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  • Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress up for sale

    06/19/13 12:36 PM

    LONDON (AP) — The gown Elizabeth Taylor wore at the first of her eight weddings is for sale. You'll need at least 30,000 pounds ($47,000) to buy it and a tiny waist to wear it. Christie's auction house is offering the seed pearl-encrusted satin dress — compete with waist-cinching built-in...

  • 'Dancing with the Stars' pros join 'Forever Tango'

    06/19/13 12:32 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — "Dancing with the Stars" duo Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have shimmied aboard the Broadway-bound "Forever Tango." Producers said Wednesday that the pair will perform in the show at the Walter Kerr Theatre from July 9-28. Smirnoff is a mirror ball champion who won...

  • Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered

    06/19/13 12:32 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a record label's vaults until its discovery by an archivist just weeks after...

  • 'Voice' winner calls it 'incredibly overwhelming'

    06/19/13 12:32 PM

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Danielle Bradbery has "The Voice" — and the microphone-holding trophy to match. The 16-year-old country singer said she was "overwhelmed with emotion" when she was crowned the winner of the NBC singing competition Tuesday. "I mean confetti and fireworks in the...

  • Palace sheds some light on Kate's baby plans

    06/19/13 12:32 PM

    LONDON (AP) — With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — officials at Clarence House have released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept...

  • Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

    06/19/13 12:02 PM

    MIAMI (AP) — Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90. Whitman died of heart failure...

  • Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47

    06/19/13 11:46 AM

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. A statement from Flynn's publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said he died Wednesday. Flynn self-published his first book, "Term Limits," in...

  • NBC News airing documentary on Valerie Harper

    06/19/13 11:31 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Valerie Harper has agreed to give a first-person account of her battle with terminal cancer to NBC News. The network says Meredith Vieira will host the documentary, which will air in prime time. No airdate has been set. The actress gained fame playing Rhoda Morgenstern on...

  • Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90

    06/19/13 10:30 AM

    MIAMI (AP) — Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90.

  • Cher credits luck for her lengthy career

    06/19/13 06:30 AM

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder. The 67-year-old singer who has spent most of her life in the spotlight offered this advice to young artists on navigating the world of paparazzi attention: "You're screwed. That's my advice." "You don't deal with it. You...


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