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Entertainment Box office: 'Gatsby' gives 'Iron Man 3' a run for its money

By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer Published: May 12, 2013 at 4:10 PM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 7:43 AM PDT

Studio estimates Sunday put "Gatsby" at No. 2 with a $51.1 million debut behind "Iron Man 3," which pulled in $72.5 million domestically to raise its total to $284.9 million after just 10 days in U.S. theaters.

Entertainment 'Idol' judges drama upstaging competition

By DERRIK J. LANG,AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 12, 2013 at 10:29 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 9:36 AM PDT

All is not well on TV's once dominant "American Idol," despite a shake-up at the beginning of this season that was supposed to rejuvenate the aging Fox talent competition.

Entertainment Will Disney's new Tonto be any better?

By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 10:35 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 10:35 AM PDT

Disney has caught flak for what some say is the perpetuation of stereotypes through a character that lacks any real cultural traits. Moviegoers will have to wait until July 3 to see how all this plays out on screen.

Entertainment Chris Brown's scary curbside art irks neighbors

By Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 9:05 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 9:05 PM PDT

Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with the creepy art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.

Entertainment Lucasfilm: New 'Star Wars' movie to be shot in Britain

By Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy says the company has reached a deal with British Treasury chief George Osborne to make "Star Wars: Episode VII" in the U.K.

Entertainment Photos: 50 years later, "truth" of JFK case debated (Photo Gallery)

By ALLEN G. BREED,AP National Writer Published: May 11, 2013 at 1:16 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM PDT

On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving.

Entertainment 'Sesame Street' gets new Hispanic character

By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press Published: May 10, 2013 at 5:58 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 5:58 PM PDT

As a child in Puerto Rico, Ismael Cruz was delighted by the colorful characters in "Sesame Street," who not only entertained and educated him, but helped him learn "inglés." He could not have imagined that two decades later he would be playing with them in front of the cameras.

Entertainment Slayer: Guitarist Hanneman died of cirrhosis

By Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM PDT

Members of Slayer say Jeff Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. It was initially theorized that Hanneman's death might have had something to do with a suspected spider bite that led to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, nearly costing him his arm.

Entertainment Photos: Chainsaw Carving Invitational (Photo Gallery)

By The Associated Press Published: May 10, 2013 at 4:25 PM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM PDT

Entertainment Photos: On the runway in Colombia (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 10, 2013 at 7:15 AM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 7:15 AM PDT

Entertainment OJ to get Vegas court hearing on bid for new trial

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Published: May 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM PDT

O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.

Entertainment 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul McCartney come to play? (Photo Gallery)

By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press Published: May 10, 2013 at 8:05 AM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 8:08 AM PDT

Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970.

Entertainment Disney's attempt to trademark 'Dia de los Muertos' ruffles feathers (Photo Gallery)

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press Published: May 9, 2013 at 8:46 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 8:46 PM PDT

When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the cartoonist had an idea.

Entertainment Prosecutor: Metal singer tried to hire hit man for wife's murder (Photo Gallery)

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Published: May 9, 2013 at 4:58 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 4:58 PM PDT

A heavy metal singer gave an envelope containing $1,000 in cash to an undercover agent with instructions on how to kill his estranged wife along with her photograph, address, security gate code and dates he would be with their children to give him an alibi, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Entertainment Randy Jackson leaving 'American Idol'

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 9, 2013 at 3:06 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 4:22 PM PDT

The 56-year-old "American Idol" judge says he won't be returning to the Fox talent competition after serving 12 seasons on the show's judging panel.