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SAG Trying to Avoid a Strike Vote

The Screen Actors Guild is still pondering whether to even give a strike a chance.

National Executive Director Doug Allen has proposed suspending plans to hold a strike-authorization vote, which had already been postponed after originally being scheduled for Jan. 2. › Continue reading

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Dancing With the Stars: Commander-in-Chief Edition

At last.

It’s more than just the title of the song that Beyoncé croons to President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama while they dance, it’s also the feeling that many Americans are feeling about the election of a new president. › Continue reading

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American Idol: The San Francisco Treatise

Either Paula Abdul is hugging this misguided contestant, or they’re plotting against Simon Cowell.

Actually, it wasn’t Paula who looked as if she wanted to blindside the Brit when American Idol rolled into San Francisco on Tuesday’s episode. To Simon, long hair must equal target for derision, because he and Kara DioGuardi have been going at it over her judging prowess, his snark, the economic stimulus package… “It’s like man versus woman up here,” Randy Jackson noted. › Continue reading

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Barack Obama’s Really Big Show

Sure, there will be plenty of tough times and hard decisions to come, but at least for today President-elect Barack Obama did what teenagers everywhere have dreamed about should they become president: Throw an awesome party with totally rocking bands. › Continue reading

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Bikini Girl Power! American Idol Premieres With 30.1 Million

Tuesday TV’s Big Answered Question: Yes, American Idol is still American Idol. With 30.1 million viewers, per Nielsen estimates, its eighth-season opener was the night’s—and the season-to-date’s—No.1 telecast. (Thanks in no small part to the artist known as Bikini Girl.) › Continue reading

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