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'Brokeback Mountain' a Box Office Success (AP)
AP - Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday weekend. ]]>
Photographer Not Charged in Lohan Crash (AP)
AP - The photographer whose collision with actress Lindsay Lohan helped prompt California to adopt an anti-paparazzi law won't be charged with a crime, the district attorney's office said. ]]>
Mrs. Partridge in Sex Romp in New Movie (AP)
AP - What's this — the matriarch of the Partridge family in bed with a 24-year-old stud? It happens in "Grandma's Boy," a boisterous comedy produced by Adam Sandler's company. ]]>
Stallone Magazine Allowed to Stay on Sale (AP)
AP - Sylvester Stallone can keep his magazine, Sly, on newsstands despite the complaints of an Internet magazine with the same name that a judge suggested was more of a shoe "fetish" publication. ]]>
Videos give serious edge to Black History Month (Reuters)
Reuters - Black History Month no
longer is just about Martin Luther King Jr. biographies and
classic black movies.
More than 300 films vie for best picture Oscar (Reuters)
Reuters - For the first time in 32
years, more than 300 films will vie for the best picture Oscar,
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.
U.S. Music Album Sales Down 7 Percent (AP)
AP - U.S. album sales were down about 7 percent as 2005 drew to a close, but the budding market for music downloads, which more than doubled over last year, helped narrow the revenue gap, according to figures released Wednesday.
CBS comedies laugh first during rerun-heavy week (Reuters)
Reuters - At the start of a week
of family get-togethers, gift-giving and sundry holiday
pursuits, Americans were looking for laughs in primetime.
Hollywood unions get no reply on branding demands (Reuters)
Reuters - More than six weeks
after Hollywood unions sought a code of conduct governing
product placement and a financial stake in such deals for
writers and actors, their demands have largely fallen on deaf
ears, written off as a publicity stunt or negotiating tactic.
Take a bow: Broadway on track for record year (Reuters)
Reuters - It's been a good year for
the Great White Way.
More than 300 films vie for best picture Oscar (Reuters)
Reuters - For the first time in 32
years, more than 300 films will vie for the best picture Oscar,
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.
Videos give serious edge to Black History Month (Reuters)
Reuters - Black History Month no
longer is just about Martin Luther King Jr. biographies and
classic black movies.
'Brokeback Mountain' a Box Office Success (AP)
AP - Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday weekend. ]]>
Hollywood unions get no reply on branding demands (Reuters)
Reuters - More than six weeks
after Hollywood unions sought a code of conduct governing
product placement and a financial stake in such deals for
writers and actors, their demands have largely fallen on deaf
ears, written off as a publicity stunt or negotiating tactic.
Mrs. Partridge in Sex Romp in New Movie (AP)
AP - What's this — the matriarch of the Partridge family in bed with a 24-year-old stud? It happens in "Grandma's Boy," a boisterous comedy produced by Adam Sandler's company. ]]>
Mira Sorvino Made Honorary Pa. Deputy (AP)
AP - Mira Sorvino is a second-generation honorary deputy sheriff.
Klein: No Baby Gift for Ex-Fiancee Holmes (AP)
AP - Chris Klein says he won't be sending ex-fiancee Katie Holmes a gift or a congratulatory card after her baby is born. ]]>
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. ]]>
Egyptian political black comedy receives acclaim (Reuters)
Reuters - With a mixture of black comedy, sexual
titillation and old-fashioned patriotism, film director Mohamed
Amin has struck a chord in Egyptian audiences with his new
fantasy political film "The Night Baghdad Fell."
Kinnear, Brosnan star in offbeat film (Reuters)
Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain," it ain't. And
Greg Kinnear, for one, is happy to admit it. ]]>
U.S. Music Album Sales Down 7 Percent (AP)
AP - U.S. album sales were down about 7 percent as 2005 drew to a close, but the budding market for music downloads, which more than doubled over last year, helped narrow the revenue gap, according to figures released Wednesday.
Blige tops U.S. pop charts with big 'Breakthrough' (Reuters)
Reuters - Despite slow sales throughout the
holiday season, the week leading up to Christmas saw a retail
burst led by new releases from Mary J. Blige and Jamie Foxx.
Mariah Carey overtakes 50 Cent (Reuters)
Reuters - Capping one of pop music's biggest
comebacks, Mariah Carey has overtaken rap star 50 Cent in a
year-end battle to claim the hottest-selling album of 2005. ]]>
Blige Breaks Through, Bests Foxx, B.I.G. (E! Online)
E! Online - Looks as though Mary J. Blige made Santa's nice list. ]]>
Travis' Little Drummer Girl (E! Online)
E! Online - Blink-182
drummer Travis Barker and his actress-model wife, Shanna Moakler,
welcomed their second child on Christmas Eve. ]]>
Gary Glitter Paid to Ensure Cooperation (AP)
AP - Former rock star Gary Glitter paid $4,000 to ensure the cooperation in his legal case of the families of Vietnamese girls he is accused of sexually abusing.
The Who to tour in 2006, Townshend says (Reuters)
Reuters - English rock veterans The
Who will return to the stage next year following "a very, very
cool" surprise announcement in June, according to guitarist
Pete Townshend. ]]>
'Literary Lyricist' Hunter Writing Novels (AP)
AP - Robert Hunter laughs at the irony as he turns the image over in his head: The solitary writer, secluded in a cabin along Northern California's Russian River, churning out the Great American Novel.
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. ]]>
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.
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