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Sean Connery Has Surgery for Kidney Tumor
(AP)
 AP - Sean Connery has undergone surgery for a kidney tumor and is recovering at his home in the Bahamas, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Jacksons Attend Funeral of Slain Drummer
(AP)
AP - Several Jackson 5 members attended the funeral of their former drummer, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.
'Launch' Soars to Win at Box Office
(AP)
 AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.
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Where Will 'Today' Turn if Couric Departs?
(AP)
AP - Good morning, Matt! Almost lost in the overheated speculation about whether Katie Couric will become an evening news anchor for CBS is the real possibility that someone else may soon sit next to Matt Lauer on the "Today" show set.
Goldie Hawn Honored at Comedy Festival
(AP)
AP - Goldie Hawn says she's never doubted herself, even when she made an audience laugh during a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Sean Connery Has Surgery for Kidney Tumor
(AP)
AP - Sean Connery has undergone surgery for a kidney tumor and is recovering at his home in the Bahamas, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Jacksons Attend Funeral of Slain Drummer
(AP)
AP - Several Jackson 5 members attended the funeral of their former drummer, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.
Impromptu gigs, comebacks cap Aspen comedy fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 12th annual U.S.
Comedy Arts Festival wrapped over the weekend with talk of
Russell Simmons' "Def Comedy Jam" returning to the HBO
schedule, awards bestowed on performers and films and, of
course, dealmaking for rising comedy stars.
Sony Classics celebrates 'Quinceanera' deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Pictures Classics has
nabbed all North American and Latin American rights to recent
Sundance Film Festival winner "Quinceanera."
Bourne's "Swan Lake" a top-notch success in LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Choreographer-director
Matthew Bourne's breathtaking and sexy version of "Swan Lake"
was first performed in 1995 in London, where it won the Olivier
Award for best new dance production. At the Ahmanson, more than
a decade after its groundbreaking opening, the show is still
one of the most original, entertaining and imaginative evenings
of theater imaginable. A revised/updated ballet for the general
audience.
Sean Connery Has Surgery for Kidney Tumor
(AP)
AP - Sean Connery has undergone surgery for a kidney tumor and is recovering at his home in the Bahamas, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Sony Classics celebrates 'Quinceanera' deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Pictures Classics has
nabbed all North American and Latin American rights to recent
Sundance Film Festival winner "Quinceanera."
Bird catches mouse cartoon for Pixar
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Incredibles"
director Brad Bird will follow up his Oscar-winning film with
"Ratatouille," a Pixar cartoon about a skinny mouse who lives
in a Parisian restaurant.
Rachmaninoff movie set to take flight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian filmmaker Bruce
Beresford has signed a deal to direct "Rhapsody," a movie about
Russian classical composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
'Crash' director eyeing timely terrorist thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hot off his best picture
win for "Crash," Paul Haggis is in final negotiations to direct
and produce "Against All Enemies," a project based on Richard
A. Clarke's best-selling memoir chronicling the Bush
administration's handling of terrorist threats.
Police drummer takes fans behind the music
(Reuters)
Reuters - When you think of words
to describe the Police, somehow "playful" wouldn't be one of
them.
Keaton and cast work cheaply in DeLillo film 'Game 6'
(Reuters)
Reuters - Find a movie director with a great
script and former "Batman" star Michael Keaton is willing to
work for $100 a day.
No Failure in This "Launch"
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Title notwithstanding, Failure to Launch had no trouble
getting off the pad.
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Goldie Hawn Honored at Comedy Festival
(AP)
AP - Goldie Hawn says she's never doubted herself, even when she made an audience laugh during a production of Romeo and Juliet.
'Launch' Soars to Win at Box Office
(AP)
AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.
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Jacksons Attend Funeral of Slain Drummer
(AP)
AP - Several Jackson 5 members attended the funeral of their former drummer, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.
British band Hard-Fi looks to "Cash" in Stateside
(Reuters)
Reuters - When London rock band Hard-Fi hits the
road in America this month, it will mark the continuation of a
journey that began exactly one year ago.
Battle of MySpace bands for "Scarface" soundtrack
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a move that
highlights the music industry's growing use of video games and
social networking to reach its audience, Vivendi Universal
Games and MySpace Records have teamed up to use "Scarface: The
World Is Yours" as a launching pad for a new artist.
Rock hall of fame curator still chasing Dylan
(Reuters)
 Reuters - You could say that Jim Henke has the
perfect job.
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Met Conductor to Miss Rest of Season
(AP)
 AP - Conductor James Levine will miss the rest of the Metropolitan Opera's season because of a shoulder injury that requires surgery. Levine, music director of the Met and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, was injured March 1 when he tripped and fell on the stage of Boston's Symphony Hall during ovations that followed a performance.
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South By Southwest fest marks 20 years of buzz
(Reuters)
 Reuters - During the past two decades, the
South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas,
has earned a reputation as the premier showcasing opportunity
in America for acts on the cusp of breaking into the
mainstream.
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Robotic Instruments Play in D.C. Gallery
(AP)
AP - It's a concert without musicians when 16 baby grand player-pianos accompanied by a variety of drums, bells, xylophones and a siren perform American composer George Antheil's "Ballet Mecanique," or Mechanical Ballet.
Jackson Pressed on Back Pay at Neverland
(AP)
 AP - State regulators said they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch.
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Aid groups keeping music alive in New Orleans
(Reuters)
Reuters - It was a high-energy homecoming as
Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove blasted out the funk at New
Orleans' Maple Leaf Bar to fans and old friends who couldn't
help but dance long after midnight.
Judge Tells Man to Stay Away From Ronstadt
(AP)
 AP - A Colorado man accused of stalking singer Linda Ronstadt for nearly a decade has been ordered by an Arizona judge to stay away from her.
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