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Just over a year ago Mandisa “we’re going to need bigger chairs” shot to instant fame when millions of TV viewers across the nation were captivated by her winning smile and powerhouse vocals as she sang her way into the final rounds of “American Idol’s” fifth season. Today everyone can hear Mandisa again as her […]

ABC “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts discovered she had breast cancer after following her own advice about early detection in a story about former colleague Joel Siegel’s cancer death. Roberts, who announced her diagnosis on Tuesday’s show, will undergo surgery on Friday.
“Hearing the words and saying it and seeing — it’s surreal,” Roberts, 46, […]

A female fan grabbed Tim McGraw in the crotch area at the close of his set Saturday as the 40-year-old country singer walked between the barricade and the stage to greet fans.
McGraw’s wife, Faith Hill, who also performed on the Soul2Soul tour stop, set the woman straight:
“Somebody needs to teach you some class, my friend. […]

So Star Jones Reynolds finally admitted that she had gastric bypass surgery.
Reynolds, 45, said she was “intentionally evasive” over the last four years about how she lost the 160 lbs (73 kg).
“I was scared of what people might think of me,” Reynolds wrote in an essay for the September issue of Glamour magazine. “I was […]

YouTube is holding their first-ever rap video contest to be judged by 50 Cent, Common, and Polow Da Don. Entrants need to bring their best original rhymes and beat with a video to match.

The top 20 videos from all submissions will be chosen by 50 Cent, Common, and Polow Da Don.
Your […]

Thousands of people hoping to be the next Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson or even Sanjaya lined up outside Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego today as auditions for the seventh season of “American Idol” began.
Six more auditions are set in the coming weeks:

Dallas [Texas Stadium] - August 6, 2007
Omaha [Qwest Center] - August 10, […]

Netflix announced that the new Showtime Networks series “Californication,” which stars David Duchovny (”The X Files”), is available exclusively at Netflix for the three weeks prior to the series premiere on Showtime on Monday, August 13 at 10:30 p.m. (Pacific Time/Eastern Time).
This unique marketing promotion provides Netflix subscribers with the opportunity to watch the premiere […]

Nicolas Cage and his 16-year-old son, Weston, took their new comic book, “Voodoo Child,” to the pop culture expo Comic-Con on Sunday.
Weston dreamt up the main character, Gabriel, a biracial teenage ghost who fights the evil of bigotry in post-Katrina New Orleans.
“He’s specifically dealing with racism,” said Cage.
“This is a highlight in my life,” Cage […]

Remember little Winnie from “The Wonder Years.”
Well, it looks like the actress who played Winnie, Danica McKellar has just penned a book about math titled “Math Doesn’t Suck,” to encourage girls to get into math.
“When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being […]

Rank, Movie Title, Estimated Weekend Gross, Cumulative Gross
1.  The Simpsons Movie  $71,850,000     $71,850,000
2.  I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry     $19,063,000     $71,610,000
3.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix     $17,065,000     $241,771,000
4.  Hairspray     $15,550,000     $59,307,000
5.  No Reservations     $11,755,000     $11,755,000
6.  Transformers     $11,524,000     $284,558,000
7.  […]