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Shatner Sells Kidney Stone for Charity (AP)
 AP - An online casino has a piece of Capt. Kirk. Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday. Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.
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Movies Reap Awards for Pushing Boundaries (AP)
 AP - Are this year's Golden Globes a watershed?
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Isaac Hayes Hospitalized for Exhaustion (AP)
AP - Isaac Hayes was being treated at a Memphis hospital Tuesday for exhaustion, his longtime songwriting partner said.
'Golden Globes' Beat Last Year's Ratings (AP)
 AP - The evasive move to Monday by NBC's "63rd Annual Golden Globes Awards" may have given it a slight boost in the ratings over last year's telecast, which battled ABC's "Desperate Housewives"-led Sunday-night juggernaut.
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Michael Jackson's Job Hunt (E! Online)
 E! Online - Seeking employment: Lawsuit-prone expat superstar and Peter Pan
aficionado whose skills including moonwalking, theme-park construction
and typing 50 words per minute while wearing sequined gloves.
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1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Arrested (AP)
AP - Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket.
1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Arrested (AP)
AP - Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket.
Fox brings back 'Idol' as curtain falls on sitcoms (Reuters)
 Reuters - Fox television, roaring
back to prime time with mega-hit "American Idol" on Tuesday,
said it was likely to scrap Emmy-winning ratings dud "Arrested
Development" even as other networks made bids to pick up the
comedy.
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Globe wins make cowboys, Cash favorites for Oscar (Reuters)
 Reuters - With "Brokeback
Mountain" and "Walk the Line" taking the top feature prizes at
the Golden Globes Awards, their Oscar prospects are greatly
enhanced in this last week of Academy voting.
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Billy Crystal lays it on thick in one-man show (Reuters)
Reuters - In "700 Sundays," Billy
Crystal performs what might be the funniest one-man-show ever
overwritten. The autobiographical piece -- which played
Broadway last year and brought Crystal a special Tony -- has
everything: laughter, tears, pathos, love, lust, jazz,
nostalgia, neuralgia, home movies, odd relatives and a lesbian
wedding in a pear tree.
1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Arrested (AP)
AP - Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket.
DVD review: My Big Fat Independent Movie (Reuters)
Reuters - Attempting to do for
independent films what such parodies as "Scary Movie" did for
horror pictures, "My Big Fat Independent Movie" has a
distinctly low laughs-to-gags ratio.
'State of Fear' recounts Peru's war on terror (Reuters)
Reuters - Well timed to provide
context to the current international war on terror, "State of
Fear" details the reign of terror that took place during two
decades in Peru.
Globe wins make cowboys, Cash favorites for Oscar (Reuters)
 Reuters - With "Brokeback
Mountain" and "Walk the Line" taking the top feature prizes at
the Golden Globes Awards, their Oscar prospects are greatly
enhanced in this last week of Academy voting.
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'Annapolis' shoot finds home in Philly (Reuters)
Reuters - Despite its title, not a
single frame of Disney's upcoming boxing drama "Annapolis" was
shot at the famed U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland.
Daniel Day-Lewis puts 'Blood' on track (Reuters)
Reuters - Daniel Day-Lewis is set
to play a pioneering Texas oil prospector in "There Will Be
Blood," a sprawling period piece that filmmaker Paul Thomas
Anderson has spent several years writing.
Singleton signs for 'Remorse' (Reuters)
Reuters - John Singleton has
signed on to adapt and direct the Tom Clancy espionage thriller
"Without Remorse."
'24' star Raver taking 'Museum' trip (Reuters)
Reuters - "24" star Kim Raver will
join Ben Stiller and Carla Gugino in the comedy feature "Night
at the Museum," which is set to begin shooting next month.
Virginia Madsen draws 'Number 23' with Carrey (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Sideways" star Virginia
Madsen is in talks to play Jim Carrey's wife in "The Number
23," a psychological thriller from director Joel Schumacher.
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Imaging Expert to Get Honorary Oscar (AP)
AP - Computer-generated imaging expert Gary Demos will receive a Gordon E. Sawyer honorary Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday.
1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Arrested (AP)
AP - Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket.
Stevens set to assume place in 'American Songbook' (Reuters)
Reuters - One doesn't normally expect
to find indie singer-songwriters in the rarefied confines of
Lincoln Center, but the "American Songbook" series made a wise
choice in its selection of Sufjan Stevens.
Lifehouse lacking inspiration at L.A. gig (Reuters)
Reuters - "What day is it, and in
what month?" Jason Wade asks in the opening line of Lifehouse's
recent Top 5 pop ballad "You and Me."
Isaac Hayes Hospitalized for Exhaustion (AP)
AP - Isaac Hayes was being treated at a Memphis hospital Tuesday for exhaustion, his longtime songwriting partner said.
Former Smashing Pumpkin working on America disc (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist
James Iha and Fountains Of Wayne/Ivy principal Adam Schlesinger
have signed on to produce a new studio album from enduring soft
rock act America.
Melvins expand lineup, prepare live album (Reuters)
Reuters - Like Spinal Tap's bad luck with
drummers, veteran thud-rock protagonists the Melvins have
similar problems holding on to bassists.
Blunt bounces back to top of UK albums chart (Reuters)
Reuters - While talent-show winner Shayne Ward's
"That's My Goal" started a fourth week at the top of the U.K.
singles chart, last year's best selling disc in Britain
returned to the top of the albums survey.
Reggae music exec guilty of drug trafficking (Reuters)
Reuters - Reggae music executive Horatio
Hamilton was found guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to traffic
in over a ton of marijuana a week for seven years, federal
court officials said.
Moss Ex's Drug Rewind (E! Online)
 E! Online - Just three days after pleading guilty to cocaine and heroin
possession, Brit rocker Pete Doherty has been busted yet again.
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Juvenile Arrested as Deadbeat Dad (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
"Back That Azz Up" rapper was arrested in central Florida early Saturday
after a warrant was issued in connection with an ongoing child support
investigation.
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