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U.S. actor Tom Cruise smiles as he's photographed by fans during the premiere of his new sci-fi action movie "Oblivion" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Tom Cruise makes visit to Rio's Maracana stadium

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tom Cruise took time off from promoting his latest movie in Brazil by visiting Maracana stadium and meeting former Brazilian soccer star Zico. Cruise posed...

entertainment Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 11:36am

This Aug. 10, 2007 file photo shows then Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, answering questions from members of the National Association of Black Journalists at the 32nd NABJ Convention at Bally's hotel-casino in Las Vegas, with moderator Byron Pitts, of CBS News. Pitts is jumping from CBS to ABC News, where he will be chief national correspondent and a fill-in anchor for various broadcasts. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) Copyright 2007, The Associated Press

Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran correspondent Byron Pitts is jumping from CBS to ABC News, where he will be chief national correspondent and a fill-in anchor for various broadcasts. Pitts...

entertainment Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 11:34am

White House tries its hand at April Fool's joke

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House, busy with its annual Easter Egg Roll, also managed to pull off an April Fools' prank. The White House Twitter account announced earlier Monday...

entertainment Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 11:30am

Pioneer Previews for March 31: Okokon Udo to present one-man play

BEMIDJI – The Minnesota debut of the one-man play, “Attractive Children – One Man’s Unmasking of Internalized Oppression” with visionary artist Okokon Udo will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in...

entertainment Sat, Mar 30, 2013 - 9:43pm

In this March 22, 2013 file photo, visitors surround Ido Porat, the first person acting as the 'Jew in a glass box', on the first day of the exhibition "The Whole Truth … everything you always wanted to know about Jews" at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. With fewer than 200,000 Jews among Germany's 82 million people, few Germans born after World War II know any Jews or much about them. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire

BERLIN (AP) — "Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German...

entertainment / art Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 2:16pm

In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo Entertainer Lil' Wayne attends the Duke-Kentucky NCAA college basketball game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic and has had seizures for years. In an interview with Los Angeles-based radio station Power 106 on Thursday, March 28, 2013, the 30-year-old rapper said epilepsy caused his most recent health scare earlier this month. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Copyright 2012, The Associated Press

Rapper Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic

NEW YORK (AP) — Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic and has had seizures for years. In an interview with Los Angeles-based radio station Power 106 on Thursday, the 30-year-old...

entertainment / music Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 2:12pm

'America's Most Wanted' won't be back on Lifetime

NEW YORK (AP) — "America's Most Wanted' may have come to an end after 25 years. Lifetime network has confirmed it won't be picking up the crime-fighting series for another...

entertainment Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 2:08pm

In this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, Paula Patton and Robin Thicke arrive at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party at the Sunset Plaza Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif. Thicke originally didn't plan to release the unrated version of his music video for the song “Blurred Lines,” which features nude models prowling around him and rappers Pharrell and T.I. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Robin Thicke: Wife is OK with nude models in video

NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke didn't plan on releasing the unrated version of his music video for the song "Blurred Lines," which features nude models prowling around him and...

entertainment / music Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 11:48am

Monroe, Eisenhower letters to be auctioned

NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Monroe's letter of despair to mentor Lee Strasberg, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's heartfelt missives to his wife during World War II are among hundreds of...

entertainment / writing Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 11:45am

Music students from Bemidji State University and University of Minnesota-Duluth are engaged in a two day Northern Minnesota Drum-Prov. at BSU. Shown right, BSU associate professor of music Janis Haworth teaches students how to play African drums on Thursday afternoon. The summit will conclude with a closing drum circle open to the public. The final performance begins at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Recital Hall in Bangsberg. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Drum-Prov. event set for tonight

BEMIDJI – The department of music at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota-Duluth invites the public to join them today for the Northern Minnesota Drum-Prov. The event, in...

entertainment / music Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 11:13pm

John Green contributes to book about cancer victim

NEW YORK (AP) — Young adult author John Green has written an introduction for a book about the teen cancer victim to whom he dedicated his best-selling novel "The Fault...

entertainment / writing Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 2:28pm

Tom Stoppard pens Pink Floyd radio drama

LONDON (AP) — He wrote a play called "Rock 'n' Roll," and now Tom Stoppard is returning to the topic with a radio drama inspired by Pink Floyd. The play...

entertainment / theater Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 1:47pm

In this undated file photo provided by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot at close range in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, reads a book as she continues her recovery at the hospital. Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson said Thursday March 28, 2013 it will release her memoir "I am Malala" in Britain this fall. (AP Photo/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, File) Copyright 2012, The Associated Press

Shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai writing book

LONDON (AP) — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event and...

entertainment / writing Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 12:18pm

Comedian Louie Anderson, shown in this photo taken Wednesday, March, 27, 2013 in Sioux Falls, S.D., was able to skip practice from the celebrity diving show "Splash" to do a benefit stand-up show for the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Comedian Anderson still hurting from diving mishap

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Comedian Louie Anderson says he's been in pain all week from a recent diving mishap during a taping of the ABC celebrity diving show "Splash."...

entertainment Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 11:06am

Pictured is the front cover of “The Minnesota Road Guide to Gangster Hot Spots,” a book by Chad Lewis. He will be speaking April 6 at the Bemidji Public Library. Submitted Artwork

Author brings gangsters alive in ‘Hot Spots’

BEMIDJI – There seems to be validity to author Chad Lewis’s claim that gangsters once were America’s A-list celebrities. For example, Bonnie and Clyde’s guns sold for $504,000 at an...

entertainment / writing Wed, Mar 27, 2013 - 11:24pm

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