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Judge Won't Dismiss R. Kelly Sex Charges (AP)
 AP - Singer R. Kelly is a step closer to trial after a judge refused Friday to dismiss charges in a three-year old case against him for allegedly engaging in videotaped sex acts with an underage girl.
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Sylvester Stallone to Revive Rambo Role (AP)
 AP - Rambo is back in business. Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as gun-toting John Rambo in the upcoming "Rambo IV," said Ben Nedivi of Millennium Films, which is producing the project with Emmett/Furla Films.
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Mother in Jackson Case Back in Court (AP)
 AP - The mother of a boy whose accusations of molestation against Michael Jackson were rejected by a jury made a brief and apparently reluctant court appearance Friday on welfare fraud charges.
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Trump Roasts Don King at Friars Club (AP)
 AP - Ridiculous hair. A talent for overstatement. There was more than enough of both to go around Friday as Donald Trump led a roast of Don King at the Friars Club.
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Reviewers cool on Broadway's hot "Odd Couple" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Broadway's golden duo of Nathan Lane
and Matthew Broderick set a record of $20 million in advance
bookings for their return to Broadway as "The Odd Couple" but
the opening night drew mixed reviews.
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Ex-Husband of Jennifer Lopez Drops Lawsuit (AP)
AP - Jennifer Lopez's first ex-husband has dropped his lawsuit claiming she fired him as manager of her Pasadena restaurant without cause.
Judge Won't Dismiss R. Kelly Sex Charges (AP)
AP - Singer R. Kelly is a step closer to trial after a judge refused Friday to dismiss charges in a three-year old case against him for allegedly engaging in videotaped sex acts with an underage girl.
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CBS dominates in Thursday ratings (Reuters)
Reuters - A new episode of
"Survivor," a repeat of "CSI" and a new "Without a Trace"
combined to give CBS an overpowering win in primetime Thursday.
Q&A: Richard Branson (Reuters)
 Reuters - With his Virgin Group's
international business interests in air travel, mobile
communications, finance, retail, beverages and hotels, among
other things, Virgin Records founder Richard Branson controls
many things. But as he found out October 17, weather is not one
of them.
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Reviewers cool on Broadway's hot "Odd Couple" (Reuters)
Reuters - Broadway's golden duo of Nathan Lane
and Matthew Broderick set a record of $20 million in advance
bookings for their return to Broadway as "The Odd Couple" but
the opening night drew mixed reviews.
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Ex-Husband of Jennifer Lopez Drops Lawsuit (AP)
AP - Jennifer Lopez's first ex-husband has dropped his lawsuit claiming she fired him as manager of her Pasadena restaurant without cause.
Docu 'New York Doll' spotlights citizen Kane (Reuters)
Reuters - There is little about the sweetly
unassuming 55-year-old with the wispy yellow hair that hints at
Arthur "Killer" Kane's days as a hard-partying bass player with
1970s rock legends the New York Dolls.
Sylvester Stallone to Revive Rambo Role (AP)
AP - Rambo is back in business. Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as gun-toting John Rambo in the upcoming "Rambo IV," said Ben Nedivi of Millennium Films, which is producing the project with Emmett/Furla Films.
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"Harry Potter" Carjacked (E! Online)
 E! Online - Here's a new book title for J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the
Thief of the Anglia.
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Mel Gibson's Next Movie a Mythic Adventure (AP)
 AP - Mel Gibson says a fascination with ancient cultures and great civilizations is what led him to make his upcoming movie "Apocalypto," starring unknown Mexican actors speaking in an ancient tongue.
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Shyamalan Opposes Quick DVD Releases (AP)
 AP - M. Night Shyamalan says a move to eliminate the window between a film's theatrical release and its debut on video would diminish the artistic integrity of moviemaking.
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Rapper 50 Cent says billboard flap helps his movie (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rap star 50 Cent says a controversy
over billboards for his upcoming movie, which community leaders
claim glorify violence, is helping promote the film "Get Rich
or Die Tryin."'
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Mel Gibson to shoot epic movie in Mayan language (Reuters)
 Reuters - Actor Mel Gibson, who turned a
Latin script on the crucifixion of Christ into box office gold
last year, is in Mexico to shoot his latest film: an action
movie shot entirely in an ancient Mayan tongue.
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Review: Cage's 'Weather Man' Unlikable (AP)
 AP - A day without sunshine is like Nicolas Cage's strange, sullen movie "The Weather Man," an exercise in cheerlessness and discontent that offers up the world's most self-absorbed whiner and expects you to like him.
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Review: Banderas Is Back As 'Zorro' (AP)
 AP - California's future is at stake, and it'll take a big-screen action hero to set things right. His name doesn't begin with A, as in Arnold; it begins at the end of the alphabet. "The Legend of Zorro" reunites Antonio Banderas as the masked swordsman who fights for the oppressed, Catherine Zeta-Jones as his fiery lady love and director Martin Campbell.
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Judge Won't Dismiss R. Kelly Sex Charges (AP)
AP - Singer R. Kelly is a step closer to trial after a judge refused Friday to dismiss charges in a three-year old case against him for allegedly engaging in videotaped sex acts with an underage girl.
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Ex-Husband of Jennifer Lopez Drops Lawsuit (AP)
AP - Jennifer Lopez's first ex-husband has dropped his lawsuit claiming she fired him as manager of her Pasadena restaurant without cause.
Santana shares limelight again on 'All That I Am' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Carlos Santana is betting that fans
cannot get too much of a good thing as he readies his third
collection of collaborations with top musical names.
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Violinist Hahn, pianist Zhu pair for Mozart CD (Reuters)
Reuters - Classical violinist Hilary Hahn
thrives on challenges. How else to explain some of her offstage
pursuits, like spending this past summer in a Japanese
immersion program as a complete novice in that language?
Billboard album reviews: Santana, R. Kelly.. (Reuters)
 Reuters - On "All That I Am," guitar legend
Carlos Santana jams again with an all-star cast, while sneaking
in fiery instrumentals and Latin grooves.
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Billboard single reviews: Stefani, Lohan ,,, (Reuters)
Reuters - Gwen Stefani is the closest thing
the new millennium has to a musical chameleon.
Docu 'New York Doll' spotlights citizen Kane (Reuters)
Reuters - There is little about the sweetly
unassuming 55-year-old with the wispy yellow hair that hints at
Arthur "Killer" Kane's days as a hard-partying bass player with
1970s rock legends the New York Dolls.
Simpson reclaims crown; rare gain for album sales (Reuters)
 Reuters - Our day of national shame has
ended, as Ashlee Simpson emerges victorious from the shadow of
last year's lip-sync debacle on "Saturday Night Live" with her
second bow atop the Billboard 200.
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In a rare tour, Simon opts for intimate settings (Reuters)
 Reuters - Carly Simon's first concert tour
in a decade will be more than just standard fare.
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Live 8 yields $12 million windfall (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Live 8 series of 10 free concerts
this past July were not meant to be fund-raisers, but they have
generated a surplus of more than $12 million, Billboard has
learned. The money will be put toward relief projects in
Africa.
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