Top entertainment stories of 2012
Published: Dec 19 2012 02:43:40 PM EST
Updated On: Dec 20 2012 02:00:00 AM EST
The year 2012 was packed full of entertainment stories, from stars who left us and celebrity scandals to new arrivals and award-winning performances. Join us for a look back at the year in entertainment.
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January 9: Jay-Z raps about Blue Ivy
Through a rap verse, Jay-Z confirmed the birth of "the most beautiful" girl in the world -- his newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The song "Glory" made its debut on his social website, Life and Times, two days after his wife Beyoncé gave birth to the couple's first child. This was later followed shortly thereafter by an official statement from the couple announcing the birth.
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- 2013 Freddys: Parkland walks away with most awards
- Allentown School District battles with budget while learning it's only going to get harder
- Shillington Standoff: 17-year-old found, safe, not inside home
- In historic vote Boy Scouts allow gay Scout members
- Local group raise money for Boston marathon victims
- 4 LV men arrested in connection with Connecticut jewelry store heist
- Nazareth excited for its 2nd-ever Freddy nominations
- Multiple people hurt in crash on Route 209
- Images of the standoff in Shillington
- Coroner IDs man killed in crash outside home
- Reading Police K-9s entertain kids
- Patriot's Day teaches American history at Brecknock E.S.
- Show of support for recovering athletic director
- Jaws of life used to free man
- School budget proposal includes job cuts
- 3 vehicles collide on Allentown Pike; 2 men trapped, injured
- Okla. native leads Fightins' effort to help tornado victims
- Fountain Hill honors veterans for Memorial Day
- Dept. of Veteran Affairs holds open house at clinic
- PennDOT will improve Route 33/512 interchange
- Graffiti painted on two Bethlehem schools
- Sinkhole opens beneath delivery truck near Easton
- Man to stand trial in deadly attack on Christmas Eve
- Woman guilty of murder in wedding day killing of fiancé
- Body found in top floor of burning apartment building
- Images: Reading Royals fan photos
- Thief identified by gray hat
- Prepare for showers, gusty thunderstorms
- Man pleads guilty in Allentown shooting
- Former PSU president wants case thrown out
- Police look for car involved in hit-and-run
- Counting down to the Freddys
- Ed Hanna, Shelley Brown: What you can expect at the Freddy Awards
- Wacky News: Bananas
- Zany Facts: Randomonium
- 2013 Freddys: Parkland walks away with most awards
- Allentown School District battles with budget while learning it's only going to get harder
- Local group raise money for Boston marathon victims
- Shillington Standoff: 17-year-old found, safe, not inside home
- Reading Police K-9s entertain kids
- Patriot's Day teaches American history at Brecknock E.S.
- Boy, 16, reported missing from school in Solebury
- Trappe man arrested for burglary
- Project could bring jobs to Quakertown
- Multiple people hurt in crash on Route 209
- Officials bust major heroin trafficking operation in Monroe County
- Fifth man, sought in suspected meth lab blast, arrested
