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Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit

Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.

11/20/2009 03:53 PM

Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns on way to Greensboro

The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. The bus was headed to a show in Greensboro.

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Movie Review: "2012"

Filmmaker Roland Emmerich loves to destroy the world with tons of special effects. He did it with such previous doomsday movies as "The Day After Tomorrow," "Godzilla," and "Independence Day." Now he's back at it again with something called "2012."

11/19/2009 09:16 AM

Movie Review: "Downhill Racer"

Robert Redford’s "Downhill Racer" has always been one of my favorite films. Released in 1969, the same year that he starred with Paul Newman in "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid," "Downhill Racer" is the best movie ever made about skiing.

11/16/2009 08:24 AM

Movie Review: "A Christmas Carol"

Charles Dickens' classic novel, "A Christmas Carol" is hitting the big screen once again, this time brought to you by Disney and starring Jim Carrey.

11/12/2009 10:21 AM

Movie Review: "This is It"

Michael Jackson always said that he wished he could live onstage, and in Michael Jackson’s "This Is It," there isn’t a moment when he looks less than pleasurably at home there.

11/04/2009 02:45 PM

DVD Review: "The Taking Of Pelham 123"

Movie lovers often have strange and inexplicably strong attachments to certain classic films. They don’t even have to be classics, really.

10/29/2009 07:03 AM

Video Game Reviews: Scooby Doo & MySims Agents

A new video game that may intrigue parents just as much as their kids is "Scooby Doo! First Frights," which is designed to compliment the recently-released movie "Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins."

10/27/2009 08:04 AM

King of Pop aims for king of music film status

The 50 comeback concerts Michael Jackson planned in London last summer sold out in a few hours.

10/26/2009 08:20 AM

Movie Review: "New York, I Love You"

The “Cities Of Love” series, which began in 2006 with the French film “Paris Je T'aime,” continues with a second entry. This time, the action moves to the Big Apple with “New York, I Love You.”

10/21/2009 03:07 PM

Movie Review: "An Education"

Coming of age stories are nothing new to the movies. There are good ones and there are bad ones, but how they play out is all in the execution. A big hit from the past Sundance Film Festival that employs this theme is called "An Education."

10/14/2009 02:11 PM

Movie Review: "The Serious Man"

The Coen brothers aren't usually accused of making personal films, and they have never dealt explicitly with their Jewish heritage. So "A Serious Man," their remarkable new movie, is very much a landmark in the Coen universe.

10/08/2009 08:30 AM

AP: Anna Nicole Smith investigated in murder plot

The FBI investigated whether Anna Nicole Smith was part of a plot to kill her tycoon husband's son, whom she was battling for his late dad's fortune.

10/07/2009 08:12 AM

'Rock Band' lets you create the tune

"Rock Band" developers want people to create their own songs so they can play more video games, and a new health study seconds the idea.

10/06/2009 08:00 AM

Jokes, apologies from David Letterman on his show

David Letterman acknowledges in his on-air apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers that he has his work cut out for him.

10/06/2009 07:57 AM

Jackson autopsy could pose problems for his doctor

Michael Jackson's autopsy report was surprising as much for what it didn't contain as for what it did: The singer was in relatively good health for a man his age and no illegal drugs were detected in his system.

10/02/2009 11:50 AM

Letterman admits affairs after report of blackmail

A CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.

10/02/2009 08:41 AM

France, Poland want Polanski released on bail

The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail and pressed U.S. officials on the case.

09/28/2009 08:42 AM

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