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Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore Dies
Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore dead. LeRoi Moore, injured in a June all-terrain vehicle accident, died Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, the Dave Matthews Band's Web site said.
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Jackson and del Toro to pen "Hobbit" screenplays
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for "The Hobbit" and its companion film has ended,...
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"Grey's Anatomy," "ER" draw objections in Italy
Television programs with medical and hospital themes get so many details wrong, according to a leading Italian medical group,...
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Glitter fakes illness in Bangkok to miss UK flight
Shamed rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after faking illness to avoid boarding a flight to Britain following his release from a Vietnamese prison for child sex abuse,...
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Malaysia asks Avril Lavigne to postpone concert
Malaysia's government has told promoters of a concert by Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne to postpone the show because it could mar the country's independence day celebrations,...
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Video: Christina Applegate double mastectomy but cancer free
"Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a U.S. television news show on Tuesday.
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Roseanne Cash: Don't Speak For Johnny
Singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash says she's "appalled" by others invoking the name of her father, music legend Johnny Cash,
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'Happy Days' Cast Dedicates 'Fonz' Statue
Henry Winkler, star of 1970s television sitcom "Happy Days," gave the thumbs-up in Milwaukee Tuesday to a new statue of his character,
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Harry Potter Fans Decry Movie Delay
"Totally disgusted by WB's decision," an unidentified user on MuggleNet wrote.
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Tom Cruise Attached To Superhero Pic 'Sleeper'
U.S. actor Tom Cruise has teamed with producer-director Sam Raimi on plans to make a big-budget adaptation of DC Comics' "Sleeper,"
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Stars Turn Out For Isaac Hayes Funeral
Among the hundreds of people who attended Hayes' funeral Monday in Memphis, Tenn., were his longtime songwriting partner David Porter;
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Donnie Wahlberg, Wife Seek Divorce
New Kids on the Block star and actor Donnie Wahlberg and wife Kim Fey are divorcing after nine years of marriage,
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Toronto film festival promises lighter touch
The Toronto International Film Festival is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and in the number of films presented,...
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Fighting For Life: Joan Hyler Struck By Car and Critically Injured
Producer Joan Hyler was struck by a vehicle in Malibu on Friday night. Joan Hyler remains in critical condition at the UCLA Medical Center.
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Norway 'Beatles' Author Releases New Novel
The long-awaited third and final novel in Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen's "Beatles" trilogy is out,
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Fox, Warner Spar Over 'Watchmen' Film
U.S. film studios Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. are battling in court over the release of the superhero movie "Watchmen,"
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Sweden Passes On IOC Piracy Complaint
The Swedish government says it's passing along to police a request from the International Olympic Committee to shut down a Olympics file-sharing Web site.
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Phil Collins Divorce Settlement At $45M
Rock star Phil Collins' $46.5 million divorce settlement shows London courts have become a haven for wives seeking favorable rulings,
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Bono pumps up the volume, lets slip new U2 songs
Rock stars may have to rein in their taste for loud music after a fan overheard U2 frontman Bono listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album and recorded them before posting the songs on the Internet.
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Reports: Gary Glitter Freed From Viet Jail
Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been released early from a Vietnamese prison on a child sexual abuse conviction, local media reports say.
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Britney's Custody Fight Legal Bills Hefty
U.S. pop singer Britney Spears has piled up hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal bills in her child custody battle, court documents show.
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Nine Songs Leaked: Guns N' Roses To Release Chinese Democracy?
The June leak of nine allegedly "mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' long-delayed "Chinese Democracy" spurred a renewed round of speculation about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally release the 14-years-in-the-making album.
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Laurence Fishburne joining "CSI" cast
Stage and screen star Laurence Fishburne's last turn as a series regular on network television was the role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show "Pee-wee's Playhouse."
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Rainn Wilson in fine comic groove as "Rocker"
The off-kilter comic rhythms of Rainn Wilson are exploited to excellent effect in "The Rocker," a derivative rock satire that is far more enjoyable than one would have a right to expect.
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Tom Cruise wakes up "Sleeper"
As Tom Cruise writes the next chapter in his career, he's developing an interest in comic-book movies....
