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Pitt to attend New Orleans homebuilding group gala

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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'Cable Guy' tours country for History Channel

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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Actress Patricia Clarkson to lead Carnival parade

Actress Patricia Clarkson will lead the Carnival parade of the Krewe of Muses in her hometown of New Orleans.

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New tour offers glimpse of New Orleans movie sites

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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Eagles, Tom Petty to perform at 2012 Jazz Fest

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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NFL's Drew Brees to appear on Sesame Street

Move over, Grover! One of the NFL's top passers is heading to "Sesame Street."

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Orpheus names Mardi Gras-season celebrity monarchs

Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper are among the celebrities heading to New Orleans for Carnival 2012.

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Demand for French education surges in Louisiana

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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Tony Bennett visits New Orleans, plugs rebuilding

Grammy-winning jazz crooner Tony Bennett is championing a rebuilding effort to help New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

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Lil Wayne has hometown farewell show before jail

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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Actor Bryan Batt at home in New Orleans

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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Broadway shows returning to New Orleans

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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Louisiana seeing busy fall filming season

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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Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'

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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Voodoo music fest kicks off Halloween weekend

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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Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods

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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TV's Elly May Clampett is happy at home in La.

Donna Douglas still embodies Elly May Clampett, the critter-loving beauty from "The Beverly Hillbillies."

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New Orleans great Toussaint feted in hometown

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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Danny DeVito serves lemon liqueur at festival

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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Imagination Movers back in the studio

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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Jailhouse links in La. focus of Golf Channel show

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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Louisiana musicians help in film's score

About a dozen Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra musicians are going from the stage to the silver screen.

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Fats Domino makes rare appearance at La. concert

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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DeGeneres, Connick salute Tulane graduates

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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Bullock honored by La. school for Katrina charity

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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