Queen helps celebrate Canadian navy’s 100th (AFP)

AFP – The Queen marked the 100th anniversary of Canada’s navy by taking part Tuesday in an international fleet review at the port of Halifax, on the Atlantic coast.

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Phil Spector documentary is essential viewing (Reuters)

Reuters – “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)” is one of the more obscure songs heard in “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector,” a documentary portrait of the killer music producer.
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Eminem sells 741,000 copies of new album in U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters – Eminem will blast in at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart on Wednesday with the biggest week for a single release since 2008, according to sales data from Nielsen SoundScan.
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Korean star found dead in apparent suicide (AFP)

AFP – A South Korean actor and singer who rode the wave of Korean pop culture in Asia was found dead at his home in Seoul Wednesday in an apparent suicide, police said.

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Visual effects pioneer Harryhausen turns 90 (Reuters)

Reuters – Ray Harryhausen, the visual effects pioneer and stop-motion master, turned 90 Tuesday.
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Jennifer Hudson says family murders "surreal" (Reuters)

Reuters – Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson broke down as she spoke for the first time publicly about the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.
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"Twilight" actress joins Miley Cyrus film (Reuters)

Reuters – Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the “Twilight” movies, and “Hung” star Thomas Jane are in negotiations to join Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore in an English-language remake of a French comedy.
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Eminem has biggest sales debut since 2008 (AP)

AP – Eminem’s “Recovery” is going quite well. The rapper’s CD sold 741,000 in its first week of release, making it the best debut of the year.

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Veteran CNN interviewer Larry King to quit (AFP)

AFP – Veteran CNN broadcaster Larry King announced his decision to step down from his long-running show Tuesday, ending a record-breaking career that saw him conduct more than 40,000 interviews.

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