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Wednesday Entertainment Links: 'X Factor' winner Melanie Amaro inks $5...
Daily roundup of entertainment and celebrity news. Melanie Amaro poses on the red carpet at "The X Factor" finale show in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. .(AP Photo/Dan Steinberg) 'X Factor'...
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The inner workings of The Beer Nut
Fielding questions about all things beer - and beer writing. The RepublicanBeer Nut columnist George Lenker Because of the added socializing and the party-going that the holiday season brings, I...
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'Quest Detective' program encourages exploration of Western Massachusetts sites
The Downtown Holyoke Quest focuses on the city’s central canal system, historic Opera House and brick mill buildings, and the Children’s Museum. A passerby enjoys a view of the Holyoke canals behind...
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Mariah Carey: Husband Nick Cannon hospitalized for kidney failure
The 31-year-old Cannon is host of "America's Got Talent." Nick Cannon (AP photo) NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Cannon is spending the first week of the new year in the hospital, with wife Mariah Carey by his...
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7 overlooked albums from 2011
AP music writers look back at the overlooked musical gems of 2011. When you cover entertainment, the music never stops. The albums come in by mail every day but Sunday and pile up in the inbox. The...
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Supermarket chain reverses decision to pull Alec Baldwin commercials
Wegmans Food Markets was inundated with hundreds of tweets, emails, and phone calls in support of Baldwin. APAlec Baldwin ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – A New York-based supermarket chain has had a change of...
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Jimmy Carter's latest book offers lessons in faith
Carter has penned 26 different books, including childhood memoirs, treatises on the Middle East and accounts of his presidency. AP Photo/David Goldman, FileOct. 12, 2010 file photo, former President...
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Howard Jones out as lead singer of Killswitch Engage
The Westield metal band refused to reveal the reason for the split. Roadrunner RecordsKillswitch Engage, from left, Justin Foley, Joel Stroetzel, Howard Jones, Adam Dutkiewicz and Mike D'Antonio...
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Movie review: 'Tinker Tailor Solider Spy' delivers thrills
The cast is uniformly excellent, notably Gary Oldman, Toby Jones and Colin Firth. In this film image released by Focus Features, Gary Oldman is shown in a scene from "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."...
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Critic asks: 'Remember when they made movies for grown-ups?'
Stephen Whitty compares the hits of 1971 to those of last year. Topel in 1971's "Fiddler on the Roof" (MGM), left; and Daniel Radcliffe in 2011's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2"...
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Holyoke Winter Carnival will begin with dog show and include hockey, music,...
The carnival will take place in more than two dozen events around the city. submitted photoThe Holyoke firefighters hockey team will play the Franklin County Sheriff's Department Jan. 29 during the...
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Family of 'The Bachelor' candidate Rachel Truehart excited to see her on TV
Rachel Truehart, of Southampton, is a candidate on "The Bachelor". SOUTHAMPTON -- When she first stepped out of the limousine in a red, floor-length gown, Rachel Truehart’s family and friends screamed...
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Reformed Van Halen performs intimate NYC gig
The show was at the famed Café Wha? in New York's West Village — a club owned by Manny Roth, the uncle of Roth. Van Halen members Eddie Van Halen, right, and David Lee Roth perform at Cafe Wha? in New...
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Gary Oldman makes shift to more mainstream parts
Oldman is perhaps the only actor to play both Lee Harvey Oswald and Pontius Pilate. AP photoGary Oldman stars in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and the upcoming "The Dark Knight Rises." For more than...
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Retired FBI agent tells of going after Whitey Bulger
Retired FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick tells his compelling story of trying to bring Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger to justice in "Betrayal," written with Jon Land. In this book cover image...
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Elin Nordegren demolishes $12.3 million mansion
The mansion that was demolished was a 17,000-square-foot-home built in 1932 with a swimming pool and an elevator. AP Photo/People MagazineElin Nordegren is shown on the cover of People magazine's...
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Review: Everybody's streaming Netflix, but what are they watching?
What are you watching on Netflix Instant? Share your picks with other readers. Associated PressIn this July 20, 2010 file photo, a Netflix subscriber turns on Netflix in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix's...
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Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones: Diabetes, personal problems led to...
Jones had been lead singer for the Westfield-based metal heroes for a decade. Howard Jones, former lead singer of Killswitch Engage. Singer Howard Jones attributed his decision to leave Westfield...
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'The Devil Inside' is an unholy mess of a movie
This cheap horror flick os another one of those found-footage things that should have stayed lost. Paramount Pictures “The Devil Inside” ONE STAR Rated R for violence and strong language Running time:...
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Travel spot: Mexico's Copper Canyon
The Copper Canyon is a series of awe-inspiring gorges bigger than the Grand Canyon. In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2011, a Tarahumara woman poses while selling good in front of the Posada Barrancas...
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