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Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me,' Axl Says
(AP)
 AP - It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger.
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'Da Vinci Code' Opening Beats Expectation
(AP)
 AP - "The Da Vinci Code" banked an estimated $29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
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'Baghdad ER' Shows Medics on Front Lines
(AP)
 AP - If there's hope to be found in the war in Iraq, "Baghdad ER" is a good place to look.
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Daughter of TV Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Dies
(AP)
 AP - A daughter of reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman was killed in a car accident a day before her father's wedding, a spokesman said Saturday.
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Al Gore Promotes Warming Movie in Cannes
(AP)
 AP - The United States is emerging from a "bubble of unreality" about the problem of global warming, former Vice President Al Gore said Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Da Vinci Code breaks Italy box office records
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Da Vinci Code" has broken box office
records in Roman Catholic Italy as tens of thousands of
Italians ignored Vatican calls to boycott the film.
Tax bill offers relief to songwriters
(Reuters)
Reuters - Songwriters with valuable catalogs
may want to delay any sale until next year. A new law is likely
to go into effect January 1 that may substantially reduce
songwriters' federal tax liability.
Daughter of TV Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Dies
(AP)
AP - A daughter of reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman was killed in a car accident a day before her father's wedding, a spokesman said Saturday.
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'Da Vinci Code' Opening Beats Expectation
(AP)
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" banked an estimated $29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
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Richard Nixon lives again - in the opera world
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A dozen years after his death and more
than three decades after he left the White House in disgrace,
Richard Nixon is alive as never before in the grand opera
world, which can't seem to get enough of the him.
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Da Vinci Code breaks Italy box office records
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Da Vinci Code" has broken box office
records in Roman Catholic Italy as tens of thousands of
Italians ignored Vatican calls to boycott the film.
'Da Vinci Code' Opening Beats Expectation
(AP)
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" banked an estimated $29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
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Al Gore Promotes Warming Movie in Cannes
(AP)
AP - The United States is emerging from a "bubble of unreality" about the problem of global warming, former Vice President Al Gore said Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival.
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New Von Trier Experiment Debuts at Cannes
(AP)
 AP - Lars von Trier's new experimental follow-up to Dogma: Three directors each film a movie starring the same characters, played by the same actors, in the same location.
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Explicit 'Shortbus' Rides to Cannes Fest
(AP)
 AP - All orgasms in his latest film are real, boasts John Cameron Mitchell.
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Penelope Cruz keeps Hollywood at arm's length
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Penelope Cruz, one of the few European
actresses able to command major roles on both sides of the
Atlantic, will always consider herself a Hollywood outsider.
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Film seeks to demystify sex by making it real
(Reuters)
 Reuters - In his provocative new film "Shortbus,"
U.S. director John Cameron Mitchell is seeking to demystify sex
on screen by making it real.
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'Da Vinci' Theater Projector Lenses Stolen
(AP)
AP - A movie theater was forced to close on the opening night of "The Da Vinci Code" after 20 projector lenses were stolen, but the manager said he did not think the theft was related to protests of the film.
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"Dreamgirls" casts spell over Cannes audience
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "The Da Vinci Code" may have
fizzled with critics at Cannes, but the second major Hollywood
movie to sweep into the festival, "Dreamgirls," cast a spell
over audiences that led to early Oscar buzz.
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British film shows life through a security camera
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar-winning director Andrea
Arnold examines life in a grim Glasgow housing estate through
the all-seeing eye of the security camera in her first feature
film "Red Road."
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Tax bill offers relief to songwriters
(Reuters)
Reuters - Songwriters with valuable catalogs
may want to delay any sale until next year. A new law is likely
to go into effect January 1 that may substantially reduce
songwriters' federal tax liability.
Finns 'Turn the Amps Up,' Win Eurovision
(AP)
 AP - There's a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
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Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me,' Axl Says
(AP)
AP - It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger.
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Sparks Triumphantly Return To Native L.A.
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Sparks, the brotherly duo of Ron and Russell Mael, are probably best known in America for "Cool Places," their 1983 hit duet with Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's.
Finland wins Eurovision song contest in Greece
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Finland was the surprise winner of the
51st Eurovision song contest on Saturday with the
monster-themed rock band Lordi beating 23 other competitors.
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Toni Braxton launching a Vegas routine
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Toni Braxton will follow in the
footsteps of Celine Dion and Elton John by establishing a
residency in Las Vegas. "Toni Braxton: Revealed" will open
August 3 at Harrah's Entertainment's Flamingo resort and will
run six days each week.
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Bono: Africa Must Work to Stop Malaria
(AP)
 AP - Bono said Saturday that Africa must keep working to stop malaria, which kills more than 1 million people a year — many of them young children on the continent.
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Freddie and the Dreamers singer dies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Freddie Garrity, the lead singer of the
1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers, has died in hospital
at the age of 69, his spokesman said on Saturday.
8-Foot-Tall Statue of Bob Wills Vandalized
(AP)
AP - Vandals toppled a wooden statue of the King of Western Swing. Now he has to wear a sling.
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.
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