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• ‘As surreal as it is exciting’
  J.J. Abrams calls getting assigned to direct the seventh live-action “Star Wars” film “as surreal as it is exciting.” The ...
• Amanda Seyfried delves into dark material in...
  It took a French revolution to pull Amanda Seyfried away from her role as ’70s porn star Linda Lovelace.Seyfried delved deep into her character ...
• Year’s best in film, TV shine at Golden Globes
  As of press time, Jennifer Lawrence had won a lead-actress Golden Globe for the oddball romance “Silver Linings Playbook,” while ...
• Researchers say giant squid captured on video in...
  TOKYO — After years of searching, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in ...
• Return of ‘Downton Abbey’ shadowed by plot...
  There are many delicious reasons to watch the returning “Downton Abbey” and an exasperating one to skip it: The cover’s been blown on major plot ...
• Google protects online search recipe
  Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its ...
• United States advances to final of junior worlds...
  UFA, Russia — Jake McCabe and John Gaudreau scored two goals apiece Thursday to lead the United States to the final of the world junior ...
• Paparazzo hit by car after taking pictures of Justin...
  In the world of paparazzi, one image of the rich or famous can be like winning the lottery. But the hunt for that shot can be dangerous — even ...
• Agony gets grounded
  Getting stranded at a U.S. airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food.These ...
• ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ star says, ‘I want to do it...
  “I want to do everything!” Jessica Chastain is getting animated. Even though she’s managed to pack more films into an 18-month period than would ...
• Hayden Panettiere learns the music industry
  —Nashville While Hayden Panettiere is pretending to be a country music singer on TV, she’s learning how to be one in real life. The 23-year-old ...
• Springsteen, Gaga and others perform but Rolling...
  Only at a Rolling Stones concert could appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga seem almost like afterthoughts. Those superstars, and other ...
• U.S. president visits grieving town after school...
  For U.S. President Barack Obama, it was another sorrowful visit to another grieving community full of broken hearts from unimaginable violence. ...
• School shooting reported in US state of Connecticut;...
  NEWTOWN, Conn. — Police in the U.S. state of Connecticut were responding to reports of a school shooting Friday morning.The school ...
• Top 2012 searches include Whitney Houston, PSY’s...
  The world’s attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out ...
• Jenni Rivera dies in airplane crash
  —LOS ANGELESJenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing ...
• Maine mall sacks Santa Claus after children, parents...
  SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — A mall in Maine has sacked Santa Claus after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn’t even let ...
• Pizza Hut to ship bottles of pizza-scented perfume...
  DALLAS — Oh, to be one of 110 select Canadians!They’ll find in their mailboxes a bottle of pizza-scented perfume before Christmas, courtesy of ...
• Ke$ha gets respect from Iggy Pop, other key...
  Becoming one of pop’s top-selling acts over the past two years hasn’t changed Ke$ha much — the girl who got famous by celebrating the trashy life ...
• ‘Peanuts’ creator’s love letters up for auction
  The late “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz was once so infatuated with a young woman 23 years his junior he sent her dozens of romantic letters ...
• Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ jacket, spangled...
  Costumes worn by Michael Jackson commanded hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, and Lady Gaga was among the collectors. Gaga tweeted ...
• Palace says Prince William, Duchess of Cambridge...
  LONDON — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child.St. James’s Palace announced the pregnancy ...
• Healthy hunger
  She never set out to become the maven of guilt-free, fun-food dieting, the go-to girl for people who want to have their cake — and cheeseburgers ...
• Twitter rants, Instagram photos and a new song mark...
  —Los AngelesMariah Carey was so excited about U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election that she released a new song in his honour. Beyonce ...
• Obama, Romney leave voters with stark Election Day...
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left voters on Election Day with a stark choice between their ...
• Playing a little political football
  In a rare show of unity, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney took turns praising Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert ...
• Winning formula
  The Giants’ championship formula is a familiar one, just with new faces all over the diamond two years later: stellar starting pitching backed by ...
• 14 rescued, 2 missing after crew abandons...
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Canadian-built ship that looked straight from an earlier century got caught in Hurricane Sandy’s wrath and began taking on ...
• Scutaro’s hit in 10th lifts SF over Tigers 4-3 for...
  DETROIT — Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San ...
• Helicopter crash lands in North Sea,19 people...
  A helicopter ferrying workers from an offshore oil rig crash landed in the North Sea on Monday, British coast guards said, adding that all 19 ...