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Brad Paisley and LL Cool J team up for ‘Accidental Racist’

Apr 8 2013

Song getting crushed by the critics

Brad Paisley and LL Cool J broach sensitive topics in their new collaboration, “Accidental Racist,” and it’s left some critics hoping the entire song was an accident.

The track is part of Paisley’s new album, “Wheelhouse,” and was sparked by the reaction the country star said he received after he wore a shirt with the Confederate flag on it to showcase his adoration for the band Alabama.

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Halle Berry on pregnancy: ‘Biggest surprise of my life’

CNN News Service

Apr 8 2013

Her second baby at 46

Halle Berry is talking about becoming a mother for the second time at 46.

“I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth,” said Berry in an interview with CNN’s Alina Cho. In the interview, Berry spoke about her work with designer Michael Kors and the U.N. World Food Programme to fight hunger.

The Academy Award-winning actress and fiance Olivier Martinez are expecting their first child together.

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Actor Wesley Snipes released from prison

CNN News Service

Apr 5 2013

Supervised residence

Actor Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison where he was serving a three-year sentence after being convicted on tax charges in February 2010.

The release to a supervised residential location in New York occurred Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN.

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Halle Berry, fiance expecting child

CNN News Service

Apr 5 2013

Second child for Berry

Actress Halle Berry and her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, are expecting a child, Berry’s representative told CNN on Friday.

Berry has a daughter, Nahla, from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry.

Berry and Aubry have engaged in a long battle over custody of the child, culminating in a driveway brawl between Aubry and Martinez. The parents later reached a legal agreement, details of which are not known.

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