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Oscar turns up the star power for final rehearsal

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Academy Awards are a big deal even to A-listers. That's why a parade of stars came through the theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center Saturday to run through their lines and prepare to address their peers in front of a worldwide audience of millions.MUPPET REHEARSAL

Oscar nominees dish on their red-carpet underwear

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Anyone who knows their Oscars knows that nominees' fashion plans are strictly top secret until the big day. They seem to be more revealing about their designer undergarments, though.. While it may fit into the too-much-information file, some of the year's most celebrated actors

Academy Awards suggest daylong celebration Sunday

LOS ANGELES -- The Academy Awards are the film industry's biggest night of the year, and movie fans deserve their own Oscar celebrations.. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC, which broadcasts the Academy Awards, suggest Oscar Sunday ought to be like Super Bowl Sunday -- a

AP Interview: Oscar nominee Demian Bichir

MEXICO CITY (AP) Demian Bichir learned an important lesson when he left his native Mexico to launch a U.S. acting career and ended up working in a Mexican restaurant in New York: How to live the invisible life of an illegal immigrant with dignity.It's a subtle quality he brings

AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins

LOS ANGELES -- Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win.. Both predict the silent film "The Artist" will win for best-picture

Feb. 21 Health Reports

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White House chef Kass dishes up plates and policy

Sam Kass has a to-die-for job as personal chef to the Obama family but whipping up their meals is probably the least important part of his portfolio.

Levett Funeral Home serves Conyers for over half a century

Levett Funeral Home in Conyers is the oldest black-owned business in Rockdale County.

RONDA RICH: Even your best friends may surprise you sometimes

When you've known someone since you were teenagers and have shared deep secrets ranging from boys to money to worries and wishes, you think you know them well and that there is nothing they can do or think that will surprise you.That would not be the case with Karen, one

State House designates ‘Kindness Week’ in Georgia

At the urging of State Rep. Andy Welch (R-McDonough), the Georgia House of Representatives has approved, and issued, a resolution making the second week of November, “Kindness Week” in Georgia.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'This Means War' takes aim at charming Rom-Com, but misses mark

Michael Clark reviews Reese Witherspoon's new chick flick, "This Means War."

FILM FANS: 3-D not needed for 'Star Wars: Episode I'

Local residents review the movie of the week, "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" in 3-D.

DISC SPOTLIGHT: 'Woody Allen: A Documentary'

Michael Clark spotlights "Woody Allen: A Documentary."

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Separation’ unique look at Iran, but audiences may be lost in translation

Michael Clark review new flick, "A Separation."

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Borrowers' tale 'Arrietty' has warm charm

The Secret World of Arrietty (G). 3 out of 4 starsConsidering the eccentric, almost psychedelic fantasy worlds created in Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's tales, a story of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of a house seems almost normal.. "The Secret World of Arrietty," from Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli

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