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Unions to bargain jointly on commercials pact
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and its smaller sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, are finally on the same page...
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America Ferrera, Shakira honoured at 2008 ALMA awards
America Ferrera was named the Chevy Entertainer of the Year for her role in "Ugly Betty" at the 2008 ALMA Awards, which recognise outstanding artistic achievement of Latinos in film, television and music.
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Laurence Fishburne joining "CSI" cast
The actor most known as Morpheus in "The Matrix" trilogy, Laurence Fishburne is slated to make his "CSI" debut in episode nine of the show's upcoming ninth season.
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Wilco eyeing spring '09 date for next album
Rock band Wilco hopes to have its seventh studio album out by spring 2009, frontman Jeff Tweedy told Albany, N.Y., radio station WAMC recently.
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AC/DC To Issue Wal-Mart-Only Record
Heavy metal band AC/DC's new album will be distributed only through Wal-Mart stores in the United States,
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Jesse Ventura Could Become TV Judge
Former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura is in negotiations to star in a daytime TV court show,
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Roseanne Blasts Voight, Jolie's Politics
Roseanne Barr says actor Jon Voight is a "frightened little girl" because of his opposition to likely Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama.
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'Harry Potter' Star Suffers From Dyspraxia
Daniel Radcliffe, the 19-year-old British star of the "Harry Potter" movies, says he has dyspraxia,
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Megadeth Anthology Package Due In Sept.
A definitive collection of songs from Megadeth, one of the longest-lived U.S. heavy metal rock bands, is due out in late September,
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Laurence Fishburne Named As New CSI Star
The show's executive producers say Fishburne's first appearance on the show will come in its ninth episode of the 2008-09 season,
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Indie Casting Guru Liberman Joins CBS
Longtime independent casting director Meg Liberman has joined CBS Paramount Network TV as senior vice president for casting,
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Annie Lennox Has Back Surgery
Lennox, 53, the Scottish rock and pop singer best known as a member of the 1980s band Eurythmics,
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Malaysian Islamists Slam Avril Lavigne
Islamic political officials in Malaysia say they don't want Canadian pop rocker Avril Livigne performing her show there because it's "too sexy."
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N.Y. Actors Call For Federal Mediation
New York Screen Actors Guild leaders say they want federal mediation in their contract negotiations,
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Coastal split widens in actors contract stalemate
The New York regional board of the Screen Actors Guild demanded on Sunday that the Hollywood union take meaningful steps toward negotiating a new contract by August 25 or bring in a federal mediator.
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Rhys Ifans Set For Disc Jockey Role
Welsh actor Rhys Ifans is teaming up with director Richard Curtis on a new movie about a British pirate radio station in the 1960s,
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Fringe Fest's Box Office Glitches Probed
Two major investigations of the faulty box office system used by the Fringe theater festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, are under way,
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Gervais's Next Movie Set At Insurance Firm
The British newspaper The Independent says Gervais has finished writing the script for "The Men at the Pru,"
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'Dora' To Explore With New Voice Cast
The new voice of Dora will be 12-year-old New Jersey native Caitlin Sanchez, the New York Daily News reported Monday.
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Lily Allen Blames EMI For Album Delay
British singer Lily Allen says her record label, EMI, is to blame for a delay in the release of her second album.
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ALMA Awards honor America Ferrera
America Ferrera was named the Chevy Entertainer of the Year for her role in "Ugly Betty" at the 2008 ALMA Awards,...
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Singer Lennox recovering after back surgery
Former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox is recovering from spinal surgery after being forced by a back injury to return home early from an AIDS conference in Mexico,...
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Phelps' Olympic feat lifts NBC to 18-year record
Day nine of the Summer Olympics in Beijing,...
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Pop Star Set For Release From Viet Prison
Glitter, 64, is due to be released this week, The Mail on Sunday reported. He would have been released more than a year ago, but an outcry from nine British...
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NY branch of actors' guild urges speedy pact resolution
The New York regional board of the Screen Actors Guild demanded Sunday that the Hollywood union make meaningful steps toward negotiating a new contract by August 25 or bring in a federal mediator.
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