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'Dancing with the Stars' Season 13: Potential New Cast

ABC's award winning "Dancing with the Stars" is keeping the upcoming season's cast secret until the official list is announced Aug. 29. Kristin Cavallari has been offered a contestant contract for the show. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of "Jersey Shore" fame has also reportedly been offered a contract.

'4 Intimate Nights with Beyonce' Sells Out in Less than One Minute

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Beyonce's "4 Intimate Nights with Beyonce" show sold out in just 22 seconds after going on sale Wednesday. Columbia Records tweeted, "It's official @Beyonce's 4th & final show at Roseland Ballroom is SOLD OUT! That's a total of 4 sold out shows next week!" This is Beyonce's first show in the concert series, and will open at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on August 14, 16, 18, and 19.
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Wyclef Jean stands with members of an amputee soccer team during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Port-au-Prince

Wyclef Jean offers new skills to quake-hit Haitians

James Tabuteau has been living in a ramshackle tent camp in Haiti's capital since last year's catastrophic earthquake wrecked his home, struggling to find enough unskilled temporary work to feed his young family.
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Film buffs eye movie locations in Brooklyn

From an old-world Italian restaurant where Leonardo DiCaprio ate to the bakery where Cher found love, a New York tour company is taking movie fans to see where their favorite films were shot -- in Brooklyn.
Kate Middleton Digitally Slimmed, Admits Grazia.

Kate Middleton Digitally Slimmed, Admits Grazia

The UK edition of fashion magazine Grazia has admitted that it slimmed down the waist of the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, by digitally altering an image from her wedding day, when she was dressed in an Alexander McQueen gown.
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Bret Michaels sues cruise ship company

Bret Michaels has entered some choppy legal waters.The Poison frontman and "Rock of Love" star filed suit against Shoreline Tours on Monday, alleging that the cruise-ship company participated in "a fraudulent scheme" intended to get Michaels to drastically drop his agreed-upon fee for two performances on one of its cruises.
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NBC giving edgy "Munsters" revamp another shot

Talk about a monster development.NBC has decided give "Pushing Daisies" screebwriter Bryan Fuller's revamp of the classic '60s series "The Munsters" another shot, putting the series back in development after initially giving the idea a pass, a source familiar with the project confirms to TheWrap.
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Stephen Colbert aims comedic political ad at Iowa

Comedian Stephen Colbert is putting his political action committee cash to work with advertisements that mockingly endorse Texas Governor Rick Perry ahead of an Iowa straw poll this week on the other Republican presidential hopefuls.
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Emma Stone takes a shine to "White Corvette"

With her best-seller adaptation "The Help" hitting the box office this week, actress Emma Stone is attached to star in "Little White Corvette," a comedy directed by Michael Diliberti, according to TheWrap's sister website ItsontheGrid.com.
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James Cameron gives Hollywood 3D advice: try harder

Since director James Cameron's "Avatar" raked in $2.8 billion at global box offices, Hollywood has flooded theaters with wave after wave of 3D movies, but some industry watchers wonder if theatergoers are now drowning in it.
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Ava Sambora, Heather Locklear's daughter, to star in Judd Apatow's Next Film

Ava Sambora, the 13-year old daughter of actress Heather Locklear and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, will make her acting debut under director Judd Apatow. The teenage model is set to appear in a new comedy film by Judd Apatow that is set for release June 2012. Variety reported that Ava will make a cameo as the best friend Apatow's daughter, Maude.

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