AP – Adele’s album “21″ has spent 21 weeks atop Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart — and its 21st week is the biggest one yet.
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AP – Adele’s album “21″ has spent 21 weeks atop Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart — and its 21st week is the biggest one yet.
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AP – A judge granted a motion Tuesday to dismiss concert promoter AEG Live from a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s father.
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AP – The estate of former “Columbo” star Peter Falk has donated $3 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, for student scholarships.
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AP – Soulful songstress Adele and tousle-haired singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran lead the race for the U.K.’s Brit music awards ahead of Tuesday’s ceremony in London.
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AP – With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert is releasing a children’s book.
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AP – Don DeLillo’s first book of short stories is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction.
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AP – For more than a decade, Bronson Pinchot has spent much of his downtime in the picture-book Pennsylvania hamlet where he found a dream home far from the stressful clamor of New York or L.A.
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AP – With a nod of tribute to his ailing mother, Stephen Colbert returned to the air Monday.
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AP – Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, musically speaking.
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AP – South African-born opera singer Elizabeth Connell, who won global acclaim in roles by Wagner, Strauss, Beethoven and others, has died. She was 65.
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AP – Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who collaborated with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, on her memoir, is writing a children’s book about a mouse that goes to space.
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AP – YouTube is enlisting Hollywood’s help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.
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AP – There had to be an auction, but so soon?
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AP – PBS is feeding the addiction of “Downton Abbey” fans with an online trivia graphic.
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AP – Lindsay Lohan’s comeback trail is leading her to “Saturday Night Live.”
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AP – A representative for Stephen Colbert says “The Colbert Report” will return Monday after a sudden break due to the ailing health of the star’s mother.
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AP – A study of Academy Awards voters has found that it’s not a very diverse group that hands out Hollywood’s highest honors.
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AP – To celebrate the 100th episode of Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show in an hour that airs Monday, a giant cup of frozen hot chocolate topped with whipped cream was wheeled onto the set after its star interviewed a svelte Janet Jackson.
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AP – The President’s Day weekend box office was too close to call as the action tale “Safe House” and the love story “The Vow” competed for the No. 1 spot.
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AP – After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston’s funeral came down to just one moment: The sound of her own voice.
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AP – A casino owner paid more than a million dollars for boxing gloves Muhammad Ali used to defend his title. Samuel L. Jackson dedicated a rendition of “Stand By Me” to the boxer. And President Barack Obama told the icon in a birthday tribute that he inspired...
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AP – Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive Saturday night and thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston.
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AP – Whitney Houston’s ex-husband, Bobby Brown briefly appeared at her funeral before leaving.
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AP – After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston’s funeral came down to just one moment: The sound of her own voice.
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AP – As the soulful funeral of Whitney Houston played out a continent away, it was largely business as usual at the glamorous place where the singer died one week earlier. Yet from the fourth floor to the sidewalk out front, a sense of loss prevailed Saturday at...
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AP – To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled superstar suffering from addiction and, finally, another victim of the dark side of fame.
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AP – “The Help” collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture.
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AP – Nick Cannon has stepped down from his New York City radio show.
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AP – Michael Jackson’s estate sued the singer’s former manager on Friday, claiming he lined his own pockets by persuading the pop superstar to sign unconscionable contracts in the final year of his life.
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AP – Although Whitney Houston was one of the most famous people in the world, she never felt comfortable in the spotlight.
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AP – Kim may be the Kardashian family member considered to have the most drama in her life, but sister Khloe has had her fair share lately.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A film opens Friday about two Eskimo teenagers from Barrow, Alaska, who try to cover up a tragic killing brought on by a drug-fueled fight during a seal hunt.
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NEWARK, N.J. – Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing at the private funeral Saturday of Whitney Houston in what promises to be a very musical service.
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Star conductor Gustavo Dudamel is thrilling fans in Venezuela as he performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time in his homeland, fresh off winning a Grammy.
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NEW YORK – They won’t be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston’s millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet.
