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Bush 'too often failed to lead' on Iraq: Woodward

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Bush "rarely was the voice of realism" on the Iraq war and "too often failed to lead," according to a new book by Bob Woodward examining how the president handled the war e...

Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold

LONDON - A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,557 to a collector from the U.S. The scorched Fender Stratocaster was the st...

Man gets prison for crime at actress Kirsten Dunst's NYC hotel

NEW YORK - A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing actress Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Jarrod Beinerman was ar...

David Spade is the father of Playboy pinup's baby, comedian's rep says

NEW YORK - A representative for David Spade says the comedian is the father of Playboy playmate Jillian Grace's newborn daughter. Publicist Meredith O'Sullivan says the baby girl was born Aug. 26 i...

Dr. Greene returns in 'ER' final-season flashback, NBC announces

LOS ANGELES - Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to "ER," but he's not coming back from the dead. NBC says Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumour at the end of the ...

Reality TV shows create their own brand of the rich and famous

LOS ANGELES - When Jon Dalton was discovered by a "Survivor" casting agent at an L.A. gas station several years ago, the chance to win a million dollars wasn't the prize he most desired. Instead, h...

Man gets prison for crime at Kirsten Dunst's NYC hotel suite

NEW YORK - A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing "Spider-Man" star Kirsten Dunst's hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Jarrod Beinerman was arrest...

Repairman denies killing actor Ashton Kutcher's former girlfriend

LOS ANGELES - An air conditioning repairman pleaded not guilty Thursday to the stabbing deaths of two women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher. Michael Thomas Gargiulo, 32, of S...

More and more women calling the shots at Toronto International Film Festival

TORONTO - Look around a movie set, and the person sitting in the director's chair is usually a man. But this year's Toronto International Film Festival suggests that an increasing number of Canadian w...

Getting pummelled part of the fun for Anna Paquin in new series 'True Blood'

After playing a character who couldn't be touched in those "X-Men" movies, Anna Paquin gets touched, bitten, beaten, kicked, pummelled and thoroughly trashed in Alan Ball's new HBO vampire drama "True...