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Rooney Mara’s Super Bowl Connection
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omg! - February is a big HUGE month for actress Rooney Mara. Not only is the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star up for a Best Actress Oscar on the 26th, but the New York Giants, the team that was founded by great-great-grandfather Tim Mara, is in the Super Bowl.
Fran Drescher Claims She Was Abducted By Aliens
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Fran Drescher believes she was abducted by aliens
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APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts
(AP)
 AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.
The curious case of Grammy nominee Linda Chorney
(AP)
 AP - Linda Chorney is the feel-good, do-it-yourself success story of this year's Grammy Awards. Or she's an unworthy impostor who broke the unwritten rules regarding self-promotion for music's top showcase.
Rihanna, Coldplay to perform together at Grammys
(AP)
 AP - Rihanna and Coldplay sing together on the group's latest album, and they'll do so again at next month's Grammy Awards.
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Liam Neeson to rake in the green at box office with "Grey"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Grey," starring Liam Neeson -- Open Road Film's second release ever -- is poised to debut as the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office this weekend.
Finding Paul Simon, seeking "Sugar Man" at Sundance
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two documentaries that cast eyes back to South African apartheid and speak to music's healing power have shared the spotlight at the Sundance Film Festival this week among a wide selection of movies about songs, singers and musicians.
Pitt to attend New Orleans homebuilding group gala
(AP)
AP - Talk show host Ellen Degeneres and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson are hosting a star-studded gala in New Orleans to benefit Brad Pitt's Make It Right home rebuilding effort.
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Adele reigns Billboard chart in slow week
(Reuters)
Reuters - British singer Adele continued her reign atop the Billboard 200 album chart and the Hot 100 songs chart on Wednesday, in a week of low album sales and a lack of new releases, music industry analysts said.
Jagger says UK's Cameron can't get what he wants
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger has decided British Prime Minister David Cameron can't get what he wants after all.
Country music great Haggard recovering from pneumonia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Country singer Merle Haggard, who was admitted to a Georgia hospital last week after illness forced him to cancel a show, was recovering from a host of health issues discovered while he was being treated for pneumonia, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Simon Cowell to launch DJ talent show
(Reuters)
Reuters - TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world's best DJs.
SAG statuette has an interesting backstory
(AP)
 AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.
DirecTV settles dispute with Sunbeam over blackout
(Reuters)
Reuters - DirecTV and Sunbeam Entertainment have broken bread and ended the carriage dispute that caused customers in Boston and Miami to miss both the Packers-Giants NFL playoff game and the Golden Globes earlier this month.
HBO places a bet on horseracing drama "Luck"
(Reuters)
Reuters - David Milch first visited a horse racing track when he was six years-old. Sixty years later he is bringing his passion for the behind-the-scenes world of jockeys, gamblers, horses and trainers to television with the HBO series "Luck".
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TV Ratings: "Idol" and "Bang" tie, Fox wins top rating
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS' "Big Bang Theory" pulled up to "American Idol" for a tie in the ratings Thursday night, while Fox was the highest rated and most-watched network as its new drama "The Finder" improved by 32 percent, according to preliminary numbers.
Zooey Deschanel, Joel McHale to host WGA West awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale will host the Writers Guild of America's awards show from Los Angeles, while Rachel Dratch will do the same in New York, the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Wednesday.
TV ratings: Fox wins night with "Idol"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fox scored a decisive win Wednesday night on the strength of "American Idol" and a preview of the new Kiefer Sutherland drama "Touch," while NBC's new comedy "Are You There Chelsea" dropped significantly to hit a ratings low, according to preliminary numbers.
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Review: Close almost too stoic in `Albert Nobbs'
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 AP - The role of Albert Nobbs is one that's been near to Glenn Close's heart for a while. She first played it 30 years ago off-Broadway and reprises it now in a project she's been working for some time to bring to the screen.
Sparkling revival of Shaw satire 'The Philanderer'
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 AP - As the Victorian era drew to a close, older generations were confounded by modern ideas such as "equality" for women.
Review: Ex-Beatle longs for Liverpool on new album
(AP)
 AP - "Ringo 2012," Ringo Starr. (Hip-O/Ume)
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Michigan Report Shows Arts and Culture Spending Yields High Return
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Creative State Michigan, an annual report by ArtServe, showed every dollar spent in Michigan on arts and culture repays the state back 50-fold. According to Michigan Radio, the purpose of the report was to demonstrate to lawmakers how profitable arts funding can be. Here are details about cultural-to-business connections in Michigan.
Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
(Reuters)
Reuters - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
Annie Leibovitz opens new art show at Smithsonian
(AP)
 AP - Photographer Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.
$20 Million Walmart Gift Makes Crystal Bridges Museum Free for Visitors, Forever
(ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - How will Alice Walton's megalithic Crystal Bridges museum attract art aficionados to its scenic (read: backwoods) location of Bentonville, Arkansas? Well, making admission free is one strategy. A newly announced $20 million sponsorship gift from Walmart, a company founded and owned by the Walton family, will pay for all Crystal Bridges visitors, forever. Take that, MoMA and your new $25 ticket price!
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Gaultier fetes Winehouse, Givenchy goes futuristic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jean Paul Gaultier delivered an ode to Amy Winehouse at his spring/summer 2012 haute couture show in Paris on Wednesday. The late pop singer's musical spirit and bad girl fashion sense were all over the runway.
Missoni's Anglo Gent Restoration
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - There are few more pointedly family businesses in Milan fashion than the house of Missoni, which staged its fall 2012 men's collection on Sunday, Jan. 15, even if this season the fundamental influence was transparently not Italian, but British.
Big Surprises at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards
(Fashion Wire Daily)
![There were some shocked faces at the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, Jan. 12, and none more than that of Viola Davis, who took home the Best Actress prize for her fine work as a maid in]() Fashion Wire Daily - There were some shocked faces at the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, Jan. 12, and none more than that of Viola Davis, who took home the Best Actress prize for her fine work as a maid in "The Help."
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