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Hefner at 80: Playboy Relevant As Ever
(AP)
 AP - Playboy creator Hugh M. Hefner is in the middle of an interview about his 80th birthday when a TV cameraman asks him to move a statue of former girlfriend Barbi Benton from the shelf behind him.
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Stones Censored but Raucous at China Show
(AP)
 AP - Strutting, preening and greeting the audience in Chinese, the Rolling Stones made their debut in mainland China on Saturday in a censored — but still raucous — show.
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Malcolm in the Middle of Career Change
(AP)
 AP - Frankie Muniz is going to take a break from acting to be a professional race car driver. Muniz, the star of TV's "Malcom in the Middle" for the past seven years, recently wrapped up the final episode of the hit show and turned his attention to driving race cars for at least the next two years.
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Review: 'Phat Girlz' Amateurish, Dismal
(AP)
AP - Remember when Friday was a day you looked forward to — the start of the weekend, the day you thanked God it was? These days all Friday means is there's another astonishingly amateurish film arriving in theaters without reviewers having the benefit of seeing it first.
Review: 'Benchwarmers' Bush-League
(AP)
AP - In January, the fine folks at Happy Madison Productions inflicted "Grandma's Boy" upon the innocent moviegoing public, the first of about a dozen films this year that have opened without being shown to critics ahead of time.
Namibians Say Give Pitt, Jolie Privacy
(AP)
 AP - Some Namibians say they hope Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be allowed some privacy during their stay in the southwest African country.
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Stones Censored but Raucous at China Show
(AP)
AP - Strutting, preening and greeting the audience in Chinese, the Rolling Stones made their debut in mainland China on Saturday in a censored — but still raucous — show.
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Malcolm in the Middle of Career Change
(AP)
AP - Frankie Muniz is going to take a break from acting to be a professional race car driver. Muniz, the star of TV's "Malcom in the Middle" for the past seven years, recently wrapped up the final episode of the hit show and turned his attention to driving race cars for at least the next two years.
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CBS tops Thursday with "Survivor," "CSI"
(Reuters)
Reuters - After two nights that
belonged to Fox and "American Idol," CBS came back Thursday
with a primetime win with an original "Survivor" and "CSI."
"Cuckoo" still soars in London return
(Reuters)
Reuters - Alex Kingston has taken a
demotion from the doctor's role she played on "ER" and has a
change of uniform, but she's still very much in charge of
things as the domineering Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest," which is back for another West End run.
Namibians Say Give Pitt, Jolie Privacy
(AP)
AP - Some Namibians say they hope Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be allowed some privacy during their stay in the southwest African country.
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Prison official punished over 'Brokeback' screening
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A Massachusetts correctional officer is
being disciplined for showing the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback
Mountain" to inmates at the state's largest prison because his
boss determined that the film includes content inappropriate
for a prison setting.
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'Casablanca' Among Greatest Screenplays
(AP)
 AP - "Casablanca" and a pair of "Godfathers" are among the 101 greatest screenplays ever, according to members of the Writers Guild of America.
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"Benchwarmers" plays it gross and grosser
(Reuters)
 Reuters - They hide these things for
a reason, folks.
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"Casablanca" named greatest movie script
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Round up the usual suspects: The
Writers Guild of America has named "Casablanca" as No. 1 on its
first list of the "101 Greatest Screenplays."
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Writers Heart "Casablanca"
(E! Online)
 E! Online - If you ask Hollywood scribes, Casablanca has the write
stuff.
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Judge Disses "Da Vinci" Lawsuit
(E! Online)
 E! Online - There's just no cracking The Da Vinci Code--at least in
court.
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'Da Vinci Code' Judge Slams Lawsuit
(AP)
 AP - "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown and his publishing house were cleared of copyright infringement in a British court Friday, with the judge finding the lawsuit based on a contrived and "selective number of facts and ideas."
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Keira Knightley Donates Oscar Dress
(AP)
 AP - Keira Knightley has donated the Vera Wang gown she wore to this year's Oscars to raise money for Oxfam's relief work in East Africa.
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StreamCast to Seek Trial in Copyright Case
(AP)
 AP - StreamCast Inc., the company behind the Morpheus online file-swapping software, said Friday negotiations to settle a five-year copyright battle with the entertainment industry have failed and it will now fight the case in court.
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Stones Censored but Raucous at China Show
(AP)
AP - Strutting, preening and greeting the audience in Chinese, the Rolling Stones made their debut in mainland China on Saturday in a censored — but still raucous — show.
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Official Wants to Offer B.I.G. Reward
(AP)
 AP - A city councilman wants to offer a $50,000 public reward for leads in the unsolved murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. Councilman Dennis Zine proposed Friday to offer the reward for 60 days.
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Netrebko Romps Through Met's 'Pasquale'
(AP)
 AP - This will go down as the season Metropolitan Opera audiences fell in love with Anna Netrebko.
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Rolling Stones push boundaries in China debut
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Rolling Stones rode roughshod over
China's censors during their first show in the communist
country on Saturday, serenading a largely foreign crowd with
songs about Satan, sleaze bags and serial killers.
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Mandisa Says She's Not a Gay 'Advocate'
(AP)
 AP - Is ousted "American Idol" contestant Mandisa anti-gay? The 29-year-old soul singer and outspoken Christian, who was voted off the hit Fox show Wednesday, says she would not perform at an event held in support of the gay community.
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Beatles Box endures production snafu
(Reuters)
Reuters - Capitol Records will be replacing
first-run copies of its new Beatles collection in order to
remedy a manufacturing mistake.
Radiohead eyeing multiple-night stands in N. America
(Reuters)
Reuters - Radiohead is eyeing multiple-night
stands in Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia and Chicago as part
of its summer North American tour, which will get under way in
June, Billboard.com has learned.
Billboard singles reviews: James Blunt, Chili Peppers
(Reuters)
Reuters - The No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 success
of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" restored much faith to
those who feared that straight-ahead pop melodies were a
wistful memory on top 40 radio.
Billboard album reviews: Toby Keith, LL Cool J
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Toby Keith's "White Trash With
Money" is good, it's very good.
K-Fed: Blinded with Sampling?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Hyperbole aside, K-Fed is working hard to live up to his
self-proclaimed stature as "America's Most Hated." This week, he added
another name to the enemy list.
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