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Cruise Announces Engagement to Holmes (AP)
AP - For weeks, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes answered questions about marriage by saying, "That's something we have to talk about." On Friday morning, they finally found the time — at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Roy Horn Checks Into German Rehab Center (AP)
AP - Illusionist Roy Horn has checked into a German rehabilitation facility, 18 months after a near-fatal tiger mauling during a performance left him partially paralyzed.
Jay Leno Turns Tables on Jackson's Lawyer (AP)
AP - Jay Leno greeted Michael Jackson's defense attorney with a mock swearing-in on "The Tonight Show" Friday, then mostly played nice after months of making the entertainer the target of monologue jokes.
Leguizamo Seeks Broader Roles for Latinos (AP)
AP - Actor John Leguizamo said he's become disillusioned with the stereotypical handymen and gang member roles Hollywood offered to Latino actors.
Rapper Cassidy Turns Himself in to Police (AP)
AP - Rapper Cassidy turned himself in to authorities Friday in connection with a shooting that killed one man and injured two others.
Redford Says He Linked Deep Throat to FBI (AP)
AP - Robert Redford, who played Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men," said he used to speculate on who Deep Throat was and had figured "it probably had to do with the FBI."
Peterson, Tommy Boy immersed in African sounds (Reuters)
Reuters - Tribal house is one thing, music
from and inspired by tribal lands is another. Two new dance
releases pay homage to pigeonholed "world beats" and update
them for mainstream dance floors.
Jay Leno Turns Tables on Jackson's Lawyer (AP)
AP - Jay Leno greeted Michael Jackson's defense attorney with a mock swearing-in on "The Tonight Show" Friday, then mostly played nice after months of making the entertainer the target of monologue jokes.
AOL Building Free Portal To Make Its Content Pay (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - In its latest reinvention, AOL is opening up much of its content and services to the outside world in the hope of earning a bigger piece of the expanding online-advertising pie, a key goal for the Time Warner unit as its subscriber numbers continue to decline.
Wingfield's 'Flight' Flies Away Off-Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - Flight, a new play by Garth Wingfield that began previews Off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre May 8, and opened on May 16, will end its run June 19.
Redford Says He Linked Deep Throat to FBI (AP)
AP - Robert Redford, who played Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men," said he used to speculate on who Deep Throat was and had figured "it probably had to do with the FBI."
Duff, Rosman form perfect match for 'Perfect Man' (Reuters)
Reuters - They are not Tom and Katie or Brad
and Angelina, but with their new movie "The Perfect Man," teen
star Hilary Duff and director Mark Rosman are becoming
something like a perfect power couple.
Leguizamo Seeks Broader Roles for Latinos (AP)
AP - Actor John Leguizamo said he's become disillusioned with the stereotypical handymen and gang member roles Hollywood offered to Latino actors.
"Batman Begins" with Big Bucks (E! Online)
E! Online - Batman Begins
grossed $15.1 million during its first day in theaters on Wednesday.
While not in the same stratosphere as Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge
of the Sith, which earned a whopping $50 million on its first day of
release, the tally represents a return to box-office form for the Caped
Crusader after Warner Bros. shut down the franchise following the 1997
stinker, Batman and Robin.
Cruise Announces Engagement to Holmes (AP)
AP - For weeks, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes answered questions about marriage by saying, "That's something we have to talk about." On Friday morning, they finally found the time — at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
'Bewitched' Statue Goes Up in Salem (AP)
AP - Welcomed by many — including the mayor and some city councilors — but reviled by others, a statue of 1960s TV icon Samantha Stephens of "Bewitched" was unveiled amid a puff of smoke in Salem on Wednesday.
Americans Prefer Watching Movies at Home (AP)
AP - Like many Americans, Mark Gil prefers the low cost and high convenience of staying home to watch movies.
Yugoslavia revisited in unique film project (Reuters)
Reuters - High on a Macedonian
mountainside, a unique collaboration is under way among the
countries that once made up Yugoslavia, to revisit the calm
before the storm that tore them apart.
Late filmmaker reaching 'Heights' with new picture (Reuters)
Reuters - "Heights," which Sony
Pictures Classics opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles,
marks a bittersweet moment because it's the next-to-last film
produced by Ismail Merchant, who died May 25 in London. (SPC
also will release the last film Merchant produced, James
Ivory's "The White Countess," on Nov. 4.)
Dafoe awakens for biz satire 'Dreamz' (Reuters)
Reuters - Willem Dafoe is set to
join Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore in "American
Dreamz," which is described as a satire of American politics
and show business.
Peterson, Tommy Boy immersed in African sounds (Reuters)
Reuters - Tribal house is one thing, music
from and inspired by tribal lands is another. Two new dance
releases pay homage to pigeonholed "world beats" and update
them for mainstream dance floors.
Hot start for Coldplay; others see new highs (Reuters)
Reuters - Rock's flag has stood atop the
Billboard 200 in several recent weeks. Thanks to Coldplay's
fast start, rock's flag has become the Union Jack.
Sony, Ritmo Latino settle Shakira dispute (Reuters)
Reuters - A dispute that has kept Shakira's
top-selling new album, "Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1" (Epic), out of
most Ritmo Latino stores has been resolved with a handshake and
a smile -- and the disc back on store shelves.
P2P sites prepare legit bows (Reuters)
Reuters - With a Supreme Court ruling in the
Grokster case believed to be imminent, proponents of commercial
peer-to-peer networks are busily preparing new legitimate
services.
Indie label Wind-Up expands artist roster (Reuters)
Reuters - On the cover of an "in case of
emergency" handbook in the reception area of Wind-up Records'
New York headquarters, someone has affixed a yellow Post-it
that reads: "1. Save Diana, 2. Save Diana, 3. Save Diana."
Smooth jazz drives E Street's Federici (Reuters)
Reuters - With Bruce Springsteen devoting his
energies to a solo album and tour, his E Street Band
keyboardist is striking out on his own. A sideman for the Boss
for more than three decades, Danny Federici is gearing up for
the July 26 release of "Out of a Dream," the second
instrumental disc under his own name and first for V2 Records.
Bo Knows Losing Is Best (E! Online)
E! Online - In an
interview in the new issue of Rolling Stone, the American
Idol runner-up admits to not wanting to win, because he wanted to
maintain his cred as a southern rocker.
Ronald Winans, of the Winans Group, Dies (AP)
AP - Ronald Winans, a Grammy-winning member of The Winans and of gospel's first family, died Friday at the age of 48.
Live 8: Eight and Counting (E! Online)
E! Online - The charity rocker behind the massive Live 8 shows aimed at raising
awareness in industrial countries of the problems in the Third World
revealed on Thursday plans to stage three more mega-concerts in Tokyo,
Toronto and Johannesburg on July 2.
Rapper Cassidy wanted for murder in Philadelphia (Reuters)
Reuters - Up-and-coming rapper Cassidy is
expected to turn himself into Philadelphia police Friday in
connection with an April 15 shooting there.
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