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Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'

Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska' For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."

NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans

NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state.

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement.

Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'

Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell' Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.