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Actress Tori Spelling Reportedly Engaged (AP)
 AP - Tori Spelling is engaged, just months after separating from her first husband, People and Us Weekly magazines reported Tuesday. Actor Dean McDermott, who has been dating the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star for several months, proposed Christmas Eve in Toronto.
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Restraining Order Against Letterman Tossed (AP)
 AP - A state judge has lifted a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who accused talk-show host David Letterman of using coded words to show that he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.
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Dunkin' Donuts Ad Actor Michael Vale Dies (AP)
 AP - Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83.
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NPR to Air New Year's Special From La. (AP)
AP - National Public Radio's New Year's Eve special will originate from New Orleans' famous Tipitina's nightclub and feature a number of local musicians who have not performed in their home town since Hurricane Katrina.
Tuning In to Yahoo! (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - When it comes to TV, it's becoming clear that there are going to be more and more avenues for consumers who want their content served up in many ways. Media companies continue to try out new ways to approach content distribution, particularly in the field of television. On Tuesday, Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO - News) and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA - News) CBS announced that two of its shows will be distributed through Yahoo!'s site, marking another means to gain audience and capitalize on current trends in digital content distribution.
A 'hidden film history' unearthed by U.S. registry (Reuters)
Reuters - When Mike Mashon, head of
the Library of Congress' moving image section, sent for a print
of the 1933 Barbara Stanwyck movie "Baby Face" for an
exhibition abroad, he was expecting the original release, kept
at the library's Dayton, Ohio, facility.
Evolution of the Banjo Featured in Exhibit (AP)
 AP - Consider the evolution of the humble banjo. It morphed from a hollow gourd, strummed by African slaves, into an elegant toy for Victorian society ladies. Later, it grew into one of the mainstays of bluegrass music.
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Oxygen series lets Dickinson strut her stuff (Reuters)
Reuters - Oxygen has given the
green light to a reality series that follows former "America's
Next Top Model" judge Janice Dickinson as she starts a
Hollywood modeling agency.
Woody Allen enters modern world for movie promo (Reuters)
 Reuters - Movie marketing used to
be a pretty basic business of buying network TV spots and
newspaper ads. These days, it has evolved into a more
challenging puzzle in which nontraditional media are
increasingly part of the solution.
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Panels bolster theater jobs in New York (Reuters)
Reuters - Performers struggling to
get their first break in the New York theater world will get a
boost with a new series of panels designed to increase
entry-level jobs.
A 'hidden film history' unearthed by U.S. registry (Reuters)
Reuters - When Mike Mashon, head of
the Library of Congress' moving image section, sent for a print
of the 1933 Barbara Stanwyck movie "Baby Face" for an
exhibition abroad, he was expecting the original release, kept
at the library's Dayton, Ohio, facility.
Will Smith ID Thief Sent Back to Prison (AP)
AP - A man who stole actor Will Smith's identity to run up credit-card debts is going back to prison for two years for violating probation, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Woody Allen enters modern world for movie promo (Reuters)
Reuters - Movie marketing used to
be a pretty basic business of buying network TV spots and
newspaper ads. These days, it has evolved into a more
challenging puzzle in which nontraditional media are
increasingly part of the solution.
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A Very Kongy Christmas (E! Online)
 E! Online - Despite a spirited challenge from The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King Kong kept its hairy
mitts atop the box office, grabbing $33.3 million over the four-day
Christmas holiday weekend.
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'King Kong' Ekes Out Box-Office Win (AP)
 AP - "King Kong" eked out a box-office win this holiday weekend — but the $207 million remake of the 1933 classic has little so far to be thumping its chest about.
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Woody, Spicoli Get Archived (E! Online)
 E! Online - It might not be "to infinity and beyond," but Woody, Buzz and the
rest of the Toy Story crew have been slated for near-perpetual
preservation.
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Schwarzenegger May Not Be Back to Hometown (AP)
 AP - "I'll be back." That pledge from the Terminator traditionally has had special meaning in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown.
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U.S. adds 'Baby Face,' 'Rocky Horror' to registry (Reuters)
 Reuters - Films that helped usher
in a new era of censorship, changed the way Hollywood thought
about the audience, provided a first-hand look at one of the
nation's great disasters and introduced the world to the word
"gnarly" are among the 25 films the librarian of Congress named
to the National Film Registry on Tuesday.
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Get Your Kicks in Style in 2006 (AP)
 AP - Got the latest "Death Cab for Cutie" tune on your iPod phone?
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Review: 'Match Point' a Superficial Rehash (AP)
AP - Since it first screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May, "Match Point" has been hailed as a return to form for Woody Allen, his best film in a decade.
Evolution of the Banjo Featured in Exhibit (AP)
AP - Consider the evolution of the humble banjo. It morphed from a hollow gourd, strummed by African slaves, into an elegant toy for Victorian society ladies. Later, it grew into one of the mainstays of bluegrass music.
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Mariah Carey closing on 50 Cent (Reuters)
 Reuters - Pop songbird Mariah Carey, enjoying
one of the music industry's biggest comebacks, is giving rap
star 50 Cent a run for his money in a year-end,
down-to-the-wire race for best-selling U.S. album of 2005.
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Devo whips up classic tracks for kids (Reuters)
Reuters - A new generation of music fans will
get hip to one of new wave's most iconic acts through Devo 2.0.
NPR to Air New Year's Special From La. (AP)
AP - National Public Radio's New Year's Eve special will originate from New Orleans' famous Tipitina's nightclub and feature a number of local musicians who have not performed in their home town since Hurricane Katrina.
Get Your Kicks in Style in 2006 (AP)
AP - Got the latest "Death Cab for Cutie" tune on your iPod phone?
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Spitzer Subpoenas Music Cos. on Pricing (AP)
 AP - State investigators have subpoenaed several major music companies as part of a preliminary inquiry into whether the digital music services have engaged in any illegal price-fixing activity.
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Britney Spears' Husband Launches Web Site (AP)
 AP - Kevin Federline, aspiring rapper and husband of Britney Spears, has unveiled his own Web site.
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Howie Day Arrested In Boston (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Howie Day was arrested for rowdy behavior last Wednesday (December 21) at Boston's Logan Airport, after allegedly mixing alcohol with a sleeping pill on a plane.
Foxy Brown Cuffed After Exchange With Judge (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rapper Foxy Brown was handcuffed in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday (December 23), and narrowly avoided a 30 day jail sentence and a $1,000 fine by apologizing to the judge. The New York Post reports that Brown was in court to finalize a plea deal stemming from a August 2004 incident in which she allegedly assaulted two manicurists at a Manhattan nail salon.
Vietnamese Complete Probe of Gary Glitter (AP)
 AP - Police in southern Vietnam have completed investigation into former British rocker Gary Glitter's alleged obscene acts with a child, his attorney said.
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