Ford American Idol

2010-03-17T19:45:31Z

Top 12 American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox, center, works with Ford Designer Dean Carbis as contestant Didi Benami looks on to create a theme for their customized Ford Fiesta that fits with their personalities and musical inspirations, using color, custom body gra...

First 'American Idol' finalist booted

2010-03-17T22:15:51Z

<div id="subtitle">First 'American Idol' finalist booted; judges' save power reinstated</div><div><p>Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol."</p><p>The 24-year-old event coordinator from Amarillo, Texas, was the first finalist eliminated from the ninth se...

Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News

2010-03-17T22:15:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama spars with Fox News anchor during interview punctuated by interruptions and chiding</div><div><p>President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care ov...

todd bridges

2010-03-17T18:47:37Z

Todd Bridges book signing 'Killing Willis' at Borders Books New York city, USA - 16.03.10

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the hills filming

2010-03-17T18:46:25Z

Kristin Cavalleri MTV Reality Show 'The Hills' filming on location at La Scala in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, California - 17.03.10

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the hills filming 5

2010-03-17T18:46:21Z

Heidi Montag MTV Reality Show 'The Hills' filming on location at Porta Via in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, California - 17.03.10

the hills filming 4

2010-03-17T18:32:40Z

Heidi Montag MTV Reality Show 'The Hills' filming on location at Porta Via in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, California - 17.03.10

the hills filming 3

2010-03-17T18:32:34Z

Kristin Cavallari and Heidi Montag MTV Reality Show 'The Hills' filming on location at Porta Via in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, Snoop Dogg outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA - 16.03.10

letterman 2

2010-03-17T17:48:06Z

Kirsty Alley outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA - 16.03.10

the hills filming 2

2010-03-17T17:46:13Z

Kristin Cavallari and Heidi Montag MTV Reality Show 'The Hills' filming on location at Porta Via in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg for federal judgeship in Ga.</div><div><p>President Barack Obama has nominated the sister of National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (TOH'-ten-burgh) for a federal jud...

Rolling Stones tunes supply 'Idol' surprises

2010-03-17T07:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Rolling Stones tunes supply surprises during first round of 'American Idol' finals</div><div><p>Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol."</p><p>The judges dismissed Urban's reggae rendition of "Under My Thumb" during a night of Rolling Stones tunes in...

British poet laureate pens ode to injured Beckham

2010-03-17T05:45:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Ode to Becks: Britain's poet laureate laments David Beckham's Achilles' tendon</div><div><p>O Beckham, where art thou?</p><p>David Beckham has become an unlikely muse to Britain's poet laureate, who has written a verse about the soccer star's career-threatening injury.</p><p>The former England captain tore his Ach...

Thriller writer John Grisham ends holdout on e-books

2010-03-16T15:30:27Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular legal thriller author John Grisham has broken his holdout against selling his books in an electronic format and will sell all of his 23 titles as e-books, his publisher said on Tuesday.</p><p>The former lawyer, whose best sellers include "The Firm" and "A Time To Kill", had previously held off selling his books elec...

NBC's prime-time viewership improves without Leno

2010-03-16T15:15:42Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC prime-time viewership increases by 45 percent in 2 weeks since Jay Leno's move</div><div><p>Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 percent.</p><p>While NBC doesn't necessarily have any hits in that hour, the instant response by viewers indicates they a...

Lyricists Aren?t Always Poets: Some of the Worst Song Lyrics

2010-03-16T21:14:13Z

Lyrics are often considered as poetry for the masses; in turn, those who write lyrics are considered as poets. This idea may not be true all the time, but it is applicably to a few notably artists. Norah Jones, Tupac, Jewel, and Paul McCartney are noted writers of lyrics (and creators of music too, of course), and their lyric...

Britain's poet laureate pens ode to injured Beckham

2010-03-16T14:16:19Z

<div><p>Britain's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem about injured England footballer David Beckham, she revealed Tuesday.</p><p>Duffy's poem is entitled "Achilles" and compares Beckham to the classical hero from Greek mythology who gave his name to the Achilles tendon which he has...

Nielsen's list of top 20 shows for March 8-14

2010-03-16T14:04:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Nielsen's list of top 20 shows in prime time for March 8-14</div><div><p>Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for March 8-14. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.</p><p>1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox

French TV reproduces shocking authority experiment

2010-03-16T12:32:27Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters Life!) - A French documentary film will attempt to show the power television holds over people when it presents the results of a fake television game show in which participants inflict pain on other people.</p><p>"How Far Will Televison Go?" reproduces its own version of an experiment conducted by Yale psychologist

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