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'Body Snatchers' star Dana Wynter dies at 79 (AP)
Paula and Simon reunite on `The X Factor' (AP)
Final 4 teams head to 'Amazing Race' finish line (AP)
Larisa Oleynik: There's No Hawaii Five-0 Romance Between Danno and Jenna (omg!)
Thor Hammers Out Top Spot at Box Office (omg!)
Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones to Co-Host The X Factor (omg!)
Paula Abdul says joining Simon Cowell on "X Factor" (omg!)
Moviegoers not eager to see Mel Gibson's "Beaver" (omg!)
Chris Hemsworth's Thor Tops Weekend Box Office (omg!)
Paula Abdul "Excited Beyond Words" to Judge The X Factor (omg!)
Sada Thompson, 1970s TV mom, dies in Conn. at 81 (AP)
`Thor' hammers competition with $66M opening (AP)
9/11 tribute to open PBS' Memorial Day concert (AP)
Paula and Simon reunite on `The X Factor' (AP)
Cannes turns to big stars, edgy auteurs (Reuters)
The Radiators' last show at New Orleans' jazz fest (AP)
"Thor" and "Fast Five" power box office sales (Reuters)
Paula and Simon reunite on `The X Factor' (AP)

'Body Snatchers' star Dana Wynter dies at 79 (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

AP - Dana Wynter, who ran from the Pod People in the 1956 science-fiction classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died in Southern California. She was 79.

Paula and Simon reunite on `The X Factor' (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT

AP - Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are back together again, hoping to recapture their TV chemistry for a new Fox talent show.

Final 4 teams head to 'Amazing Race' finish line (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT

AP - The Harlem Globetrotters are hoping to slam-dunk the competition on "The Amazing Race."

Larisa Oleynik: There's No Hawaii Five-0 Romance Between Danno and Jenna (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 06:23 PM PDT

omg! -

Sorry, 'shippers, but love isn't on the luau menu for Jenna and Danno ... yet.

With the return of Larisa Oleynik's character Jenna Kaye to Hawaii Five-0 on Monday at 10/9c on CBS, fans are wondering if some flattering comments Detective Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) made about her could mean a romance in the making when they meet again. "I don't think so," Oleynik tells TVGuide.com. "I think Danno is a flirt but I think ultimately he...

Thor Hammers Out Top Spot at Box Office (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT

omg! -

Thor hammered out the top spot at the weekend box office, Box Office Mojo reports.

The superhero film, starring newcomer Chris Hemsworth, and Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins, grossed an estimated...

Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones to Co-Host The X Factor (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

omg! - The Pussycat Doll and British TV host will helm Simon Cowell's series

Paula Abdul says joining Simon Cowell on "X Factor" (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Former "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul said Sunday that she would reunite with Simon Cowell on the judging panel of his upcoming new TV talent show "The X Factor."

Moviegoers not eager to see Mel Gibson's "Beaver" (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:45 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Mel Gibson's long-delayed first movie since he was embroiled in a messy domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend flopped at the weekend box office in North America.

Chris Hemsworth's Thor Tops Weekend Box Office (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT

omg! - Mel Gibson's The Beaver flops in its first limited release outing

Paula Abdul "Excited Beyond Words" to Judge The X Factor (omg!)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

omg! - "I'm delighted and grateful to be sitting next to Simon again," Abdul says of her former Idol co-judge Cowell

Sada Thompson, 1970s TV mom, dies in Conn. at 81 (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:24 PM PDT

AP - Sada Thompson, the durable matriarch of stage and screen who won a Tony Award for her portraits of three sisters and their mother in the 1971 comedy "Twigs" and an Emmy Award for playing the eternally understanding mother in the television series "Family," has died at age 81.

`Thor' hammers competition with $66M opening (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 12:13 PM PDT

AP - "Thor" kicked off the summer movie season by smashing the competition at the box office with a $66 million opening weekend.

9/11 tribute to open PBS' Memorial Day concert (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 08:07 AM PDT

AP - A tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks will open the 27th annual PBS National Memorial Day Concert on the Capitol lawn in Washington.

Paula and Simon reunite on `The X Factor' (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT

AP - Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are back together again, hoping to recapture their TV chemistry for a new Fox talent show.

Cannes turns to big stars, edgy auteurs (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Cannes' 2011 slate seems designed to avoid the pitfalls of last year's competition, which failed to produce a single Oscar winner, crossover commercial success or grand cinema scandal -- the three boxes any great film festival worthy of the name needs to tick.

The Radiators' last show at New Orleans' jazz fest (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 05:53 PM PDT

AP - On the final day of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, fans camped out early Sunday to get a great spot to hear the closing day set of The Radiators — one of the city's funkiest blues rock bands — who have been closing the fest along with the Neville Brothers for years.

"Thor" and "Fast Five" power box office sales (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Reuters - The God of Thunder reigned at the North American box office as "Thor" became the latest Marvel comic book superhero to leap to the big screen.