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AP – Michael “Big Mike” Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the “American Idol” judges giddy with a moving performance of “This Woman’s Work.”
AP – Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.
AP – An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.
AP – Corey Haim’s story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.
AP – Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
AP – Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
AP – A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at “Two and a Half Men” after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS’ top-rated sitcom.
AP – The Los Angeles coroner’s office says “The Lost Boys” actor Corey Haim is dead at 38.
AP – From the start, David Letterman made sure the story of a $2 million shakedown attempt over his sex life was one he narrated himself.
AP – Marie Osmond has returned to her Las Vegas Strip show, saying singing is the way her family is coping with the death of her 18-year-old son.