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  Fox reveals 'American Idol' Top 20 songwriting competition songs

  April 14, 2008
  Fox has announced the Top 20 finalists for the seventh-season American Idol songwriting contest that will find the tune that will serve as the seventh-season winner's first single.

• Natalie Portman to star in 'Wuthering Heights' movie adaptation

  April 11, 2008
  U.S. actress Natalie Portman reportedly will play fickle heroine Cathy in the latest big-screen adaptation of "Wuthering Heights."

• Lifetime's 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' adaptation to air April 12

  March 6, 2008
  Lifetime Television has adapted Kim Edwards' blockbuster novel "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" for the small screen, the U.S. cable TV network said Thursday.

• Shunned at ER, dad delivers baby at home

  October 17, 2007
  Anthony and Elizabeth Jones didn't plan on a home delivery but she gave birth at home after being turned away from a Wales hospital, twice.

• Medical pot users can smoke during fest

  September 19, 2007
  City leaders in Santa Cruz, Calif., will suspend the city's no-smoking rule to allow medical marijuana users light up during an annual festival.
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  Former 'Top Chef 2' chef Josie Smith-Malave recalls gay-bashing

  September 13, 2007
  The former "Top Chef" contestant beaten in an alleged gay-bashing in New York said she has never seen people so angry, the New York Post said Thursday.

• British 'Big Brother' houseguest ejected for using racial slur

  June 7, 2007
  A contestant on the British reality TV show "Big Brother" was evicted for saying a racial slur.

• Fox pulls new 'Bones' episode in light of Virginia Tech massacre

  April 17, 2007
  Fox network pulled Wednesday's new episode of "Bones," saying its story was not suitable after the massacre of Virginia Tech students in Blacksburg, Va.

• Dixie Chicks win Record, Song, and Album of the Year Grammys

  February 12, 2007
  The Dixie Chicks won five Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night for "Taking the Long Way," their answer to critics of their political views.
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  Jennifer Hudson wins best supporting actress Golden Globe Award

  January 16, 2007
  Former American Idol third season finalist Jennifer Hudson came up big at Monday night's Golden Globe Awards ceremony, winning the best supporting actress in a movie musical or comedy award for her Dreamgirls performance.

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