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• Making the 'American Idol' top 10 is no guarantee of stardom
• Charlie Sheen will stay on 'Two and a Half Men' for two more years
• Upfronts: ABC announces 2010-11 prime-time schedule
• Video: Idol Confessions with Kimberley Locke
• After 'Iron Man,' Marvel hopes its other characters follow suit
• Album review: Janelle Monae's 'The ArchAndroid'
• 'Gossip Girl' season finale
• Cannes 2010: Can the sales market go from ugly to 'Biutiful'?
• 'Dancing With the Stars': Four scored
• Cannes Film Festival: There will never be another Mike Leigh

Making the 'American Idol' top 10 is no guarantee of stardom Posted: 18 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Casey James and others may find it tough to get a music career launched, despite the weekly TV exposure and sold-out summer concert series. Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Casey James and others may find it tough to get a music career launched, despite the TV exposure.

Charlie Sheen will stay on 'Two and a Half Men' for two more years Posted: 18 May 2010 05:38 AM PDT Charlie Sheen has agreed to a new contract that will keep him on the hit comedy, "Two and a Half Men," for two more seasons, a person familiar with the situation told The Times. Charlie Sheen has agreed to a new contract that will keep him on the hit comedy, "Two and a Half Men," for two more seasons, a person familiar with the situation told The Times.

Upfronts: ABC announces 2010-11 prime-time schedule Posted: 18 May 2010 07:49 AM PDT ABC announced it had picked up 10 new shows for next season, including six new dramas.

Video: Idol Confessions with Kimberley Locke Posted: 18 May 2010 08:35 AM PDT Season Two's Kimberley Locke empathizes with Crystal Bowersox.

After 'Iron Man,' Marvel hopes its other characters follow suit Posted: 18 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT The comic book publisher is hoping that Tony Stark and his red and gold super suit — once unknown outside comic book circles — show how second-tier superheroes can become billion-dollar franchises. Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger got right to the point in a conference call last week to discuss the company's financial performance with Wall Street analysts.

Album review: Janelle Monae's 'The ArchAndroid' Posted: 17 May 2010 05:55 PM PDT On Janelle Monae's major-label debut, the 24-year-old, ragingly talented singer and dancer from Atlanta by way of Kansas City synthesizes a wealth of influences. On Janelle Monae's major-label debut, the 24-year-old, ragingly talented singer and dancer from Atlanta by way of Kansas City synthesizes a wealth of influences.

'Gossip Girl' season finale Posted: 18 May 2010 07:54 AM PDT Where was the intrigue, the mystery, the restraint?

Cannes 2010: Can the sales market go from ugly to 'Biutiful'? Posted: 18 May 2010 08:48 AM PDT About halfway through the Cannes Film Festival, there are, amazingly, still no sales of films playing in any of the festival sections.

'Dancing With the Stars': Four scored Posted: 18 May 2010 07:51 AM PDT We're down to the final four, ballroom fans!

Cannes Film Festival: There will never be another Mike Leigh Posted: 18 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT 'I practice a craft that can't be copied,' says the director of 'Another Year.' 'I practice a craft that can't be copied,' says the director of 'Another Year.'

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