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Cause of Actor Chris Penn's Death Unknown (AP)
 AP - The cause of actor Chris Penn's death remained undetermined despite an autopsy performed Wednesday just hours before the premiere of his latest film at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Michael Jackson Spotted in Robe and Veil (AP)
 AP - Pop star Michael Jackson was spotted shopping in a Bahrain mall on Wednesday, hiding his face behind a veil and donning a black robe traditionally worn by women in the Gulf.
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'Survivor' Hatch Guilty in Tax Case (AP)
 AP - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of the reality show "Survivor," was found guilty Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and taken straight to jail.
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Motley Crue Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
 AP - It was girls, girls, girls Wednesday when Motley Crue, the bad boys of '80s heavy-metal music, received the 2,301st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Stars' Powers Boost Ratings (E! Online)
 E! Online - Apparently, TV viewers aren't particular about their stars.
They'll take them dancing, skating or red-carpeting. But most of all,
they like them aspiring.
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LA investigators probe death of actor Chris Penn (Reuters)
 Reuters - Medical examiners conducted an
autopsy on Wednesday on the body of actor Chris Penn, but said
they would be unable to determine how the 40-year-old brother
of Oscar winner Sean Penn died until toxicology tests were
complete.
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Blunt soldiers on to the Top 10 in US album sales (Reuters)
 Reuters - Former British soldier turned pop
star James Blunt on Wednesday broke through to the Top 10 album
sales charts 16 weeks after the U.S. release of his debut
album, "Back to Bedlam."
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Former Ed Secretary Bennett Joins CNN (AP)
AP - Continuing to load up on conservative commentators, CNN announced Wednesday that radio talk-show host and former U.S. education secretary William Bennett has joined the network as a contributor.
Wal-Mart Launches Online Music Service (AP)
 AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched an online music video and audio service with exclusive studio performances Wednesday, part of a broader strategy to make itself trendier and draw consumers already in the store for cheap staples into other departments.
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It's 'Curtains' for Monk, Hibbert and Ziemba as Broadway Vets Join Musical Cast (Playbill)
Playbill - Debra Monk, Edward Hibbert and Karen Ziemba will join David Hyde Pierce in the upcoming world premiere of the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical Curtains in Los Angeles.
LA investigators probe death of actor Chris Penn (Reuters)
Reuters - Medical examiners conducted an
autopsy on Wednesday on the body of actor Chris Penn, but said
they would be unable to determine how the 40-year-old brother
of Oscar winner Sean Penn died until toxicology tests were
complete.
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1st Black Oscar Winner Honored With Stamp (AP)
 AP - Hattie McDaniel, the first black actress to win an Academy Award, was honored Wednesday with a U.S. Postal Service commemorative stamp.
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Cause of Actor Chris Penn's Death Unknown (AP)
AP - The cause of actor Chris Penn's death remained undetermined despite an autopsy performed Wednesday just hours before the premiere of his latest film at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Olympic orphan depicts dad in Spielberg's 'Munich' (Reuters)
Reuters - For aspiring Israeli actor Guri
Weinberg, his big break in Hollywood was mixed with heartbreak.
Berlin Film Festival to explore world's dark side (Reuters)
Reuters - Having watched 250 movies in the last
three months, Berlin Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick has
seen enough of world's dark side to last a lifetime.
Young Goes Country Again in Sundance Film (AP)
 AP - We've seen Neil Young the hard rocker. Neil the angry protest singer. Neil the rockabilly crooner. Neil the grunge guitarist.
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China Hasn't OK'd Release of 'Geisha' (AP)
 AP - Two weeks before its scheduled debut in China, the government still hasn't approved the release of the Hollywood film "Memoirs of a Geisha," a movie executive said Wednesday.
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Fighting to Get Into Sundance Parties (AP)
 AP - If Groucho Marx were at the Sundance Film Festival, he might be moved to say: "I wouldn't want to attend any party that would have me as a guest."
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Actor Giamatti works hard but longs for lazy days (Reuters)
 Reuters - Actor Paul Giamatti is smack in
the middle of an Oscar race, has two movies at Sundance,
another coming out this summer and a new film production
company, but he considers himself one thing above all: lazy.
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No "Smoking" Sex for Katie (E! Online)
 E! Online - The biggest mystery at this year's Sundance Film Festival:
Who gave Katie Holmes the snip?
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Blunt soldiers on to the Top 10 in US album sales (Reuters)
Reuters - Former British soldier turned pop
star James Blunt on Wednesday broke through to the Top 10 album
sales charts 16 weeks after the U.S. release of his debut
album, "Back to Bedlam."
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Motley Crue Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
AP - It was girls, girls, girls Wednesday when Motley Crue, the bad boys of '80s heavy-metal music, received the 2,301st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Wal-Mart Launches Online Music Service (AP)
AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched an online music video and audio service with exclusive studio performances Wednesday, part of a broader strategy to make itself trendier and draw consumers already in the store for cheap staples into other departments.
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Young Goes Country Again in Sundance Film (AP)
AP - We've seen Neil Young the hard rocker. Neil the angry protest singer. Neil the rockabilly crooner. Neil the grunge guitarist.
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Blige Back on Foxx's Tail (E! Online)
 E! Online - Another week, another game of musical chairs between Mary J. Blige
and Jamie Foxx.
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Rapper Cam'ron says will do time rather than talk (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rapper Cam'ron, who took a bullet in
each arm in October in an unsolved shooting in Washington,
D.C., said on Wednesday he would rather go to jail than
cooperate with investigators.
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Ricky Martin sputters, then sizzles (Reuters)
 Reuters - Ricky Martin's sexual
fascinations may be dominating the media as of late, but it was
a shower of solid-gold singles that marked his sold-out
performance Tuesday night at Hollywood's Pantages Theater.
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Jamie Foxx returns to No. 1 on pop chart (Reuters)
 Reuters - The top two titles on
the U.S. albums chart did a flip-flop again Wednesday, with
Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" climbing back to No. 1, trading
places with Mary J. Blige's latest effort.
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Aerosmith reteams with Cheap Trick for tour (Reuters)
 Reuters - Reprising a pairing that hit the
road during summer 2004, Aerosmith and Cheap Trick have
confirmed a five-week outing this spring. Dates are on tap from
March 2 in Hollywood, Fla., through April 9 in Vancouver.
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Michael Jackson Spotted in Robe and Veil (AP)
AP - Pop star Michael Jackson was spotted shopping in a Bahrain mall on Wednesday, hiding his face behind a veil and donning a black robe traditionally worn by women in the Gulf.
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