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Moviegoers Get Taste of 'Simpsons' Film
(AP)
AP - America's favorite animated Average Joe is on the big screen, if only for a moment. A 25-second teaser clip of the upcoming "The Simpsons Movie" is being shown to audiences for 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: The Meltdown," which opened Friday.
Green Day Wins Two Kids Choice Awards
(AP)
AP - Thousands cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at Saturday's raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. ]]>
Record Label at Stake in Knight's No-Show
(AP)
AP - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight skipped a court-ordered appearance at a hearing about his assets Saturday, setting the stage for courts to take control of his Death Row Records label. ]]>
Farley Returns in Ads for Drug Treatment
(AP)
AP - Chris Farley, the funnyman who died more than eight years ago of a drug overdose, is making an appearance — on billboards that advertise treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. ]]>
Roth Struggles After Replacing Stern
(AP)
AP - David Lee Roth says he won't jump from his gig as a morning radio host. Roth, who replaced shock jock Howard Stern on seven stations in January, has struggled in making the move from rock star to radio host. But during his Friday show, the former Van Halen frontman vowed to stick with it — although he acknowledged that problems continue. ]]>
Moviegoers Get Taste of 'Simpsons' Film
(AP)
AP - America's favorite animated Average Joe is on the big screen, if only for a moment. A 25-second teaser clip of the upcoming "The Simpsons Movie" is being shown to audiences for 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: The Meltdown," which opened Friday.
Green Day Wins Two Kids Choice Awards
(AP)
AP - Thousands cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at Saturday's raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. ]]>
Green Day Wins Two Kids Choice Awards
(AP)
AP - Thousands cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at Saturday's raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. ]]>
Record Label at Stake in Knight's No-Show
(AP)
AP - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight skipped a court-ordered appearance at a hearing about his assets Saturday, setting the stage for courts to take control of his Death Row Records label. ]]>
"Hair" the musical returns with hints of Iraq war
(Reuters)
Reuters - The musical "Hair" has opened in
Toronto for the first time in more than 30 years with producers
hoping its anti-war "Age of Aquarius" message will be as
relevant now as it was during the Vietnam war. ]]>
Moviegoers Get Taste of 'Simpsons' Film
(AP)
AP - America's favorite animated Average Joe is on the big screen, if only for a moment. A 25-second teaser clip of the upcoming "The Simpsons Movie" is being shown to audiences for 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: The Meltdown," which opened Friday.
Indian animators eye co-production for big profits
(Reuters)
Reuters - Last year, a young superhero
criss-crossed film screens in India with a golden mace as he
fought fire-spitting demons and serpents to save good guys.
Brad Pitt Scouts Dominican Real Estate
(AP)
AP - Brad Pitt visited the Dominican Republic this week to scout real estate. ]]>
Chan Still in Pain From Chest Injury
(AP)
AP - Jackie Chan says he's still in pain from a recent chest injury sustained while filming his latest movie, "Rob-B-Hood." ]]>
Blanchard is Lee's "Inside Man" for music
(Reuters)
Reuters - You can hear Terence Blanchard's
latest music at your nearest movie theater. ]]>
Superman Visits Another Dimension
(E! Online)
E! Online - Superman is returning, and he's going to bust right through
the screen. ]]>
Fans get taste of "The Simpsons" movie
(Reuters)
Reuters - To learn some long-awaited news
about "The Simpsons," television's most popular cartoon family,
fans had to go to the movies on Friday. ]]>
CORRECTED: "Simpsons" movie revealed in trailer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Homer Simpson hit the
big screen on Friday in a short teaser trailer announcing "The
Simpsons" movie. ]]>
Clooney Takes Aim at 'Gawker Stalker' Site
(AP)
AP - George Clooney is known as a prankster, but his plan to undermine a Web site that posts celebrity sightings is no joke, his publicist said Friday. ]]>
Corrupt Spanish cop coming to American precincts
(Reuters)
Reuters - A hit comedy franchise
about a corrupt Spanish cop is getting the remake treatment
from New Line Cinema. ]]>
Green Day Wins Two Kids Choice Awards
(AP)
AP - Thousands cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at Saturday's raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. ]]>
List of Kids Choice Winners
(AP)
AP - A list of winners from the 19th annual Kids Choice Awards:
Record Label at Stake in Knight's No-Show
(AP)
AP - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight skipped a court-ordered appearance at a hearing about his assets Saturday, setting the stage for courts to take control of his Death Row Records label. ]]>
Roth Struggles After Replacing Stern
(AP)
AP - David Lee Roth says he won't jump from his gig as a morning radio host. Roth, who replaced shock jock Howard Stern on seven stations in January, has struggled in making the move from rock star to radio host. But during his Friday show, the former Van Halen frontman vowed to stick with it — although he acknowledged that problems continue. ]]>
Soprano Goes From Waitress to Met Debut
(AP)
AP - In a rags-to-riches tale that should give struggling singers some food for thought, Erika Sunnegardh went from waitressing to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in just 18 months. ]]>
Hip-hop couple Russell Simmons and Kimora split
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hip hop power couple Russell Simmons
and Kimora Lee Simmons, a model and head of the Baby Phat
fashion label, have separated after seven years of marriage,
Russell Simmons' agent said on Friday. ]]>
Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee Announce Split
(AP)
AP - The marriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his model-turned-entrepreneur wife, Kimora Lee, has come to an end. ]]>
Jazz at Lincoln Center Chief Stepping Down
(AP)
AP - The president and chief executive officer of Jazz at Lincoln Center is stepping down, a little more than a year after being appointed to the position.
Country Great Jones Hospitalized, Recovering
(E! Online)
E! Online - Even hard-livin' country music legends have to take it easy
once in a while. ]]>
Marsalis stirs up concert season, mixed feelings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Little did the jazz world know back
in 1981 what a speeding locomotive and lightning rod Wynton
Marsalis would become. Then, while a member of drummer Art
Blakey's band, the 19-year-old trumpeter recorded his
self-titled debut as leader on Columbia Records. Twenty-five
years later, Marsalis is inarguably the most powerful figure in
jazz as well as its most controversial statesman.
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