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Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies

LOS ANGELES - Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group's founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in an all-...

Vietnam releases Gary Glitter from prison

BANGKOK, Thailand - British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, has been denied entry in Thailand after failing to board a flight in ...

Canadian Idol down to Final Four

TORONTO - Canadian Idol contestants performed music of the Fab Four as the CTV program pared down to the Final Four hopefuls. Toronto's Mookie Morris was the latest competitor to be eliminated as v...

Judge rejects call for injunction to stop sale of Toronto theatres

TORONTO - David Mirvish's Ed Mirvish Enterprises can go ahead with the purchase of two downtown Toronto theatres, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Rival theatre impresario Aubrey Dan'...

Prime-time Olympics coverage means more ratings gold for NBC

NEW YORK - NBC is enjoying a taste of what superstar swimmer Michael Phelps savoured last week: a clean sweep. But unlike Phelps in Beijing's Water Cube, NBC's prime-time Olympics coverage left all...

Joe Francis sues to rescind settlement over 'Girls Gone Wild' suit

LOS ANGELES - "Girls Gone Wild" entrepreneur Joe Francis wants a California court to rescind a settlement he claims a federal judge coerced him into signing. Francis, who created the popular video ...

Choreographer Sergio Trujillo bringing home 'gold medal'with 'Jersey Boys'

TORONTO - Toronto-raised choreographer Sergio Trujillo packed up his dancing shoes and went south nearly a decade ago for a career that saw him broke and living in his car in Los Angeles and cleaning ...

Being Bond could be scary, says Roger Moore in upcoming memoir

NEW YORK - It's not easy being Bond. Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," an...

Vietnam releases Gary Glitter from prison and deports him immediately

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly th...

John Lennon's killer told parole board he's ashamed of killing Beatle

BUFFALO, N.Y. - John Lennon's killer told parole officials during his latest unsuccessful bid for release from prison that he is ashamed and sorry for gunning down the former Beatle nearly three decad...