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Audience rolls down tracks during performance of "Die Soldaten"

NEW YORK - The opening note of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" has to be the most moving in opera when heard in David Pountney's production. The 974-seat bleacher containing the audience sl...

White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit, his home town

DETROIT - Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. Whit...

Magic Johnson's wife has entered the public eye on HIV campaign

LOS ANGELES - Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV. Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA ...

Toronto filmmaker turns to the Internet to raise funds for his film

TORONTO - Canadian television director Casey Walker has dreamed for years of making a romantic comedy for the big screen, but the thought of pleading for government grants or going broke to make the m...

Smith's 'Hancock' has superpowered debut with $66 million weekend

LOS ANGELES - Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" - the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum - led the U.S. Independence Day hol...

Supermodel Cindy Crawford raises awareness for pediatric cancer

MADISON, Wis. - Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at ...

'Love Connection' producer Eric Lieber dies at 71

LOS ANGELES - Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," has died. He was 71. Lieber died Wednesday of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medi...

Gospel singer Wright hurt in Pa. car accident

LOGANTON, Pa. - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said. Wright, 61, wa...

Daughter of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin gets doll

CLEVELAND - Bindi Irwin, Emmy-winnng daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter," is getting her own 25-centimetre doll, dressed in khakis and sporting binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as ...

City says the Poe Cottage in New York City park will undergo renovation

NEW YORK - It was many and many years ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces. Long a tourist attraction, the small five-room b...