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Copyright Lawsuit Against Spears Dismissed (AP)
AP - An Indiana songwriter's copyright infringement lawsuit against singer Britney Spears over the song "Sometimes" has been dismissed because she was able to show it wasn't copied, her attorney said Tuesday.
'Desperate Housewives' Actor Fired (AP)
 AP - Page Kennedy, who plays a fugitive from the law on "Desperate Housewives," was fired from the hit ABC drama for improper conduct, a series spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Kate Moss Gets Post-Rehab Modeling Job (AP)
 AP - Kate Moss is back at work after checking out of an Arizona rehabilitation clinic last month.
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Stone Co-Writes Song for Katrina Victims (AP)
 AP - Sharon Stone has taken a musical turn, co-writing a song to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Where 'Pride' goeth before (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Keira Knightley may have been only 19 when she signed on for the coveted role of headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, author Jane Austen's most cherished heroine, in the sprightly new film version of Pride & Prejudice that opens in limited U.S. release Friday. But she was all too aware of what she faced.
Ryan Reynolds back to school with comedy (Reuters)
 Reuters - Ryan Reynolds will star
in and serve as a producer on "Schooled," a comedy described as
a high school movie told from the point of the teachers.
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Copyright Lawsuit Against Spears Dismissed (AP)
AP - An Indiana songwriter's copyright infringement lawsuit against singer Britney Spears over the song "Sometimes" has been dismissed because she was able to show it wasn't copied, her attorney said Tuesday.
Black Forecast for Weather Channel (E! Online)
 E! Online - Daily
Show resident ranter and self-proclaimed weatherman watcher Lewis
Black is blowing in to the Weather Channel.
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Victoria's Secret show returns as Limited revamps (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Victoria's Secret vixens are back.
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New Nonprofit The Drama Center to Set up Shop at the West Side YMCA (Playbill)
Playbill - The Drama Center, Inc., a newly formed nonprofit Equity theatre company associated with the YMCA's "Writer's Voice" program, will make its home-where else?-at the West Side YMCA located at 5 W. 63rd St. on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Ryan Reynolds back to school with comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Ryan Reynolds will star
in and serve as a producer on "Schooled," a comedy described as
a high school movie told from the point of the teachers.
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Stone Co-Writes Song for Katrina Victims (AP)
AP - Sharon Stone has taken a musical turn, co-writing a song to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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"Revenge" Is Sweet on DVD (E! Online)
 E! Online - After just one week on sale, the DVD for Star Wars: Episode
III--Revenge of the Sith and LucasArts' latest videogame, Star Wars
Battlefront II, generated a Hutt-sized $210 million in combined
worldwide sales, according to figures released Tuesday by 20th Century
Fox Home Entertainment.
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Fiddy's Philly Billboards Bounced (E! Online)
 E! Online - The City of Brotherly Love has none when it comes to signs
touting 50 Cent's new movie, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
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Pixar Animation Studios 3Q Earnings Rise (AP)
 AP - Pixar Animation Studios Inc., which produced such films as "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo," reported Tuesday that its third quarter earnings rose 22 percent on robust home video sales of older titles.
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'Star Wars' DVD, game rake in $210 million (Reuters)
 Reuters - The new "Star Wars" DVD
and video game grossed an estimated $210 million worldwide
consumer spending their first week in stores, 20th Century Fox
Home Entertainment reported Tuesday.
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Reviews: 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (AP)
 AP - As Eminem's protege, 50 Cent got the entree to rap superstardom and all the automatic wealth, fame and cred that go along with it.
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Review: 'Zathura: a Space Adventure' (AP)
AP - Before we pronounce judgment on "Zathura: A Space Adventure," let's clear up the confusion on pronouncing the title, a matter that stumped contestants in a marketing exercise for the movie on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice."
'Number' is up for Shue (Reuters)
 Reuters - Elisabeth Shue will play
Jim Carrey's wife in "The Number 23," a psychological thriller
to be directed early next year by Joel Schumacher.
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50 Cent set to 'Get Rich' at box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - Like Eminem's "8 Mile,"
"Get Rich or Die Tryin'," starring rapper Curtis "50 Cent"
Jackson, takes many elements from real life and folds them into
the contours of a quasi-fictional film that charts the
entertainer's path through poverty and despair to stardom.
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Copyright Lawsuit Against Spears Dismissed (AP)
AP - An Indiana songwriter's copyright infringement lawsuit against singer Britney Spears over the song "Sometimes" has been dismissed because she was able to show it wasn't copied, her attorney said Tuesday.
Kiss rocking the nation with live DVD (Reuters)
 Reuters - Make-up clad rock icons Kiss will on
December 13 release a double-disc concert DVD, "Rock the Nation
Live!," which aims to distinguish itself from countless Kiss
videos on the market with an abundance of rare songs and
special features.
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Black Crowes to play London in March (Reuters)
Reuters - Having recently made plans to end
the year with a December 31 show at New York's Madison Square
Garden, the Black Crowes have announced a March 18-19 stand at
London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.
New Order issuing 'Singles' double disc (Reuters)
Reuters - British post-punk pioneers New Order
will next month release a double-disc compilation billed as the
first career-spanning album featuring their singles in
chronological order.
Trial Begins in Sheffield-R. Kelly Case (AP)
AP - Audio recordings of conversations between a community activist and the business manager for New York Yankees star Gary Sheffield and his wife reveal the activist's attempts to blackmail the couple over a sex video supposedly involving singer R. Kelly, prosecutors said.
Public Enemy Album Shows Power of Old (AP)
AP - Public Enemy, "New Whirl Odor" Slamjamz
Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson Not Dating (AP)
 AP - Although ex-fiance Kid Rock guest stars this week on the season premiere of Pamela Anderson's sitcom, "Stacked," the actress says they're not dating.
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Grokster to Shut Down Downloading Service (AP)
AP - Grokster Ltd., which came out on the losing end of a Supreme Court decision, has agreed to shut down its file-swapping service and pay $50 million to settle music and movie piracy claims.
Chesney Doesn't Regret Zellweger Marriage (AP)
 AP - Kenny Chesney says he has no regrets about his brief marriage to Renee Zellweger because it taught him a lesson about love.
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Grokster to stop distributing file-sharing service (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood and Grokster
ended their legal war Monday as the recording and movie
industries and the peer-to-peer service agreed to settle a
lawsuit that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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