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'American Idol' judges spread the love for final 3
Thu, 17 May 2012 03:18:39 GMT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The three "American Idol" finalists earned nearly uniform votes of confidence Wednesday from the show's judges. Now it's the audience tally that will determine which two compete for glory in next week's finale.... |
Cannes opens with Anderson's 'Moonrise,' camel
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:38:56 GMT CANNES, France (AP) -- Wes Anderson opened the 65th Cannes Film Festival with his meticulously composed ode to young love, "Moonrise Kingdom," while less mannered theatrics surrounded the annual French Riviera extravaganza.... |
AP Photos: Kruger shines on Cannes red carpet
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:08:08 GMT Diane Kruger must have arrived in France with a lot of luggage. On Wednesday, Day 1 of the 12-day Cannes Film Festival, Kruger, a member of the prestigious jury, turned up in two different outfits.... |
Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:29:24 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.... |
Activision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:14:25 GMT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The legal battle between gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. is over, with the companies announcing they have settled a case that accused EA of improperly recruiting two executives who oversaw the creation of the smash videogame "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."... |
Huge Marilyn Monroe statue arrives in Palm Springs
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:52:51 GMT PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe has arrived in the desert resort city of Palm Springs.... |
Cannes' female-free directors line-up criticized
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:45:20 GMT CANNES, France (AP) -- At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East - but no women.... |
As 'SNL' season ends, signs of a coming shift
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:01:11 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- How can "Saturday Night Live" possibly replace (fill in the blank)?... |
Game over: Tia Mowry not returning to BET's 'Game'
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:55:07 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- The game is over for Tia Mowry: The star of the hit BET series "The Game" won't appear in the show's sixth season.... |
Cannes Film Festival jury keeping an open mind
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:36 GMT CANNES, France (AP) -- If Nanni Moretti had his way, what happened in Cannes would stay in Cannes.... |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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