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Controversial ‘Playboy’ Show Gets Axed From NBC

Cast member Amber Heard answers a question during the NBC Universal session for "The Playboy Club" at the 2011 Summer Television Critics Association Cable Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has canceled its controversial new drama, The Playboy Club on Tuesday, after just three episodes. The show is reported to have received severe criticism from feminists and television critics.
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Jordan Belfort speaks during a Discovery Health Seminar in South Africa in this May 2010 handout photograph.

Wolf of Wall Street Says His Story Offers Lesson

Jordan Belfort, a former trader who ended up in jail in the 1990s for defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, is now an author and motivational speaker, with a movie about him starring Leonardo DiCaprio set to start filming soon.
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There will be tax breaks: Investing in oil and gas drilling

Seated in the conference room of his wealth management firm in San Ramon, Calif., Rich Arzaga breaks out a few tools to explain the investment advantages of oil and gas drilling programs. He’s got a fine-point pen and a sketch pad — but alas, no milkshake a la Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood.”
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LA puts PST time stamp on art world

A city once thought to have less culture than a bowl of yogurt, Los Angeles is challenging that notion with an epic exhibition, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.
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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Get Spiritual Amid Breakup Rumors

Last year, when there were rumors of Hollywood star couple Ashton Kutcher, 33, and Demi Moore, 48, breaking up, the couple was seen making a religious trip to Israel. This time around, amid yet more rumors of a break-up, the couple was spotted attending a spiritual session at the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, on Friday, together, according to a report on Allvoices.com
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Hollywood labor group OKs possible music label strike

The national board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has given negotiators for the labor group's sound recording contract authorization to strike, the organization announced Saturday.
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Charitable remainder trusts: How the wealthy give it away and get it back

Though he first attended the Hollywood Bowl more than 30 years ago, Ron Moormeister remembers well those Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts. His voice waxes rhapsodic as he recalls the lineup: Mandy Patinkin, Julie Andrews, a Tchaikovsky Spectacular complete with the bombastic 1812 Overture.

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