| Ellen DeGeneres out as 'American Idol' judge
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 AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season, leaving Fox's hit show with two vacancies on its judging panel.
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| Ellen DeGeneres quits "American Idol" as judge
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 Reuters - "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres unexpectedly quit the top-rated television singing show on Thursday after just a year in the job, saying it was not the right fit for her.
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| "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc happy to send himself up
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Reuters - Matt LeBlanc is heading back to TV after a four-year absence, playing a version of his old "Friends" character in a satire on U.S. network television. |
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| Gabourey Sidibe keeps the magic going in TV series
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 AP - Gabourey Sidibe (GA'-buh-ray SIH'-dee-bay) is pinching herself over her unexpected life, which includes an Oscar nomination and a new TV series.
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| Obama seeks his "mojo" on daytime TV's "The View"
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 Reuters - President Barack Obama tried to revive his common touch on Thursday with a mainly light-hearted appearance on daytime television where five women hosts grilled him about his Blackberry, Lindsay Lohan and the Afghan war.
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| Obama not on Chelsea Clinton's wedding guest list
(AP) |
 AP - President Barack Obama says he didn't make the guest list for Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
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| Sold-Out Concert of Revised 'On a Clear Day' Materializes at Vassar Before NYC
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Playbill - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1965 musical with a reincarnation plot and a handful of beloved Alan Jay Lerner-Burton Lane songs, gets a second life July 29-Aug. 1 in Poughkeepsie, NY. |
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| Lisa Kudrow prescribes laughter in Web series
(AP) |
 AP - Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow is making herself laugh.
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| Low-tech Shatner eyes Twitter, says what the "$#*!"
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 Reuters - William Shatner confesses he has problems with the digital age. At 79 years old, he doesn't use Twitter and can't remember computer passwords.
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| "Hawaii Five-O" rides back to TV after 30 years
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 Reuters - Classic detective series "Hawaii Five-O" is riding a big wave back to television with new stars and grittier action, but with the same legendary theme tune and idyllic surf culture that made it a worldwide hit more than 35 years ago.
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| DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview
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 AP - Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program set for airing Thursday.
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| CBS daytime show aims to be 'The Talk' of the town
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 AP - Sara Gilbert, producer and co-host of the new CBS daytime show "The Talk," said she will share her life as a lesbian partner and mom on the air when it seems right.
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