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Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Friday....

Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit brought by the school's former headmistress, whose performance Winfrey criticized....

Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."...

Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million....

Volunteer day promoted to honor Mister Rogers
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Mister Rogers cared deeply about his neighbors and his neighborhood, both in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and in real life....

Demi Moore's Twitter account part of suicide help
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) -- Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide....

Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger Woods texts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former porn actress says she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about Tiger Woods after releasing sexually graphic text messages that she claims prove her affair with the golfer....

Rome to display ancient Greek silverware
ROME (AP) -- A collection of ancient Greek silverware dating to the third century B.C. is going on display in Rome after being returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, officials said Friday....

Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace
GENEVA (AP) -- Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace....

Theater owners say thanks to hitmaker Bruckheimer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he's not finished yet....

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