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How I Met Your Mother star gives birth

Shaelyn Cado Killam has met her mother - and it's actress Cobie Smulders. Smulders, a star of CBS' How I Met Your Mother , gave birth to her daughter on May 16, People reports.

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Related Topix: How I Met Your Mother, Entertainment, Television, Taran Killam

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Palin stepping down as Alaska's governor

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters today and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down a ' throwing into question whether she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Alaska Government, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Ensign, Mark Sanford

DailyFill

SJP Disapproves Of Drinking And Sex. Have Fun, Matthew Broderick

She says she didna t approve of the a oesexual contenta in a oeSex and the City.a But she sure approved of all those zeros on the paychecks.

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Related Topix: Sex and the City, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sarah Jessica Parker

Fandango.com

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11: July 5: Actress Katherine Helmond is 80.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Celebrity, Who's the Boss?, Katherine Helmond, Soap Opera, Drama

The Winnipeg Free Press

Tom Kenny, the voice of 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' becoming new Mel Blanc

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Shout it together, kids: "SpongeBob SquarePants." The cheerful cartoon character, more kitchen sponge than sea sponge in spirit and in shape, has been soaking up the spotlight for ten years.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Children TV, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Flintstones, The Powerpuff Girls, Camp Lazlo

NY Daily News

Jersey 'Housewife' Danielle's soap opera past - on 'All My Children'

Who knew what was in store for this duo when they appeared together on 'All My Children' in 2001? Josh Duhamel married Fergie, and Danielle Staub went on to reality TV infamy in 'The Real Housewives.' While her own life is enough of a soap opera, it turns out Danielle Staub took a stab at the daytime variety.

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Related Topix: Soap Opera, All My Children, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KIMT

Boyle not set to get 'Ugly'

Susan Boyle returns to her home in Blackburn, West Lothian on April 21, 2009 in Blackburn, Scotland.

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Related Topix: Lothian County, Scotland, United Kingdom, Television, Ugly Betty, Entertainment, Drama

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Actor Gary Coleman's wife Shannon Price arrested for domestic violence

The honeymoon is apparently over for Gary Coleman . The wife of the diminutive one-time " Diff'rent Strokes " star was busted Wednesday night after smashing some of Coleman's property in their Utah home, TMZ.com reported.

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Related Topix: Diff'rent Strokes, Entertainment, Television, Gary Coleman, Santaquin, UT

OhNoTheyDidnt

Neil Patrick Harris in talks to host the Emmys

After getting rave reviews as the master of ceremonies at last month's Tony Awards, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris is in negotiations with CBS to host this year's 61st annual Emmy Awards on Sept.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Jay Leno wins right to Web name for his new show

In this May 10, 2009 file photo, comedian Jay Leno performs during the Jay Leno Comedy Stimulus Plan show at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio.

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Related Topix: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Entertainment, Television, Wilmington, OH, Science / Technology

China Daily

Jolie, Aniston are Hollywood top-earning actresses

Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's top earning actress, banking $27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in $25 million, a Forbes.com study showed on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Marley & Me, Brad Pitt, Friends, Entertainment, Television, Jennifer Aniston

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Kansas City Star

Which Al Franken will show up in Washington?

Now that Al Franken is headed for the Senate, which Franken will show up in Washington?Will it be the passionate, sometimes angry liberal who hurled playground insults at Rush Limbaugh as an author and radio host? Or will it be the cautious, serious Franken who buttoned himself down the minute he hit the campaign trail?Bet on the latter.Franken ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, US News

WTTV Indianapolis

Spoofer turned spoofee?: Franken torn over who should play him if 'SNL' spoofs old cast member

Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him. As a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member headed to the U.S. Senate, he could be a prime spoof target for his former show.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Al Franken, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

StarTribune

Celebrity wranglers boost corporate hip factor through retainers, swag and fat contact lists

By day, Lori Levine's all girl from Long Island, her head full of Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Kim Kardashian and the Shiny Toy Guns as she holes up in her office with a smart young staff and a pooch named Sukie.

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Related Topix: Roslyn, NY, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Entertainment, Television, Drama

Palm Beach Post

FX announces a Nip/Tucka s season premiere date

Summer may have just started, but it's never too soon to start thinking about the fall TV season if you're a network exec.

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Related Topix: Nip/Tuck, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sons of Anarchy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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"Ugly Betty" actress Ana Ortiz is a brand-new mom.

A spokesman for Ortiz says she and her husband, musician Noah Lebenzon , welcomed their first child, a girl, in New York on Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Ugly Betty, Entertainment, Drama, Television

National Post

Chris Kattan to be a 'Middle' man

Chris Kattan has landed his first post-"Saturday Night Live" TV series. The 10-year "SNL" veteran has joined ABC's new comedy "The Middle" as a regular.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Chris Kattan

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Sky News

First Look: SJP Shows Off Twin Baby Girls

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have released the first picture of their twin baby girls.

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Related Topix: Sex and the City, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sarah Jessica Parker

Canada.com

SNL alumnus Al Franken is a U.S. Senator

Next > MINNEAPOLIS a ' The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of a tight U.S. Senate race over Republican Norm Coleman, which should give Democrats the 60-seat majority they need to overcome procedural obstacles and push through their agenda.

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Related Topix: US News, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, Al Franken, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Daily Mail

Susan Boyle lands Dream role on Ugly Betty

She's a household name Stateside, so it should come as little surprise that Susan Boyle has been offered a role on one of America's top TV shows.

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Related Topix: Ugly Betty, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Oprah Winfrey Show

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