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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, left, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman, right. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.



'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

American Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi arrives at the Elton John Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."



Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)

Actress Reese Witherspoon, Avon global ambassador, speaks at the  International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.



3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln (AP)

AP - The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.

Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002.AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.



Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes (AP)

AP - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.

2-second video causes headache for ABC News (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010 photo, a 2010 Toyota Corolla is shown at Toyota  dealership in San Francisco. For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)AP - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.



Disney to release Indian film in southern dialect (AP)

AP - Encouraged by the reception of its Hindi animated movie, Disney is shooting a new adventure film in the southern Indian dialect of Telugu as it deepens its localization drive in the populous country.

Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label (Reuters)

Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's concept albums.

Group takes Berlusconi to rights court on TV control (Reuters)

Reuters - A pro-democracy institute founded by billionaire financier George Soros filed a brief to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday saying Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on Italian TV was undemocratic.

Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.

Mexican Carlos Slim world's richest in new ranking (AFP)

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim (pictured in 2009) has dethroned Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world wealthiest person. The new annual list saw the 70-year old Slim catapult from third place last year to the top spot, thanks to the success of his America Movil company, Latin America's biggest mobile phone operator.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has dethroned Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world wealthiest person and China is fast catching up with the number of US billionaires on the annual Forbes rich list.



Louis Vuitton's Silver Screen Femininity (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Louis Vuitton show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on  Wednesday, March 10, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - It was all very 1950s heroine chic at Louis Vuitton Wednesday, March 10, in Paris, when the label's designer Marc Jacobs sent out a series of proper, feminine looks onto a runway that circled a huge water fountain in a courtyard of the Louvre Museum.



Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)

A model wears an outfit by designers Burberry Prorsum for their Autumn/Winter 2010 collection at London Fashion Week,  in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)



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