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Hollywood Studios to Sell Movies Online
(AP)
 AP - Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
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'Ice Age' Debut Nets $70.5M in Cold Cash
(AP)
 AP - "Ice Age: The Meltdown" heated up the box office with a mammoth $70.5 million weekend, while audiences gave the cold shoulder to Sharon Stone, whose "Basic Instinct 2" debuted with a paltry $3.2 million.
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Family, Friends and Fans Honor Buck Owens
(AP)
 AP - Some of country music's biggest names gathered in this central California farming hub Sunday to pay tribute to Buck Owens, the flashy cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with his honky-tonk twang.
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Anchorage Voters to Decide Theater's Fate
(AP)
 AP - An opulent movie theater that has been an Anchorage icon for almost 60 years is facing what could be its final drama.
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Ex-'Apprentice' Acknowledges DWI Arrests
(AP)
 AP - Raj Bhakta, the aspiring apprentice turned aspiring politician, acknowledges that he has been arrested twice on drunken driving charges.
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Hollywood Studios to Sell Movies Online
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
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Concert business faces an uncertain summer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facing its first summer in
years without a stable of slam-dunk heritage artists to carry
the day, the concert industry will be looking to its "new
old-timers" to work some box-office magic.
Lifetime movie a 'Fatal' disaster
(Reuters)
Reuters - Anne Heche entraps Eric
Roberts in an Internet fling that leads to murder. In other
words, its business as usual at Lifetime.
Concert business faces an uncertain summer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facing its first summer in
years without a stable of slam-dunk heritage artists to carry
the day, the concert industry will be looking to its "new
old-timers" to work some box-office magic.
"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.
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Hollywood Studios to Sell Movies Online
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
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Erotic thrillers lose steam at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - The last time "Basic
Instinct" man-eater Catherine Tramell prowled the big screen,
the studio erotic thriller was hitting box office heights. The
first "Instinct" took the top spot when it debuted in 1992,
with an opening weekend of $15.1 million, the equivalent of
$20.45 million in today's dollars.
Webber, Deschanel among indie 'Life'-ers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mark Webber and Zooey
Deschanel are enjoying "The Good Life," an indie coming-of-age
drama set in a Nebraska town obsessed with football. Shooting
is underway in Winnipeg.
Banderas brings passion to 'Take the Lead'
(Reuters)
Reuters - Essentially "Mad Hot
Ballroom" for mallrats, "Take the Lead" takes its lead from the
life of Pierre Dulaine, the debonair founder of the popular
program that brought ballroom dancing to New York inner-city
public schools.
LivePlanet debuts multiplayer game on Amp'd Mobile
(Reuters)
Reuters - LivePlanet, the multimedia company
behind television's "Project Greenlight" amateur filmmaking
contest, said on Sunday it will debut its "PhoneTag"
multiplayer video game on Amp'd Mobile later this year.
Hollywood studios to offer digital movies for sale
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Two online movie services,
Movielink and CinemaNow, on Monday said they will begin selling
major films such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" on the same day DVDs
are sold at stores in a watershed event for Hollywood in the
digital age.
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'Simpsons' off sofa to big screen
(Reuters)
Reuters - Homer Simpson has hit
the big screen in a short teaser trailer announcing a
theatrical feature version of the long-running TV series "The
Simpsons."
'SNL' star Samberg hops into 'Hot Rod'
(Reuters)
Reuters - Andy Samberg is revving
his engine for the big screen. The "Saturday Night Live" star
has signed on to star in the rowdy comedy "Hot Rod."
Starbucks building buzz for spelling bee movie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Starbucks will
officially launch its first foray into the movie business
Tuesday with a groundbreaking marketing campaign for the drama
"Akeelah and the Bee," which opens April 28.
"Ice Age" sequel heats up worldwide box office
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The animated sequel "Ice Age: The
Meltdown" froze out its rivals at the box office, selling about
$114 million worth of tickets in North America and a slew of
foreign territories during its first three days of release,
distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.
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Concert business faces an uncertain summer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facing its first summer in
years without a stable of slam-dunk heritage artists to carry
the day, the concert industry will be looking to its "new
old-timers" to work some box-office magic.
The Strokes revive rock 'n' roll
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rock 'n' roll might not
be in vogue, but the Strokes proved Thursday why it will never
die, earning every bit of their premature appointment as one of
the genre's pivotal players of the new millennium.
Michael Buble, Neil Young win Canada music awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vancouver crooner Michael
Buble dominated the Junos, Canada's music awards, grabbing four
trophies Sunday.
Family, Friends and Fans Honor Buck Owens
(AP)
AP - Some of country music's biggest names gathered in this central California farming hub Sunday to pay tribute to Buck Owens, the flashy cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with his honky-tonk twang.
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Music acts eager to get some game
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Kanye West, U2 or Faith Hill
may soon be coming to a mobile game near you.
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Mexican teen group RBD jumpstarts Latin pop
(Reuters)
Reuters - On March 18, 63,000 people crammed into
the Los Angeles Coliseum to see an act most Americans have
never heard of.
Billboard album reviews
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Perpetually romantically cursed,
Morrissey sure sounds like he is in love on his ninth solo
album since the Smiths' demise, entitled "Ringleader of the
Tormentors.
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Record labels not boarding podcast bandwagon
(Reuters)
Reuters - A year ago podcasting was just
a fad with a cool name. In recent weeks, the format has taken
several steps toward becoming big business, but the major
record labels are not eager to partner with the growing format.
Online auctions aim to benefit New Orleans musicians
(Reuters)
 Reuters - In a rare alliance, a wide range of
musical artists and competing concert promoters are combining
efforts in an online ticket auction to benefit Music Rising,
the musical instrument replacement fund founded by U2's the
Edge, producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar chairman Henry
Juszkiewicz.
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EMI's Capitol Nashville wants Latin country star
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wanted: Hispanic country music star
who can sell millions of records to Spanish- and
English-speaking fans.
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