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Judge Halts Notorious B.I.G. Album Sales
(AP)
 AP - A judge halted sales of Notorious B.I.G.'s breakthrough 1994 album "Ready to Die" after a jury decided the title song used part of an Ohio Players tune without permission.
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Crowe Buys Majority Interest in Rugby Club
(AP)
AP - Actor Russell Crowe loves the South Sydney rugby league club so much that he bought a majority interest in the team Sunday.
Pitt-Jolie Wedding So Far Just Rumors
(AP)
 AP - The main thing missing from the much-rumored wedding between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was the bride and groom. Still, officials held out hope that the couple would show up this weekend to tie the knot in this Lake Como retreat, a favorite getaway for the rich and famous.
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Jackson's California Playland Goes Dark
(AP)
 AP - Here lies Neverland. Trains once packed with laughing children no longer roll around the grounds. The arcade that pulsed with rap music, the curse words edited out, has fallen silent. No one waits at the gate with ice cream for youngsters to arrive.
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Exec Says SXSW Not What It Used to Be
(AP)
 AP - Josh Rosenfeld, co-founder of Barsuk Records, has some advice for fledgling indie record labels at the South by Southwest music festival.
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Fashion designer Oleg Cassini dead at 92
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oleg Cassini, who created a fashion
powerhouse and helped make Jacqueline Kennedy America's most
glamorous first lady, died on Friday, his family said. He was
92.
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Judge Halts Notorious B.I.G. Album Sales
(AP)
AP - A judge halted sales of Notorious B.I.G.'s breakthrough 1994 album "Ready to Die" after a jury decided the title song used part of an Ohio Players tune without permission.
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Britain's ad police relent after bloody campaign
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australia said "bloody well done" on
Saturday after Britain's television advertising regulator
lifted a ban on an Australian tourism campaign centered on the
slightly risquhrase "bloody hell."
Exec Says SXSW Not What It Used to Be
(AP)
AP - Josh Rosenfeld, co-founder of Barsuk Records, has some advice for fledgling indie record labels at the South by Southwest music festival.
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New Musical, 'Story of My Life,' to Play CanStage
(Playbill)
Playbill - Three world premieres and a homecoming for the international hit The Overcoat will punctuate the 2006-07 season of CanStage in Toronto.
Fashion designer Oleg Cassini dead at 92
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oleg Cassini, who created a fashion
powerhouse and helped make Jacqueline Kennedy America's most
glamorous first lady, died on Friday, his family said. He was
92.
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Ben Stein: Troops Were Snubbed at Oscars
(AP)
 AP - Ben Stein says the people who were snubbed on Oscar night weren't the stars who were passed over for Academy Awards, but American troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Pitt-Jolie Wedding So Far Just Rumors
(AP)
AP - The main thing missing from the much-rumored wedding between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was the bride and groom. Still, officials held out hope that the couple would show up this weekend to tie the knot in this Lake Como retreat, a favorite getaway for the rich and famous.
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Spielberg Production Sued Over Haircut
(AP)
AP - A Mescalero Apache family in southern New Mexico has sued the producers of Steven Spielberg's television miniseries, "Into the West," claiming a set stylist cut an 8-year-old girl's hair without regard for tribal customs.
Viacom to Sell DreamWorks Film Library
(AP)
 AP - Entertainment company Viacom Inc. said Friday it agreed to sell the film library of the recently acquired DreamWorks studio to an investment group led by financier George Soros in a deal that values the library at $900 million.
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Defense: 'Da Vinci' Prosecution in Tatters
(AP)
 AP - A lawyer for the publisher of "The Da Vinci Code" wrapped up the defense's case Friday by telling London's High Court that two authors' claim for copyright infringement was "in tatters."
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Newcomer Routh Stars in 'Superman Returns'
(AP)
 AP - With that sturdy man-of-steel look about him, you'd think Brandon Routh was the next coming of Superman. Oh, wait, he is.
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Lake Como buzzes with Pitt-Jolie wedding rumors
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Rumors that Hollywood
sweethearts Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt could marry on the
shores of Lake Como this weekend have transformed even quiet
Italian villagers into star-struck gossip fans.
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Review: 'The Zodiac'
(AP)
AP - The first-time filmmakers behind "The Zodiac" have gained bragging rights for beating director David Fincher into theaters with their take on California's astrologically nicknamed serial killer.
Review: 'Find Me Guilty'
(AP)
AP - If you didn't know you were watching Vin Diesel in "Find Me Guilty," you wouldn't know you were watching Vin Diesel. And that's a compliment.
Judge Halts Notorious B.I.G. Album Sales
(AP)
AP - A judge halted sales of Notorious B.I.G.'s breakthrough 1994 album "Ready to Die" after a jury decided the title song used part of an Ohio Players tune without permission.
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Exec Says SXSW Not What It Used to Be
(AP)
AP - Josh Rosenfeld, co-founder of Barsuk Records, has some advice for fledgling indie record labels at the South by Southwest music festival.
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More pop artists turning to rap producers
(Reuters)
Reuters - DJ Premier was surprised when he got
the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that
Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his
gritty work with rap heavyweights Gang Starr, the Notorious
B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and KRS-One, to work on the pop singer's
forthcoming album.
Petty finishing solo album; plots tour, film
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Petty is putting
the finishing touches on a new solo album, "Highway Companion,"
expected to be released in June.
'Groove Me' Singer King Floyd III Dies
(AP)
AP - King Floyd III, the soul singer and songwriter best known for his 1970 hit "Groove Me," died March 6 of complications from a stroke and diabetes, his record label said. He was 61.
Jackson's California Playland Goes Dark
(AP)
AP - Here lies Neverland. Trains once packed with laughing children no longer roll around the grounds. The arcade that pulsed with rap music, the curse words edited out, has fallen silent. No one waits at the gate with ice cream for youngsters to arrive.
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No touring for Foo Fighters as Grohl awaits baby
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dave Grohl and his fellow Foo
Fighters are off the road until his first baby is born in
April, the former Nirvana drummer told Billboard.
Good vibes as DeFrancesco teams up with Hutcherson
(Reuters)
Reuters - Last summer Hammond B3 organist Joey
DeFrancesco caught vibes maestro Bobby Hutcherson at the Jazz
Showcase in Chicago. The evening proved to be a moment of
convergence, both musically and personally.
Jazz label Palmetto plans low-priced reissues
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sixteen-year-old jazz indie Palmetto
Records is excavating its vaults to reissue significant titles
in a series called Palmetto Classics.
Phoenix,Witherspoon duet nets CMT video nomination
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese
Witherspoon probably never expected to star in a music video
when they signed on for the film "Walk the Line," but their
version of "Jackson" has netted them a CMT Music Award
nomination for collaborative video of the year. The pair
portray Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in the film and the
video, which is taken from the movie.
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