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China pulls 'Django Unchained' on day of premiere

Posted: 8:36 AM "Django Unchained" became "Django Unscreened" as Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge saga was pulled from Chinese theaters on its opening day, with the importer blaming an unspecified technical problem.

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Philadelphia Orchestra announces China tour

Posted: 8:19 AM Forty years after it became the first U.S. orchestra to visit China, the Philadelphia Orchestra is planning to go back with a new tour and new program.

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List: Paul McCartney still UK's richest musician

Posted: 8:15 AM The newspaper estimated Thursday that the ex-Beatle shares a 680 million-pound ($1.05 billion) fortune with his third wife, Nancy Shevell, whose family owns a U.S. trucking company.

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Lohan tells Letterman rehab is a 'blessing'

Posted: 2:42 PM In an appearance taped for Tuesday's "Late Show," Lohan was pressed by Letterman about her upcoming rehab stint. She faces a 90-day stay as part of a plea deal in a misdemeanor traffic accident case.

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Treasury: Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip licensed

Posted: 2:39 PM Assistant Treasury Secretary Alastair Fitzpayne wrote in a letter Tuesday to congressional representatives that the famous hip-hop couple traveled to Cuba with a group authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control

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Would Annette recognize today's Calif beach scene?

Posted: 2:37 PM When she traded in her Mousketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom.

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Museum exhibitions come to movie theaters

Posted: 8:11 AM From the people who brought live Metropolitan Opera performances to a movie theater near you comes the next big-screen cultural attraction: museum art exhibits from around the world.

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Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture

Posted: 8:09 AM Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon — skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep.

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Halle Berry, Michael Kors launch Watch Hunger Stop

Posted: 11:23 AM Halle Berry says she's a woman of compassion and Michael Kors says he's a man of action. Together, they want to make a dent in the battle against hunger around the world.

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Acclaimed documentary maker Les Blank dies at 77

Posted: 8:44 AM Les Blank, an acclaimed documentary maker who focused his camera on cultural corners ranging from blues music, to garlic lovers, to shoe-eating artists, died Sunday at age 77, his son said.

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Broadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes

Posted: 5:11 AM Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills.

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'Evil Dead' rises again with $26M box-office stake

Posted: 5:08 AM In a tight fight for second-place were two holdovers, the animated comedy "The Croods" and the action flick "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," both with an estimated $21.1 million.

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Ebert: Not just a critic, but a part of Hollywood

Posted: 6:24 AM So much so that they claimed him as one of their own when the Directors Guild of America made Ebert an honorary lifetime member at the group's awards ceremony four years ago.

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Hillary Clinton to headline NY women's conference

Posted: 6:20 AM There's been plenty of star power already at the Women in the World summit in New York: Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep both were part of the opening night program.

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For ailing Valerie Harper, love's still all around

Posted: 6:18 AM Just around the corner from the intersection of Mary Tyler Moore Avenue and Newhart Street at CBS Studio Center, actress Mary Tyler Moore and some of her former colleagues gathered Thursday

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Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies at age 70

Updated: 5:21 PM Roger Ebert, the nation's best-known film reviewer who with fellow critic Gene Siskel created the template for succinct thumbs-up or thumbs-down movie reviews, died Thursday. He was 70.

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Facebook announces new "Home" feature on Android

Updated: 1:53 PM At a press event in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the announcement by joking: "Today, we're going to finally talk about that Facebook phone."

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Has NBC learned transition lessons?

Posted: 6:54 AM Executives hope their luck is better late at night, and they have a year to try and make it a smooth handoff from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon at the "Tonight" show

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