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Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, shields her face as she is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013 in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment building. (AP Photo/APTN)NEW YORK (AP) ? Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.


Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'

Actor Bruce Dern poses for a portrait at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2013. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)CANNES, France (AP) ? For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."


NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans

This May 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows married singers Miranda Lambert, left, and Blake Shelton performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series, "The Voice," in Los Angeles. Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." He said the benefit would be held soon in nearby Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state.


At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise

Director Steven Soderbergh poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Behind the Candelabra at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)CANNES, France (AP) ? The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement.


Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) ? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light.
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Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
Weekend Box Office: May 17-19, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness tops the box office with $70.2 million
Daily Box Office: Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Hangover Part III tops Thursday's box office with $11.8 million
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