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Longoria Takes on First Major Movie Role
(AP)
 AP - The "hottest woman in the world" is more than desperate. Eva Longoria, known to "Desperate Housewives" fans as two-timing Gabrielle Solis and Maxim readers as the world's hottest woman, takes on her first major movie role in "The Sentinel," opening Friday.
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Pitt Sponsors New Orleans Design Project
(AP)
 AP - The whole world wants to know about the rumors of a "Brangelina" wedding in Namibia, not to mention the chances that the first biological child of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might be born in Africa next month.
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Will Smith Crashes Bar Mitzvah
(AP)
 AP - He never got an invitation and he certainly didn't R.S.V.P., but that didn't stop Will Smith from crashing Atir Cohen's bar mitzvah at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
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Reviews for Julia Roberts Not Encouraging
(AP)
 AP - The reviews, with a few exceptions, were not exactly encouraging, but, yes, Julia Roberts survived her Broadway debut in a revival of Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain."
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Roth's Run As Radio Host Appears Over
(AP)
 AP - No surprise: David Lee Roth's run as morning radio host is about done. Big surprise: It appears raunchy satellite radio stars Opie and Anthony will replace him on seven CBS Radio stations.
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Stars, writer join play for latest "X-Men" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Activision's new "X-Men:
The Official Game" is the latest example of the growing
integration between Hollywood and games. It not only includes
the likenesses and voices of several stars from the movie, it
also brought in a screenwriter from "X-Men: The Last Stand" to
make sure the game remained true to the Twentieth Century Fox
and Marvel Studios film.
Sunnegardh to Debut on Carnegie Main Stage
(AP)
 AP - Soprano Erika Sunnegardh will make her Carnegie Hall main stage debut on May 14 with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as part of a concert program revised because of conductor James Levine's shoulder surgery.
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NFL Network eye on Gumbel, Collinsworth
(Reuters)
Reuters - The NFL Network has reached
out to former "Today" host Bryant Gumbel and NBC and Fox
analyst Cris Collinsworth, among others, to anchor its upcoming
Thursday night primetime package in the fall.
Bitter rivals CBS, XM may share New York jocks
(Reuters)
Reuters - The radio industry
sometimes entertains strange bedfellows.
Peerless L.A. cast makes "All My Sons" memorable
(Reuters)
Reuters - Every now and then --
not very often -- something unusually wonderful happens in the
theater. A very good play gets the cast that it deserves and
the cast, perhaps realizing the potential of the situation,
assumes a special kind of brilliance together that flares up
immediately and sustains itself for an entire evening.
Stars, writer join play for latest "X-Men" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Activision's new "X-Men:
The Official Game" is the latest example of the growing
integration between Hollywood and games. It not only includes
the likenesses and voices of several stars from the movie, it
also brought in a screenwriter from "X-Men: The Last Stand" to
make sure the game remained true to the Twentieth Century Fox
and Marvel Studios film.
BlackBerry off-roading with "RV"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The BlackBerry is not
just for business anymore. Columbia Pictures is offering a free
game playable on Research in Motion's iconic device as part of
the promotion for "RV," the Robin Williams vehicle pulling into
theaters April 28.
Garcia can't go home again -- except on film
(Reuters)
 Reuters - There's no place like
home. But Andy Garcia will never go there again.
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'Earth' to Fraser for Jules Verne redo
(Reuters)
Reuters - Brendan Fraser has
boarded "Journey to the Center of the Earth," a contemporary,
3-D update of the Jules Verne classic.
Brown's "Code" Is Unique
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The Da Vinci Code: Millions of people have read it, but
only one man wrote it.
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Longoria Takes on First Major Movie Role
(AP)
AP - The "hottest woman in the world" is more than desperate. Eva Longoria, known to "Desperate Housewives" fans as two-timing Gabrielle Solis and Maxim readers as the world's hottest woman, takes on her first major movie role in "The Sentinel," opening Friday.
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Eva Longoria gets in touch with "Texas" roots
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Desperate Housewives"
star Eva Longoria is returning to her Lone Star roots,
headlining Disney's fish-out-of-water romantic comedy "Deep in
the Heart of Texas."
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"Silent" movie aims to make noise at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - With the big guns of May
about to train their sights on moviegoers, Hollywood is using
the next two weekends to launch a mixed assortment of genres in
hopes of finding a couple of movies that can establish traction
before the onslaught of hoped-for summer blockbusters.
'Snakes on a Plane' a Web Phenomenon
(AP)
 AP - The buzz — or hiss — began with the movie's title, a plot-spoiling punch line that rapidly evolved into an Internet phenomenon: Production stills were posted on the Web, followed by mock movie trailers and posters, R-rated audio clips, silly songs, poems, even a line of T-shirts.
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"X-Men," "Da Vinci," Coppola Do Cannes
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The X-Men are going to make their Last Stand at Cannes.
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Sunnegardh to Debut on Carnegie Main Stage
(AP)
AP - Soprano Erika Sunnegardh will make her Carnegie Hall main stage debut on May 14 with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as part of a concert program revised because of conductor James Levine's shoulder surgery.
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Another Wrist Slap, Arrest for Doherty
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Is it us, or does Pete Doherty seem to get more fliers than
Heathrow?
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David Gilmour thrills fans with obscurities
(Reuters)
 Reuters - David Gilmour and
friends began Wednesday's show at the Kodak Theater with a
can't-miss mini-medley from "The Dark Side of the Moon,"
splicing "Time" into "Breathe" and tossing in some of the
"Money" cash-machine effects.
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Dylan plays DJ, hosting new satellite radio show
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Showing yet another side in a long
career, Bob Dylan is playing disc jockey, spinning smooth
patter along with records ranging from Muddy Waters to Frank
Sinatra as XM Radio enlists more star power in the U.S.
satellite radio war.
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FCC steps up probe of possible radio bribes
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. regulators have intensified
their probe into four big radio station chains for possible
violations of rules that bar secret payments being made in
exchange for airplay of music, officials said on Thursday.
Singer and Bluesman Salgado Has Cancer
(AP)
AP - Curtis Salgado, the singer and bluesman who was the visual inspiration for John Belushi's Blues Brothers act, has liver cancer and has suspended concerts.
Report: Babyshambles' Doherty Arrested
(AP)
 AP - Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was arrested Thursday, hours after a court appearance on drugs possession, according to media reports.
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Dierks Bentley Recalls Lean Times
(AP)
AP - Six years ago, Dierks Bentley more or less got asked not to hang out so much at the Grand Ole Opry.
Shipments of Latin Music Growing
(AP)
AP - Record-company shipments of Latin music CDs to U.S. retailers rose 13 percent last year, an increase driven in part by growing demand for Reggaeton, the recording industry's trade group said Thursday.
Canadian Powter leads singles chart for 4th week
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Canadian singer/songwriter Daniel
Powter's "Bad Day" led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for
a fourth straight week Thursday, while reggae star Sean Paul's
"Temperature" and rapper T.I.'s "What You Know" held at No. 2
and No. 3, respectively.
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