SOLVEJ SCHOU

For The Associated Press
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Beverly Hills Hotel marks 100 years of swank

Stand on the Beverly Hills Hotel's red carpet, leading into its chandeliered lobby, and you can't help but visualize a century's worth of celebrities, royalty, politicians, musicians and actors who have stayed there, from Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor to Madonna, Reese Witherspoon and Katy Perry.

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Stars swamp loud, colorful Oscar parties

While a nearly silent, black-and-white throwback film to old Hollywood won best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards, after-parties around town celebrated present day Hollywood with explosions of color, conversation, pounding music and pure glee.

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Bassist from '60s band MC5 dies at age 68

Michael Davis, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, has died of liver failure, his wife said Saturday. He was 68.

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Loss amid normalcy at hotel where Whitney died

As the soulful funeral of Whitney Houston played out a continent away, it was largely business as usual at the glamorous place where the singer died one week earlier. Yet from the fourth floor to the sidewalk out front, a sense of loss prevailed Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

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Demi Moore adds her style stamp to Ann Taylor ads

As a young teenager, before the fame, kids, paparazzi and front-row seats at fashion shows, Demi Moore regularly passed an Ann Taylor store at a local mall, taking note of the clothes.

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Peacock designer duo go from Bollywood to Britney

Indian designers Falguni and Shane Peacock have busted out of Bollywood straight through to Hollywood. Their champion? Britney Spears.

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Divas, rockers, stars flock to Oscar parties

Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Cee Lo Green, Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler. With pop stars, R&B singers and long-haired rockers galore at parties following the Academy Awards, the glam festivities felt more like the Grammys than Hollywood's biggest night honoring film.

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Golden Globe parties packed with celebrating stars

The kids of "Glee" and "The Social Network" weren't just all right after the Golden Globe Awards, they were downright giddy at several post parties, making a scene singing, dancing and celebrating their wins during one of Hollywood's most booze-and-boogie-filled nights.

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Judge: No change of custody for kids of slain mom

A judge refused Friday to take temporary guardianship away from the paternal grandparents of two young children whose mother was found slain in Mexico.

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A-listers, Olympians mingle at Oscar after-parties

With his shaggy red hair, black leather jacket and skintight American flag-printed jeans, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White upstaged even glam Oscar winner Sandra Bullock at a pack of parties around town following the Academy Awards.

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Stars gather to cover `We Are the World' for Haiti

The charity anthem "We Are the World" has been rerecorded by 80 artists who came together in the same Hollywood studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.

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Golden Globe parties full of celebs, booze, rain

Blasted by DJs at multiple post-Golden Globe Awards parties, Madonna's '80s anthem "Holiday" set an upbeat tone for the night despite rain, economic woes and concern over the earthquake victims in Haiti.

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TV show sets get decorative for holiday episodes

Imagine if your holiday decorations were going to be seen by millions of people. That's the challenge for many TV-show set decorators as all the Christmas-themed episodes roll around.

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Music Review: 'Once' pair returns as Swell Season

The Swell Season, "Strict Joy" (Anti-)

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Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson up for auction

Christie's auction house will offer up a portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol in New York on Nov. 10.

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Music Review: Gossip add dance tunes to rock mix

Gossip, "Music for Men" (Columbia)

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Breast cancer awareness uses sex to sell message

A woman in a skimpy white bikini sashays next to a swimming pool. Onlookers gawk, men's tongues roll and music blares in the background.

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Music Review: Noisettes bring jazzy, feisty pop

Noisettes, "Wild Young Hearts" (Mercury)

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Cryer, Collette among stars at Emmy after-parties

Grammy-winning R&B diva Mary J. Blige summed up the Emmy after-parties during a soulful, sassy performance complete with a glittering golden microphone.

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Music Review: John Fogerty covers twangy classics

John Fogerty, "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" (Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast)

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Tippi Hedren's animal preserve threatened by fire

Thick black smoke hovers overhead as dozens of lions, tigers and other large cats roam actress Tippi Hedren's animal sanctuary, seemingly unfazed by a wildfire raging only a mile away.

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Yves Saint Laurent's house in Morocco up for sale

The Tangier, Morocco, cliffside home of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is up for sale.

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Herbie Hancock new LA Phil jazz creative chair

Herbie Hancock has grand plans for his new position as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's creative chair for jazz.

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Music Review Son Volt's newest album a lovely mix

Son Volt, "American Central Dust" (Rounder)

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Forest Lawn final resting place for many stars

A cemetery that is the burial place for many celebrities was slowly returning to normal Tuesday after its latest service — a private memorial for Michael Jackson.

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