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Singer Keys Expanding Into Movie, TV (AP)
 AP - After conquering the world of music, Alicia Keys is expanding into movie and television production. Keys, 24, and her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson, said Thursday they have formed a company whose first project will be a UPN TV series inspired by Keys' experiences as a biracial youngster growing in New York.
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Former 'Baywatch' Star Files for Divorce (AP)
 AP - Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff filed for divorce Thursday from actress Pamela Bach, his wife of 16 years.
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Suit Claims Actress Fired Over Pregnancy (AP)
AP - Former "General Hospital" actress Kari Wuhrer sued ABC-TV on Thursday, contending her character was written out of the soap opera and she was fired for becoming pregnant.
Pamela Anderson Takes Aim at KFC (AP)
 AP - Pamela Anderson is leading a charge to remove a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders from the state Capitol.
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Cowell in 5-year production deal at Fox TV (Reuters)
 Reuters - "American Idol" star
Simon Cowell has signed a five-year production deal with Fox
Television Studios, aiming to develop programming both for
television and for digital platforms such as the Internet and
cell phones.
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'Fateless' pair tells one story two ways (Reuters)
Reuters - The relationship between
an author and a filmmaker who adapts that author's book for the
screen is often a tense one -- and when the author is a Nobel
Prize winner and the filmmaker is a first-time director, the
inherent imbalance of power would seem to be fraught with
peril.
Singer Keys Expanding Into Movie, TV (AP)
AP - After conquering the world of music, Alicia Keys is expanding into movie and television production. Keys, 24, and her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson, said Thursday they have formed a company whose first project will be a UPN TV series inspired by Keys' experiences as a biracial youngster growing in New York.
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Sci Fi, Spielberg putting 'Lives' at stake (Reuters)
Reuters - Sci Fi Channel
is getting into business with Steven Spielberg again by giving
the green light to production of a 12-hour miniseries titled
"Nine Lives," executives said Thursday.
For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer (Reuters)
Reuters - "I'm not really mad at
anybody at the moment," Don Murphy says over a burger at his
lunch hangout, Ammo.
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.
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'Fateless' pair tells one story two ways (Reuters)
Reuters - The relationship between
an author and a filmmaker who adapts that author's book for the
screen is often a tense one -- and when the author is a Nobel
Prize winner and the filmmaker is a first-time director, the
inherent imbalance of power would seem to be fraught with
peril.
Sarandon playing wicked queen in Disney fairy tale (Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-winning actress
Susan Sarandon will star as a wicked queen intent on destroying
true love in "Enchanted," a Walt Disney Pictures fairy tale
that will blend animation and live action.
For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer (Reuters)
Reuters - "I'm not really mad at
anybody at the moment," Don Murphy says over a burger at his
lunch hangout, Ammo.
Sci Fi, Spielberg putting 'Lives' at stake (Reuters)
Reuters - Sci Fi Channel
is getting into business with Steven Spielberg again by giving
the green light to production of a 12-hour miniseries titled
"Nine Lives," executives said Thursday.
Singer Keys Expanding Into Movie, TV (AP)
AP - After conquering the world of music, Alicia Keys is expanding into movie and television production. Keys, 24, and her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson, said Thursday they have formed a company whose first project will be a UPN TV series inspired by Keys' experiences as a biracial youngster growing in New York.
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Queen Latifah stalking lion, ape at box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Martin Luther King
Jr. holiday weekend is shaping up to be a competitive one, with
four new wide releases going against a plethora of holdovers
that are still reaping respectable returns at the box office.
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'Camp' director, Parker doing time in 'Slammer' (Reuters)
Reuters - Filmmaker Todd Graff is
in talks to direct Sarah Jessica Parker in the musical-comedy
"Slammer," a follow-up to his 2003 directing debut "Camp."
Rocker Tommy Lee gets his own feature documentary (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the directors of
the rock documentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" is
poised to make some more noise.
Rep: Aniston Wasn't Alerted to Pregnancy (AP)
 AP - Brad Pitt did not call Jennifer Aniston to tell her about girlfriend Angelina Jolie's pregnancy announcement, entertainment TV show "Extra" reported Thursday.
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Studio makes unprecedented Oscar push for 'Crash' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Independent film studio Lionsgate,
buoyed by surging acclaim for its racial drama "Crash," said on
Thursday it has sent more than 130,000 DVD copies to Hollywood
insiders as part of an unprecedented Oscar campaign for the
movie.
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Singer Keys Expanding Into Movie, TV (AP)
AP - After conquering the world of music, Alicia Keys is expanding into movie and television production. Keys, 24, and her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson, said Thursday they have formed a company whose first project will be a UPN TV series inspired by Keys' experiences as a biracial youngster growing in New York.
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Cellist Ma to be U.N. peace envoy; not so Brad Pitt (Reuters)
 Reuters - Cellist Yo Yo Ma will soon
become a U.N. peace envoy but actor Brad Pitt is not yet on the
list to get the same honor as his Oscar-winning friend Angelina
Jolie.
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Beach Boys File Lawsuit Over Memorabilia (AP)
 AP - The Beach Boys are seeking millions in damages from two California men, claiming they stole a trove of photos, recordings and other band memorabilia from a warehouse with the intent to put the items up for auction.
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Country singer Cyndi Thomson returns to music (Reuters)
Reuters - In a surprise move, country artist
Cyndi Thomson has returned to the Capitol Records Nashville
artist roster after a three-year-plus hiatus.
Friends, Fans Pay Respects to Lou Rawls (AP)
 AP - Micky Ferreira was a friend of Lou Rawls for 35 years. Joan Browne knew him only as a fan, but both turned out Thursday to pay respects to the man they agreed had one of the finest voices this side of heaven.
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Rocker Tommy Lee gets his own feature documentary (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the directors of
the rock documentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" is
poised to make some more noise.
Glass to Compose Civil War Opera (AP)
AP - Philip Glass will compose an opera about Appomattox, the site of the surrender that ended the Civil War, that will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera in autumn 2007.
Keyboardist Preston Battles Infection (AP)
AP - Singer-songwriter and keyboardist Billy Preston is recovering from a recent bout with a serious infection of sac encasing in his heart.
Q&A: Queen Latifah and LL Cool J (AP)
 AP - These days, Queen Latifah and LL Cool J are rocking a whole new kind of stage.
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Eminem, ex-wife, get permit to remarry (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rapper Eminem and his ex-wife are ready
to remarry after picking up a marriage license on Thursday --
the latest twist in a turbulent relationship made famous by a
hit song in which he fantasized about killing her.
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