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Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014....

Witness: AEG spent $24 million on Jackson concerts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An accounting executive for AEG Live LLC testified on Monday that the company spent $24 million producing Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts....

AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies
NEW YORK (AP) -- Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency....

Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's tempting to say Daft Punk has gone Hollywood....

Rosie Pope helps navigate exotic baby gear
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amid the purveyors of belly casts and placenta pills, sonogram art and cord banks at a recent baby gear extravaganza stood a smiling Rosie Pope, pregnancy advice guru, mommy concierge to the rich and, with any luck, the Martha Stewart of maternity....

NBC hires news division chief from Britain
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC went out of the company and out of the country to find a president for its news division, on Monday naming the first woman to hold the top job....

Gold becomes a theme at glitzy Cannes amfAR gala
There's always glitz and glamour at Cannes, France, during its annual film festival, and it's no different this year. But there's still a heavy infusion of gold to come this week at Thursday's amfAR gala, which will treat its celebrity guests to 40 of the world's top models in "The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show," curated by Carine Roitfeld....

Broadway's biggest theater sold to British group
NEW YORK (AP) -- Britain's biggest theater groups has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million....

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:...

Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversy
It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller....

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Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album