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ABC News unveils new 3-anchor 'Nightline' format (Reuters)
 Reuters - ABC News said on Monday it will
replace departing "Nightline" host Ted Koppel with a trio of
anchors including a veteran White House reporter and a British
journalist whose Michael Jackson documentary led to the pop
star's child molestation trial.
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Groups sue California over minors video game ban (Reuters)
Reuters - Two industry trade groups sued
the state of California on Monday after the state passed a law
barring the sale of violent video games to minors.
'Fog' is clear winner atop weekend's boxoffice heap (Reuters)
Reuters - Three new wide releases
hit theaters this past weekend, but altogether they failed to
make much of a dent at the boxoffice, barely mustering a
combined $27 million among them.
Disney launches vintage bling for grown ups (Reuters)
 Reuters - The marketing of Mickey Mouse and
his friends is getting curiouser and curiouser.
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Stallone to Star in Sixth 'Rocky' Movie (AP)
 AP - Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said Monday.
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2929 creates Truly Indie distribution model (Reuters)
Reuters - 2929 Entertainment is
demonstrating its belief in the indie filmmaker by creating a
distribution company called Truly Indie that will allow
filmmakers to control how and when their film gets distributed.
Unknown Marley track surfaces on compilation (Reuters)
Reuters - A never-before-released Bob Marley
song believed to have been recorded in a Miami bedroom in 1979
will appear on the upcoming compilation "Africa Unite: The
Singles Collection."
DVD studio to mine MTV content (Reuters)
Reuters - Singing a whole new
tune, Paramount Home Entertainment has linked with MTV Networks
Music and Logo Enterprises to launch a DVD studio that will
leverage network talent to create music-based dramas, comedies
and documentaries.
2929 creates Truly Indie distribution model (Reuters)
Reuters - 2929 Entertainment is
demonstrating its belief in the indie filmmaker by creating a
distribution company called Truly Indie that will allow
filmmakers to control how and when their film gets distributed.
Jo Bonney and Second Stage Enact 'A Soldier's Play' (Playbill)
Playbill - Taye Diggs, Anthony Mackie, Steven Pasquale and James McDaniel star in the racially charged, all-male military murder mystery A Soldier's Play, which opens Oct. 17 after previews from Sept. 20.
2929 creates Truly Indie distribution model (Reuters)
Reuters - 2929 Entertainment is
demonstrating its belief in the indie filmmaker by creating a
distribution company called Truly Indie that will allow
filmmakers to control how and when their film gets distributed.
Favreau is 'Neanderthals' man (Reuters)
Reuters - Having already made the
transition from indie hipster in "Swingers," which he wrote,
co-produced and starred in, to family entertainer with "Elf,"
which he directed, Jon Favreau is next sequeing into toonland.
'Fog' is clear winner atop weekend's boxoffice heap (Reuters)
Reuters - Three new wide releases
hit theaters this past weekend, but altogether they failed to
make much of a dent at the boxoffice, barely mustering a
combined $27 million among them.
Stallone to Star in Sixth 'Rocky' Movie (AP)
AP - Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said Monday.
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'McPhee' full of noise and color but lacks warmth (Reuters)
Reuters - For a movie written by and
starring Emma Thompson, one of the most charming people on- or
off-screen, what is sadly missing from her children's fantasy
film "Nanny McPhee" is an abundance of charm.
'Wallace' wallops o'seas market with hot $25.8 mil (Reuters)
 Reuters - Bolstered by 12 new
openings -- including such key markets as the U.K., France and
Germany -- British animator Nick Park's "Wallace & Gromit: The
Curse of the Were-Rabbit" soared to the forefront in the
overseas market with an estimated $25.8 million weekend at the
overseas market that brought its international cume close to
$40 million.
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Fox will supply digital movies to Christie/AIX (Reuters)
Reuters - Twentieth Century Fox film studio
on Monday said it will supply digital copies of its movies for
new digital projection systems offered by a venture called
Christie/AIX that is at the forefront of the fledgling digital
cinema business.
Stallone sets stage for "Rocky" comeback film (Reuters)
 Reuters - Down but never out, actor Sylvester
Stallone is forging a movie comeback for the unlikely boxing
champion, Rocky Balboa, who sent Stallone's star soaring and
won Oscars nearly 30 years ago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said on
Monday.
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"Rocky" Returns! (E! Online)
 E! Online - Cue "Eye of the Tiger"--the Italian Stallion is coming out of
retirement for more one shot.
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Horror Fans Lift 'Fog' to Box-Office Win (AP)
AP - The horror remake "The Fog" narrowly took over the top spot at the weekend box office by displacing last week's number one film, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
Unknown Marley track surfaces on compilation (Reuters)
Reuters - A never-before-released Bob Marley
song believed to have been recorded in a Miami bedroom in 1979
will appear on the upcoming compilation "Africa Unite: The
Singles Collection."
NIN to play both Voodoo shows (Reuters)
Reuters - Nine Inch Nails will play both
nights of the Voodoo Music Experience, which will take place
October 29 in New Orleans and the following night in Memphis.
Crowes to headline New Year's show at MSG (Reuters)
Reuters - The Black Crowes have tapped My
Morning Jacket and the North Mississippi Allstars for a New
Year's Eve show at New York's Madison Square Garden, marking
the reunited rock act's first headlining concert at the venue.
Fats Domino Back in New Orleans (E! Online)
 E! Online - Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
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Musicians to seek unity from Cyprus rooftops (Reuters)
Reuters - From the rooftops of Cyprus, musicians
will seek unity across a ceasefire line pockmarked with
landmines in the island's capital Nicosia next week to
celebrate United Nations day on October 24.
EMI Predicts Revenue Growth on Releases (AP)
AP - Music company EMI Group PLC said Monday it expects its music operations to report first-half revenue growth of around 4.5 percent due to demand for releases from artists including Coldplay, Gorillaz and The Rolling Stones,
Madonna Keeps Kids From TV and Ice Cream (AP)
AP - Madonna says she's the disciplinarian with 9-year-old Lourdes and 5-year-old Rocco. The former material girl told Newsweek that she doesn't let her children watch TV or look at magazines. She says milk and ice cream are also off-limits.
Fats Domino Finds Big Easy Home in Ruins (AP)
 AP - Visiting his home for the first time since he was rescued from rising floodwaters in a boat, Fats Domino found his piano overturned among mud and debris and his house in ruins.
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Sony Chairman: China Is Key to Growth (AP)
 AP - Sony expects China's fast-expanding market for both entertainment and electronics to be a main source of growth in years to come — despite the occasional political tension between Japan and China, chief executive Howard Stringer said Monday.
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Ricky Martin Took A Break From Entertainment Because He Was 'Bored' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Ricky Martin was one of the most recognizable celebrities in the world when he decided to take a break from fame a few years ago.
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