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Civil Jury Says Blake Behind Wife's Murder (AP)
AP - Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying, and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley's children $30 million. ]]>
O.J.: U.S. Courts Allow 'Double Jeopardy' (AP)
AP - O.J. Simpson on Friday questioned the system that allowed both him and actor Robert Blake to be found liable for murder after being acquitted in criminal court, calling it "double jeopardy." ]]>
Crowe Pleads Guilty to Phone Tossing (AP)
AP - Russell Crowe pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree assault, admitting to a judge that he threw a phone that hit a Manhattan hotel concierge in June. ]]>
Songwriter Wins Case Against Madonna (AP)
AP - A little-known Belgian songwriter won a plagiarism case against Madonna on Friday, leading a local court to ban the megastar's song "Frozen" from sale or broadcast in the country. ]]>
'Narnia' blitz kicks off in NY bookstore (Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish actress Tilda Swinton may be
one of the stars of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe," but she says she never read the
world-famous C.S. Lewis books from which the film is adapted. ]]>
'Narnia' blitz kicks off in NY bookstore (Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish actress Tilda Swinton may be
one of the stars of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe," but she says she never read the
world-famous C.S. Lewis books from which the film is adapted. ]]>
Courtney Love Progressing "Well" (E! Online)
E! Online - Courtney Love may no longer be America's Sweetheart, but one
California judge seems smitten by the rocker. ]]>
Civil Jury Says Blake Behind Wife's Murder (AP)
AP - Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying, and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley's children $30 million. ]]>
Primetime Thursday Ratings: CBS Dominates; the WB Rises (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners:
Survivor: Guatemala (CBS), Smallville (WB), CSI (CBS), Without A Trace (CBS)
A Year After Cy Coleman's Death, His New Musical - 'Elaine's Domain' - Emerges in NYC Reading (Playbill)
Playbill - On the one-year anniversary of the death Tony Award winning composer Cy Coleman, friends and colleagues will gather in his Manhattan studio to explore and rehearse one of the last shows he was working on - Elaine's Domain, about restaurateur Elaine Kaufman.
'Narnia' blitz kicks off in NY bookstore (Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish actress Tilda Swinton may be
one of the stars of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe," but she says she never read the
world-famous C.S. Lewis books from which the film is adapted. ]]>
Jennifer's Baby Beals (E! Online)
E! Online - Former Flashdancer Jennifer
Beals delivered her first child, a baby girl, last month, it was
announced Friday. ]]>
Russell Crowe fined over assault (Reuters)
Reuters - Academy Award-winning actor Russell
Crowe pleaded guilty on Friday to reduced misdemeanor charges
for hitting a hotel clerk with a telephone in June and was
fined $160 and told to stay out of trouble. ]]>
Crowe Pleads Guilty to Phone Tossing (AP)
AP - Russell Crowe pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree assault, admitting to a judge that he threw a phone that hit a Manhattan hotel concierge in June. ]]>
Newell Brings British Edge to Potter (AP)
AP - Mike Newell loved the magic of the "Harry Potter" stories. He was not quite sold on the magic that went into making the "Harry Potter" movies, though. ]]>
Usher Makes Big-Screen Debut (AP)
AP - R&B singer Usher makes his big-screen debut as a leading man with the romantic comedy "In the Mix." ]]>
Russell Crowe Pleads Guilty in Phone Case (AP)
AP - Actor Russell Crowe pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree assault, admitting to a judge that he threw a phone that hit a Manhattan hotel concierge in June. ]]>
Review: 'Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire' (AP)
AP - If the third film in the Harry Potter series, last year's "Prisoner of Azkaban," seemed frightening with its soul-sucking Dementors and its German expressionist aesthetic, then the fourth installment, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," will have kids quaking in their seats — and perhaps wishing they had an invisibility cloak to hide beneath. ]]>
Jennifer Beals Has Baby Girl (AP)
AP - Jennifer Beals is a mom. ]]>
Aping 'Kong' film key for Ubisoft video game (Reuters)
Reuters - Ubisoft's "Peter
Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie" has been
building buzz since it was previewed at the E3 conference in
May. ]]>
Courtney Love Progressing "Well" (E! Online)
E! Online - Courtney Love may no longer be America's Sweetheart, but one
California judge seems smitten by the rocker. ]]>
Chesney, 50 Cent can't turn tide (Reuters)
Reuters - Kenny Chesney and 50 Cent earn
bragging rights with this week's charts, yet their opening
totals make each man a poster child for what is shaping up to
be a fourth quarter of discontent.
Republicans Refuse to Honor Springsteen (AP)
AP - Bruce Springsteen famously was "born in the USA," but he's getting scorned in the U.S. Senate.
Senate Shows the Boss Who's Boss (E! Online)
E! Online - It looks like Bruce Springsteen will have to content himself with
fame, wealth and the enduring admiration of the masses, because that
suitable-for-framing piece of paper from the U.S. Senate just isn't
happening. ]]>
Judge lets Courtney Love leave drug rehab center (Reuters)
Reuters - Rocker Courtney Love, who was
confined to a lock-down substance abuse center earlier this
year after violating her probation, can leave the facility for
an outpatient program, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Friday. ]]>
Dylan Poems, Hendrix Jewelry at Auction (AP)
AP - Before he was Bob Dylan, before he was even a serious songwriter, a Minnesota college student named Robert Zimmerman was an aspiring poet musing about cigarettes, motorcycles and lost love. ]]>
Radio City Orchestra Returns After Strike (AP)
AP - Radio City Music Hall was alive with the sound of live music on Friday, not the canned soundtrack that replaced striking musicians for two weeks.
Starbucks focuses custom CD plan on music stores (Reuters)
Reuters - Starbucks Corp., which last year
said it would expand its music business by allowing customers
to create customized CDs in its U.S. stores, on Friday said it
is more focused on delivering that technology at larger,
music-store-style coffee houses.
Shania Twain Receives Order of Canada (AP)
AP - Shania Twain received the Order of Canada on Friday, the country's highest honor. ]]>
Huey Lewis Makes His Broadway Debut (AP)
AP - Huey Lewis has the look of someone who has found a new drug.
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