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Lohan Being Treated After Asthma Attack (AP)
 AP - Lindsay Lohan was being treated at a hospital for an asthma attack, her publicist said Tuesday.
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Nickelodeon Star Recovering From Car Crash (AP)
 AP - Drake Bell, the 19-year-old star of the Nickelodeon TV series "Drake & Josh," was recovering from injuries suffered in a car crash, the cable channel said Tuesday.
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'Arrested Development' Parodies Its Demise (AP)
 AP - It's only fitting that "Arrested Development," the most self-referential show on TV, would go down chronicling its own demise.
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Stroke Survivors Inspired by Dick Clark (AP)
 AP - He sat stiffly behind a desk, one hand in front of him, one down at his side. His words had the familiar slurred sound of a stroke victim. But his cadence was brisk, he made himself clear, and most of all, he was there — on national TV.
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Entertaining Focus For Tech Trade Show (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - TV shows on mobile phones, high-definition video discs, next-generation wireless laptops and a new wave of living room computers will be among the wares vying for attention this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Edgy kid drama 'Twelve' rolls to IFC (Reuters)
Reuters - IFC Films said Tuesday it
nabbed U.S. rights to "Twelve and Holding," director Michael
Cuesta's follow-up to the pedophilia-themed drama "L.I.E."
'American Idol' Star Entertains Troops (AP)
 AP - How does an 18-year-old "American Idol" star stay fresh and pretty while traveling to seven countries in seven days to entertain the troops?
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WB plays ball with new 'Geek' campaign (Reuters)
Reuters - The WB Network, which
has had a dismal season so far, is taking to the streets to
promote the upcoming second season of its reality hit "Beauty
and the Geek."
Designer Ecko gets up for game, then for film (Reuters)
Reuters - Seven years after urban
streetwear impresario Marc Ecko started developing his first
video game venture, his in-depth view of the high-stakes world
of graffiti culture will come out next month through Atari for
Xbox and PlayStation 2.
Lansing Native Is New Artistic Director of BoarsHead in Michigan's Capital (Playbill)
Playbill - Kristine Thatcher assumed the role of artistic director of BoarsHead Theatre Sept. 1, returning to the artistic home where her career began.
Edgy kid drama 'Twelve' rolls to IFC (Reuters)
Reuters - IFC Films said Tuesday it
nabbed U.S. rights to "Twelve and Holding," director Michael
Cuesta's follow-up to the pedophilia-themed drama "L.I.E."
Gugino takes 'Museum' job (Reuters)
Reuters - Carla Gugino, who
recently starred in CBS' short-lived drama "Threshold," is in
final negotiations to join Ben Stiller in the comedy "Night at
the Museum."
'Narnia' tops New Year, December box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - Coming off the New
Year's weekend, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch
& the Wardrobe" firmly established itself as king of the
jungle.
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Phoenix Retraces Cash's Footsteps at Folsom (AP)
 AP - Joaquin Phoenix, whose portrayal of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" has made him an Oscar front-runner, returned Tuesday to the scene of one of the musician's most famous concerts — Folsom State Prison.
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"Sith" Happens at 2005 Box Office (E! Online)
 E! Online - Hollywood suffered an off year at the box office. George Lucas did
not.
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"Narnia" Usurps "King" (E! Online)
 E! Online - The Chronicles of Narnia rang in the New Year by ringing out
the big ape.
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'Penguins,' 'Enron' on WGA documentary list (Reuters)
Reuters - The scribes behind such
films as "March of the Penguins" and "Enron: The Smartest Guys
in the Room" will compete for the Writers Guild of America's
Documentary Screenplay Award, the union said Tuesday.
New Orleans Filmmaker Captures City (AP)
 AP - Gripping his trumpet, Irvin Mayfield talks about growing up on Music Street and how his father taught him to play. The jazz musician also discusses his decision to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina and his father's choice not to — and the monthslong wait his family had to endure before learning Irvin Mayfield Sr. had drowned.
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The South Inspires 'Hustle & Flow' Writer (AP)
 AP - He doesn't look like it, but Craig Brewer is DJay, the street-wise Tennessee pimp who finds redemption in rap in the film "Hustle & Flow."
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'Prairie Home Companion' to Open Film Fest (AP)
AP - "A Prairie Home Companion," director Robert Altman's screen adaptation of the longtime Garrison Keillor radio program, will open this year's South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.
'American Idol' Star Entertains Troops (AP)
AP - How does an 18-year-old "American Idol" star stay fresh and pretty while traveling to seven countries in seven days to entertain the troops?
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Rock musician, family slain in Virginia (Reuters)
Reuters - Bryan Harvey,
singer-guitarist for the two-man '80s rock band House of
Freaks, was found dead with his wife and two children in the
family's Richmond, Va., home over the weekend.
Phoenix Retraces Cash's Footsteps at Folsom (AP)
AP - Joaquin Phoenix, whose portrayal of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" has made him an Oscar front-runner, returned Tuesday to the scene of one of the musician's most famous concerts — Folsom State Prison.
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Singer McKay splits with Sony after public spat (Reuters)
Reuters - Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay on
Tuesday said she split with Sony after a dispute with the
record company over its plans for the her album "Pretty Little
Head," which had been due for release this week.
Roth says Van Halen reunion 'inevitable' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Reuniting the original Van Halen
lineup is just a matter of time, according to former vocalist
David Lee Roth.
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Columbia Records Drops Nellie McKay (AP)
 AP - Nellie McKay has been dropped by Columbia Records after a dispute over her sophomore album, "Pretty Little Head," turned ugly.
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Opera Star to Explore Bangladesh Roots (AP)
AP - In a country never known for its sopranos, rising star Monica Yunus wants to bring a little opera to her homeland — and maybe take a little bit of Bangladesh back to the United States with her.
Disney adds more shows for Apple's iTunes (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Walt Disney Co. is adding
content from its ESPN channel and ABC sports to the shows it
already sells on Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes
online music and video store.
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The Lennon Sisters Mark 50 Years Onstage (AP)
AP - It's hard to believe, looking at the three lovely women onstage, but Christmas Eve was the 50th anniversary of the Lennon Sisters' television debut.
Obie Trice Shot (E! Online)
 E! Online - Obie Trice rang in the new year with a bang. Literally.
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