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Katy Perry to Perform New Single on MTV's VMAs

Katy Perry is returning to the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Perry will sing her new song "Roar" live for the first time. She hasn't performed at the VMAs since 2009.

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Another Skywalker: Lucas, Wife have Baby Daughter

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas and new wife Mellody Hobson have had a baby daughter.

Representatives for the 69-year-old filmmaker announced the birth Monday. Everest Hobson Lucas was born Friday, the first child for Lucas and Hobson, who were married in June. The baby was born via surrogate.

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Guns N' Roses Proposal Prompts Police Probe

Las Vegas police are investigating whether employees went too far for reportedly helping the guitarist of Guns N' Roses execute a grand romantic gesture.

Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba posted a photo on Instagram Saturday of himself and his girlfriend, Colombian actress and model Nathalia Henao, wearing helicopter headgear. He thanked the Las Vegas police department for "the most amazing" private helicopter tour over the city, saying it ended in a field at police headquarters, where he proposed amid roses and "a bottle of the bubble stuff."

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Lea Michele Speaks Out about 'Glee' Co-Star's Death

A teary-eyed Lea Michele, star of the U.S. television show "Glee," has dedicated her first Teen Choice award to late co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith.

The event Sunday marked Michele's first public appearance since Monteith died of a heroin and alcohol overdose in July, when he was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room.

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Legend of Apple Co-Founder Jobs Heads to Big Screen

The life and times of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be immortalized on the big screen next week as the first of two planned biopics about the visionary computer guru lands in theaters.

Almost two years after Jobs lost his long battle with cancer, "Jobs," starring Ashton Kutcher as the iconic computer industry titan, is to be released Friday.

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Jennifer Lawrence: 'I Always Knew I'd Be Famous'

Jennifer Lawrence says growing up in Kentucky she always knew she would be famous.

The Best Actress Oscar-winner for "Silver Linings Playbook" tells the September issue of Vogue magazine that she used to "lie in bed and wonder" about what would make her well-known.

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Sci-Fi Thriller 'Elysium' Tops U.S. Box-Office

Science-fiction thriller "Elysium" took top spot in the North American box-office this weekend, beating out competition from raunchy Jennifer Aniston comedy "We're The Millers," estimates showed Sunday.

Starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, "Elysium" is set in a dystopian future where the poor have been left to inhabit a ruined Earth while the rich live on a luxurious space station.

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Rare ABBA Recording Sells for Nearly 5,000 Euros

A rare ABBA recording was sold Sunday for nearly 5,000 euros, in an online auction of a vast collection of the Swedish pop group's memorabilia.

Thomas Nordin, a collector of all things related to the group famous for hits including "Dancing Queen", "Fernando" and "Mamma Mia", had put up some 25,000 items for sale.

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Desperate Mothers 'Keep Smiling' in New Georgia Film

After revolution, war, ethnic conflict and economic crisis, Georgian director Rusudan Chkonia saw her new film "Keep Smiling" as a chance to explore a society in flux.

Inspired by the story of a beautiful but homeless mother-of-seven who entered a beauty contest in the hope of winning a cash prize, Chkonia's film paints a disturbing portrait of poverty, desperation and sexism in modern-day Georgia.

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Court Declines to Hear Lawsuit against Tim McGraw

A U.S. court has declined to hear Curb Records' lawsuit against Tim McGraw and Big Machine Records, another setback in the label's legal fight with the country star.

A judge in Nashville, Tennessee, signed an order administratively closing the case until a decision over copyright of music McGraw recorded is made in a lawsuit filed in state court.

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