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Oklahoman Crowned Miss America in Vegas (AP)
 AP - Under the glitzy lights of the Las Vegas casino, a 22-year-old ballerina from Oklahoma was crowned Miss America, but officials hope the problem-plagued pageant will be the real winner.
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Girls Show Up to See Miss America Hopefuls (AP)
 AP - Whenever or wherever it's held, one thing never changes at Miss America — little beauty queens come to see how it's done.
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E! Reporter Rubs Some Celebs Wrong Way (AP)
 AP - Was it playfully outrageous, or just plain offensive? Live from the red carpet at the 63rd annual Golden Globes, E! correspondent Isaac Mizrahi groped Scarlett Johansson's breast, looked down Teri Hatcher's dress, asked Eva Longoria about her pubic hair and otherwise caught celebrities off-guard.
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Donald Lawrence Wins Big at Gospel Awards (AP)
AP - Gospel vocalist Donald Lawrence's "I Speak Life" album captured seven awards Saturday at the 21st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House.
Actor Tony Franciosa dies in LA at age 77 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar-nominated actor Anthony
"Tony" Franciosa, part of a generation of intense
Italian-American performers who took Hollywood by storm in the
1950s, has died at age 77 after suffering a stroke, a family
spokesman said on Friday.
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'Underworld' sequel a violent thrill ride (Reuters)
 Reuters - The scariest thing about
"Underworld: Evolution" is its audience.
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Donald Lawrence Wins Big at Gospel Awards (AP)
AP - Gospel vocalist Donald Lawrence's "I Speak Life" album captured seven awards Saturday at the 21st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House.
Oklahoman Crowned Miss America in Vegas (AP)
AP - Under the glitzy lights of the Las Vegas casino, a 22-year-old ballerina from Oklahoma was crowned Miss America, but officials hope the problem-plagued pageant will be the real winner.
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Washington Portrait Sells for Record (AP)
AP - Charles Willson Peale's full-length portrait of George Washington on the American Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3 million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an American portrait, Christie's auction house said.
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Lois Smith (Playbill)
Playbill - Carrie Watts, uneasily living out her old age with her reticent grown son and his cranky wife in a cramped Houston apartment, keeps looking out the window.
'Underworld' sequel a violent thrill ride (Reuters)
Reuters - The scariest thing about
"Underworld: Evolution" is its audience.
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Lee: Asian Viewers More Accepting of Gays (AP)
 AP - Director Ang Lee says Asian audiences are generally more accepting of gay subject matter than Americans.
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Actor Anthony Franciosa Dies at 77 (AP)
 AP - Anthony Franciosa, whose strong portrayals of moody, troubled characters made him a Hollywood star in the 1950s and '60s but whose combative behavior on movie sets hampered his career, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 77.
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Billionaire Perelman to divorce actress wife (Reuters)
Reuters - Ron Perelman, the billionaire head of
Revlon Corp., is seeking a divorce from his wife of five years,
actress Ellen Barkin, the New York Post and gossip columnist
Liz Smith reported on Friday.
Bond's 'Goldfinger' Spy Car Goes for $2.1M (AP)
 AP - The Aston Martin spy car from the James Bond movies "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" — complete with machine guns and tire slashers — sold for $2.1 million at a vintage motor cars auction here Friday.
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Father of Tainted Lobbyist Scolds Clooney (AP)
 AP - The father of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff says George Clooney's off-color joke about his son's name during the Golden Globe Awards left the lobbyist's 12-year-old daughter weeping.
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Sundance Kicks Off Capital City Screenings (AP)
 AP - Stars and heads of state mingled as the Sundance Film Festival opened its Salt Lake City screenings Friday night with a gala followed by the film "Kinky Boots" in the festival's newest venue in the capital city.
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Latest Hollywood book, script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Pictures is
tying the knot with "The Divorcees," a spec script by old
high-school friends Jesse Wigutow and John Maggio.
Actor Tony Franciosa dies in LA at age 77 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar-nominated actor Anthony
"Tony" Franciosa, part of a generation of intense
Italian-American performers who took Hollywood by storm in the
1950s, has died at age 77 after suffering a stroke, a family
spokesman said on Friday.
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'On the Outs' Chronicles At-Risk Teenagers (AP)
 AP - Actress Paola Mendoza held an arts outreach workshop in a New Jersey juvenile detention center in the summer of 2003. She left with the inspiration for "On the Outs," a new independent film following the lives of three incarcerated teenage girls.
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Donald Lawrence Wins Big at Gospel Awards (AP)
AP - Gospel vocalist Donald Lawrence's "I Speak Life" album captured seven awards Saturday at the 21st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House.
Bon Jovi Plane Skids Off Runway in Canada (AP)
 AP - An airliner carrying members of Bon Jovi skidded off a runway early Saturday after landing in severe weather.
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Review: Barbara Cook Glorious at the Met (AP)
 AP - When Barbara Cook sings, songs take flight in a very special way.
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Belafonte Continues Tirade Against Bush (AP)
 AP - Entertainer Harry Belafonte, one of the Bush administration's harshest critics, compared the Homeland Security Department to the Nazi Gestapo on Saturday and attacked the president as a liar.
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Broadway sensation Headley's got her own 'Mind' (Reuters)
Reuters - Singer/songwriter and Broadway
star Heather Headley jokes that instead of "In My Mind," her
sophomore album should have been called "Caught Up."
L.A. to Pay $1.1M to Slain Rapper's Family (AP)
 AP - A federal judge has ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal costs to the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence during the family's civil lawsuit trial.
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Producer Brothers tries other side of the mic (Reuters)
Reuters - Known for his work with Alicia
Keys, songwriter/producer Kerry "Krucial" Brothers is stepping
out from behind the control boards with his own solo rap
project.
Yellowcard finds harder-edged 'Sounds' (Reuters)
Reuters - Rock quintet Yellowcard bursts
its pop bubble on its sophomore album, "Lights and Sounds."
Christian rockers P.O.D. ready to 'Testify' (Reuters)
Reuters - P.O.D. believes you can go home
again.
Bowie, Haggard, Pryor tapped for special Grammys (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rockers David Bowie and Cream,
country icon Merle Haggard and late comic innovator Richard
Pryor are among the recipients of the Recording Academy's 2006
Lifetime Achievement Award.
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