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  Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut

  Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers.

• Jay Leno ends his NBC prime-time experiment

  Jay Leno ushered out one of television's biggest flops without sentiment on Tuesday, the final night of a prime-time experiment doomed by bad ratings and bad vibes.

• Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies

  Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.

• Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies

  The Discovery Channel says the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died.

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  Lil Wayne NY sentencing put off for dental surgery

  After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.

• Cruise suits up for `Mission: Impossible IV'

  Tom Cruise is starring in another impossible mission.

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  Jackson celebrity turns doctor case into spectacle

  There's no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.

• Vampire author Anne Rice set to release video book

  Anne Rice is giving the video book a try.

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  Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids

  Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, "Blame It."

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  Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite

  Jay Leno has a message for David Letterman: Thanks.

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  Channing Tatum Reveals Stripper Past to Ellen Degeneres

  Dear John, what is Channing Tatum doing?

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  Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris Dies

  Not the sort of finale we had hoped for.

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  Lost Redux: Emilie De Ravin Dishes on "Feral Claire," and Insiders Reveal What's Next!

  Hooray for zombies! Lost 's bosses Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have long joked that zombies would come into play eventually, and now Hurley is guessing that's what's up with our poor undead friend Sayid, who is now "infected"...along with.

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  Jay Leno Gets His Punk'd Ass Out of Prime-Time

  And just like that, the great Jay- Leno-at-10 experiment is over.

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  Beyoncé's Dad Will "Certainly" Take Paternity Test

  The quest to determine whether Beyoncé has a half-brother is picking up steam.

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  Paris Hilton Really Wants to Be Mrs. Doug Reinhardt

  Are Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt secretly engaged?

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  Tom Cruise Signs Up for Mission: Impossible IV

  Who says you can't go home again?

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  The Bachelor's Chris Harrison: It's Definitely Not Over with Ali!

  We have uncovered the real reason Ali went AWOL on The Bachelor last night: The show was trying to save a little cashola by docking pay from host Chris Harrison.

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  Ellen finds Simon "a challenge" on "Idol"

  New "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday hinted of fireworks between her and Simon Cowell, and said she'd prefer not to sit next to the acid-tongued Briton in future.

• Academy streamlines process for Oscar winners

  This year's Oscar winners won't have to put up with delayed gratification.

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  Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti

  Angelina Jolie visited earthquake victims in Haiti on Tuesday in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency.

• Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, says goodbye to fans

  Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web.

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  Jackson doctor pleads not guilty in singer's death

  The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged on Monday with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singer's system when he died last year.

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