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Animal Lovers Pony up $100,000 For Madonna Tickets

Two longtime supporters of a Pennsylvania animal shelter have successfully bid $100,000 for four tickets to a Madonna concert in Philadelphia later this month.

Main Line Animal Rescue, in a statement Thursday, said the bid from Nick Adams and Dee Silvers at its annual fund-raising auction "is believed to be the highest paid for concert tickets."

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Actor Bob Hoskins Retires After Parkinson's Diagnosis

British actor Bob Hoskins, known for his roles in films including "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", is retiring from acting after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, his agent said Wednesday.

During a four-decade career the 69-year-old Londoner rose to fame in British gangster films in the 1980s and went on to have a long career as a Hollywood character actor.

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'Arnie' In Native Austria for Documentary on His Life

Former California "governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday visited the Austrian village where he was born to film parts of an upcoming U.S. television documentary on his life.

"People need to understand where I grew up and what was important in my upbringing and my life," the 65-year-old Hollywood film actor and former Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia bodybuilding champion said.

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Cameron Diaz Working on Fitness Book

Cameron Diaz's latest project is all about looking and feeling good.

HarperCollins announced Wednesday that the star of "Charlie's Angels," ''There's Something About Mary" and other films has an agreement with the publisher for a book on health and wellness. Diaz's book is currently untitled and scheduled for publication in the fall of 2013.

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Lady Gaga Still Finds Ways to Be 'Irresponsible'

Lady Gaga is one of the most visible celebrities in the world, but she says not everything she does is documented.

In the September issue of Vogue magazine, Gaga says she likes to "feel a little irresponsible and act like I'm nineteen." She goes on to admit she even manages to "roll into a bar" and dance topless or have sex on the beach without getting recognized.

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Music Documentary from Björk

World Famous Icelandic singer Björk and British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough will explore the evolution of music, in a documentary to be shown on Channel 4, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

Directed by Louise hopper, the documentary, which is to be called ‘Attenborough and Björk: The Nature of Music’ will reportedly investigate the "evolution" of music, both within human history and in the context of the planet's other species. As well as discussing his own love of song, naturalist Attenborough will describe the role music plays in the lives of creatures such as blue whales, the reed warbler and the lyrebird.

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Hollywood, Broadway Composer Hamlisch Dead At 68

Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind a string of Broadway and Hollywood hits including "A Chorus Line," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting," has died, his publicist said Tuesday. He was 68.

"He died last night in Los Angeles," Ray Costa told Agence France Presse, adding that Hamlisch had been admitted to hospital in suburban Burbank last week. He did not disclose the cause of death.

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EMI Releasing Classics That Inspired 'Fifty Shades'

Recording label EMI Classics said Tuesday it is releasing a compilation of classical music that inspired the author of the erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy.

In a statement, it said the 15-track album of pieces referenced in EL James' best-sellers will be available in North America digitally from August 21 and in CD format on September 18.

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Antoine, the Polish Genius of Modern French Coiffure

Antoine of Paris, the world's first celebrity hairdresser who revolutionized the look of women in the early 20th century with a boyish bob, was in fact a Pole.

Antoni Cierplikowski was better known as "Monsieur Antoine" in his adopted city where he created the cut made famous by Coco Chanel and other fashion icons of the times.

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Jennifer Lopez Files $20 Million Extortion Suit

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has filed a $20 million lawsuit against a former driver whom she claims threatened to spill her secrets if she did not pay him $2.8 million, court records showed Tuesday.

Lopez, 42, maintains that Hakob Manoukian, who was in charge of her security and transportation, engaged in extortion, attempted extortion and conspiracy.

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