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Lance Armstrong, Sheryl Crow Break Up (AP)
 AP - Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have split, the couple announced in a joint statement Friday night. The seven-time Tour de France champion and the rock star announced their engagement in September. It would have been her first marriage and his second. He has three children from a previous marriage.
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Soldier Says He Thought Woodruff Was Dead (AP)
 AP - The first soldier to check on ABC anchor Bob Woodruff after he was attacked by a roadside bomb said that "my initial assessment of him was that he was dead."
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James Taylor Tribute to Start Grammy Week (AP)
 AP - Even after 30-plus years and dozens of hits, James Taylor admits he remains mystified by the music business.
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Music Stars Make Red Hot Fashion Statement (AP)
 AP - Sheryl Crow, Lindsay Lohan, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack and other singing stars strutted their stuff for a new crowd Friday: the fashion editors, stylists and retailers at New York Fashion Week.
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Culture's magnetic forces (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - May the Force be with you. There was a time when that phrase was practically a benediction for a nationwide religion. A few years later, everyone wanted to know who shot J.R. In the 1990s, "yada, yada, yada" became a common refrain.
Bond Helmer Busted for Prostitution (E! Online)
 E! Online - Paging the producers of Casino Royale: We think we found
your next Bond babe.
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Dove Nominee Not Eligible for Award (AP)
AP - The Gospel Music Association is dropping one of its nominees for the Dove Awards after it found that singer Shawn McDonald doesn't qualify for the best new artist award under its guidelines.
Rolling Stones at Super Bowl a logistics challenge (Reuters)
 Reuters - Before the Rolling Stones play at
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, producers will have six
minutes to roll out and assemble a gigantic stage, erect 27
tons of lights and herd a 3,000-person "studio" audience to the
center of Detroit's Ford Field.
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Lost Highway label finds route to Grammy glory (Reuters)
Reuters - As Lost Highway Records marks its
fifth anniversary this year, it is also celebrating a
remarkable Grammy Awards achievement. Since its inception, the
label has released 50 albums, and netted an astonishing 44
nominations.
"Diva" a bitchy comedy set in TV world (Reuters)
Reuters - Howard Michael Gould's
satiric showbiz comedy "Diva" -- a scathing behind-the-scenes
look at TV production -- might best be subtitled "Swimming With
Sharks."
Bond Helmer Busted for Prostitution (E! Online)
E! Online - Paging the producers of Casino Royale: We think we found
your next Bond babe.
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Settlement Reached in Brando Case (AP)
 AP - Lawyers for Marlon Brando's estate have settled a sexual harassment and unlawful termination lawsuit against the late actor's estate by his former business manager, attorneys said.
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Fifth Harry Potter Movie to Start Filming (AP)
 AP - A veteran Academy Award nominee and a 14-year-old unknown will join the cast of J.K. Rowling's epic Harry Potter series as filming begins next week on the latest movie, producers said.
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Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox Engaged (AP)
 AP - Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox are engaged, Cox's publicist announced Friday.
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Tamahori arrested on sex charge (Reuters)
 Reuters - New Zealand-born director Lee
Tamahori, whose films include the James Bond hit "Die Another
Day," has been arrested on a sex charge while wearing a woman's
dress and a wig, officials said on Friday.
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Wanted: 007 Babe & Baddie (E! Online)
 E! Online - James Bond likes his women beautiful, his nemeses
megalomaniacal and his martinis shaken, not stirred. But these days he's
drinking alone.
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Review: 'Manderlay' (AP)
AP - To get riled up by Lars von Trier's "Manderlay" would be to validate him. It would suggest that he has a point, and that it's lucid, and that he has argued it convincingly.
Review: 'Something New' (AP)
AP - "Something New" actually lives up to its title: a romantic comedy that's both romantic and funny and not nearly as formulaic as so many films of the genre unfortunately tend to be.
Review: 'When a Stranger Calls' (AP)
AP - "When a Stranger Calls" might be the first horror movie ripped from the pages of Architectural Digest.
Mehra's New Movie to Feature Bachchans (AP)
AP - Bollywood's most famous family — the Bachchans — will appear in a film about conflict in the home of a classical musician.
Dove Nominee Not Eligible for Award (AP)
AP - The Gospel Music Association is dropping one of its nominees for the Dove Awards after it found that singer Shawn McDonald doesn't qualify for the best new artist award under its guidelines.
Music Stars Make Red Hot Fashion Statement (AP)
AP - Sheryl Crow, Lindsay Lohan, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack and other singing stars strutted their stuff for a new crowd Friday: the fashion editors, stylists and retailers at New York Fashion Week.
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James Taylor Tribute to Start Grammy Week (AP)
AP - Even after 30-plus years and dozens of hits, James Taylor admits he remains mystified by the music business.
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Latin Singer to Appear in Court for Fight (AP)
 AP - Multi-Grammy-winning Latin singer "El Idolo" Luis Miguel is known for crooning about love and romance, but Aspen police said it's a fight that got their attention.
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Grammy Awards divide dance floor (Reuters)
Reuters - Nothing highlights the divisions
within the dance music community more thoroughly than the
annual announcement of the Grammy Award nominees. And no group
has been quite so divided as the class of 2005.
Canadian singer Harmer scales 'Mountain' (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah
Harmer did not while away the hours recording her first album
in two years, "I'm a Mountain."
Lost Highway label finds route to Grammy glory (Reuters)
Reuters - As Lost Highway Records marks its
fifth anniversary this year, it is also celebrating a
remarkable Grammy Awards achievement. Since its inception, the
label has released 50 albums, and netted an astonishing 44
nominations.
John Legend collaborator gets a 'Lift' with Sony (Reuters)
Reuters - While the eight Grammy Award
nominations John Legend received for his debut album "Get
Lifted" have certainly raised his status, the profile of some
of his colleagues has risen as well.
John Legend deserves best new artist Grammy (Reuters)
Reuters - Every year, one of the most
heavily debated Grammy Award categories is that of best new
artist.
Rolling Stones at Super Bowl a logistics challenge (Reuters)
Reuters - Before the Rolling Stones play at
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, producers will have six
minutes to roll out and assemble a gigantic stage, erect 27
tons of lights and herd a 3,000-person "studio" audience to the
center of Detroit's Ford Field.
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