has left its premises. The hospital says Jolie left early Saturday morning along with the twins, Knox Leon and Vivie...

Billy Joel in a Shea Stadium state of mind, playing ballpark's final concert

NEW YORK - Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' ro...

Verne Troyer reaches settlement in sex tape lawsuit

LOS ANGELES - Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker that will prevent the distribution of a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed F...

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 from congestive heart failure

LOS ANGELES - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90. Stafford di...

Billy Joel is in a Shea Stadium state of mind, playing ballpark's final concert

NEW YORK - In 1965, more than 55,000 screaming fans jammed into Shea Stadium to watch the Beatles perform what was one of the most remarkable shows in the history of rock 'n' roll. The concert at t...

Ledger's compelling Joker thrills, saddens fans as 'The Dark Knight' opens

NEW YORK - As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of another actor who wasn't on the screen: James Dean, who...

Midnight stampede to 'The Dark Knight' sets box office record

LOS ANGELES - Nothing dark about Batman's first night at the box office. "The Dark Knight" lit up cash registers during its midnight debut, stealing away with a record $18.5 million from 3,040 thea...

Britney Spears gets to see kids more without full custody trial

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next mon...

Sales continue to grow in Canadian video game industry; 'Mario Kart' No. 1

TORONTO - The video game industry continues to flourish in Canada with revenue growing 56 per cent in the first six months of the year. Sales of hardware, software and accessories totalled $783 mil...

Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival started Friday, turns 20 this year

ATLANTA - Stephanie Hughley's 12th floor office at the new headquarters of the National Black Arts Festival has a stunning view of Atlanta, including the city's cultural standard - the High Museum of ...

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 of heart failure

LOS ANGELES - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folk songs, has died. She was 90. Stafford die...

Fans line up to pad box office of 'Dark Knight,' new Batman movie

NEW YORK - Thousands of Batman fans finally got what they were waiting for Friday, as sold-out midnight showings of "The Dark Knight" kicked off a weekend of screenings. Media By Numbers, a trackin...

London's Tate Modern gallery to build pyramid-shaped extension

LONDON - The Tate Modern art museum in London says it will build a brick pyramid instead of a glass ziggurat to almost double its exhibition space by 2012. Museum spokeswoman Ruth Findlay said the ...

Stephen Collins goes from saintly to silly in 'Spamalot' on Broadway

NEW YORK - For 11 seasons, Stephen Collins played Eric Camden, the father and small-town minister of the hit TV drama "7th Heaven," which apparently left an impression on viewers. "I find people ar...

CBS considering ordering more episodes of Cdn-produced 'Flashpoint'

LOS ANGELES - "Flashpoint" may be much more than a U.S. flash in the pan. CBS is so pleased with last Friday's premiere ratings for their Canadian-produced drama that - if it continues to perform b...

Kiefer Sutherland surrounded by Canucks as '24' returns with prequel

LOS ANGELES - When "24" finally returns this November in a two-hour prequel, Jack Bauer will find himself, once again, surrounded by the one international force he cannot seem to shake: Canadians. ...

New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos still playing gigs at 97

NEW ORLEANS - In the 1930s, people danced in New Orleans night clubs to the sweet and melodic jazz of Creole singer and trumpeter Lionel Ferbos. Now they sit at tables and sip cocktails, watching t...