On Twitter, pope to get different type of followers

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict already has 1.2 billion "followers" in the standard sense of the word but he soon will have another type when he enters what for any 85 year old is the brave new world of Twitter. Vatican officials say the pontiff,...

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Taylor Swift reigns over Billboard 200, Meek Mill debuts high

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop star Taylor Swift held onto the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday as her latest album "Red" kept rapper Meek Mill from the top spot. "Red," Swift's fourth studio album safely took the No. 1 position...

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Look who's talking! Kirstie Alley calls Travolta "greatest love"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Kirstie Alley described on Wednesday how she fell in love more than 20 years ago with John Travolta, and rejected widespread Hollywood speculation that the "Grease" star is secretly gay. Alley, former star of the 1980s...

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Mom of "Modern Family" actress denies abuse claims

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter on Wednesday denied that she abused her daughter after a judge temporarily placed the 14-year-old actress in her sister's care. "It's all untrue, it's all untrue," Chris Workman,...

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VP Joe Biden guest stars as celebrity crush on "Parks and Rec"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Someone has a big crush on U.S. Vice President Joe Biden - and now she is getting to meet him. Biden will make his TV acting debut with a cameo on NBC's comedy "Parks and Recreation" as the celebrity crush of actress Amy Poehler's...

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Lagerfeld says Ghesquiere with Arnault "not bad idea"

PARIS (Reuters) - Star designer Karl Lagerfeld said the departure of Nicolas Ghesquiere from Balenciaga as artistic director to create his own brand with backing from LVMH's Bernard Arnault would "not be a bad idea" as the group owned many old labels....

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"Dancing" co-host Brooke Burke has thyroid cancer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke said on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will need surgery. The television presenter and model said in a three-minute video posted on the website Modernmom.com...

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Call me JackSUN, says singer Jermaine

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jackson 5 singer Jermaine Jackson has petitioned to change his name, according to court documents filed earlier this week in Los Angeles. The older brother of pop stars Michael and Janet Jackson, Jermaine wants to change his...

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Ex-oilman named new leader of world's Anglicans

LONDON (Reuters) - A former oil executive was named leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans on Friday, ending months of closed-door negotiations as the church struggles with bitter rifts over senior women clergy and homosexuality. Justin Welby, 56,...

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Chen Guang-who? Chinese official claims ignorance of blind activist

BEIJING (Reuters) - Despite causing a huge diplomatic incident between the world's two largest economies earlier this year, the Chinese official in charge of the hometown of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Friday that he has no idea who...

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