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'Brokeback' Scores Eight Oscars Nods (AP)
 AP - "Brokeback Mountain" strengthened its claim as the Academy Award front-runner, while dark-horse "Crash" came on strong and George Clooney made history at the nominations announced Tuesday.
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Lucy Liu Tours Quake-Battered Pakistan (AP)
 AP - Lucy Liu, the high-kicking star of "Charlie's Angels" and "Kill Bill," showed her softer side Wednesday touring areas in Pakistan devastated by the Oct. 8 earthquake.
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Spears to Guest Star on 'Will & Grace' (AP)
 AP - Britney Spears will guest star on an episode of "Will & Grace," NBC announced Tuesday. The pop star will appear as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show, on the April 13 episode, the network said.
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Lindsay Lohan in Stitches After Slip (AP)
 AP - Lindsay Lohan was treated at a London hospital last week after she cut her leg in an accident at Bryan Adams' home, according to published reports.
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Golden Globes Getting Animated (E! Online)
 E! Online - The Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, the folks behind the Oscar-previewing award
show, have announced plans to add a Best Animated Feature Film category
beginning with next year's ceremony.
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Turkish film on Iraq plays on anti-U.S. sentiment (Reuters)
Reuters - When he hears about the treatment of
Turkish commandos detained by the U.S. military in Iraq, Polat
Alemdar decides to take revenge to restore his country's honor.
Radiohead and Tom Petty to Play Bonnaroo (AP)
 AP - Radiohead and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are among the artists set to perform at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer.
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Lucy Liu Tours Quake-Battered Pakistan (AP)
AP - Lucy Liu, the high-kicking star of "Charlie's Angels" and "Kill Bill," showed her softer side Wednesday touring areas in Pakistan devastated by the Oct. 8 earthquake.
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Universal leads studios with 28 Oscar nods (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Pictures led Hollywood's
major movie studios with 28 Oscar nominations including those
earned by its Focus Features division that backed gay romance
"Brokeback Mountain."
New Cabaret Company Forms in Pittsburgh and Will Welcome Stars (Playbill)
Playbill - Stephanie Riso, founding managing director of Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, left the resident company Jan. 30 - and she took a piece of it with her.
Turkish film on Iraq plays on anti-U.S. sentiment (Reuters)
Reuters - When he hears about the treatment of
Turkish commandos detained by the U.S. military in Iraq, Polat
Alemdar decides to take revenge to restore his country's honor.
Lucy Liu Tours Quake-Battered Pakistan (AP)
AP - Lucy Liu, the high-kicking star of "Charlie's Angels" and "Kill Bill," showed her softer side Wednesday touring areas in Pakistan devastated by the Oct. 8 earthquake.
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Morning glory for dazed Oscar nominees (Reuters)
 Reuters - "I was in bed with my
husband, Bill Macy, when the phone rang," said Felicity
Huffman, who received an Oscar nomination Tuesday for her role
as a preoperative transsexual in "Transamerica."
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'Veronica Mars' star joins geek squad (Reuters)
Reuters - Kristen Bell, star of
UPN's cult hit "Veronica Mars," is in final negotiations to
play a "Star Wars" geek in the comedy-drama "Fanboys."
'Lost' star Fox huddles on football picture (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Lost" star Matthew Fox
is joining Matthew McConaughey in the untitled college football
drama from "Charlie's Angels" director McG.
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"Office" worker Fischer laces up for "Blades" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Jenna Fischer, who plays
put-upon receptionist Pam in NBC's "The Office," has joined
Will Ferrell in "Blades of Glory," an ice-skating comedy set to
start production in March.
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'Capote' nominations a celebration for old friends (Reuters)
 Reuters - Philip Seymour Hoffman
may have been the front-runner for months in the best actor
Oscar race for his amazing transformation in "Capote," but it
hadn't sunk in when his name was among those announced Tuesday.
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Oscar nominations soothe anxious Ang Lee (Reuters)
 Reuters - Ang Lee had just
returned to his home in New York Tuesday after taking his
children to school and hoped to steal a few moments of sleep.
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La. Town to Get Film Industry Complex (AP)
AP - Known as "Hollywood South," Louisiana's growing movie industry is set to get the big-time movie production studio that industry leaders have said it needs.
Oscar Noms Escape to "Brokeback Mountain" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Jon Stewart has his marching orders: two gay cowboys, a
network of crusading journalists, a metropolis of angry people, one
ethically challenged writer and a Steven Spielberg miracle.
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Radiohead and Tom Petty to Play Bonnaroo (AP)
AP - Radiohead and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are among the artists set to perform at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer.
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Hank Williams heirs win control of radio acetates (Reuters)
Reuters - The heirs of country music icon Hank
Williams have won a yearlong court battle with Legacy
Entertainment Group and Polygram Records over control of scores
of their father's radio performances from the early 1950s.
Spears to Guest Star on 'Will & Grace' (AP)
AP - Britney Spears will guest star on an episode of "Will & Grace," NBC announced Tuesday. The pop star will appear as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show, on the April 13 episode, the network said.
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Destiny's Child in Star-Spangled swan song (Reuters)
 Reuters - On the heels of its farewell tour
and album, Destiny's Child will perform live for the final time
when it sings the national anthem before the National
Basketball Association All-Star Game in its Houston hometown on
February 19. The event will be broadcast live by TNT.
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Depeche Mode, Tool to headline Coachella fest (Reuters)
Reuters - Synth-pop veterans Depeche Mode and
hard rock band Tool will headline the two-day Coachella Valley
Music & Arts Festival in southern California, organizers said
Tuesday.
Aretha Franklin Forgives NFL for Snub (AP)
 AP - The NFL offended the Queen of Soul, but now all is forgiven. Aretha Franklin, who will perform the national anthem at Sunday's Super Bowl here in her hometown, initially felt Detroit's rich musical legacy was being snubbed when the Rolling Stones were chosen as halftime performers.
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'Brokeback' Scores Eight Oscars Nods (AP)
AP - "Brokeback Mountain" strengthened its claim as the Academy Award front-runner, while dark-horse "Crash" came on strong and George Clooney made history at the nominations announced Tuesday.
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Aretha Franklin Excited About Super Gig (AP)
AP - The Queen of Soul was not pleased.
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Great White Manager to Cop Plea (E! Online)
 E! Online - Great White's former tour manager has decided to face the
music.
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Williams scores record, will face trio of rookies (Reuters)
Reuters - John Williams has
notched a record-breaking Oscar performance for composers.
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