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Soundset knocks hip-hop out of the park

Mayo 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment

Sunday’s 10-hour rap fest drew 17,000 mostly young fans to Canterbury Park’s Festival Field in Shakopee as Soundset’s third year had performers and spectators singing the event’s praises.

Celine Dion pregnant again at last — with twins (AP)

Mayo 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2010 file photo, Celine Dion arrives for the premiere of the film 'Celine: Through the Eyes of the World' in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)AP – Celine Dion’s struggle to have one more baby has more than paid off. She’s pregnant with two.

Fans gather to remember Ronnie James Dio (AP)

Mayo 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment

Fans, from left, Elizabeth Harris, 20, Yanire Holmes, 20, Epitacio Rodriguez, 21, and Frank Montero, 39, wait in line during a public memorial service for heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 30, 2010. Dio died on May 16, 2010 from stomach cancer. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP – The chants of “Dio, Dio, Dio” from hundreds of headbangers were loud and proud Sunday as fans paid tribute to fiery frontman Ronnie James Dio, who succumbed to stomach cancer May 16 at age 67.

‘Shrek’ better than ‘Sex’ with $43M at box office (AP)

Mayo 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, 'Shrek' is joined by actor Mike Myers as the character receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The animated sequel 'Shrek Forever After' remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to Sunday. The film raised its domestic total to $133.1 million. That easily topped 'Sex and the City 2,' which was No. 2 with a $32.1 million debut that came in far below the $56.8 million opening weekend of its predecessor two years ago. Along with a $14.2 million haul in its first day Thursday, 'Sex and the City 2' has totaled $46.3 million. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP – Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than for sex over Memorial Day weekend.

Comic hero Tintin nets $1.3 million in auction (AP)

Mayo 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment

A porter displays a watercolor, named 'Tintin and the sea shells' drawn by Belgian creator Herge during the auction of rare memorabilia of Tintin, at the Drouot auction's house, in Paris, Saturday May 29, 2010. The panel was sold for euro105,000 ($129,000). (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP – A life-size bronze statue of comic book reporter Tintin and more than 200 other items linked to the diminutive globetrotter have fetched more than (EURO)1 million ($1.3 million) at a Paris auction.