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'Scary Movie' Sends Weinsteins to the Top
(AP)
 AP - Bob and Harvey Weinstein returned to the box-office lead as "Scary Movie 4" debuted with $41 million, the first No. 1 opening for the new company founded by the former Miramax bosses.
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Professional Video Gaming Set for TV Debut
(AP)
 AP - Professional video gaming is set to debut on cable television later this year, potentially paving the way for the kings and queens of game controllers to become as familiar to American households as the faces of Johnny Chan or Annie Duke in televised poker.
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Ashanti Show Canceled After Cousin Killed
(AP)
 AP - Ashanti pulled out of a concert over the weekend after her cousin was killed by a 17-year-old drunken driver, authorities said.
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Fox's Hannity Stays the Course With Bush
(AP)
 AP - Sean Hannity will not abandon ship. President Bush's approval ratings have sunk into the 30s, but Fox News Channel's tenacious conservative isn't wavering in his support, even while parting ways with the president over immigration and the Dubai ports deal.
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U2's 'One' Voted Britain's Favorite Lyric
(AP)
 AP - The Irish band U2 has given Britain its favorite song lyric, according to a survey released Monday.
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Macy gets his motor running for "Wild Hogs"
(Reuters)
Reuters - William H. Macy will
grease his chain for "Wild Hogs," a comedy starring John
Travolta, Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence.
Floyd's Waters to sing in Israeli-Arab peace town
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pink Floyd veteran Roger Waters has
moved the venue of an upcoming rock concert in Israel to a
mixed Jewish-Arab village seen as a symbol of peace following
Palestinian protests, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Professional Video Gaming Set for TV Debut
(AP)
AP - Professional video gaming is set to debut on cable television later this year, potentially paving the way for the kings and queens of game controllers to become as familiar to American households as the faces of Johnny Chan or Annie Duke in televised poker.
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AOL, Shanghai Media to Air Chinese Shows
(AP)
AP - AOL and Shanghai Media Group's broadband unit will jointly broadcast programs about Chinese culture and society to viewers worldwide, the Shanghai company said Monday.
"Stuff Happens" play sears Rumsfeld in New York
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A play that skewers Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld as arrogant and war-mad has opened to a largely
favorable welcome in New York this week, even as former
generals turn against him in Washington.
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Macy gets his motor running for "Wild Hogs"
(Reuters)
Reuters - William H. Macy will
grease his chain for "Wild Hogs," a comedy starring John
Travolta, Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence.
Kids DVDs "Charlie and Lola" play at BBC Video
(Reuters)
Reuters - BBC Video is entering
the lucrative preschool market with "Charlie and Lola Volumes
One and Two," the Disney Channel "Playhouse Disney" series
based on the award-winning children's books by Lauren Child.
Herbie Hancock documentary strictly for fans
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Herbie Hancock:
Possibilities" is another film receiving a near-simultaneous
release in theaters, on DVD and on cable this month.
Invariably, such pictures have limited theatrical appeal, and
this film is no exception.
'Scary Movie' Sends Weinsteins to the Top
(AP)
AP - Bob and Harvey Weinstein returned to the box-office lead as "Scary Movie 4" debuted with $41 million, the first No. 1 opening for the new company founded by the former Miramax bosses.
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Paper: Pitt, Jolie Mull Namibian Baby Name
(AP)
 AP - A local governor in Namibia said Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt told him they will have their baby in his country and are considering giving the child a Namibian name, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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"Scary Movie 4" Delivers Basketful of Easter Joy
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The Easter Bunny brought Bob and Harvey Weinstein one helluva
treat.
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"Meltdown" goes with floe at foreign box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Ice Age: The Meltdown"
easily claimed the No. 1 spot at the foreign box office for a
third weekend with an estimated $54 million from 57
territories. Its $251 million haul to date handily surpassed
the $206.9 million overseas total of its 2002 predecessor.
Latest "Scary" spoof leads box office
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The joke may be wearing a little
thin for critics but the fourth installment of the "Scary
Movie" spoof franchise managed to open atop the weekend box
office in North America with sizable ticket sales.
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Gospel comedy "Preaching" to limited audience
(Reuters)
Reuters - Call this one "Brother
Act." Instead of Whoopi Goldberg's Reno lounge singer in
"Sister Act" hiding out from mobsters in a convent, where she
transforms the choir into swinging hipsters, "Preaching to the
Choir" has a hip-hop star hiding out from a gangsta record
producer in his estranged brother-minister's Harlem church,
where he transforms the choir into a gospel-belting group.
Director Sonnenfeld Returns With 'RV'
(AP)
 AP - Director Barry Sonnenfeld has his first movie in four years with the upcoming "RV," but isn't betting his entire career on it.
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Floyd's Waters to sing in Israeli-Arab peace town
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pink Floyd veteran Roger Waters has
moved the venue of an upcoming rock concert in Israel to a
mixed Jewish-Arab village seen as a symbol of peace following
Palestinian protests, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Beatles Coming Together Online
(E! Online)
 E! Online - It's been a long and winding road, but the Beatles are finally
getting online.
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Jack or no Jack, Greenhornes rock during L.A. gig
(Reuters)
Reuters - Even without a surprise
appearance from high-profile fan Jack White of the White
Stripes, Cincinnati-based power trio the Greenhornes held their
own Friday with an hour-plus set of smokin' blues, psychedelic
pop and garage rock that sounded classic but not dated.
U2's 'One' Voted Britain's Favorite Lyric
(AP)
AP - The Irish band U2 has given Britain its favorite song lyric, according to a survey released Monday.
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Eminem, Lawyer Defend Proof
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Days after his slaying in a nightclub shootout police claim he
instigated, Proof is being defended by both his lawyer and longtime pal
Eminem.
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Ashanti Show Canceled After Cousin Killed
(AP)
AP - Ashanti pulled out of a concert over the weekend after her cousin was killed by a 17-year-old drunken driver, authorities said.
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Suspect in Rapper Proof's Death Arraigned
(AP)
 AP - The suspect in the shooting death of rapper Proof, a hip-hop artist and Eminem confidante, was arraigned Saturday on a pair of weapons charges.
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Serb folk music strikes chord in postwar Croatia
(Reuters)
 Reuters - People's arms go up in the air, their
eyes close and their bodies start to sway to the deafening,
hypnotic rhythms.
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Trump Hires Wyclef Jean to Perform Concert
(AP)
 AP - Donald Trump is a fan of Wyclef Jean. Trump invited the hip-hop artist to perform at a concert Friday night for about 200 business associates.
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Ex-'Idol' Contestant: Cowell Unhelpful
(AP)
 AP - Bucky Covington, the latest contestant voted off "American Idol," says the comments of judge Simon Cowell are no longer helpful.
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