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NEW YORK — Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter. West unleashed a torrent of emotions on his official Twitter account Saturday, acknowledging once again that he was wrong for jumping on...

Promoting Paris

MIAMI — Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion. U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami ruled Thursday that the 29-year-old celebrity socialite didn't live up to her contract when refusing interviews with publications...

Chris Brown returns to No. 1

NEW YORK — Chris Brown is back to a familiar place — the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts. The 21-year-old's latest song, the goodbye groove "Deuces," hit the top spot of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart this week.

Since Brown's February 2009 altercation with then-girlfriend...

Movie chronicles conflict

VENICE — Before the Israeli and Palestinian leaders sit down in the White House for the first direct negotiations in years, film producer Tarak Ben Ammar wishes they would have had a chance to see the movie "Miral," premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival. The movie, directed by...

Rapper T.I., wife arrested

LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who is still on probation after spending time behind bars on gun charges, was arrested along with his wife on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car, authorities said. The Wednesday night arrests for possession of a...

'Black Swan' opens Venice

VENICE — Darren Aronofsky sees his newest film "Black Swan" as the companion piece to "The Wrestler." "Black Swan" made its world premiere as the opening film at the Venice Film Festival's 67th edition on Wednesday, bringing the American director back to the Lido, where "The Wrestler" won the...

Full recovery for Douglas

LOS ANGELES — Michael Douglas is vowing to beat cancer. The 65-year-old "Wall Street" star said in an interview with People magazine that he expects to make a full recovery after a walnut-sized tumor was found on the base of his tongue in early August. Douglas is currently undergoing an...

Venice lineup 'cool, eclectic'

VENICE — Quentin Tarantino says the Venice Film Festival lineup is "one of the most wildest, cool, eclectic lineups" he's ever seen. Tarantino heads the jury that will judge 22 films from 11 countries, plus one surprise film to be announced next week, for the coveted Golden Lion.

The...

Focus on film innovation

VENICE — In film, recession may be the mother of innovation. The Venice Film Festival opens today with its share of big-screen bound blockbuster potential, from Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," to Sofia Coppola's highly anticipated "Somewhere" and Ben Affleck's sophomore directorial...

JK Rowling donates 10m pounds

LONDON — Author J.K. Rowling has given 10 million pounds ($15.4 million) to set up a clinic to treat and research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother. The creator of Harry Potter says she hopes the clinic will become "a world center for excellence in the field of...