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DeGeneres Repeats Daytime Emmy Sweep
(AP)
 AP - Ellen DeGeneres swept the Daytime Emmy awards, winning best talk show host for the second time and earning talk show honors for the third consecutive year.
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'The View' Brings Rosie O'Donnell Aboard
(AP)
 AP - With Rosie O'Donnell as its newest co-host, "The View" brings a six-time Daytime Emmy winner onto a cast that has made a joke out of its inability to win an Emmy.
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First Post-Katrina Jazz Fest Opens
(AP)
 AP - New Orleans' music scene, languishing along with the city after Hurricane Katrina, was rejuvenated Friday as the city's annual Jazz & Heritage Festival provided electric moments from both its homegrown musical heroes and superstar acts.
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National Gallery Opens Masters Exhibit
(AP)
 AP - Many of the biggest names in art: Rembrandt, Picasso, Titian, Whistler, Leonardo da Vinci, are featured at the National Gallery of Art in a special exhibition beginning Sunday.
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'Lost' Actress Freed From Jail
(AP)
 AP - "Lost" actress Michelle Rodriguez left jail Friday after serving a sentence for drunken driving.
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Report: 'Da Vinci' Boycott Urged
(AP)
 AP - A Vatican official reportedly called for a boycott of the upcoming "The Da Vinci Code" film Friday, saying it contained "slanderous" offenses against Christianity that would have provoked a worldwide revolt had they been directed against Islam or the Holocaust.
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Dylan leads off post-Katrina Jazz Fest
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Bob Dylan treated thousands of
sun-baked fans to a rocking set of classics like "All Along the
Watchtower" and "Like a Rolling Stone" to open New Orleans'
first post-Katrina music festival, one the city hopes will
kick-start its recovery.
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DeGeneres Repeats Daytime Emmy Sweep
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres swept the Daytime Emmy awards, winning best talk show host for the second time and earning talk show honors for the third consecutive year.
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Judge Allows Racial Bias Suit to Proceed
(AP)
AP - The first racial discrimination case brought by the government against a movie studio can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled.
First, they need to learn to act standing up...
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new television reality show invites
porn stars to test their serious acting abilities in London's
theater district, raising the question: Debbie can do Dallas,
but can she take on Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard?"
Report: 'Da Vinci' Boycott Urged
(AP)
AP - A Vatican official reportedly called for a boycott of the upcoming "The Da Vinci Code" film Friday, saying it contained "slanderous" offenses against Christianity that would have provoked a worldwide revolt had they been directed against Islam or the Holocaust.
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Daniel Baldwin Won't Face Felony Charges
(AP)
AP - Actor Daniel Baldwin will not face felony charges after his arrest for investigation of cocaine possession, authorities said Friday.
Vatican Tries to Break "Da Vinci Code"
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Guess we know whose top 10 movie list won't be including
The Da Vinci Code this year.
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'Enron,' 'Bubble' among new films on high-def DVD
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The meager library of HD
DVDs nearly doubled in size with Magnolia Home Entertainment's
announcement that it will soon release five films in the
high-definition optical disc format.
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Documentary on Bridge Suicides Opens
(AP)
 AP - Always alone, they pace, hang their heads, linger just a bit too long. Some cry, jam hands into pockets, pull jackets tighter around them. They remove sunglasses, backpacks and purses.
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Bird Flu Hitting TV Screens May 9
(AP)
 AP - Bodies piling up so quickly it takes dump trucks to haul them away. Barbed wire to keep whole neighborhoods quarantined. It's Hollywood's version of bird flu, a blur of fact and fiction that some scientists say could confuse the public.
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Post-9/11 paranoia examined in film at NY festival
(Reuters)
 Reuters - An award-winning heartthrob of
Egyptian cinema, Khaled Abol Naga is happy to be starring in an
American film that doesn't label him as a terrorist.
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Eastwood Finishing a Pair of War Films
(AP)
AP - As a kid, Clint Eastwood watched his share of war movies. Later on, he starred in them. But now, as he puts the finishing touches on a pair of films about the bloody World War II battle for Iwo Jima, he says he has a changed perspective.
At the Movies: `Clean'
(AP)
AP - "Clean" is the film that showed the world Maggie Cheung is more than just a strikingly beautiful face.
At the Movies: Capsule Reviews
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Dylan leads off post-Katrina Jazz Fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bob Dylan treated thousands of
sun-baked fans to a rocking set of classics like "All Along the
Watchtower" and "Like a Rolling Stone" to open New Orleans'
first post-Katrina music festival, one the city hopes will
kick-start its recovery.
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'Nuestro Himno' Elicits Mixed Reactions
(AP)
 AP - Shopkeepers at one of the city's busiest tourist destinations had mixed reactions Friday to the release of a Spanish-language version of "The Star Spangled Banner."
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First Post-Katrina Jazz Fest Opens
(AP)
AP - New Orleans' music scene, languishing along with the city after Hurricane Katrina, was rejuvenated Friday as the city's annual Jazz & Heritage Festival provided electric moments from both its homegrown musical heroes and superstar acts.
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50 Cent Sounds Off About Oprah Winfrey
(AP)
AP - He usually saves his beefs for other rappers; this time, 50 Cent is going after Oprah Winfrey.
Madonna: Queen of the Desert
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Now in its seventh year, the two-day Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival will overrun the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California,
this weekend with an eclectic mix of music, art installations--and, oh,
a certain leotard-loving pop icon named...Madonna.
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Aussie rock trio Wolfmother heads stateside
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wolfmother
keyboardist/bassist Chris Ross knows how unhip his Australian
trio's music is. Blending '70s psychedelia, Led Zeppelin-like
riffs and mythic imagery, and even throwing a toss to Black
Sabbath, the band's tunes hardly resemble current commercial
fare.
Chaka Khan Testifies in Son's Murder Trial
(AP)
 AP - Singer Chaka Khan said her son is a kind, gentle man who she believes accidentally killed his friend nearly two years ago in her home.
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Barat follows Libertines with Dirty Pretty Things
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the 16 months since U.K.
alternative rock quartet the Libertines folded, Britain's
tabloids have churned out a steady stream of lurid tales about
the band's frontman/guitarist Pete Doherty and his relationship
with supermodel Kate Moss.
Jewel shines "Again"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The last time we all saw Jewel, she
was prancing in red vinyl shorts and a white tank top.
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Doherty's Latest Drug Non-Shocker
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Pete Doherty is singlehandedly redefining what it means to be a bad
boy of rock 'n' roll.
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