• Aaron Taylor-Johnson returns for 'Kick Ass 2' movie sequel

  August 19, 2013
  Aaron Taylor-Johnson admits he had some reservations about going back to playing a teenage, costumed vigilante in "Kick-Ass 2," three years after the first action-comedy in the franchise was released.
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  'America's Got Talent' advances four more acts to the semifinals

  August 15, 2013
  America's Got Talent revealed its fourth set of four eighth-season semifinalist acts during Wednesday night's live broadcast of the NBC reality competition series.

• Hemel Hempstead voted ugliest town in U.K.

  August 13, 2013
  A poll of the United Kingdom's "crappiest towns" has identified Hemel Hempstead as the crappiest of them all.

• Angelina Jolie: I'd been drawn to 'Maleficent' since childhood

  August 11, 2013
  Angelina Jolie said she was drawn to play the starring role in "Maleficent" because the villain is "wonderfully, deliciously cruel."

• Carnival workers arrested in S. Dakota when police find crack in doll

  August 7, 2013
  Police in South Dakota said they arrested two carnival workers when officers intercepted a doll filled with 1.3 ounces of crack cocaine.

• Ed Helms and Jason Bateman to appear in Mumford & Sons video

  August 6, 2013
  Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, Will Forte and Jason Bateman play musicians in a video from the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons.

• 'Star Trek' Klingon actor Michael Ansara dead at age 91

  August 3, 2013
  Michael Ansara, the U.S. actor known for his roles as American Indians and as a Klingon commander in "Star Trek" has died, his former publicist said. He was 91.
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  Stephanie Anderson gives birth to a baby boy

  July 25, 2013
  Stephanie Anderson is going to be carrying some extra weight -- in her arms.
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  'America's Got Talent' determines its Top 60 eighth-season acts

  July 18, 2013
  America's Got Talent finished revealing the identities of its Top 60 eighth-season acts during Wednesday night's broadcast of the NBC reality talent competition.

• Sam Mendes to direct next James Bond movie

  July 12, 2013
  Sam Mendes is to direct the next James Bond adventure, due out in theaters in fall 2015, the as-yet-untitled movie's producers announced.

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