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Tim McGraw, Green Day Big Winners at AMAs (AP)
 AP - The American Music Awards spread things around Tuesday, with country star Tim McGraw, alternative rockers Green Day, soul stars Destiny's Child and hip-hop chart toppers Black Eyed Peas each winning two awards.
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50 Cent's Reputation Precedes Him at AMAs (AP)
 AP - Rapper 50 Cent's tough-guy reputation preceded him to Tuesday night's American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium.
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Koppel Bids Farewell to 'Nightline' (AP)
 AP - In an understated farewell Tuesday to the ABC News broadcast he has anchored for more than 25 years, Ted Koppel asked "Nightline" viewers to give his successors a fair break.
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Singer-Songwriter Chris Whitley Dies (AP)
AP - Chris Whitley, a chameleon singer-songwriter who oscillated between roots rock 'n' roll, blues and alt-rock, has died. He was 45.
Cowell's Uncertain "Idol" Future (E! Online)
 E! Online - American Idol could be headed for an extreme makeover.
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Sony to make digital films for Christie/AIX (Reuters)
Reuters - Digital cinema venture Christie/AIX
on Tuesday said Sony Pictures Entertainment has agreed to
release upcoming movies in digital form, adding to the number
of major studios supplying titles for Christie/AIX.
Tim McGraw, Green Day Big Winners at AMAs (AP)
AP - The American Music Awards spread things around Tuesday, with country star Tim McGraw, alternative rockers Green Day, soul stars Destiny's Child and hip-hop chart toppers Black Eyed Peas each winning two awards.
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Koppel Bids Farewell to 'Nightline' (AP)
AP - In an understated farewell Tuesday to the ABC News broadcast he has anchored for more than 25 years, Ted Koppel asked "Nightline" viewers to give his successors a fair break.
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Mariah Carey snubbed at American Music Awards (Reuters)
 Reuters - Pop diva Mariah Carey suffered a
surprise setback in the resurrection of her career on Tuesday
when she picked up just one prize at the American Music Awards,
having led the field with four nominations.
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Rashad, Rubin-Vega, Murphy Cast in LaChiusa's 'The House of Bernarda Alba' (Playbill)
Playbill - Yolande Bavan, Candy Buckley, Nikki M. James,
Sally Murphy, Phylicia Rashad, Daphne Rubin-Vega,
Saundra Santiago, Laura Shoop and Nancy Ticotin will be in the cast of Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre's production of Michael John LaChiusa's new musical based on Federico Garcia Lorca's famous work, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Sony to make digital films for Christie/AIX (Reuters)
Reuters - Digital cinema venture Christie/AIX
on Tuesday said Sony Pictures Entertainment has agreed to
release upcoming movies in digital form, adding to the number
of major studios supplying titles for Christie/AIX.
"Rush Hour 3" Ready to Roll. Finally (E! Online)
 E! Online - After more than two years of idling in development hell--largely due
to Chris Tucker not being in any rush to get back to work, not even for
an eight-figure payday--New Line Cinema has locked up all the principals
and is slated to begin production next year for a 2007 summer release.
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Police: Prison Beef Led to Movie Shooting (AP)
AP - The fatal shooting at a theater where the 50 Cent movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was playing stemmed from an old prison beef, police said Tuesday after they made an arrest in the case.
Hollywood, BitTorrent Reach Agreement (AP)
AP - In a deal aimed at reducing illegal Internet traffic in pirated films, Hollywood reached an agreement Tuesday with the creator of the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent.
Technology Lets Filmmakers Push Views (AP)
AP - Got a political perspective? Grab a camera and make a statement. With today's technology, we can all be part of a new cinematic dialogue.
Bloody video game OK for kids: rapper 50 Cent (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rapper 50 Cent, once shot nine times
on the street in a gang incident, said on Tuesday parents
should buy their children his new video game, rated 'mature'
for blood, gore and sexual themes, and use it as a teaching
tool.
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For Clooney, 'Syriana' was torture (Reuters)
 Reuters - In a gripping sequence from his Middle
East thriller "Syriana," George Clooney is tortured and flung
to the floor of a Beirut hideaway. In real life, the actor said
that scene led to the "worst year" of his life.
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Review: Energetic 'Just Friends' Endears (AP)
AP - Posters for the movie "Just Friends," featuring the boy-next-door handsome Ryan Reynolds smothered in a fat suit, suggest a male turn on "Shallow Hal," or perhaps a white cousin of The Klumps.
Review: 'Ice Harvest' Characters Unlikable (AP)
AP - "The Ice Harvest" could also be called "The Grifters in a Simple Plan" a dark comedy of theft, betrayal and murder whose frosty felons John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton seem like castaways from the actors' earlier crime romps.
Review: 'Rent' Is Elaborate, Unimaginative (AP)
 AP - Leaving the world of "Harry Potter" for Manhattan's low-rent district, director Chris Columbus has come up with something well shy of magical.
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Tim McGraw, Green Day Big Winners at AMAs (AP)
AP - The American Music Awards spread things around Tuesday, with country star Tim McGraw, alternative rockers Green Day, soul stars Destiny's Child and hip-hop chart toppers Black Eyed Peas each winning two awards.
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Singer-Songwriter Chris Whitley Dies (AP)
AP - Chris Whitley, a chameleon singer-songwriter who oscillated between roots rock 'n' roll, blues and alt-rock, has died. He was 45.
Mariah Carey snubbed at American Music Awards (Reuters)
 Reuters - Pop diva Mariah Carey suffered a
surprise setback in the resurrection of her career on Tuesday
when she picked up just one prize at the American Music Awards,
having led the field with four nominations.
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List of American Music Awards Winners (AP)
AP - Winners at the 33rd annual American Music Awards:
50 Cent's Reputation Precedes Him at AMAs (AP)
AP - Rapper 50 Cent's tough-guy reputation preceded him to Tuesday night's American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium.
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Bret Michaels Dodges Bullet (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
Poison frontman literally dodged a bullet, or at least a pellet,
escaping injury after someone fired a single shot into his tour bus
Monday night.
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Costello planning symphony tour, live CD (Reuters)
Reuters - Elvis Costello is planning a world
symphony tour with longtime collaborator Steve Nieve. Dates
have not yet been confirmed for the outing, which is expected
to launch early in January.
U2 jam with Patti Smith in New York (Reuters)
 Reuters - As U2 wound down its seventh show of
the year at New York's Madison Square Garden Monday, the band
was joined by punk icon Patti Smith for a rendition of the John
Lennon classic "Instant Karma."
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Former Michael Jackson adviser files $64 mln suit (Reuters)
 Reuters - A former adviser to Michael Jackson
has filed a $64 million lawsuit against the pop star, alleging
breach of contract and fraud.
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Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley dies at age 45 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley,
who emerged from obscurity in 1991 with his debut album "Living
with the Law," has died of lung cancer, his label said on
Tuesday. He was 45.
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