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Britney Spears Stumbles, Nearly Drops Baby
(AP)
 AP - Britney Spears stumbled outside a Manhattan hotel, nearly dropping her 8-month-old son and further fueling the ever-growing media scrutiny of her parenting skills.
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Halle Berry Clashes With Disc Jockey
(AP)
 AP - What was meant to be a friendly chat to promote the new "X-Men" movie turned into a frosty discussion about race on a popular morning radio program, but the British Broadcasting Corp. defended its disc jockey.
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'Dreamgirls' Brings Glitz to Cannes
(AP)
 AP - Broadway invaded the Cannes Film Festival on Friday with a preview of the movie musical "Dreamgirls," with stars Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles on hand to help show off scenes from the stage adaptation.
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Evel Knievel Slowed by Illness and Pain
(AP)
 AP - Evel Knievel has trouble now just walking from his condo to the pool. The '70s cultural icon and poster boy for fast living and derring-do is 67, his body broken by years of spectacular crashes and ravaged by a multitude of serious ailments. The king of the daredevils can hardly get out of bed most days, let alone straddle a Harley.
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Chris Rock Pokes Fun at CBS Chief
(AP)
 AP - CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves is the most powerful executive in television, but he's still involved in some of the smallest programming decisions.
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Aborigines tell their own tale in mystic film
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Rolf de Heer had to
hire crocodile hunters and learn how to build canoes out of
trees for his new film, which he made with Aboriginal actors
speaking their own language.
Hooker estate, in hard times, licenses catalog
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Lee Hooker could not read or
write, according to his daughter, but the legendary Delta
bluesman's estate is hoping to educate a new legion of fans
about his 50-year musical legacy.
"Baghdad ER" brings Iraqi horrors to US audience
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The U.S. public can see images of the
Iraq war on television on Sunday that are so potentially
disturbing the Pentagon has warned soldiers it may cause them
to relive the trauma of war.
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Univision bids expected June 8: source
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spanish-language broadcaster
Univision Communications Inc., which has put itself up for
sale, has asked interested bidders to submit offers by June 8,
a source close to the process said on Friday.
Wing Seminars About 'Drowsy Chaperone' and "Actors" Air on CUNY-TV
(Playbill)
Playbill - CUNY TV will air the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" seminar 11 AM May 20 with members of the cast and creative team of The Drowsy Chaperone, which leads the 2006 Tony Award nominations with 13 nods.
Aborigines tell their own tale in mystic film
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Rolf de Heer had to
hire crocodile hunters and learn how to build canoes out of
trees for his new film, which he made with Aboriginal actors
speaking their own language.
Loach sees lessons in film about Irish troubles
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Ken Loach, launching his new
film about the Irish struggle for independence in 1920,
believes that occupying forces in Iraq today are making the
same mistakes the British did nearly 90 years ago.
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Crowds, protests expected as "Da Vinci Code" opens
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Moviegoers, shrugging off a burst
of negative reviews, were expected to flock to Friday's opening
of the religious thriller "The Da Vinci Code" as some Catholics
vowed coast-to-coast protests against the film.
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'Dreamgirls' Brings Glitz to Cannes
(AP)
AP - Broadway invaded the Cannes Film Festival on Friday with a preview of the movie musical "Dreamgirls," with stars Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles on hand to help show off scenes from the stage adaptation.
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Chris Rock Pokes Fun at CBS Chief
(AP)
AP - CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves is the most powerful executive in television, but he's still involved in some of the smallest programming decisions.
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At the Movies: `See No Evil'
(AP)
AP - It would seem that no director in the history of film has had a weirder trajectory than Gregory Dark.
Paramount unveils new specialty film unit
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Film studio Paramount Pictures
on Friday unveiled a new division called Paramount Vantage,
aimed at releasing low-budget films with broad appeal to
capture audiences in the expanding independent film arena.
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Doc shines light on homeless Iraq vets
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The nightmare of Iraq was bad enough
for Vanessa Gamboa. Unprepared for combat beyond her basic
training, the supply specialist soon found herself in a
firefight, commanding a handful of clerks.
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At the Movies: Capsule Reviews
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
'Da Vinci Code' Book a Hard Act to Follow
(AP)
 AP - The book, while hardly high culture, keeps the heart racing. The film, most critics agree, is more like a tranquilizer shot. "The Da Vinci Code" is just the latest proof that what keeps you turning pages late at night won't necessarily keep you awake in the theater.
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Hooker estate, in hard times, licenses catalog
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Lee Hooker could not read or
write, according to his daughter, but the legendary Delta
bluesman's estate is hoping to educate a new legion of fans
about his 50-year musical legacy.
Dixie Chicks don't stick at country radio
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Disappointing airplay for the first
two singles from the new album by the Dixie Chicks exposes a
deep -- and seemingly growing -- rift between the trio and the
country radio market that helped turn the group into
superstars.
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Superman movie spawns cheeky soundtrack CD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Although there is no official
soundtrack for the upcoming "Superman Returns," Rhino
Entertainment will release "Sounds of Superman" June 13.
Nick Lachey's breakup album a hit with fans
(Reuters)
 Reuters - They say that breaking up is hard
to do, but apparently it can also be a marketing break, too.
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Veteran acts rush to end long absences
(Reuters)
Reuters - Almost every day, it seems, a
long-absent act announces that it is releasing its first album
in eons.
Mali's Toure releasing posthumous album in July
(Reuters)
Reuters - Posthumous albums often disappoint,
generally being incomplete recordings that would never have
emerged had the artist lived.
Snow Patrol on track for global success
(Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish/Irish pop-rock act Snow
Patrol clearly got most things right on its last album "Final
Straw" -- barring the title. Rather than being the end of
anything, it was the start of something big.
Norwegian pianist Andsnes looks back with new CD
(Reuters)
Reuters - As evidenced by a highly praised
North American spring tour, the technical dexterity, musical
intelligence and emotive power of 36-year-old Norwegian pianist
Leif Ove Andsnes is only continuing to grow.
A Latin reality star is finally born
(Reuters)
Reuters - It is pretty much a given that any
"American Idol" finalist will find some measure of fame.
Krauss producing Alan Jackson bluegrass record
(Reuters)
Reuters - Alison Krauss is producing Alan
Jackson's new album, a bluegrass set slated for release in
September.
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