Reuters - Democrat Al Franken’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat received a boost from a Minnesota court opinion on Tuesday limiting the number of votes still to be counted, but his Republican rival promised to appeal.

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AP - Allison Iraheta’s funky outfit got more attention than her performance on “American Idol.”

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AP - An agent for 33-year-old singer and actor Andy Hallett says the former cast member from the vampire TV series “Angel” has died of congestive heart disease. Hallett’s agent Pat Brady says Hallett died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after having problems breathing. Brady says he has battled the heart condition for the past five years.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Jennifer Hudson joined the “Sex and The City” franchise playing Louise from St. Louis. But she is very much open to becoming Louise from New York City if the opportunity arises in the movie’s sequel.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Kris Allen emerged as a threat to Adam Lambert’s frontrunner status on Tuesday night’s “American Idol.”

The handsome 23-year-old from Arkansas, who performed the Bill Withers classic, “Ain’t Know Sunshine,” with a portable piano on the “Idol” stage, gave a moving rendition of the song that had judge and producer Randy Jackson almost ready to sign him up.

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AP - Leave it to Robert Downey Jr. to turn Sherlock Holmes into a wisecracking action hero who ends up handcuffed naked to a bed.

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AP - The Playmate and the Woz are done dancing.

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Reuters - James Franco is so much in demand that the actor is reluctantly saying no to some of the biggest movie projects in town.

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By Mark Noble

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Prince fans (and even if you aren’t a Prince fan) will find a nice bang for your buck in his “Purple Majesty’s” latest musical offering. It’s a three disc set including two of Prince’s latest discs, “LOtUSFLOW3R” [Lotus flower], “MPLSoUND” [Minneapolis Sound], and a disc titled “Elixer,” the debut album from Prince’s protg, Bria Valente.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif.. — TV Land will pay tribute to “M*A*S*H,” “Married with Children,” “Home Improvement,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Knots Landing” and “Two and a Half Men” at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Neil Patrick Harris will host the awards to air on TV Land on Sunday, April 26 at 8PM ET. All of this year’s honorees are cultural icons representing a cross-section of classic and modern television.

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