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'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies (AP)
 AP - Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom, died after years of failing health. He was 82.
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'Crash' Wins Best Orig. Screenplay Award (AP)
 AP - The writers of "Brokeback Mountain," the sweeping tale about the longtime forbidden romance between rugged ranch hands, won best adapted screenplay Saturday night at the 58th annual Writers Guild Awards.
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'Wallace & Gromit' Wins Animation Award (AP)
AP - Hunks of hand-crafted clay trounced modern computer-animated images Saturday to take top honors at the 33rd annual Annie Awards, honoring achievements in feature film and television animation.
Clooney Honored at Santa Barbara Film Fest (AP)
 AP - Wrapping a week that included receiving three Oscar nominations, George Clooney traveled up the coast to collect the Modern Master Award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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China director seeks Western feast with "Banquet" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Chinese films have become hot tickets
around the world, but few movie-goers outside China have even
heard of the country's arguably most popular, or at least most
populist, director.
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"Crash," "Brokeback" win top screenwriting awards (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood's screenwriters gave
their two top film awards to race drama "Crash" and gay romance
"Brokeback Mountain" on Saturday, setting up a showdown between
the two message movies for the best movie Oscar.
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Love: "Gnarly" Drug Problem Beat (E! Online)
 E! Online - A clean and sober Courtney Love is ready to roll. And rock.
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'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies (AP)
AP - Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom, died after years of failing health. He was 82.
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"Crash," "Brokeback" win top screenwriting awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood's screenwriters gave
their two top film awards to race drama "Crash" and gay romance
"Brokeback Mountain" on Saturday, setting up a showdown between
the two message movies for the best movie Oscar.
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"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."
"Crash," "Brokeback" win top screenwriting awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood's screenwriters gave
their two top film awards to race drama "Crash" and gay romance
"Brokeback Mountain" on Saturday, setting up a showdown between
the two message movies for the best movie Oscar.
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'Crash' Wins Best Orig. Screenplay Award (AP)
AP - The writers of "Brokeback Mountain," the sweeping tale about the longtime forbidden romance between rugged ranch hands, won best adapted screenplay Saturday night at the 58th annual Writers Guild Awards.
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'Wallace & Gromit' Wins Animation Award (AP)
AP - Hunks of hand-crafted clay trounced modern computer-animated images Saturday to take top honors at the 33rd annual Annie Awards, honoring achievements in feature film and television animation.
China director seeks Western feast with "Banquet" (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese films have become hot tickets
around the world, but few movie-goers outside China have even
heard of the country's arguably most popular, or at least most
populist, director.
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Clooney Honored at Santa Barbara Film Fest (AP)
AP - Wrapping a week that included receiving three Oscar nominations, George Clooney traveled up the coast to collect the Modern Master Award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Big-screen 'George' curiously plays it safe (Reuters)
Reuters - Margret and H.A. Rey's
mischievous monkey (he's technically a chimp, but why quibble
with 65 years of tradition?), makes his long-threatened leap to
the big screen in "Curious George," with much of the books'
charm respectfully intact.
'When a Stranger Calls' ... just ignore it (Reuters)
Reuters - This remake of the 1979
horror film "When a Stranger Calls" provides a couple of new
ways to measure the rate of inflation.
'Pink Panther' painfully unfunny (Reuters)
 Reuters - The last time we saw
Inspector Clouseau, the once-illustrious Pink Panther franchise
had fallen on hard times with actor (now TV director) Ted Wass
stuck in the thankless role of attempting to fill the late
Peter Sellers' formidable footwear in 1983's "Curse of the Pink
Panther."
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'Geisha' Latest Movie Censored in China (AP)
 AP - "Memoirs of a Geisha" has became the latest movie censored in China despite increased openness, and analysts say communist leaders will likely ramp up ideological controls as outside influences flood the nation.
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Brigitte Bardot slams Romania for dog cull (Reuters)
 Reuters - Former French film star turned animal
rights activist Brigitte Bardot slammed Romania on Saturday for
culling stray dogs after a Japanese man was bitten to death in
Bucharest.
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Love: "Gnarly" Drug Problem Beat (E! Online)
E! Online - A clean and sober Courtney Love is ready to roll. And rock.
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Tony Bennett Breaks Tradition on New CD (AP)
AP - Tony Bennett breaks with tradition on his Grammy-nominated CD, "The Art of Romance," by doing something he had shied away from throughout a recording career dating back more than half a century. For the first time on any of his 100-plus albums, Bennett's name can be found among the songwriting credits.
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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Courtney Love Says Drug Problem Behind Her (AP)
 AP - Rocker Courtney Love told a judge that she has put her drug problems behind her and said she has a renewed outlook on life.
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Rockers map out ticket promotion (Reuters)
Reuters - When red-hot pop-punk outfit Fall
Out Boy was preparing to launch its upcoming U.S. tour, all
involved knew the band needed to do something special to fill
the arena-sized venues it had booked.
Most major labels back off DualDisc (Reuters)
Reuters - The DualDisc marks its one-year
anniversary of mass distribution this month, but the new hybrid
CD/DVD once expected to become the physical successor to the CD
may already be on life support.
Bonnaroo, Coachella fests boast similar bills (Reuters)
Reuters - Now that the basic lineups for the
Bonnaroo and Coachella festivals have been unveiled, this much
is clear: the musical identities of the two events have
blurred.
Would you like a DVD with your tall latte? (Reuters)
Reuters - Starbucks' music retail strategy
has included an exclusive release from Alanis Morissette, a
co-release from Ray Charles and the creation of a record label,
Hear Music. Now the coffee giant is hoping customers would like
to see music as well as hear it. Beginning Valentine's Day,
Starbucks becomes a video retailer.
Germany's Rammstein fired up over Grammy nod (Reuters)
Reuters - Rammstein's status as Germany's
leading rock export of recent years is underscored by its
Grammy Award nomination for best metal performance with "Mein
Teil."
Jazz indies have the edge at Grammys (Reuters)
Reuters - Micro-indie and artist-run labels
will once again show their mettle at Wednesday's Grammy Awards,
in light of 2005's historic win by Maria Schneider.
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