Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:33 PM EST
Talk show host Ellen Degeneres and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson are hosting a star-studded gala in New Orleans to benefit Brad Pitt's Make It Right home rebuilding effort.
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Thu Jan 5, 2012 10:42 AM EST
Funny man Dan Whitney, the Blue Collar Comedy crew member known as "Larry the Cable Guy," says Louisiana and Alaska are among the states that gave him great fodder for the second season of his History Channel show "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy," which premieres Jan. 11.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:06 PM EST
Actress Patricia Clarkson will lead the Carnival parade of the Krewe of Muses in her hometown of New Orleans.
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Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:39 PM EST
Sitting near the New Orleans streetcar line aboard a van equipped with video screens and a speaker system, tourists watch actress Vivien Leigh ride the city's vintage electric rail vehicles in a scene from the 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:50 AM EST
The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters and John Mayer are among the headliners to perform at next year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:26 AM EST
Move over, Grover! One of the NFL's top passers is heading to "Sesame Street."
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Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:49 PM EST
Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper are among the celebrities heading to New Orleans for Carnival 2012.
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Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:28 PM EST
The wave of Hispanics who flooded the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina doesn't appear to have dampened Louisiana families' demand for their children to get a French education.
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Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:34 PM EST
Grammy-winning jazz crooner Tony Bennett is championing a rebuilding effort to help New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
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Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:12 PM EST
Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.
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Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:13 PM EST
The future is unclear for his character on the hit AMC show "Mad Men," but actor Bryan Batt is taking advantage of the down time here in his hometown since the recent season finale.
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Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:13 PM EST
Broadway shows are finally back in New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina four years ago, and at least one — "The Color Purple" — is giving something back to the recovering city.
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Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:45 PM EST
With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record.
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Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:10 PM EST
Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:13 PM EDT
Rapper Eminem performs along with KISS this weekend at Voodoo Experience, the punk and rock music festival to be held amid the live oaks and lagoons at New Orleans City Park.
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Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:02 PM EDT
A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation.
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Thu Aug 6, 2009 6:51 AM EDT
Donna Douglas still embodies Elly May Clampett, the critter-loving beauty from "The Beverly Hillbillies."
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Sat Aug 1, 2009 11:32 AM EDT
Over music and gumbo served in a historic New Orleans nightclub, pianist and hit songwriter Allen Toussaint will join the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:46 PM EDT
Actor Danny DeVito served up his own premium "Limoncello" liqueur flavored with zesty Italian lemons and gave a cry of "Salut!" to a drink-sipping crowd at Tales of the Cocktail, a New Orleans cocktail and culinary festival.
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Tue Jul 7, 2009 12:12 PM EDT
In their "office" — a colorful fairy tale room with a gingerbread house and giant beanstalk — the Imagination Movers are busy filming the second season of a Disney Channel television show that has become must-see viewing for multitudes of preschoolers.
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Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:04 PM EDT
A golf course tucked among 18,000 acres in Louisiana's scenic Tunica Hills would seem an ideal vacation getaway if it was not on the grounds of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:29 PM EDT
About a dozen Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra musicians are going from the stage to the silver screen.
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Sun May 31, 2009 2:17 PM EDT
Fats Domino rarely emerges from his Louisiana home — and many wondered if he'd show up for "The Domino Effect," his namesake concert that raises funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Sat May 16, 2009 6:16 PM EDT
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actor-musician Harry Connick Jr. returned Saturday to their hometown of New Orleans to cheer on Tulane University's graduating "Katrina Class" — the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina nearly four years ago.
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Fri May 15, 2009 10:12 PM EDT
Actress Sandra Bullock was inducted Friday into a New Orleans high school's "Hall of Fame" after donating tens of thousands toward rebuilding the public school heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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