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People Magazine Scores Pitt, Jolie Photos (AP)
AP - After months of avoiding being photographed together, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie appear in new photos published in People magazine.
Affleck and Garner Wed, Expecting Baby (AP)
AP - After months of speculation, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have tied the knot — and she's pregnant.
No Major Aid Movements by Black Artists (AP)
AP - Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music's biggest stars — especially those representing hip-hop.
'Sopranos' Star Pastore in Court Again (AP)
AP - Big Pussy purred his way through another courtroom appearance. Vincent Pastore, who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's "The Sopranos," appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, quietly facing a judge who presided over a plea offer in the actor's alleged assault on his former girlfriend.
Cyndi Lauper Loses Bid to Reduce Rent (AP)
AP - Cyndi Lauper has lost her bid to have the rent on her Manhattan apartment cut nearly in half.
Beat' hits rare note as French remake (Reuters)
Reuters - When it comes to
remaking movies, Hollywood has long looked to France for
inspiration.
Gavin Rossdale opens Institute's doors (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale
will introduce his new band, Institute, with a three-week U.S.
club tour in August, sources told Billboard.
ABC's Unwelcomed "Neighborhood" (E! Online)
E! Online - In a way, Welcome to the Neighborhood was the perfect
network TV show, drawing interest from a broad audience. One problem:
The broad audience didn't much like it.
Disney hires digital media execs to strategy unit (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. said it hired an
Internet consultant and the former president of TiVo Inc. to
lead a streamlined corporate strategy group responsible for
planning and identifying acquisitions.
Accepting the Impossible: Lamos, Collins and Bedford Try Shakespeare 'As You Like It' in the Park (Playbill)
Playbill - A press preview of the new Central Park staging of Shakespeare's As You Like it, held on a rainy June 29 afternoon, had all the earmarks of a reunion. Not a reunion between artists, mind you, but a reunion of artist and play.
Statham, Sobieski in 'Dungeon' (Reuters)
Reuters - Jason Statham and Leelee
Sobieski are set to headline the cast of director Uwe Boll's
$60 million adaptation of the sword-and-sorcery video game
"Dungeon Siege," which begins filming Sunday in Vancouver.
German theater owners rip anti-piracy methods (Reuters)
Reuters - Germany's
association of art house theaters called on cinema owners and
studios Thursday to stop treating moviegoers "like potential
criminals" in the name of fighting film piracy.
Beat' hits rare note as French remake (Reuters)
Reuters - When it comes to
remaking movies, Hollywood has long looked to France for
inspiration.
'War of the Worlds' tops $21 mln on opening day (Reuters)
Reuters - The new Tom Cruise, Steven
Spielberg movie "War of the Worlds" took in $21.3 million
during its first day in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the biggest
Wednesday debut for a Paramount Pictures movie.
Hybrid philosophy gets Clooney top mileage (Reuters)
Reuters - Wouldn't it be great if
more movie stars were like George Clooney?
People Magazine Scores Pitt, Jolie Photos (AP)
AP - After months of avoiding being photographed together, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie appear in new photos published in People magazine.
'War' takes in $34.6 mil in world debut (Reuters)
Reuters - "War of the Worlds"
grossed $21.3 million on its opening day at the box office in
North America, distributor Paramount Pictures said Thursday.
National Lampoon has first movie 'Treat' (Reuters)
Reuters - The National Lampoon
production company, Clubhouse, has signed an ensemble cast of
teenage actors to its comedy "National Lampoon Clubhouse Trick
or Treat."
Robert Blake's Civil Trial Rescheduled (AP)
AP - A judge on Thursday delayed the trial in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Robert Blake by the children of the actor's slain wife.
"War" Storms Box Office (E! Online)
E! Online - Cue the couch-jumping--Tom Cruise has something else to be really
excited about.
Young bands strive for stardom at Warped Tour (Reuters)
Reuters - America's oldest traveling rock
festival, the Warped Tour, keeps churning out a fresh supply of
young bands trying to follow in the footsteps of Blink-182 and
Eminem to stardom.
Gavin Rossdale opens Institute's doors (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale
will introduce his new band, Institute, with a three-week U.S.
club tour in August, sources told Billboard.
James Brown Rape Case Tossed (E! Online)
E! Online - James Brown is off the hook for allegedly being super bad.
Pink Pops the Question (E! Online)
E! Online - It took a few years, but Pink is finally ready to get her
engagement party started.
Cyndi Lauper Loses Bid to Reduce Rent (AP)
AP - Cyndi Lauper has lost her bid to have the rent on her Manhattan apartment cut nearly in half.
'American Idol' Runner-Up Bo Bice Marries (AP)
AP - Bo Bice didn't win the fourth season of "American Idol," but he did win his girlfriend's hand in marriage — and the No. 1 spot on next week's Billboard hot singles sales chart.
Carey rebound keeps Bice from Hot 100 No. 1 (Reuters)
Reuters - He may have the top-selling single
in the United States, but "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice
came up short Thursday in the race for No. 1 on Billboard's Hot
100, which is determined by both sales and radio airplay.
The Jordanaires, voices behind Elvis, still singing (Reuters)
Reuters - "I'm on a small label right
now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But
if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you
to back me up."
No Major Aid Movements by Black Artists (AP)
AP - Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music's biggest stars — especially those representing hip-hop.
Bo Bice Bags Bride (E! Online)
E! Online - A new bride and a number one single? Second place ain't half bad
for Bo Bice.
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