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'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide
(AP)
 AP - Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.
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Murder, Marks `Desperate Houswives' Finale
(AP)
AP - A murder — maybe two — a philandering husband, the discovery of a mysterious love child, an escape from a psychiatric hospital and a police sniper's deadly shot ending a confrontation.
'Chaperone,' 'History Boys' Win Honors
(AP)
AP - "The Drowsy Chaperone" was chosen best musical of the New York theater season, and "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett was named best play in awards given Sunday by the Drama Desk, an organization of theater journalists and critics.
Grand Ole Opry Legend Billy Walker Dies
(AP)
 AP - Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco," died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.
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Cannes Marks 20th Anniversary of 'Platoon'
(AP)
 AP - When his Vietnam saga "Platoon" appeared, Oliver Stone felt it was a painful reminder of an aggressive mentality he hoped America had left behind.
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Pirated "Da Vinci Code" hits China streets
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Bootleg DVDs of "The Da Vinci Code"
were on sale all over Shanghai on Monday, days after China
pipped Cannes by hours with the world premier of the movie.
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Grand Ole Opry Legend Billy Walker Dies
(AP)
AP - Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco," died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.
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Murder, Marks `Desperate Houswives' Finale
(AP)
AP - A murder — maybe two — a philandering husband, the discovery of a mysterious love child, an escape from a psychiatric hospital and a police sniper's deadly shot ending a confrontation.
'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide
(AP)
AP - Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.
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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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Dancer Katherine Dunham Dies at Age 96
(AP)
AP - Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, has died. She was 96.
Pirated "Da Vinci Code" hits China streets
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bootleg DVDs of "The Da Vinci Code"
were on sale all over Shanghai on Monday, days after China
pipped Cannes by hours with the world premier of the movie.
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"Da Vinci Code" Unlocks Millions
(E! Online)
 E! Online - After all the mystery and controversy, The Da Vinci
Code was finally unlocked for the public.
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'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide
(AP)
AP - Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.
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Ratner finally gets a comic franchise
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ever since he was a kid in
Miami Beach, Brett Ratner has dreamed of directing a comic book
franchise. So when the chance to direct "X-Men: The Last Stand"
came up, he chased it hard.
The Rock crushed in silly "Southland Tales"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Deep into Richard Kelly's
miasmic 160-minute fantasy "Southland Tales," an actor who used
to call himself "The Rock" places a gun at his temple and says,
"I could pull the trigger right now and this whole nightmare
will be over," and every impulse screams: "Do it!"
Cannes Marks 20th Anniversary of 'Platoon'
(AP)
AP - When his Vietnam saga "Platoon" appeared, Oliver Stone felt it was a painful reminder of an aggressive mentality he hoped America had left behind.
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Oliver Stone shows clips from "World Trade Center"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has given
the Cannes film festival the first glimpse of "World Trade
Center," a tale of survival on the day of the September 11,
2001 attacks.
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Giamatti to haunt Zombie's "Superbeasto"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Giamatti will headline
the voice cast of "Rob Zombie Presents the Haunted World of El
Superbeasto," playing Dr. Satan, the film's villain.
Oliver Stone to make Venezuela coup film: Chavez
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez said on Sunday that Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone
was planning to film a movie about the 2002 coup in Venezuela
that briefly ousted the former army officer.
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Dancer Katherine Dunham Dies at Age 96
(AP)
AP - Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, has died. She was 96.
Grand Ole Opry Legend Billy Walker Dies
(AP)
AP - Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco," died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.
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Tool the jam band for the apocalypse
(Reuters)
Reuters - After a five-year stretch
since its last album, fans welcomed Tool back at the first of
two sold-out shows at New York's City Center Friday.
The Go-Go's have still got the beat
(Reuters)
Reuters - Here's a fact to make music
fans of a certain age cringe: The Go-Go's debut release,
"Beauty and the Beat," has just turned 25.
Country singer Billy Walker killed in car wreck
(Reuters)
Reuters - Country singer and Grand
Ole Opry star Billy Walker was killed along with his wife and
two band members early on Sunday when the car they were
traveling in ran off an interstate highway and overturned south
of Montgomery, Alabama, state highway troopers said.
Bono urges Africa to tackle corruption
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The recent goodwill of wealthy
industrialized countries toward Africa could dissipate unless
the continent tackles corruption, rock star and activist Bono
told African finance ministers on Sunday.
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MTV "Moves" with Jennifer Lopez reality series
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Jennifer Lopez is
bringing her "Moves" to MTV, which has given the green light to
her reality series revolving around the lives of dancers
working to make it in the business.
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Oldies dialing up nostalgia as ringtones
(Reuters)
Reuters - The latest batch of ringtone
repertoire has a familiar ring to it.
Big-screen concerts widen reach of musicians' tours
(Reuters)
Reuters - Coming soon to a theater near you:
more concerts from today's hottest acts.
Rock in Rio music fest reaches out to global audience
(Reuters)
Reuters - Since its 1985 launch, Rock in Rio has
been a massive event, drawing hundreds of thousands to each
festival. Now it is working to become a massive global brand.
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