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Donald Trump Chooses New 'Apprentice' (AP)
 AP - Donald Trump chose Randal Pinkett, an experienced 34-year-old founder of a New Jersey consulting firm, for his fourth "Apprentice" on the show's finale Thursday.
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Freeman Criticizes Black History Month (AP)
 AP - Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (7 p.m. EST). "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."
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PETA Names Paris Hilton Worst-Dressed (AP)
 AP - Move over Mr. Blackwell, PETA has issued its own "worst-dressed" list — based on fur, not style. Paris Hilton was named the year's worst-dressed celebrity by the animal rights group Thursday.
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Foxy Brown Says She's Been Deaf for Months (AP)
 AP - Foxy Brown says she hasn't heard another person's voice in six months and will have surgery early next year to restore her hearing.
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Diane Keaton brings luster to 'Family Stone' (Reuters)
 Reuters - With his observations
about the clash between a tightly wound Manhattan careerist and
her boyfriend's loose-limbed New England clan, writer-director
Thomas Bezucha puts a fresh slant on the dynamics of
family-reunion Christmas movies. But "The Family Stone" spends
too much time on unconvincing romantic-comedy contrivances to
be consistently engaging.
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Diane Keaton brings luster to 'Family Stone' (Reuters)
Reuters - With his observations
about the clash between a tightly wound Manhattan careerist and
her boyfriend's loose-limbed New England clan, writer-director
Thomas Bezucha puts a fresh slant on the dynamics of
family-reunion Christmas movies. But "The Family Stone" spends
too much time on unconvincing romantic-comedy contrivances to
be consistently engaging.
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Met Opera Slashing Budget (AP)
AP - The latest tune at the Metropolitan Opera is the box-office blues.
Donald Trump Chooses New 'Apprentice' (AP)
AP - Donald Trump chose Randal Pinkett, an experienced 34-year-old founder of a New Jersey consulting firm, for his fourth "Apprentice" on the show's finale Thursday.
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Merchant Ivory swan song set to hit theaters (Reuters)
Reuters - It's the end of an era.
Classical Theatre of Harlem to Stage Kennedy's 'Funnyhouse' (Playbill)
Playbill - Funnyhouse of a Negro, perhaps the best known play by African American avant garde playwright Adrienne Kennedy, will get a revival Jan. 11-Feb. 12, 2006, at the Classical Theater of Harlem.
Diane Keaton brings luster to 'Family Stone' (Reuters)
Reuters - With his observations
about the clash between a tightly wound Manhattan careerist and
her boyfriend's loose-limbed New England clan, writer-director
Thomas Bezucha puts a fresh slant on the dynamics of
family-reunion Christmas movies. But "The Family Stone" spends
too much time on unconvincing romantic-comedy contrivances to
be consistently engaging.
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Merchant Ivory swan song set to hit theaters (Reuters)
Reuters - It's the end of an era.
Director Lee best for 'Better Man' comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Director Malcolm D. Lee,
last in theaters with "Roll Bounce," is set to shoot the comedy
"The Better Man," which he also wrote.
'Kong' promo partners in action with Jackson (Reuters)
Reuters - The critics aren't the
only ones raving about Peter Jackson's "King Kong."
Filmmaker Wu puts arms around 'Babes' (Reuters)
Reuters - Alice Wu will write and
direct "Foreign Babes in Beijing," a feature likened to "Lost
in Translation."
'Darkness' game set to light up big screen (Reuters)
Reuters - Talk about your built-in
fan base.
"Kong" Opens--But How Will It Close? (E! Online)
 E! Online - Peter Jackson's monster-sized, $200 million monster-movie remake grossed
$9.8 million in its Wednesday debut, box-office analysts said.
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'King Kong' set for solid weekend after muted bow (Reuters)
Reuters - "King Kong," the
self-proclaimed eighth wonder of the world, burst into theaters
this week, but the somewhat muted numbers did not reflect the
scope of director Peter Jackson's latest masterpiece.
Hollywood Has Dismal Year at Box Office (AP)
 AP - A box-office jolt from the magic kingdoms of Kong, Narnia and Hogwarts will close Hollywood's year with some holiday cheer, though not enough to offset the biggest decline in movie attendance in 20 years.
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Gay-Rights Activists Elated by 'Brokeback' (AP)
 AP - Gay-rights leaders are elated that a tale of same-sex love and heartbreak is reaching mainstream filmgoers in the form of acclaimed "Brokeback Mountain," while some conservatives are dismayed by the film's glowing reviews and rooting for it to fail at the box office.
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Met Opera Slashing Budget (AP)
AP - The latest tune at the Metropolitan Opera is the box-office blues.
Dylan Spins It (E! Online)
 E! Online - Apparently not satisfied with having recorded scads of classic
albums, scored a raft of Grammys, elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, written a bestselling memoir or serenaded Victoria's Secret
models, Bob Dylan is making like a rolling stone and has agreed to take
on a new gig, hosting a weekly hourlong radio show on XM Satellite
Radio.
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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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Spears Most-Searched for Item on the Web (AP)
 AP - Britney Spears didn't release an album of new material this year, but the new mom is still No. 1 on Yahoo's annual list of the most-searched for terms on the Internet.
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Foxy Brown Says She's Been Deaf for Months (AP)
AP - Foxy Brown says she hasn't heard another person's voice in six months and will have surgery early next year to restore her hearing.
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Apple Sets Pace in Consumer Electronics (AP)
AP - Five years ago, Apple Computer Inc. was barely an afterthought in the halls of electronics companies. Not anymore.
Don Omar Shines on Latest CD (AP)
AP - Don Omar, "Da Hitman Presents Reggaeton Latino," (Machete Music/VI Music/Universal Records)
Brooks and Dunn, Meters opening for Rolling Stones (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Rolling Stones will bring along
an eclectic array of opening acts, including country duo Brooks
and Dunn and California rockers Queens of the Stone Age, when
they resume their North American tour next month, the group's
publicist said on Thursday.
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Britney Spears tops Yahoo's annual Buzz Index (Reuters)
 Reuters - For the third time in four years,
singer Britney Spears is No. 1 -- as far as Internet users are
concerned.
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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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