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Drew Lachey Wins 'Dancing With the Stars'
(AP)
 AP - Drew Lachey danced away as the winner of "Dancing with the Stars" Sunday night.
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U2's Bono Receives Neruda Award in Chile
(AP)
 AP - President Ricardo Lagos gave Bono the country's highest award for the arts on Sunday and told the U2 singer he should learn to play the traditional Andean instrument known as the charango.
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'Elliot' Kids Eclipse McGregor at Oliviers
(AP)
 AP - A trio of young stars from "Billy Elliot," the musical tale of a miner's son who wants to dance, stole the show at Britain's prestigious Olivier Awards on Sunday.
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Chase: Sopranos to Be Taken Out Next Year
(AP)
 AP - "The Sopranos" will definitely be taken out next year, the show's creator said, though he can't say it won't hit the big screen at some point.
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Tyler Perry's 'Reunion' Tops Box Office
(AP)
 AP - Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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"Geisha" costume designer stitches up guild honor
(Reuters)
Reuters - The lush hand-painted
kimonos from "Memoirs of a Geisha" helped Colleen Atwood earn a
top Costume Design Guild honor for the second year in a row.
Singer George Michael arrested in drugs probe
(Reuters)
 Reuters - British singer George Michael was
arrested on Sunday on suspicion of possessing drugs after he
was found slumped in a car in central London, a police source
said.
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Garrett has "Death" wish for Fox pilot
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former "Everybody Loves
Raymond" co-star Brad Garrett is in negotiations to join the
cast of Fox's comedy pilot "'Til Death."
Universal Chair Hired to Run DreamWorks
(AP)
AP - Paramount Pictures has hired Universal Pictures chairwoman Stacey Snider to head its recently acquired DreamWorks division, Paramount said Sunday.
"Billy Elliot" stars dance off with UK award
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Three teenagers who played the title
role in "Billy Elliot -- The Musical" shared a top acting prize
at Britain's premier theater awards on Sunday, beating film
star Ewan McGregor.
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"Geisha" costume designer stitches up guild honor
(Reuters)
Reuters - The lush hand-painted
kimonos from "Memoirs of a Geisha" helped Colleen Atwood earn a
top Costume Design Guild honor for the second year in a row.
Sound awards swing with "Walk the Line"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The rhythms of Johnny
Cash in "Walk the Line" won out over the sounds of invading
aliens, an angry ape, Japanese geisha society and racial
clashes at the 42nd annual Cinema Audio Society Awards in Los
Angeles on Saturday.
Strait, Belle fight for mankind
(Reuters)
Reuters - Steven Strait and
Camilla Belle will star in "10,000 B.C.," a prehistoric epic
from "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich.
"Crash" wins best picture at NAACP's Image Awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - With only a week to go before the
Academy Awards, the Oscar-nominated film "Crash" was named best
picture by the NAACP at its 37th annual Image Awards on
Saturday.
"Madea's Family Reunion" oddly alluring
(Reuters)
Reuters - At the unlikely
intersection of Douglas Sirk movie, sitcom, trashy romance
novel and revival meeting, Tyler Perry has carved out a box
office niche of impressive proportions.
Universal Chair Hired to Run DreamWorks
(AP)
AP - Paramount Pictures has hired Universal Pictures chairwoman Stacey Snider to head its recently acquired DreamWorks division, Paramount said Sunday.
"Madea" No Drag at Box Office
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Tyler
Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, the sequel to Perry's surprise hit
Diary of a Mad Black Woman, pulled in $30.2 million to dominate
the weekend box office, according to preliminary studio figures Sunday.
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Gere Fears AIDS Epidemic Hitting India
(AP)
 AP - As President Bush prepares to travel to India this week, Richard Gere is applauding the leader's focus on the AIDS crisis there.
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Tyler Perry's 'Reunion' Tops Box Office
(AP)
AP - Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Top French film awards march to Audiard's "Beat"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "De battre mon coeur s'est
arrete" (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) won eight Cesar
Awards, France's top film honors, on Saturday, while Clint
Eastwood's Academy Award winner "Million Dollar Baby" took the
prize for best foreign film.
Singer George Michael arrested in drugs probe
(Reuters)
Reuters - British singer George Michael was
arrested on Sunday on suspicion of possessing drugs after he
was found slumped in a car in central London, a police source
said.
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Ginuwine outshines acts at patchy revival show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ginuwine, Jagged Edge,
Donnel Jones and Case were staples on urban radio during the
mid- to late-'90s, a period that gave ample airtime to anyone
who could copy a Stevie Wonder trill.
Sheryl Crow's Cancer Fight
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Sheryl Crow says she is heading toward a full recovery from breast
cancer surgery earlier this week.
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U2's Bono Receives Neruda Award in Chile
(AP)
AP - President Ricardo Lagos gave Bono the country's highest award for the arts on Sunday and told the U2 singer he should learn to play the traditional Andean instrument known as the charango.
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U2 receives human rights award in Chile
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Irish rock band U2 received
Amnesty International's annual Ambassadors of Conscience award
on Sunday in Chile's national stadium, which was once a
notorious detention center for political prisoners.
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Alice in Chains members regroup for tour
(Reuters)
Reuters - The surviving members of grunge rock
band Alice In Chains are hitting the road this summer for the
first time since frontman Layne Staley's death from a drug
overdose in 2002.
School's out for R&B youngster Sammie
(Reuters)
Reuters - R&B singer Sammie is all grown up
-- he is 17 -- and is set to release his first album since he
burst on the scene in 2000.
Indie rocker Neko Case back in solo spotlight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neko Case will release her first
studio album in almost four years next month, but the indie
roots rocker has hardly been absent from the scene in that
time.
Madonna storms to 12th number one in UK
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Queen of pop Madonna stormed to the head
of the singles charts on Sunday, registering her 12th British
number one.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
 AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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