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'V for Vendetta' Nets $26.1M at Box Office
(AP)
 AP - Audiences were in a rebellious mood, lifting the action tale "V for Vendetta" to the top spot at the weekend box office with a $26.1 million debut. The Warner Bros. film, which stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in a story of revolution against a totalitarian British government, bumped off the previous weekend's box-office leaders.
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Longtime ABC News Anchor Bill Beutel Dies
(AP)
 AP - Bill Beutel, the longtime television news anchor and host of the show that became ABC's "Good Morning America," has died, the network announced. He was 75.
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Blake Works As Ranch Hand, Plans Comeback
(AP)
 AP - A year after Robert Blake was acquitted in criminal court of killing his wife, the former tough guy actor spends his days exercising horses at a friend's ranch and planning a comeback.
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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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Ban Extended on Kid Rock Sex Video Release
(AP)
 AP - Lawyers for Kid Rock and a California company have reached a tentative agreement to extend a judge's order blocking the release of an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.
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'V for Vendetta' Nets $26.1M at Box Office
(AP)
AP - Audiences were in a rebellious mood, lifting the action tale "V for Vendetta" to the top spot at the weekend box office with a $26.1 million debut. The Warner Bros. film, which stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in a story of revolution against a totalitarian British government, bumped off the previous weekend's box-office leaders.
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Field Music Stands Out at Texas Festival
(AP)
 AP - At the annual South by Southwest music festival, hundreds of bands often seamlessly mix in with the young, hip crowd. One of those bands, the obsessively melodic British trio Field Music, would easily go unnoticed if they weren't having their photo taken. A curious onlooker asks, "Which band are you guys?"
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Gregory Gets Caught in Political Battle
(AP)
AP - In some circles, having a Web site devoted to getting you fired could be proof that you've really arrived. NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory admits he's clicked on firedavidgregory.com. How could he resist? Presumably he wasn't among the 2,839 visitors who, through Friday, had signed a petition urging his removal.
College hoops scores for CBS
(Reuters)
Reuters - After a banner year in
2005, this year's March Madness looks to be going for a
two-peat.
"Entertaining" cast rescues dated play
(Reuters)
Reuters - The poster for
"Entertaining Mr. Sloane" -- showing TV's "The O.C." hunk Chris
Carmack relaxing in bed between cigarette-smoking Alec Baldwin
and black-bra-clad Jan Maxwell -- is naughtier than anything in
the revival of Joe Orton's once-groundbreaking play.
'V for Vendetta' Nets $26.1M at Box Office
(AP)
AP - Audiences were in a rebellious mood, lifting the action tale "V for Vendetta" to the top spot at the weekend box office with a $26.1 million debut. The Warner Bros. film, which stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in a story of revolution against a totalitarian British government, bumped off the previous weekend's box-office leaders.
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Andy Dick wins laughs with reality-based feature
(Reuters)
Reuters - Andy Dick is an actor
famous for two things: portraying a hopeless klutz on
television and getting into trouble with booze and drugs.
"Vendetta" Bloodies Box Office
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The Wachowski
brothers' adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's classic graphic
novel about rebellion against a fascist regime pulled in an estimated
$26.1 million to handily win the weekend box office.
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Blake Works As Ranch Hand, Plans Comeback
(AP)
AP - A year after Robert Blake was acquitted in criminal court of killing his wife, the former tough guy actor spends his days exercising horses at a friend's ranch and planning a comeback.
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Spike Lee finally has a hit with "Inside Man"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Inside Man" is the dull
title of a crackerjack crime thriller that also is the most
commercial movie Spike Lee has directed.
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Beatty Happy Being a Character Actor
(AP)
 AP - Ned Beatty says he sees himself as a quintessential character actor.
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"V" stands for victory at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - The futuristic terrorist thriller
"V For Vendetta" blew up its rivals at the weekend box office
in North America, according to studio estimates released on
Sunday.
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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Field Music Stands Out at Texas Festival
(AP)
AP - At the annual South by Southwest music festival, hundreds of bands often seamlessly mix in with the young, hip crowd. One of those bands, the obsessively melodic British trio Field Music, would easily go unnoticed if they weren't having their photo taken. A curious onlooker asks, "Which band are you guys?"
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It's Hard Out Here for Three 6 Mafia
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Three 6 Mafia, you just won an Oscar, where are you going now?
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Texas music fest again bulged at the seams
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Texas state
capital has survived another South by Southwest Music
Conference & Festival, which now appears to be the biggest
platform for live music in the country.
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Recovering Crow Ready to Hit Road
(E! Online)
 E! Online - After undergoing successful cancer surgery, all Sheryl Crow wants
to do is hit the road.
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The Pogues end lengthy hiatus with oldies set
(Reuters)
Reuters - To get the most pressing
matter out of the way first: Yes, Shane McGowan showed up, and
yes, he made it through the entire show.
Ban Extended on Kid Rock Sex Video Release
(AP)
AP - Lawyers for Kid Rock and a California company have reached a tentative agreement to extend a judge's order blocking the release of an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.
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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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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.
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