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First 'American Idol' finalist booted

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol.'' The 24-year-old event coordinator from Amarillo, Texas, was the first finalist eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition Wednesday. Brown, who turned in... Full story

'Repo Men' offers bloody awful future

The Associated Press

In the happy future of "Repo Men," if you need a pancreas, you can get a pancreas. It'll cost you $618,000 and, if you miss one of your scheduled "easy" payments, you'll find yourself hounded by a hired goon who will slice you open, retrieve the... Full story

Bullock cancels appearance at London premiere

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Bullock canceled her appearance at the London premiere of "The Blind Side" days after Internet reports alleged she was having trouble in her marriage and that she had left the couple's Southern California home.... Full story

PlayStation's Move ups the interaction, fidelity

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At first touch, the PlayStation Move feels awfully familiar. Unveiled at last week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony's forthcoming wand-shaped motion controller and the smaller sub-controller handle... Full story

Judge: Winfrey must defend ex-headmistress's suit

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled. The case is now set... Full story

Last of Cash's 'American Recordings' released

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Cash's voice comes in with a rumble, singing that there "ain't no grave that can hold my body down." A shuffling beat that sounds like heavy chains being carried back and forth accompanies him. It sounds both... Full story

Sex at the museum: Swingers in Vienna art hall

VIENNA (AP) — In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt's masterpieces. The Secession — a... Full story

Travolta flies jetload of relief supplies to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — John Travolta has flown a jetliner carrying relief supplies into the Haitian capital, along with doctors and ministers from the Church of Scientology. The 55-year-old actor piloted his own Boeing 707 from... Full story

Nicole Richie is hospitalized for pneumonia

The Associated Press   NEW YORK — Nicole Richie has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital and is being treated for pneumonia. Her representative says she's doing well.    Publicist Nicole Perna said Wednesday the... Full story

Christie Brinkley, ex-husband work on settlement

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for Christie Brinkley's ex-husband says they've been discussing a proposed settlement in their court spat over details of their 2008 divorce. Brinkley's attorney, Peter Caronia, issued a statement early... Full story

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