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NEWARK, N.J. – Gov. Chris Christie has strongly defended his decision to have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for Whitney Houston despite receiving emails and other messages disparaging the singer and criticizing him.
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NEW YORK – Some were confused, others offended by Nicki Minaj’s over-the-top performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but the singer-rapper doesn’t understand what all the hubbub is about.
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NEW YORK – Character singer Charles Anthony, who set the record for most appearances at the Metropolitan Opera — 2,928 — during a career that spanned from 1954 to 2010, died Wednesday. He was 82.
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LOS ANGELES – Whitney Houston’s death certificate shows she will be buried in the same cemetery where her father was laid to rest.
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NEW YORK – Andrew Lincoln, who stars as Sheriff Rick Grimes in “The Walking Dead,” says he loves a secret.
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LOS ANGELES – The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.
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NEW ORLEANS – Actress Patricia Clarkson arrived in New Orleans Wednesday, setting the stage for the all-women Krewe of Muses parade to roll Thursday night.
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has issued subpoenas for medical and pharmacy records from Whitney Houston’s doctors and medical providers, which is standard procedure in such investigations, an official said.
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NEWARK, N.J. – In Whitney Houston’s hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died, there’s not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for fans to pile flowers. So for the legion of music lovers mourning a global superstar, where do...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – In stories on the death of Whitney Houston sent Feb. 12 and 13, the Associated Press incorrectly reported the name of a song she sang in an upcoming movie. The title of the song is “His Eyes on the Sparrow,” not “Her Eyes on the Sparrow.”
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TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will order flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings Saturday in memory of Whitney Houston.
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LOS ANGELES – An expert in ancient art who has overseen museums in England, the U.S. and his native Australia has been named director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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BEVERLY HILLS, California – Whitney Houston’s death has created heartrending echoes of tragedies past: The painstaking investigation that follows the shocking loss. Why was Houston found underwater in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, beyond resuscitation?
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NEW YORK – She’s a Florida girl who’s comfortable in a bikini, and now 19-year-old model Kate Upton is on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
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NEWARK, N.J. – A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Whitney Houston was under water and apparently unconscious when she was found in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, police said Monday, as the singer’s family prepared to send her body to her native New Jersey for a funeral.
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NEWARK, N.J. – The body of Whitney Houston was set to be flown home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week’s end, said two people who have spoken with the singer’s family.
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Richard Loving looks out from the Jim Crow past with wary eyes, appearing on the screen with a blond crew cut, plaid work shirt, bad teeth and Southern accent.
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The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele’s trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston’s death.
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LOS ANGELES – Adele’s “Rolling In the Deep” won the Grammy for song of the year. It’s the British singer’s fourth win Sunday night.
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LOS ANGELES – Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry’s biggest names gathered for a Grammy Awards show that felt as much like a memorial as a celebration.
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LOS ANGELES – One of the Grammy show’s most poignant moments was one that TV viewers didn’t see.
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LONDON – Will the spies or the silent stars triumph? Espionage thriller “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and mute movie “The Artist” lead the race for Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars.
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LOS ANGELES – A year ago, Clive Davis’ glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.
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LOS ANGELES – With the death of Whitney Houston just hours earlier, it’s hard to focus on the matter of crowning the best in music — but Sunday night’s Grammys will try.
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LOS ANGELES – Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – More than two decades ago, Clive Davis introduced a young woman with a scintillating voice to the music industry at his annual pre-Grammy soiree: Whitney Houston.
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NEW YORK – Whitney Houston’s downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public’s mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments.
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NEW DELHI – Bollywood’s biggest star Amitabh Bachchan underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday and was recovering well in a Mumbai hospital, his son said.
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NEW YORK – Marlene Dietrich is having a moment. The runways of New York Fashion Week are paying homage to the late star’s sultry, glamorous but sometimes slightly mannish style.
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NEW YORK – Jason Wu has arrived, and the confidence he’s feeling in his emerging success was evident at New York Fashion Week Friday, where his dramatic show featured a collection inspired partly by his Chinese roots.
