• Woman wins crayfish eating crown

  April 10, 2011
  A 100-pound Korean native who lives in Washington won a crayfish eating competition in New Orleans, organizers of the event said.
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  Simon Cowell: 'The X Factor' will have male and female co-host team

  April 7, 2011
  Simon Cowell: 'The X Factor' will have male and female co-host team

• Syfy renews 'Scare Tactics' for fifth season, Tracy Morgan returning

  April 6, 2011
  Syfy says it has renewed its U.S. hidden-camera reality series "Scare Tactics" for a fifth season.

• 'McRunner' trains on McDonald's food

  March 10, 2011
  An Illinois man said he will run the Los Angeles marathon this month at the end of his 30-day diet involving nothing but McDonald's fast food.
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  'American Idol' is better now than it was with me, Simon Cowell says

  March 10, 2011
  American Idol can count former judge Simon Cowell as a fan of this season's retooling.

• NASCAR driver chases down shoplifter

  March 2, 2011
  Las Vegas police said a 69-year-old NASCAR driver chased down a shoplifting suspect in a Walmart parking lot.

• Gretchen Mol and husband Kip Williams welcome their second child

  February 28, 2011
  Gretchen Mol's publicist says the U.S. actress has given birth to her second child, a daughter.

• Tyler Perry to play detective-psychologist Alex Cross on big screen

  February 1, 2011
  Tyler Perry will be the next actor to play fictional Washington detective-psychologist Alex Cross on the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter said.

• Tracy Morgan draws flak for Sarah Palin "masturbation material" quip

  January 31, 2011
  TNT and one of its sponsors distanced themselves from vulgar comments comedian Tracy Morgan made in recent days about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

• Tracy Morgan undergoes kidney operation, to miss '30 Rock' episodes

  December 20, 2010
  U.S. comedian Tracy Morgan has undergone a kidney transplant and may miss at least two episodes of his sitcom "30 Rock" while he recovers, his publicist said.

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