Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorcese's 'Hugo' (AP)

AP - The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.

Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorcese's 'Hugo' (AP)

AP - The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.

Short films fill tall order as Oscar nominees (Reuters)

Reuters - Oscar week kicked off Tuesday night at a celebration of this year's nominees for live action and short films, who are among the least-known of the 2012 Academy Award contenders but no less important to the movie industry.

Costume designers honor "W.E.," "Harry Potter," "Glee" (Reuters)

Reuters - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "W.E." and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" have won the top awards from the Costume Designers Guild, which handed out this awards season's last set of guild awards on Tuesday night.

First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset dies (AP)

AP - Barney Rosset, the fiery and fearless publisher who introduced the country to countless political and avant-garde writers and risked prison and financial ruin to release such underground classics as "Tropic of Cancer" and "Lady Chatterley's Lover," has died. He was 89.

Chieftains "Voice of Ages" among year's best country albums (Reuters)

Reuters - The Chieftains have arrived with one of the best country albums of the year - the country in question, of course, being just a bit east of the U.K., where Ireland's traditional music can sound awfully darned Appalachian, when it comes down to it.

Comcast makes good on diversity promise - will it pay? (Reuters)

Reuters - Just how serious is Comcast about attracting Latino and African-American viewers?

Ukrainian party accused of racism in pop scandal (AP)

AP - A small Ukrainian nationalist party came under fire Wednesday after a high-profile member suggested a singer of African descent was a bad choice to represent the country in the Eurovision song contest.

Childhood comic collection expected to fetch $2M (AP)

AP - A comic collection that includes a staggering array of some of the most prized issues ever published was headed for auction Wednesday in New York City, where it was expected to fetch more than $2 million.

"Hunger Games" onslaught begins with advance ticket sales (omg!)

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Chris Brown and Rihanna Reunite â For a Song Collaboration (omg!)

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First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset dies (omg!)

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Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorcese's 'Hugo' (omg!)

omg! - An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins (omg!)

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Costume designers honor "W.E.," "Harry Potter," "Glee" (omg!)

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Hot! Malin Ackerman Rocks Super Sexy Makeup Look (omg!)

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'Linsanity' explored in book about NBA sensation (AP)

AP - A new book promises to give a Lin-side look at the NBA's newest sensation.

Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues (AP)

AP - The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.

Rihanna could draw criticism for songs with Brown (AP)

AP - Rihanna is known for making bold statements, from her often sexually charged music to her tattoos to even the hue of her hair.

Sotheby's to sell Munch's "The Scream", eyes $80 million (Reuters)

Reuters - Sotheby's will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's haunting work "The Scream" at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million, the highest pre-sale value the auctioneer has ever put on a work of art.