• 'American Idol 6' eliminates its first four semifinalists, reveals mentors

  February 23, 2007
  The sixth season of Fox' American Idol finally began in earnest this week, with Tuesday and Wednesday's first performance shows culminating in last night's live results show that eliminated the four American Idol 6 semifinalists (two male, two female) who had received the fewest votes from home viewers.
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  'American Idol 6' wraps audition rounds, reveals Top 24 semifinalists

  February 15, 2007
  After four weeks of open audition broadcasts and two more episodes that gave viewers a look at the competition's Hollywood round, last night's American Idol 6 broadcast ended with the mega-hit Fox reality show finally revealing the identities of this season's Top 24 semifinalists.

• Hoo-ha over 'The Vagina Monologues'

  February 8, 2007
  A Florida theater has mollified a passing motorist by substituting the word "hoohaa" for the clinical term for a female sexual organ on its marquee.

• Lawrence Fishburne and actress Gina Torres expecting first child

  January 7, 2007
  Hollywood actor Lawrence Fishburne and actress Gina Torres are expecting their first child together, an exclusive People magazine report says.
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  Jonathan Penner fourteenth castaway to exit 'Survivor: Cook Islands'

  December 8, 2006
  Betrayed by an alliance that he had previously betrayed and then later rejoined with, Jonathan Penner, a 44-year-old writer/producer who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, became the fourteenth castaway voted out of Survivor: Cook Islands during last night's broadcast of the CBS reality show

• Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida to wed man 34 years younger

  October 20, 2006
  Famed Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida, 79, is preparing to wed a Spanish man 34 years younger, Spain's Ola magazine reported.

• Chad Lowe joins the sixth season cast of Fox's '24' drama

  October 11, 2006
  Emmy Award-winning actor Chad Lowe has become the latest to jump aboard Fox TV's weekly thriller, "24."

• Photos of dogs unlawfully used in ad

  August 11, 2006
  A New York woman is suing an ad company after discovering pictures of her and her now-deceased dogs in an ad for a pet cremation service.

• Brooklyn neighbors fight flag-burning

  July 4, 2006
  Neighbors in Brooklyn's Marine Park have endured a recent spate of flag-burning and have responded with a patriotic fervor aimed at quelling such incidents.

• Ashanti's South African debut canceled after cousin killed

  April 17, 2006
  Ashanti's South African debut was canceled after her cousin, making a pre-show run back to their hotel, was killed by a drunk driver in Johannesburg.

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