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'Lost,' 'Housewives' take top actor honors (Reuters)
 Reuters - ABC's hit series "Lost" and
"Desperate Housewives" won top acting honors for television at
the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday as gay cowboy romance
"Brokeback Mountain" hoped to lasso yet another major film
award on the trail to the March 5 Oscars.
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Emotional 'Flight 93' flies a safe course (Reuters)
 Reuters - The sad truth is we'll
never know exactly what happened aboard United Flight 93, the
fourth airplane hijacked by terrorists on September 11.
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Spielberg says filmmakers more politically active (Reuters)
 Reuters - Director Steven Spielberg, whose
film about the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich
Olympics has provoked controversy, says moviemakers have become
much more politically vocal since the re-election of President
George W. Bush.
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Rocker Bryan Adams in Pakistan for quake relief gig (Reuters)
 Reuters - Canadian rocker Bryan Adams thrilled
10,000 fans at a concert in Karachi on Sunday, the first big
show by a Western singer in Pakistan in decades, to help
students affected by country's October 8 earthquake.
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'Secret Life of Words' heads Spanish film awards (Reuters)
Reuters - A film shot in English, "The Secret Life
of Words," won top honors at Spain's equivalent of the Oscars
on Monday.
Witherspoon, 'Crash' Win Top SAG Honors (AP)
 AP - Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards Sunday from the Screen Actors Guild, while the ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off an upset win over Brokeback Mountain" for the overall cast award.
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Rocker Bryan Adams in Pakistan for quake relief gig (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian rocker Bryan Adams thrilled
10,000 fans at a concert in Karachi on Sunday, the first big
show by a Western singer in Pakistan in decades, to help
students affected by country's October 8 earthquake.
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Witherspoon, 'Crash' Win Top SAG Honors (AP)
AP - Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards Sunday from the Screen Actors Guild, while the ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off an upset win over Brokeback Mountain" for the overall cast award.
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'Momma' Enjoys Second-Best January Debut (AP)
AP - Moviegoers embraced a supersize momma in a wig and a governess who tames an unruly brood as family-friendly films dominated the weekend box office.
Jay Johnson revives dying art of ventriloquism (Reuters)
Reuters - It's been said that the
devil was the first ventriloquist. Supposedly, Satan threw his
voice to a certain reptile in the Garden of Eden, and the rest
is history.
Witherspoon, 'Crash' Win Top SAG Honors (AP)
AP - Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards Sunday from the Screen Actors Guild, while the ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off an upset win over Brokeback Mountain" for the overall cast award.
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At 10, Indian director readies feature film (Reuters)
 Reuters - While children his age go ga-ga over
Harry Potter films, a 10-year-old Indian boy prefers to call
the shots from behind the camera.
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List of Screen Actors Guild Award Winners (AP)
 AP - A complete list of winners of the 12th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:
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'Secret Life of Words' heads Spanish film awards (Reuters)
Reuters - A film shot in English, "The Secret Life
of Words," won top honors at Spain's equivalent of the Oscars
on Monday.
One Huge "Momma" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Everyone seemed to head to Big Momma's House 2 this
weekend.
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'Lost,' 'Housewives' take top actor honors (Reuters)
Reuters - ABC's hit series "Lost" and
"Desperate Housewives" won top acting honors for television at
the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday as gay cowboy romance
"Brokeback Mountain" hoped to lasso yet another major film
award on the trail to the March 5 Oscars.
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Spielberg says filmmakers more politically active (Reuters)
Reuters - Director Steven Spielberg, whose
film about the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich
Olympics has provoked controversy, says moviemakers have become
much more politically vocal since the re-election of President
George W. Bush.
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'Wristcutters' offers amusing look at suicide (Reuters)
Reuters - You don't get too
many romantic comedies set in the afterlife, so in this way
"Wristcutters: A Love Story" is somewhat original and amusing.
But only somewhat. The gimmick of characters, all suicide
victims, navigating a world remarkably similar to the one they
fled -- "only worse" -- allows for a few good gags. But that
carries you only so far.
'Momma' Enjoys Second-Best January Debut (AP)
AP - Moviegoers embraced a supersize momma in a wig and a governess who tames an unruly brood as family-friendly films dominated the weekend box office.
ThinkFilm buys 'Nelson' as Sundance wraps (Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor
ThinkFilm has acquired all rights to first-time feature
director Ryan Fleck's drama "Half Nelson."
Rocker Bryan Adams in Pakistan for quake relief gig (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian rocker Bryan Adams thrilled
10,000 fans at a concert in Karachi on Sunday, the first big
show by a Western singer in Pakistan in decades, to help
students affected by country's October 8 earthquake.
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Belly dancers sashay onto American stages (Reuters)
Reuters - Billed as the "world's premier
touring belly dance troupe," the Bellydance Superstars have
just begun a 45-city North American tour.
Billy Joel plants record run at the Garden (Reuters)
Reuters - Billy Joel has returned to the
concert stage in explosive fashion, highlighted by a historic
run at New York's famed Madison Square Garden.
Sirius, XM expose Canadian acts to Americans (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian acts picking up airplay on
the country's new satellite-based subscription radio services
are also getting much-coveted U.S. exposure.
Famed Choir Hopes to Fend Off Eviction (AP)
 AP - There have been many moments of greatness over the decades for the Boys Choir of Harlem — concerts around the world, audiences including Nelson Mandela and Pope John Paul II. But the choir has also struggled in recent years with financial troubles, and management issues in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal.
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Arctic Monkeys smash UK album sales record (Reuters)
Reuters - The Arctic Monkeys, who first built a
loyal following on the Internet, smashed the British record for
the fastest-selling debut album on Sunday.
Peter Gabriel hits 'Big Time' in wrestling world (Reuters)
 Reuters - Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" has
become the official theme of World Wrestling Entertainment's
upcoming "WrestleMania 22," nearly 20 years after the song hit
the top 10 in the United States.
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Wilson Pickett Remembered As Poet, Teacher (AP)
 AP - Wilson Pickett was remembered by friends and family Saturday as a singer who fell somewhere between a poet and a preacher, laying the groundwork for artists after him.
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Rattle Conducts Mozart With a German Touch (AP)
 AP - While the Vienna Philharmonic led the celebration in Austria, the Berlin Philharmonic came all the way to New York for its tribute to Mozart's 250th birthday.
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Party Rolls on for Die-Hard Mozart Fans (AP)
 AP - When it comes to parties, apparently there is no such thing as a hangover for die-hard Mozart fans.
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