VP Joe Biden guest stars as celebrity crush on "Parks and Rec"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Someone has a big crush on U.S. Vice President Joe Biden - and now she is getting to meet him. Biden will make his TV acting debut with a cameo on NBC's comedy "Parks and Recreation" as the celebrity crush of actress Amy Poehler's...

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"Dancing" co-host Brooke Burke has thyroid cancer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke said on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will need surgery. The television presenter and model said in a three-minute video posted on the website Modernmom.com...

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Chen Guang-who? Chinese official claims ignorance of blind activist

BEIJING (Reuters) - Despite causing a huge diplomatic incident between the world's two largest economies earlier this year, the Chinese official in charge of the hometown of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Friday that he has no idea who...

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On Twitter, pope to get different type of followers

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict already has 1.2 billion "followers" in the standard sense of the word but he soon will have another type when he enters what for any 85 year old is the brave new world of Twitter. Vatican officials say the pontiff,...

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Ex-oilman named new leader of world's Anglicans

LONDON (Reuters) - A former oil executive was named leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans on Friday, ending months of closed-door intrigue as the church struggles with bitter rifts over women bishops and gay marriage. Justin Welby, 56, has been...

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Stradivarius dealer gets six years for embezzlement

VIENNA (Reuters) - A dealer in rare Stradivarius violins coveted by the world's top violinists was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for embezzlement after his glittering global empire crumbled. Dietmar Machold, 63, built his Bremen-based family...

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Author Philip Roth says he is done with writing

(Reuters) - Seminal American author Philip Roth, whose novels explored modern Jewish-American life, has told a French magazine that he will write no more books because he has lost his passion for it. The author of such novels as "American Pastoral",...

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Mick Jagger's love letters to singer Marsha Hunt up for auction

(Reuters) - Love letters written by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to American singer Marsha Hunt, discussing poetry and his personal turmoil, will hit the auction block next month. Hunt, with whom Jagger had his first child, Karis, told Britain's...

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Is "Our Kind of Traitor" next for Mads Mikkelsen?

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Since winning the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival for Thomas Vinterberg's "The Hunt," Mads Mikkelsen has been inundated with offers for new projects. Mikkelson, who also stars in Denmark's entry for the...

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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have broken up, reports say

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Justin Bieber and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez, a Disney actress and singer, have broken up, ending a relationship that made them one of Hollywood's most high-profile young couples, media reports said. Bieber, 18, and...

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