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Another 'Idol' Contestant Out; Four Left
(AP)
AP - Paris Bennett sang "Kiss" — and the pint-size soul singer and judge favorite kissed "American Idol" goodbye Wednesday, becoming the latest singer sacked in viewer voting. ]]>
Star salaries coming down in Hollywood: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have
raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading
entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25
million a film has become "a bit of a gamble." ]]>
Cruise Traverses NYC to Promote 'Mission'
(AP)
AP - Tom Cruise hopscotched through Manhattan on Wednesday during a fast-paced promotional tour for the premiere of "Mission: Impossible III." ]]>
Dion Returns to Performing After Illness
(AP)
AP - Celine Dion has returned to performing at Caesars Palace after a viral infection that made her dizzy caused her to cancel six shows last month. ]]>
Rolling Stone Celebrates 1,000 Issues
(AP)
AP - Rolling Stone magazine celebrates its 1,000th issue this week with a burst of rock 'n' roll excess: a glitzy Manhattan party with the Strokes as house band and a 3-D cover that mimics the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" sleeve and cost nearly $1 million to produce. ]]>
Young director unveils his inner "fat girl"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The youngest film director at this
year's Tribeca Film Festival, 21-year-old Ash Christian, is
living proof that being a chubby gay kid from Paris, Texas,
doesn't mean you can't direct and star in a movie.
Another 'Idol' Contestant Out; Four Left
(AP)
AP - Paris Bennett sang "Kiss" — and the pint-size soul singer and judge favorite kissed "American Idol" goodbye Wednesday, becoming the latest singer sacked in viewer voting. ]]>
Another 'Idol' Contestant Out; Four Left
(AP)
AP - Paris Bennett sang "Kiss" — and the pint-size soul singer and judge favorite kissed "American Idol" goodbye Wednesday, becoming the latest singer sacked in viewer voting. ]]>
Star salaries coming down in Hollywood: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have
raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading
entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25
million a film has become "a bit of a gamble." ]]>
City Theatre Plans Three Premieres for One Acting Company; Reddin, Lowe and Aguirre-Sacasa Picked
(Playbill)
Playbill - City Theatre in Pittsburgh will launch a new creative initiative in its 2006-07 season that will see the premieres of three plays being written for a single acting company.
Young director unveils his inner "fat girl"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The youngest film director at this
year's Tribeca Film Festival, 21-year-old Ash Christian, is
living proof that being a chubby gay kid from Paris, Texas,
doesn't mean you can't direct and star in a movie.
Star salaries coming down in Hollywood: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have
raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading
entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25
million a film has become "a bit of a gamble." ]]>
Quaid Less Sore over "Brokeback"
(E! Online)
E! Online - Randy Quaid says potato. Focus Features says po-tah-to. Quaid
says the company's gonna pay him. Focus says it has no idea what he's
talking about. ]]>
Cruise Traverses NYC to Promote 'Mission'
(AP)
AP - Tom Cruise hopscotched through Manhattan on Wednesday during a fast-paced promotional tour for the premiere of "Mission: Impossible III." ]]>
Film piracy costs Hollywood $6.1 bln--study
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood's major movie studios
lost $6.1 billion in revenues in 2005 to illegal videos, DVDs
and Internet downloads, or about 75 percent higher than
previous estimates, the studios' representative said. ]]>
Edward Norton Looks for Authenticity
(AP)
AP - In "Down in the Valley," Edward Norton plays a deluded 21st century cowboy whose contrived Old West masculinity and aw-shucks innocence attracts a restless teenage girl who's desperate for something more authentic than the asphalt highways of suburban Los Angeles. ]]>
Cruise leads NY fans, media on mission impossible
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Cruise led New York media and fans
on a wild goose chase around the city on Wednesday as he
performed stunts designed to publicize his new spy movie
"Mission: Impossible III." ]]>
"Flock of Dodos" film brings humor to evolution row
(Reuters)
Reuters - The biologist in Randy Olson cringed
at news reports of evangelical Christians challenging the
teaching of evolution to schoolchildren in places such as
Kansas on the grounds it was just a theory.
At the Movies: 'Mission: Impossible III'
(AP)
AP - Tom Cruise is so much more than just tabloid fodder and the father of Katie Holmes' baby. ]]>
Cruise Controls Early-Summer Film Lineup
(AP)
AP - The world's most famous movie star, his personal life settling down with the happily overhyped birth of his daughter, and the long-awaited third flick in his action franchise — it all sounds like a fine kickoff for Hollywood's summer season, which gets under way Friday with the debut of Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible III." ]]>
Another 'Idol' Contestant Out; Four Left
(AP)
AP - Paris Bennett sang "Kiss" — and the pint-size soul singer and judge favorite kissed "American Idol" goodbye Wednesday, becoming the latest singer sacked in viewer voting. ]]>
Parker, DeMatteo say it in "Broken English"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Parker Posey, Drea
DeMatteo, Gena Rowlands and Jeanne Moreau are set to star in
writer-director Zoe Cassavetes feature debut, "Broken English."
Rockers Godsmack, Springsteen suffer lower sales
(Reuters)
Reuters - Boston metal band
Godsmack ruled the U.S. pop charts with its latest release
Wednesday, while Bruce Springsteen suffered sharply lower
first-week sales for his new disc.
Red Hot Chili Peppers angered by Internet leak
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Red Hot Chili Peppers have
lashed out at a music pirate who leaked the funk-rock band's
upcoming album onto the Internet, and urged fans not to
download it illegally. ]]>
DUI Do: 98 Degrees Dude Busted
(E! Online)
E! Online - The one guy in 98 Degrees whose career has completely cooled off
is now making the wrong kind of news. ]]>
Charts: In Godsmack We Trust
(E! Online)
E! Online - After
three weeks atop the album charts, the country band's Me & My
Gang dropped all the way to sixth as Godsmack's IV led a
charge of newcomers into the Top 5. ]]>
Celine's Titanic Ear Pain
(E! Online)
E! Online - Celine Dion's heart may go on, but her ears are another story. ]]>
Eminem's Ex Stakes Her Claim
(E! Online)
E! Online - The real Mrs. Slim Shady is standing up--in divorce court. ]]>
Johnny Cash's Last "American" Song
(E! Online)
E! Online - The Man in Black's music is hitting the American road again
this summer. ]]>
Tejano music pioneer Rosita dies at 88
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tejano music pioneer Rosita
Fernandez, who was better known simply as "Rosita" and was one
of the first Mexican-American entertainers to appear on U.S.
national television, has died at the age of 88, her family said
on Wednesday.
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