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Eurovision Contestant Denies Reports She Was Told Not to Win

Spain’s Eurovision entrant Pastora Soler is angrily refuting a media report that she was told not to win the song contest because her country couldn’t afford it.

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Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment

The ‘Hope’ poster artist has immortalized the dead Florida teen in a new work for Ebony magazine.

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Twit Lit: 14 Authors We Wish Were on Twitter

Novelist Jennifer Egan is teasing us with her latest work, the short story “Black Box” — slowly releasing it in 140 character bursts on Twitter. And that got us thinking: what other authors — living or dead — would we like to see tweets from?

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Friday Flicks: Will ‘Men In Black 3′ Win the Weekend?

NewsFeed’s guide to the films to see (and avoid) this Memorial Day weekend.

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A Memorial Day Feud: How to Remember Dwight D. Eisenhower?

A row over the newest presidential monument in Washington, D.C. has pitted Ike’s family against one of this century’s most revered architects.

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Jennifer Egan Writes Short Story for Twitter

The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s latest effort will come in 140-character increments.

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X-Man Northstar to Get Marvel-ous Gay Wedding

The Marvel comic book superhero will marry his longtime partner in a new issue of ‘Astonishing X-Men’ comics.

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Why the Cool Kids in Teen Novels Always Curse too Much

Do you know what your kids are reading?

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The Best Cover of LMFAO’s ‘Sexy and I Know It’ You’ll See, Ever

18-year-old Noah Guthrie might be the only person who could make us want to hear this song again.

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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63

The singer of dance anthems including “Last Dance,” ”Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” has passed away, according to a statement from her family.