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Oprah Dismisses Claims About Frey Memoir (AP)
 AP - Oprah Winfrey broke her silence about James Frey's disputed memoir of addiction, "A Million Little Pieces," dismissing allegations of falsehoods as "much ado about nothing" and urging readers who have been inspired by the book to "Keep holding on."
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Jolie Expecting a Baby With Brad Pitt (AP)
 AP - Angelina Jolie is expecting a baby this summer with Brad Pitt, finally affirming the long-presumed relationship previously only glimpsed on African beaches and in paparazzi snapshots.
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Queen Latifah Premieres New Movie in N.J. (AP)
 AP - Queen Latifah hosted a hometown premiere of her latest movie "Last Holiday" on Wednesday, inviting hundreds of guests to a city movie theater.
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Jack's Back for Another Season on '24' (AP)
 AP - Jack Bauer has been through hell and it's starting to show. Over the last four years — one day at a time — the superhero of Fox's "24" has saved humanity from terrorists, beaten confessions out of close friends, battled heroin addiction, discovered his murdered wife's body, and, last year, even faked his own death. All with little regard for himself.
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Study Claims Link Between Gaming and Real-World Violence (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new study has claimed that there might be a link between violence depicted in video games and increased aggressive real-life behavior in gamers.
'Piranha' remake set to terrorize moviegoers (Reuters)
Reuters - Just when you thought it
was safe to go back in the water after the hype surrounding the
30th anniversary of "Jaws" had subsided, a remake of the 1978
horror hit "Piranha" is coming to theaters soon.
Alicia Keys bringing childhood story to UPN (Reuters)
Reuters - UPN, riding high with
its new Chris Rock sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris," has joined
forces with Grammy-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys to develop a
drama loosely based on her childhood.
Alicia Keys bringing childhood story to UPN (Reuters)
Reuters - UPN, riding high with
its new Chris Rock sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris," has joined
forces with Grammy-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys to develop a
drama loosely based on her childhood.
John Waters groomed for Court TV's 'Death' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Murder-mysteries were front and center as Court TV spotlighted
two new shows at the Television Critics Assn. press tour
Wednesday, including the cable network's first original drama
series, "'Til Death Do Us Part," and a series in which crime
writers examine cases.
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Do the cabinet shuffle...in "Thatcher:The Musical" (Reuters)
Reuters - Promising to "reveal the contents of the
most famous handbag in history," an all-woman theater troupe is
staging a musical on the life of Margaret Thatcher.
'Piranha' remake set to terrorize moviegoers (Reuters)
Reuters - Just when you thought it
was safe to go back in the water after the hype surrounding the
30th anniversary of "Jaws" had subsided, a remake of the 1978
horror hit "Piranha" is coming to theaters soon.
Director Fincher has stomach for 'Torso' (Reuters)
Reuters - "Seven" director David
Fincher is carving out room in his schedule for "Torso," a
thriller about federal agent Eliot Ness' exploits after his Al
Capone days.
Queen Latifah Premieres New Movie in N.J. (AP)
AP - Queen Latifah hosted a hometown premiere of her latest movie "Last Holiday" on Wednesday, inviting hundreds of guests to a city movie theater.
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Justice Department Settles AMC Case (AP)
AP - AMC Entertainment Inc., the nation's second-largest movie theater chain, was ordered to upgrade seating for patrons in wheelchairs at 1,200 of its stadium-style movie auditoriums and pay $300,000 in penalties and civil damages to settle a U.S. lawsuit.
Joe Pesci's Horse Wins Santa Anita Feature (AP)
AP - Leo Getz won a four-horse photo finish in Wednesday's $50,000 feature at Santa Anita for co-owner actor Joe Pesci.
Hit comedy 'Wedding' crashes DVD sales party (Reuters)
Reuters - Box office hit "Wedding
Crashers" waltzed to the top of the DVD sales and rental charts
its first week out, the latest in a series of R-rated comedies
to score big with consumers.
Altman to get honorary Oscar (Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. director Robert Altman, whose
feature films have spanned six decades and include "M*A*S*H"
and "The Player," will receive an honorary Oscar this year, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday.
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Long After "M*A*S*H," Altman Scores Oscar (E! Online)
 E! Online - If Robert Altman were to direct an Academy Award acceptance speech,
there probably would be five people trying to say thank you at the same
time.
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Altman to Get His Honorary Oscar (AP)
 AP - Robert Altman, one of five directors who hold the record for most Academy Award nominations without winning, finally is getting an Oscar.
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Brosnan Feels Free by Not Being 007 (AP)
 AP - The burnt-out hit man Pierce Brosnan plays in "The Matador" cowers in a stairwell after another botched job, reduced to tears, blubbering: "I'm a wreck. I'm a parody."
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Alicia Keys bringing childhood story to UPN (Reuters)
Reuters - UPN, riding high with
its new Chris Rock sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris," has joined
forces with Grammy-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys to develop a
drama loosely based on her childhood.
Gene Simmons joins A&E's reality TV lineup (Reuters)
Reuters - Kiss rocker Gene
Simmons, champion drag-racer John Force and Las Vegas car
salesman/infomercial star Chop are among the personalities
featured in several new real-life series in production at A&E
Network.
Costello formalizes symphonic tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Initially expected to begin sometime
this month, Elvis Costello's orchestral tour will instead open
March 27 in San Francisco.
New Sony Label Geared Toward Gay Artists (AP)
AP - Sony Music has teamed with the founder of a gay cable network to form a record label geared toward developing gay, lesbian and transgender recording artists.
Foxx leads pop charts (Reuters)
 Reuters - Jamie Foxx led the U.S. pop album
charts for a second week Wednesday, while the latest release
from New York rockers the Strokes opened at No. 4 with
considerably weaker sales than their previous effort.
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Strokes Get Out-Foxxed (E! Online)
 E! Online - Per the Chinese calendar, 2006 is the Year of the Dog, but it's
shaping up to be the Year of the Foxx on the charts.
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No Johnny Cash in new Johnny Cash Broadway musical (Reuters)
 Reuters - The director of the new Johnny Cash
stage musical, "Ring of Fire," struggles to define exactly what
the show is, but one thing is certain -- no one portrays the
country music legend known as "The Man in Black."
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Vocal Chord Problem Sidelines Jack White (AP)
 AP - Due to "an acute vocal cord problem" afflicting singer-guitarist Jack White, the White Stripes have postponed scheduled tour dates in Japan.
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Swedish Soprano Birgit Nilsson Dies (AP)
 AP - Birgit Nilsson, the farmer's daughter who became renowned in the world's great opera houses for her dazzling voice and among colleagues for her playful sense of humor, has died at age 87.
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Eminem, Ex-Wife Apply for Marriage License (AP)
 AP - Slim Shady and his ex-wife are going to get married again.
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