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Pioneering Comedian Richard Pryor Dies (AP)
 AP - Richard Pryor startled audiences with his foul-mouthed routines, but his universal and frequently personal insights propelled him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars. The pioneering comedian, whose audacious style influenced generations of standup artists, died Saturday of a heart attack at age 65, said his business manager, Karen Finch.
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Country Music Stars Brooks, Yearwood Marry (AP)
 AP - Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said "I do" on Saturday in a private ceremony at their Oklahoma home.
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Shooting Suspect Was Once a Rising Star (AP)
 AP - A dozen years ago, Lillo Brancato Jr. was going to be a star. The unknown actor earned critical acclaim opposite his idol, Robert De Niro, in the 1993 movie "A Bronx Tale." He played the Oscar winner's son in the story of a teen torn between two role models — a local mobster and his dad — in a heavily Italian Bronx neighborhood.
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L.A. Critics Honor 'Brokeback Mountain' (AP)
AP - "Brokeback Mountain," a gay Western about two ranch hands who share a summer of love and then conceal their ongoing affair, was picked as 2005's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the group announced Saturday.
L.A. critics name "Brokeback Mountain" best movie (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain," the film
about a gay love affair that transforms the lives of two
cowboys, was named 2005's best film by a major critics group on
Saturday in the first of several awards lists expected to
narrow the field of Oscar contenders.
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Pioneering Comedian Richard Pryor Dies (AP)
AP - Richard Pryor startled audiences with his foul-mouthed routines, but his universal and frequently personal insights propelled him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars. The pioneering comedian, whose audacious style influenced generations of standup artists, died Saturday of a heart attack at age 65, said his business manager, Karen Finch.
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Country Music Stars Brooks, Yearwood Marry (AP)
AP - Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said "I do" on Saturday in a private ceremony at their Oklahoma home.
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New Semi-Stars Shine on "Dancing" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Dancing with the Stars is going to be bigger. But can
it possibly produce better ratings?
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L.A. critics name "Brokeback Mountain" best movie (Reuters)
Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain," the film
about a gay love affair that transforms the lives of two
cowboys, was named 2005's best film by a major critics group on
Saturday in the first of several awards lists expected to
narrow the field of Oscar contenders.
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Brad Oscar Begins Devilish Turn in Arena Stage's 'Damn Yankees' (Playbill)
Playbill - Brad Oscar stars with Meg Gillentine and Matt Bogart in Arena Stage's revival of Damn Yankees, the musical about the devil, his sexy assistant and a graying ball fan who wants World Series glory.
Pioneering Comedian Richard Pryor Dies (AP)
AP - Richard Pryor startled audiences with his foul-mouthed routines, but his universal and frequently personal insights propelled him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars. The pioneering comedian, whose audacious style influenced generations of standup artists, died Saturday of a heart attack at age 65, said his business manager, Karen Finch.
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Reaction to the Death of Richard Pryor (AP)
 AP - Comments on comedian Richard Pryor, who died Saturday:
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Shooting Suspect Was Once a Rising Star (AP)
AP - A dozen years ago, Lillo Brancato Jr. was going to be a star. The unknown actor earned critical acclaim opposite his idol, Robert De Niro, in the 1993 movie "A Bronx Tale." He played the Oscar winner's son in the story of a teen torn between two role models — a local mobster and his dad — in a heavily Italian Bronx neighborhood.
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L.A. Critics Honor 'Brokeback Mountain' (AP)
AP - "Brokeback Mountain," a gay Western about two ranch hands who share a summer of love and then conceal their ongoing affair, was picked as 2005's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the group announced Saturday.
L.A. critics name "Brokeback Mountain" best movie (Reuters)
Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain," the film
about a gay love affair that transforms the lives of two
cowboys, was named 2005's best film by a major critics group on
Saturday in the first of several awards lists expected to
narrow the field of Oscar contenders.
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Film Credits for Richard Pryor (AP)
AP - Film credits for Richard Pryor include:
Gay cowboys hit US screen, but no rings just yet (Reuters)
 Reuters - A gay cowboy movie won rave reviews on
Friday as mainstream Hollywood embraced the tale of Marlboro
men in love, but for most gay Americans the acceptance
symbolized by marriage remains a distant dream.
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Estefan Hopes to Turn Script Into Film (AP)
 AP - Latina diva Gloria Estefan has spent four years writing a screenplay that she hopes to turn into a movie starring Danny DeVito.
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'Syriana' Used in Oil Conservation Calls (AP)
 AP - After years of trying to wean Americans off oil with warnings about arctic drilling and air pollution, some environmentalists are focusing their appeals on national security — and using the movie "Syriana" to help make their points.
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Actress Jean Parker Dies at 90 (AP)
AP - Jean Parker, the lovely brunette star of "Sequoia," "Little Women," "The Ghost Goes West" and other hit films of the 1930s and '40s, has died. She was 90.
Country Music Stars Brooks, Yearwood Marry (AP)
AP - Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said "I do" on Saturday in a private ceremony at their Oklahoma home.
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Garth, Trisha Tie the Knot (E! Online)
 E! Online - The country
crooner got hitched Saturday to fellow Nashville star Trisha Yearwood,
his publicist announced to Access Hollywood.
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Mariah's Grammy Whammy (E! Online)
 E! Online - The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems complete.
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Country music stars Brooks and Yearwood wed (Reuters)
 Reuters - Country music performers Garth
Brooks and Trisha Yearwood married on Saturday in a private
ceremony at their Oklahoma home, a publicist for the couple
said.
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Woman Dies in Crash With Sawyer Brown Bus (AP)
AP - A tour bus carrying the country music group Sawyer Brown slammed into a car on a Kansas highway early Saturday, killing a 24-year-old woman, authorities said.
Estefan Hopes to Turn Script Into Film (AP)
AP - Latina diva Gloria Estefan has spent four years writing a screenplay that she hopes to turn into a movie starring Danny DeVito.
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Court Rules Against Mom in Download Suit (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court late Friday upheld the music industry's $22,500 judgment against a Chicago mother caught illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
BET promotes ringtone sales with vid pop-ups (Reuters)
Reuters - BET has begun embedding
text-messaging codes into its music videos, encouraging viewers
to order a download of each song's ringtone directly from their
mobile phone. While such cross-marketing is a common practice
in Europe, this is the first time a U.S. video channel has
integrated mobile messaging on air to sell ringtones.
Musical celebrates life of salsa queen Cruz (Reuters)
Reuters - The life of Celia Cruz is being made
into a musical, conceived and produced by a longtime producer
and close friend of the salsa queen, who died at 78 in 2003.
Do Ho on the Mend (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
legendary Hawaiian crooner, best known for his hit song "Tiny Bubbles,"
is recovering in a Bangkok hospital after successfully undergoing an
experimental stem cell treatment to bolster the blood flow in his
heart.
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