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'Four Brothers' Tops Amid Box-Office Slump (AP)
 AP - The John Singleton revenge flick "Four Brothers" beat its cinematic siblings to take the top spot at the weekend box office.
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Review: 'Lennon' a Bland Stage Biography (AP)
 AP - The ads for "Lennon," the benign new musical celebrating the life of pop superstar John Lennon, proclaim: "His words. His music. His story."
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U2 Receive Humanitarian Honor in Portugal (AP)
 AP - Members of U2 received Portugal's Order of Liberty, one of the country's highest honors, on Sunday in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years.
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CD to Include Clinton's Favorite Tunes (AP)
AP - Former President Clinton is getting his own CD compilation. Organizers said it will be called "The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections from the Clinton Music Room" and is planned as the first in a series of discs of the former president's favorites.
Plant Donating CD Proceeds to African Aid (AP)
 AP - Robert Plant is donating proceeds from sales of a four-song CD to an Arizona-based charitable organization that aids people in remote regions of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger.
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Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - Production company
Benderspink has optioned the rights to the graphic novel "The
Gray Area" by writer Glen Brunswick and comic artist John
Romita Jr.
U2 Receive Humanitarian Honor in Portugal (AP)
AP - Members of U2 received Portugal's Order of Liberty, one of the country's highest honors, on Sunday in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years.
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New footage drives sales of reality TV DVDs (Reuters)
Reuters - After years of snubbing
reality TV, DVD suppliers are taking a second look at the
category with a flurry of bonus-packed releases.
'Four Brothers' Tops Amid Box-Office Slump (AP)
AP - The John Singleton revenge flick "Four Brothers" beat its cinematic siblings to take the top spot at the weekend box office.
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Bassist turned comic mocks the stars he backed (Reuters)
Reuters - Bass guitarist Guy Pratt has backed
some of the world's biggest rock acts, and his comedy routine
at the Edinburgh Fringe presents a cast of famous characters
whose behavior borders on the bizarre.
Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - Production company
Benderspink has optioned the rights to the graphic novel "The
Gray Area" by writer Glen Brunswick and comic artist John
Romita Jr.
Locarno loves 'Nine Lives,' stars (Reuters)
 Reuters - The distaff ensemble drama
"Nine Lives," the sole American movie in competition at the
Locarno International Film Festival, was the big winner at the
Swiss event Saturday, nabbing the prizes for best film and best
actress, which was collectively awarded to the cast.
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'Four Brothers' Tops Amid Box-Office Slump (AP)
AP - The John Singleton revenge flick "Four Brothers" beat its cinematic siblings to take the top spot at the weekend box office.
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"Brothers" Heads Off "Skeleton" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Business was thin and flaccid
this weekend at the nation's box office--down almost 16 percent over
this time last year.
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Revenge drama 'Four Brothers' leads U.S. box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - Director John Singleton outgunned
his rivals at the weekend box office in North America with his
revenge drama "Four Brothers," one of four newcomers whose
arrival failed to boost overall sales.
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Experts Worry About Bear Film's Copycats (AP)
AP - A new documentary about Timothy Treadwell, who gained notoriety for living and dying among Alaska's grizzly bears, has many worried that the compelling close-up footage of the animals could inspire other misguided adventure-seekers to emulate him.
Oscar-Winning Art Director Golitzen Dies (AP)
AP - Alexander Golitzen, an art director and production designer who shared Academy Awards for his work on 1943's "Phantom of the Opera," 1960's "Spartacus" and 1962's "To Kill a Mockingbird" during a career that spanned decades, has died. He was 97.
'Westworld' Remake Goes Ahead, Sans Arnold (AP)
 AP - The remake of sci-fi thriller "Westworld" is going ahead without the Governator. Arnold Schwarzenegger was to have co-produced and appeared in the movie, but those plans were put aside after his 2003 election.
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Schwarzenegger Accuser Said to Strike Deal (AP)
 AP - A tabloid publisher that was negotiating a business deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger arranged a $20,000 confidentiality agreement with a woman who said she once had a relationship with the actor, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
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New 'Westworld' Won't Have Schwarzenegger (AP)
AP - The remake of the science fiction thriller "Westworld" is going ahead without the Governator. Arnold Schwarzenegger was to have co-produced and appeared in the movie but those plans were put aside after his 2003 election.
U2 Receive Humanitarian Honor in Portugal (AP)
AP - Members of U2 received Portugal's Order of Liberty, one of the country's highest honors, on Sunday in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years.
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Irish rockers U2 honoured by Portugal (Reuters)
 Reuters - Portugal awarded Irish rockers U2 the
country's Order of Liberty on Sunday to honor the band's
humanitarian efforts.
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Plant Donating CD Proceeds to African Aid (AP)
AP - Robert Plant is donating proceeds from sales of a four-song CD to an Arizona-based charitable organization that aids people in remote regions of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger.
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CD to Include Clinton's Favorite Tunes (AP)
AP - Former President Clinton is getting his own CD compilation. Organizers said it will be called "The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections from the Clinton Music Room" and is planned as the first in a series of discs of the former president's favorites.
Bassist turned comic mocks the stars he backed (Reuters)
Reuters - Bass guitarist Guy Pratt has backed
some of the world's biggest rock acts, and his comedy routine
at the Edinburgh Fringe presents a cast of famous characters
whose behavior borders on the bizarre.
Jerry Lee Lewis Home Closed to Public (AP)
 AP - Fans of rock 'n' roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis will no longer be allowed to tour his home. Lewis' Nesbit residence has been closed to the public for more than a year during his lengthy divorce proceedings with his sixth wife, Kerrie McCarver Lewis.
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Limp Bizkit Insurer Denies It's Liable (AP)
 AP - An insurance company that issued a policy for rock band Limp Bizkit is asking a judge to rule it has no liability for any damages awarded as the result of a teenage fan's death at a 2001 concert.
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Music Industry Worried About CD Burning (AP)
AP - Music copied onto blank recordable CDs is becoming a bigger threat to the bottom line of record stores and music labels than online file-sharing, the head of the recording industry's trade group said Friday.
Kanye West, Maroon 5 to Play NFL Show (AP)
 AP - The National Football League will kick off the season Sept. 8 with concerts in three cities featuring a look back at the history of the Super Bowl.
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Faith is strong, but overall album sales drag (Reuters)
Reuters - Faith Hill's new "Fireflies"
falls shy of her biggest-ever sales week, but in the slow
summer of a down year, a one-week sum north of 300,000 is still
an encouraging sight.
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