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Vet Sues Michael Jackson for Unpaid Bills (AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson is being sued for unpaid bills by the veterinarian who tends to the pop star's exotic animals at his Neverland ranch, which the singer has not occupied since being acquitted of child molestation charges last June.
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'Lost' Star Andrews Admits Fathering Child (AP)
 AP - Naveen Andrews, who plays Iraqi soldier Sayid on the hit show "Lost," has acknowledged that he fathered a child while briefly separated from his longtime girlfriend.
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Grammy-Winning Singer Lou Rawls Dies at 72 (AP)
 AP - Lou Rawls, who earned fame with his glorious voice and respect through his prodigious fundraising for the United Negro College Fund, died Friday of cancer.
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Appeals Court Upholds Stewart Conviction (AP)
 AP - A federal appeals court Friday upheld the conviction of celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart for lying to investigators about selling stock that plunged in price soon after her trade. Stewart completed her sentence in the case last summer but pursued the appeal anyway.
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Fire destroys Chicago birthplace of gospel music (Reuters)
 Reuters - Fire destroyed Chicago's 116-year-old
Pilgrim Baptist Church on Friday, a historic landmark that was
built as a synagogue and became known as the birthplace of
American gospel music.
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GLAAD Mad at Shalit's "Brokeback" Breakdown (E! Online)
 E! Online - For the most part, the critics agree that Brokeback
Mountain is one of the year's most commendable films.
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Ms Dynamite charged with assaulting British cop (Reuters)
Reuters - Award winning British rapper Ms Dynamite
has been charged with assaulting a female police officer after
a fracas outside a London nightclub.
'Lost' Star Andrews Admits Fathering Child (AP)
AP - Naveen Andrews, who plays Iraqi soldier Sayid on the hit show "Lost," has acknowledged that he fathered a child while briefly separated from his longtime girlfriend.
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Hotlines: Starcom Retains Kellogg's $500 Mil. Media Buying Duties (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Kellogg has retained Publicis' Starcom to handle buying chores on its U.S. account.
'The Good Girl Is Gone' Gets World Premiere at NJ Playwrights Theatre (Playbill)
Playbill - Playwrights Theatre in Madison, New Jersey, presents the world premiere of The Good Girl Is Gone by D.W. Gregory, Feb. 2-19.
GLAAD Mad at Shalit's "Brokeback" Breakdown (E! Online)
E! Online - For the most part, the critics agree that Brokeback
Mountain is one of the year's most commendable films.
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Bond Spy Craft Featured at NYC Boat Show (AP)
 AP - Tucked away in a corner of the vast hall, all but lost amid the glistening white luxury cruisers and speedy runabouts, five of James Bond's film dreamboats were showing their stuff — nautical, but hardly naughty.
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SAG Noms Full of Felicity (E! Online)
 E! Online - Felicity Huffman doesn't rate as many headlines as her Desperate
Housewives costars. She just gets more kudos.
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Travolta, Allen going 'Hogs' wild (Reuters)
 Reuters - John Travolta and Tim
Allen are in negotiations to star in the Disney comedy "Wild
Hogs," playing middle-aged biker wannabes who hit the open road
in search of adventure only to encounter the Hell's Angels.
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Capsule Reviews of New Films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Review: 'Grandma's Boy' (AP)
AP - If you're a video game geek and/or a stoner, "Grandma's Boy" isn't a comedy — it's a documentary.
Directors Guild has 'issues' with film picks (Reuters)
 Reuters - Showing a preference for
serious films that tackle often intractable issues, the
Directors Guild of America nominated three relative newcomers
and two established masters for its annual awards Thursday.
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Spielberg, DGA Noms: Together Again (E! Online)
 E! Online - Just when Munich seemed out of the Oscar race, Steven
Spielberg pulled it back in.
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Review: 'Hostel' (AP)
 AP - Eli Roth won't just show you a close-up of a chain saw severing the fingers of a hapless backpacker who's been chained to a chair and tortured. He'll also show you the bloody stumps falling onto the dark stone floor, as well as the partial paw that remains.
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De Niro to Film in the Dominican Republic (AP)
 AP - Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon will soon begin shooting scenes for De Niro's latest work, "The Good Shepherd," in the Dominican Republic.
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Ms Dynamite charged with assaulting British cop (Reuters)
Reuters - Award winning British rapper Ms Dynamite
has been charged with assaulting a female police officer after
a fracas outside a London nightclub.
"Unmistakably" Lou Rawls Dies (E! Online)
 E! Online - "People may not know what I'm doing," Lou Rawls once said,
"but they know it's me."
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Vet Sues Michael Jackson for Unpaid Bills (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson is being sued for unpaid bills by the veterinarian who tends to his menagerie of exotic animals at the Neverland Valley Ranch, the estate Jackson has not occupied since he was acquitted of child molestation charges last June.
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Toby Keith, Mario headed to Hollywood (Reuters)
Reuters - In his 1963 hit "Act Naturally,"
Buck Owens sang, "They're gonna put me in the movies/They're
gonna make a big star out of me."
McGraw, Hill team for another tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Husband and wife country stars Tim
McGraw and Faith Hill are putting the finishing touches on a
reprise of their Soul II Soul tour, sources told Billboard.com.
Destiny's Child alumnni a perfect fit for brands (Reuters)
Reuters - Destiny's Child and McDonald's.
Destiny's Child and Wal-Mart. Destiny's Child and Pepsi.
Destiny's Child stars busy with solo projects (Reuters)
 Reuters - A gold record. That was the one
goal a young female group from Houston hoped to achieve after
signing with Columbia Records in 1997.
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Missing Teen Idol Found Dead (E! Online)
 E! Online - Barry Cowsill, as one grieving family member put it, is "safe."
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Grammy-Winning Singer Lou Rawls Dies at 72 (AP)
AP - Lou Rawls, who earned fame with his glorious voice and respect through his prodigious fundraising for the United Negro College Fund, died Friday of cancer.
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Gary Glitter Charged in Vietnam (AP)
 AP - Former British rocker Gary Glitter was formally charged Friday with committing obscene acts with two girls aged 10 and 11 at a Vietnamese resort town, prosecutors said.
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