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NEW YORK – Tommy Hilfiger told the story of a young cadet’s military and sport lifestyle in his fall men’s collection that debuted Friday during New York Fashion Week.
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LOS ANGELES – Will.i.am said he hoped to raise $1 million for his charity that benefits needy students at a concert Thursday night. Instead, he raised $5 million.
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LOS ANGELES – Police captured a man on Friday who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.
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NEW YORK – Fashion designers, retailers, editors and stylists settled into their routines Thursday for eight days of previews at New York Fashion Week with barely a blink at all the photographers’ flashes: a sign of business-as-usual stability.
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LOS ANGELES – Bret Michaels isn’t above stealing a Grammy. After crooning “Nothin’ But A Good Time,” the former Poison frontman — who has never attained Grammy gold — jokingly announced onstage at a Grammy Foundation event Thursday that he was on the prowl to nab a trophy.
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NEW YORK – Well, now we know how she does it: With lots of YouTube breaks and double-brewed coffee. In this so-much-information era, designer Cynthia Rowley spilled her work habits to the audience gathered Thursday night for the runway preview of her fall collection during New York Fashion Week.
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LOS ANGELES – Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles didn’t just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they also had their picture taken with him.
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LOS ANGELES – Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man convicted of threatening to kill Madonna who walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Jersey City taxpayers won’t be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of “Jersey Shore” and all the attention that comes with them.
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NEW YORK – Bruce Springsteen has announced that two saxophonists, including Clarence Clemons’ nephew, will join his upcoming world tour with the E Street Band.
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NEW YORK – A chance to kiss the buff, shirtless Richard Gere of the early `80s? Sold, for $20,000!
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CHICAGO – Oscar had his own boarding pass — and a major entourage — as he boarded a commercial flight named in his honor from Chicago to Los Angeles on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES – Fox’s medical drama “House” is ending its eight-year run this season.
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NEW YORK – On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.
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LOS ANGELES – Get the sunglasses and tanning oil out: The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammys Awards for their first live performance in more than two decades.
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LOS ANGELES – A reality television producer charged with killing his wife while on vacation in Mexico has been extradited from the U.S. to await trial, the next step in a legal saga that has played out on both sides of the border.
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NEW YORK – Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album “Kisses on the Bottom” in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.
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LOS ANGELES – Testimony concluded Tuesday in a trial that will decide whether the Golden Globe Awards remain on NBC through 2018 with a federal judge strongly urging both sides to settle before a ruling is necessary.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A request by reality television star Richard Hatch to give the Internal Revenue Service a reduced payment of $25 for January in his tax evasion case has been denied by a Rhode Island judge.
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NEW YORK – The first live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers, NBC said Thursday.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 30-Feb. 5. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
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NEW YORK – NBC hoped the Super Bowl would prompt viewers to sample a couple of its promising new shows and, at least initially, the network is getting its wish.
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LOS ANGELES – Coroner’s officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius’ death a suicide, nearly a week after the “Soul Train” creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head.
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LOS ANGELES – “The Amazing Spider-Man” dropped in on hundreds of fans Monday.
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NEW YORK – Chris Brown will perform at this year’s Grammy Awards, the event where his career almost ended three years ago.
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NEW YORK – Both the action film “Chronicle” and Daniel Radcliffe’s ghost story “The Woman in Black” performed above expectations on Super Bowl weekend.
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NEW YORK – Television already has “The Biggest Loser.” Dr. Mehmet Oz is looking for the biggest number of losers.
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British hip-hop artist M.I.A.’s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn’t immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to.
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NEW YORK – Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier has already annoyed Mitt Romney this campaign season. Now he’s finding fault with one of Newt Gingrich’s ideas.
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For all the pomp and excess of Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of the show.
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INDIANAPOLIS – John Travolta not only knows who’s going to win the Super Bowl, but by how much.
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Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s pregame patriotism is the Super Bowl’s opening act before Madonna takes her spot in the Super Bowl halftime spotlight.
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CNN suspends Martin for ‘offensive’ comments (AP)
NEW YORK – CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for “offensive” tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-gay.
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