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Australia mourns 'genius' Sydney Opera House designer (AFP)
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AFP - Australia Sunday mourned the death of Danish architect Joern Utzon, who designed Sydney's iconic, sail-shaped Opera House but never saw his building completed.
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Sleep-Deprived Stars: The Yawn and the Restless (E! Online)
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E! Online - If your long-weekend diet of turkey sandwich leftovers leaves you in a snooze-puddle on the couch, don't fight that feeling.
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Barenboim leads passionate "Tristan" in Met debut (AP)
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AP - Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met and both went on as sch...
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PR actress Roselyn Sanchez marries Eric Winter (AP)
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AP - Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez has gotten married at a historic San Juan fort in front of 250 guests that included Eva Longoria Parker.
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Sorry boys, Miranda's taken
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MIRANDA Kerr will marry her British boyfriend, actor Orlando Bloom, with the wedding planned for the middle of next year.
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Pete Murray quits Australia
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HITMAKER Pete Murray is leaving Australia and moving his family to Holland to escape perceptions he has become "uncool".
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Rosie Live DOA, Rosie Says (E! Online)
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E! Online - A TV buff like Rosie O'Donnell knows the Nielsen score: Rosie Live ain't living on.
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Sydney Opera House architect Utzon dies at 90 (Reuters)
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Reuters - Danish architect Jorn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 90, the Danish minister of culture said.
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TV Lookout: highlights for Nov. 30-Dec. 6 (AP)
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AP - During their four decades as a comedy duo (actually, it was more like four seasons playing teen stepbrothers on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh"), Drake Bell and Josh Peck started out as cute, goofy kids. But by the series' end in 2007,...
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Idol rakes in $785,000 an hour
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WES Carr wasn't the only winner last Sunday. As the Australian Idol final unfolded, Channel Ten was raking in up to $785,000 an hour from voters.
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Australia flops on US opening
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IT'S been a tough day at the box office for Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia on a cut-throat opening weekend in the US.
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Britney performs one more time
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BRITNEY Spears has performed on stage for the first time since her disasterous appearance at last year's MTV Video Music Awards.
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DeVotchKa heads to ski slopes, instruments in tow (AP)
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AP - The Denver quartet DeVotchKa formed more than a decade ago, but it wasn't until they worked on the soundtrack for "Little Miss Sunshine" that wider audiences got to hear their blend of accordion, theremin, guitar, sousaphone, string...
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Celeb Spenders and Savers: Amy vs. Eva (E! Online)
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E! Online - Amy Adams and Eva Mendes know that shiny red dresses are always a hit around the holidays.
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Madonna's film about orphans to air on Sundance (AP)
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AP - Madonna's awakening to the crisis in Malawi an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS had many consequences.
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