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Top Super Bowl commercials 2011: six winners and losers
Super Bowl commercials have become a mini-film festival, keeping the less-than-diehard football fans in front of the tube. But this year’s top spots are singled out for their misses as much as their hits.
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Biden-Ryan debate: Already, some are complaining about the moderator (+video)Biden-Ryan debate moderator is Martha Raddatz. The conservative Daily Caller posted a blog about the ABC News veteran, alleging bias because of her '90s marriage to an Obama appointee.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: rebuilding a career – and battered reputation (+video)
The former California governor is on a media blitz to promote his memoirs, a second film career, and a new public policy institute with global aspirations. But first, he needs to win back a little respect.
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Is the end of late-night TV as we've known it near?
Two staples of late-night TV – 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline' – received bad news this month, suggesting that a recasting of the late-night order might not be far off.
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Olympic viewing: The sparks of family bonding can reduce ‘withdrawal’Olympic viewing, says one expert, is a rollercoaster dream that creates family bonding in the daily date with excitement and 'Olympics withdrawal' when it's all done. This mom says the 2012 London Games have sparked a revelation about one son's dream to compete in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2016 – so there will be no withdrawal as the Olympic dream keeps going.
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Change Agent
Charities plan to distribute $2 million in aid for Colorado shooting victimsMore than 2,500 individuals have donated to help victims and their families in the aftermath of a shooting spree in a Colorado theater. At GivingFirst.org donors can choose from a list of 10 organizations to contribute to.
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Biggest loser in DirecTV-Viacom feud? Both. (+video)
The standoff between DirecTV and Viacom risks accelerating the move away from television to iPads and smart phones – and the expectation of access to content anywhere, anytime.
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Nora Ephron had rare, crowd-pleasing ability to mix humor and feminism
Screenwriter and journalist Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday, had a knack for being humorous while tackling controversial, important topics. She broke barriers for women in Hollywood and elsewhere.
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Oprah charts comeback with big-name interviews (+video)
Oprah Winfrey is working to revive her OWN channel with more celebrity interviews, including the Kardashians. But Katie Couric is also vying for big-name interviews.
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'Car Talk' to end, leaving void in mechanics-who-talk-like-Noël Coward niche
Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the Tappet Brothers of 'Car Talk' fame, announced that they will end their 35-year run on public radio in September. The unique show was comedy 'of the first order.'
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Ray Bradbury, a passionate sci-fi writer with the gifts of a painter
Ray Bradbury wrote his more than 500 stories, novels, plays, and poems on a typewriter, creating imagery that helped bring sci-fi and fantasy into the mainstream of American popular culture.
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How 'Hatfields and McCoys' became cable's biggest-ever hit
The History Channel miniseries 'Hatfields and McCoys' is the most-watched non-sports show ever on cable. Yes, it's violent and vulgar, but it's also good, movie-style entertainment, critics say.
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Iconic ‘The Scream’ to be sold at auction. How Munch will it fetch?
A Norwegian businessman, whose father knew Edvard Munch, is selling the last privately held version of ‘The Scream.’ Some speculate the much-reproduced work could bring $80 million.
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'Bachelor' show discrimination? Why prime time TV is whiter than in 1976.
'Bachelor' show discrimination is at issue in a lawsuit that alleges the ABC program sought to exclude minorities. But 'The Bachelor' isn't alone in being predominately white.
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Dick Clark: how a tax-accountant look-alike changed American music
Dick Clark understood how to introduce African-American performers and their music to a post-civil rights society still fraught with racial tensions. Basically, Dick Clark brought rock 'n' roll to America's living rooms.
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How 'Caine's Arcade' raised $164,000 for a boy from East L.A. (+video)
The Internet short film 'Caine's Arcade' has touched an emotional chord among viewers, who have donated to a college fund for Caine Monroy. It shows how social media are reshaping fundraising.
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Why ‘Caine’s Arcade’ moves grown men to tears (+video)
The short film about Caine Monroy, an East Los Angeles boy who spent his summer constructing a cardboard game arcade in his father’s auto parts shop, has won millions of fans.
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Mike Wallace: the legendary '60 Minutes' career that almost wasn't (+video)
Mike Wallace, who died this weekend, considered another path after covering the 1968 presidential campaign. But in the end, he set a high standard for serious long-form investigative journalism.
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Ordinary heroes: Two extraordinary rescues from burning cars (+videos)
A Good Samaritan in Richmond, Va., pulls a man from a burning car. In Florida, two teenage boys rescue a couple after a car crash.
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Katie Couric vs. Sarah Palin: why battle for morning show supremacy is so hotABC called in a.m. TV queen Katie Couric to trump NBC's 'Today' show. NBC called in Sarah Palin. When it comes to morning shows, networks are defending valuable turf.
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Obama's March Madness? Why he's taking British PM to hoops extravaganza.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is in the US, so why not hold the press conference at a March Madness basketball game? What do you think of Iran, Mr. Cameron ... and please pass the corn dogs.
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'Game Change': How accurate is the movie about Sarah Palin?Words have been flying between supporters of Sarah Palin, who charge the ‘Game Change’ filmmakers with a smear job, and the producers, who insist they’re committed to accuracy.
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Is bias-free news coverage coming back into vogue?
After years in which news outlets became associated with one political slant or another, there are some signs that a course correction is under way in the media. So far, the shift is a subtle one.
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Davy Jones, cast as lead singer for 'The Monkees,' was heartthrob for millions
Davy Jones, who died at his home in Florida at the age of 66, was best known for his lead role with 'The Monkees,' which pioneered techniques exploited by other TV shows for years.
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At 2012 Academy Awards, 'The Help' appeals across party lines (+trailer)
Sometimes Republicans and Democrats have different film tastes. Last year, it was "True Grit" vs. "The King's Speech." But this year, Americans across party lines are enjoying "The Help," the film about African-American maids during the civil rights era, a Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll shows.
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Academy Awards 2012: why Oscar winners are often head-scratchers
Academy Award winners aren't always the ones the viewing public expects – or wants. But the secretive Academy likes it that way. Don't forget, you're not in the Oscar club
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