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'Brokeback' Named Best Independent Film
(AP)
 AP - The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" won best picture and its creator Ang Lee was named best director Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards, which played out as a potential prelude to the Academy Awards.
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Soul Train Keeps Mariah's Comeback Rolling
(AP)
 AP - Mariah Carey kept her comeback going Saturday, picking up best album and best single honors at the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards.
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McCarthy's 'Dirty Love' Wins 3 Razzies
(AP)
AP - Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Paris Hilton won worst-of prizes Saturday at the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof mocking the worst of 2005.
Several People Hurt at Punk Concert Riot
(AP)
AP - Rioting broke out Saturday night at British punk band concert, injuring several people and destroying two police cars, officials said.
Big Studios to Sit on Sidelines at Oscars
(AP)
 AP - No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusually daring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business.
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"Brokeback" wins honors at independent film awards
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The gay cowboys of "Brokeback
Mountain" lassoed the best feature prize at the Independent
Spirit Awards, the art-house world's equivalent of the Oscars,
on Saturday, a day before the picture competes for a leading
eight honors at the Academy Awards.
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Several People Hurt at Punk Concert Riot
(AP)
AP - Rioting broke out Saturday night at British punk band concert, injuring several people and destroying two police cars, officials said.
Oscars can be night of high points and faux pas
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comedian Chevy Chase opened the
Oscars in 1988 with the line: "Good evening, Hollywood
phonies," and never hosted the show again.
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Parents Complain About Book's Undertones
(AP)
AP - A children's book about two male penguins that raise a baby penguin has been moved to the nonfiction section of two public library branches after parents complained it had homosexual undertones.
Travolta cast as mother in musical "Hairspray"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - He was the teenage prince of disco
in "Saturday Night Fever," the dreamy leader of a high school
gang in "Grease" and a mob hit man in "Pulp Fiction." Now John
Travolta will be playing a mom.
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"Brokeback" wins honors at independent film awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - The gay cowboys of "Brokeback
Mountain" lassoed the best feature prize at the Independent
Spirit Awards, the art-house world's equivalent of the Oscars,
on Saturday, a day before the picture competes for a leading
eight honors at the Academy Awards.
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Cruise, Holmes named "most tiresome" in Hollywood
(Reuters)
 Reuters - And the losers are? Tom Cruise and
his fiance Katie Holmes.
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McCarthy's 'Dirty Love' Wins 3 Razzies
(AP)
AP - Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Paris Hilton won worst-of prizes Saturday at the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof mocking the worst of 2005.
Oscars can be night of high points and faux pas
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comedian Chevy Chase opened the
Oscars in 1988 with the line: "Good evening, Hollywood
phonies," and never hosted the show again.
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Want to party crash the Oscars? Take a lobster
(Reuters)
 Reuters - If you want to crash the glitziest
party of all, the Oscars, here's a tip from a professional:
Show up at the theater, dressed as a chef carrying a live
lobster, looking really concerned.
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Spirit Awards Go for "Broke"
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Looks like Jack and Ennis are getting a happy ending after all.
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Director Lee Struggled at Home in Taiwan
(AP)
 AP - There are no horses. Men don't wear cowboy hats. And pickup trucks don't rumble down dusty roads.
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Big Studios to Sit on Sidelines at Oscars
(AP)
AP - No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusually daring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business.
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Rappers Three 6 Mafia to Make Oscar History
(AP)
 AP - Hookers and hustlers populate the gritty corner of 7th Street and North Memphis. A seductive brunette gyrates against a street lamp. A fight breaks out between two would-be johns. Nearby, in a shabby room soundproofed by cardboard drink holders, a few locals with hip-hop dreams try out their new rap song.
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'Brokeback' Named Best Independent Film
(AP)
AP - The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" won best picture and its creator Ang Lee was named best director Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards, which played out as a potential prelude to the Academy Awards.
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Several People Hurt at Punk Concert Riot
(AP)
AP - Rioting broke out Saturday night at British punk band concert, injuring several people and destroying two police cars, officials said.
Soul Train Keeps Mariah's Comeback Rolling
(AP)
AP - Mariah Carey kept her comeback going Saturday, picking up best album and best single honors at the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards.
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More Sex Tape Red Tape for Stapp
(E! Online)
 E! Online - If nothing else, Scott Stapp and Kid Rock's joint release is
generating lots of billable hours for attorneys.
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Rappers Three 6 Mafia to Make Oscar History
(AP)
AP - Hookers and hustlers populate the gritty corner of 7th Street and North Memphis. A seductive brunette gyrates against a street lamp. A fight breaks out between two would-be johns. Nearby, in a shabby room soundproofed by cardboard drink holders, a few locals with hip-hop dreams try out their new rap song.
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BSO Director to Withdraw From 2006 Tour
(AP)
 AP - Music director James Levine has been forced to withdraw from the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2006 American tour, which starts this week, because of the lingering effects of a fall, the orchestra announced Saturday.
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Lovett Will Receive Soundtrack Award
(AP)
 AP - A new soundtrack award honoring artists for their contributions to Texas film will be presented to Lyle Lovett, the Austin Film Society announced.
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Woman Sues Scott Stapp Over Sex Tape
(AP)
AP - A woman who claims to be involved in a video showing Scott Stapp and Kid Rock with several strippers has sued Stapp for invasion of privacy.
Arrest of Rapper Exposes Feud
(AP)
AP - A double slaying last May that led to the arrest of a rap figure in California stemmed from a feud between Midwest and West Coast music industry groups, authorities said Friday.
Abdul Causes Security Breach at Airport
(AP)
 AP - Paula Abdul was allowed to board a plane at the Las Vegas airport without passing through a security checkpoint, prompting all passengers and luggage to be screened when they landed in California, officials said Friday.
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Cover Him: Springsteen Channels Seeger
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Paying tribute to one of his musical heroes, Bruce
Springsteen has announced plans to release We Shall Overcome: The
Seeger Sessions, a collection of Pete Seeger covers, on Apr. 25.
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