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Grace Gets Order Against Accused Stalker (AP)
 AP - CNN talk show host Nancy Grace has obtained a court order that directs a mental patient she accused of stalking her to leave her alone.
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Television Writers Nominated for Awards (AP)
AP - The writing teams for the new ABC medical show "Grey's Anatomy" and the NBC comedies "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" scored double nominations Tuesday from the Writers Guild of America.
Pryor Sent Letter About Animal Cruelty Case (AP)
 AP - Just a week before his death, Richard Pryor and his wife sent a letter to an Indiana county sheriff expressing outrage about an animal cruelty case.
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Ex-Employee Sues Dave Chappelle (AP)
 AP - One of Dave Chappelle's former employees says the comic asked him to be his manager for nine months beginning last year, but never paid him.
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American TV viewers getting taste of telenovelas (Reuters)
Reuters - Fox TV stations are
bringing the popular Latin American serialized soaps known as
telenovelas to American viewers next year in the form of a
syndicated English-language franchise dubbed "Desire."
French drama 'Gabrielle' headed to US (Reuters)
Reuters - Wellspring Media has nabbed
U.S. distribution rights to the French drama "Gabrielle," and
plans a spring release beginning in Los Angeles and New York.
Google adds music search and purchase features (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. is introducing a
music search feature that details the work of certain featured
artists, the company said late on Wednesday.
Television Writers Nominated for Awards (AP)
AP - The writing teams for the new ABC medical show "Grey's Anatomy" and the NBC comedies "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" scored double nominations Tuesday from the Writers Guild of America.
End of Infinity: Operator now CBS Radio (Reuters)
Reuters - Infinity Broadcasting,
operator of 179 radio stations and long-time home of shock-jock
Howard Stern, is re-adopting an old moniker: CBS Radio.
'Sweet Charity' Broadway revival to close December 31 (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Broadway revival of the musical
"Sweet Charity" starring Christina Applegate will close on
December 31 after eight months, the producers said on
Wednesday, ending speculation that Britney Spears might join
the cast.
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French drama 'Gabrielle' headed to US (Reuters)
Reuters - Wellspring Media has nabbed
U.S. distribution rights to the French drama "Gabrielle," and
plans a spring release beginning in Los Angeles and New York.
Farrellys' "South Park" Smackdown (E! Online)
 E! Online - Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the
gross-out gurus behind Dumb and Dumber and There's Something
About Mary are accusing South Park masterminds Trey Parker
and Matt Stone of ripping off a movie idea.
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Oscar shoots down Dutch 'Bluebird' (Reuters)
Reuters - The Netherlands' official
entry for foreign-language Oscar consideration has been
disqualified because it has been shown on television, the
country's film marketing and promotion agency said Wednesday.
French Film About Riots Draws Applause (AP)
AP - The coverage didn't cut it, Alex Chan felt, so he decided to tell his version of the recent violence that rocked his suburb north of Paris.
Globe Nominations, by George (E! Online)
 E! Online - For one day at least, George Clooney stood about as tall as
all of Brokeback Mountain.
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Computer spots a blockbuster from box office flop (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood producers fretting over this
year's box office downturn should take heart.
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Baldwin, Basinger Quibble Over Custody (AP)
 AP - Kim Basinger was back in court, quibbling over custody matters in her ongoing battle with ex-husband Alec Baldwin. The couple share joint custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Ireland.
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Disney Announces Film Production in China (AP)
AP - The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday announced its first film production in China, adding to its efforts to break into the booming Chinese entertainment market.
Disney producing its first film in and for China (Reuters)
 Reuters - Walt Disney Co. is making its first
movie in China, an adaptation of a local children's book,
joining a growing field of Hollywood studios seeking access to
the nation's tightly controlled media and entertainment
markets.
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Clooney follows heart to nomination windfall (Reuters)
 Reuters - George Clooney is feeling the love. His films "Good Night, and Good Luck," and "Syriana," picked up six Golden Globe nominations. "If these films make money, we can make more of these films," he says.
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Google adds music search and purchase features (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. is introducing a
music search feature that details the work of certain featured
artists, the company said late on Wednesday.
Google to Launch Music Content Feature (AP)
 AP - Online search engine leader Google Inc. will begin giving some musical artists the star treatment by spotlighting links to their songs, lyrics and other related material at the top of the results page.
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Rock man Dion comes back home to the blues (Reuters)
Reuters - Rock 'n' roll vocal
maestro Dion's blues symposium "Bronx in Blue," which arrives
January 10 on Dimensional Music Recordings, has been a long
time coming, and it comes straight from the singer's soul.
Rap-rockers 311 need to freshen up the formula (Reuters)
Reuters - Time has not been kind
to the rock of the '90s, particularly the genre known as
rock/rap. Limp Bizkit has completely fallen out of favor, Korn
is desperately attempting a comeback after losing a member to
Jesus, Linkin Park was in a contract dispute with its label,
and 311 is clearly past its creative sale date.
Charts: Last "Call" for Eminem? (E! Online)
 E! Online - If he really is retiring, then Eminem is going out with a bang.
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Fall Out Boy Takes Pop Route to Success (AP)
 AP - Fall Out Boy had every intention of following in the footsteps of the aggressive, earsplitting rock bands that they grew up listening to. Really they did.
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MTV to invest in Amp'd Mobile, deliver video clips (Reuters)
Reuters - MTV Networks has agreed to become an
investor in privately held Amp'd Mobile and will provide video
clips and other content for a wireless service that Amp'd plans
to kick off this week, the companies said on Wednesday.
Velvet Revolver mulling concept album for summer (Reuters)
Reuters - After spending most of 2005 on the
road, rock band Velvet Revolver is slowly making headway on new
material for its second album.
Eminem leads charts with hits disc (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rapper Eminem scored his fourth
consecutive No. 1 debut on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday,
leading a relatively small field of newcomers at a time when
the labels are supposed to be capitalizing on the holiday sales
rush.
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Dylan to Host XM Satellite Radio Show (AP)
 AP - Bob Dylan will host a weekly music show on XM Satellite Radio, the first time the rock star has had his own radio show.
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