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Justin Bieber Investigated for Reckless Driving

Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are investigating Justin Bieber for reckless driving after witnesses — including former National Football League star Keyshawn Johnson — complained about the pop-star's alleged freeway speeds in their gated community in north Los Angeles County.

At about 8 p.m. Monday, Bieber allegedly drove his white Ferrari at freeway speeds in what is a 25 mph (40 kph) zone, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

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Bollywood Star Shah Rukh Khan Undergoes Surgery

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has undergone surgery for a shoulder injury suffered while doing stunts for his new movie "Chennai Express."

Sanjay Desai, his doctor, said Khan's surgery in a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday was successful but he will need to rest for two months.

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Movie Review: The Hangover Part III (2013)

Written by Anthony Sargon

When the original Hangover came out back in 2009, it was an instant smash. People fell in love with the wolfpack and their drunken antics, and propelled the movie to a $277 million box office haul in the US alone. Two years later, Part II was released and was met with much less enthusiasm. Although it still printed money, people thought it was just a lazy rehash of the original, something that Part III hopes to address. While "The Hangover Part III" has some laughs and poignant character moments, it feels a little subdued for a trilogy capper.

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Cinema's Colorful Wildlife on View at Cannes

"Look at these people, this wildlife."

As the partying journalist of Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," Toni Servillo was surveying Rome's colorful nightlife, but he might as well have been contemplating the Cannes Film Festival. The 66th edition of the Cote d'Azur extravaganza drew to a close Sunday, awarding the sensual, heartbreaking lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" the festival's top honor, the Palme d'Or.

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Longtime 'Tonight Show' Drummer Shaughnessy Dies

Ed Shaughnessy, the jazz drummer who for nearly three decades anchored the rhythm section of Doc Severinsen's "Tonight Show" band, has died in Southern California. He was 84.

William Selditz, a close family friend, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1albfp7 ) that Shaughnessy had a heart attack Friday at his home in Calabasas, outside Los Angeles.

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Birkin Handbag Sells for Record 63,800 Euros at Auction

A crocodile-skin Birkin handbag made by luxury goods firm Hermes has sold for a record 63,800 euros ($82,600) at an auction in Paris, auction house Artcurial said on Monday.

The bag, manufactured in 2006 and marked by its unusual combination of orange, red and pink colors, was sold at above its estimate of 40,000-50,000 euros at the auction on May 21, Artcurial said.

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Palestinian Public Hails Local Hero of Arab Idol

Eyes glued to big screens in cafes and restaurants across Gaza and the West Bank, adoring fans cheer on Mohammed Assaf as he sings his way closer to winning this year's Arab Idol song contest.

Since March, the handsome, immaculately dressed 22-year-old Gazan's powerful voice has propelled him every weekend to the ranks of only seven remaining singers in a Beirut-based competition that started out with 27.

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Bollywood's 100-Year Kiss Sparks Debate on Gay Films

New Bollywood film "Bombay Talkies" is billed as a milestone not only for marking 100 years of Indian cinema -- it is also one of the country's few mainstream movies ever to have shown a gay kiss.

The centenary film, which had a special screening at Cannes, comprises four self-contained short stories by leading directors looking at the impact of Indian cinema on people's lives.

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Angelina Jolie's Aunt Dies of Breast Cancer

Angelina Jolie's aunt has died of breast cancer, it was reported Sunday, less than two weeks after the Oscar-winning actress announced that she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.

The Hollywood entertainment website E! News cited Jolie's uncle, Ron Martin, as saying that his wife, Debbie -- the younger sister of Jolie's late mother -- died early on Sunday at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California.

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Behind the Scenes at the Cannes Film Festival

Behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday after a 12-day run:

ADIEU, LEGOLAS: Blood, sex, blood, drugs, booze, blood, and then more blood... Orlando Bloom, as a cursing, womanizing and gun-toting cop in the South African-set crime thriller "Zulu", seems intent on saying goodbye to Legolas the Elf and Will Turner, Pirate of the Caribbean.

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