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It's McPheever versus Hicks' on 'Idol'
(AP)
 AP - In Tuesday night's final showdown between ashen-haired soulster Taylor Hicks and sultry Katharine McPhee, the "American Idol" winner was clear to one person: Simon Cowell.
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Brooks & Dunn win at country music awards
(AP)
 AP - Brooks & Dunn, the most honored artists in the history of the Academy of Country Music's awards show, picked up a record 20th and 21st trophies Tuesday night as country music's elite gathered to perform and compete for honors.
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Nicole Richie and Ex-Fiance Split Again
(AP)
 AP - After an on-off-on-again relationship, "Simple Life" star Nicole Richie and her ex-fiance Adam Goldstein have officially split.
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Pitt Skips Cannes, Says Birth 'Imminent'
(AP)
 AP - Brad Pitt sent an e-mail to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday saying he was unable to attend because of the "imminent arrival" of his new baby.
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'Da Vinci Code' to be released in India
(AP)
 AP - "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday — one week late — after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.
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'Da Vinci Code' to be released in India
(AP)
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday — one week late — after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.
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Chesney, Dixie Chicks in spotlight at award show
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Kenny Chesney won the top prize at
the Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive
year on Tuesday, while the Dixie Chicks received a
crowd-pleasing verbal smack from the show's host.
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Fox set to retain key adults 18-49 crown
(Reuters)
Reuters - With just two nights of
ratings data to come for the 2005-06 TV season, Fox pulled
ahead of ABC for a second annual win in the advertiser-friendly
adults 18-49 demo, while CBS prepared to take its fourth
consecutive victory lap in total viewers.
'Da Vinci Code' to be released in India
(AP)
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday — one week late — after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.
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'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' Welcomes Lucie Arnaz to Cast
(Playbill)
Playbill - Lucie Arnaz joins the Broadway cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Imperial Theatre May 23. She replaces Scoundrels Tony nominee Joanna Gleason.
'Da Vinci Code' to be released in India
(AP)
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in movie theaters across India on Friday — one week late — after the censor board and its distributor reached an agreement to display statements saying the film is fiction.
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Malkovich lands magic role
(Reuters)
 Reuters - John Malkovich has
signed on to play the title role in "The Great Buck Howard," a
comedy that begins shooting in late July in Los Angeles.
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Ang Lee spies WWII China pic
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain" director
Ang Lee will start work on the Chinese-language espionage
thriller "Lust, Caution" in the fall.
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Studio orders script for "Da Vinci Code" precursor
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Buoyed by the box-office success of
"The Da Vinci Code," Columbia Pictures is planning to turn
author Dan Brown's first best-selling religious thriller,
"Angels & Demons," into a movie, the studio said on Tuesday.
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"Girls" an inspiring look at Cairo street kids
(Reuters)
Reuters - Are you up for a real
survivor show, not just the imbecilic concoctions of big TV
Hollywood? "These Girls," a rousing documentary on the street
children of Cairo, is an agonizing and uplifting depiction of
survival at its most daunting. With its jaunty style, in
keeping with the overpowering childlike energy of the girls
themselves, this inspired document is not your typical sour
examination of an "important subject."
"Caiman" a strong contender for Cannes kudos
(Reuters)
 Reuters - An overly ambitious mix of
movie satire, political polemic and personal drama, "The
Caiman" is strongest when it is least on its political soapbox.
Stripped of its thematic excesses, it is a bracing comedy about
one desperate producer's attempt to revive his family life.
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"Lights" out for Finnish director
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki
is known for his wry, deadpan humor, off-center characters and
absurdist tone. In "Lights in the Dusk," the concluding film of
his "loser trilogy" -- following "Drifting Clouds" and "The Man
Without a Past" -- he has challenged himself and viewers anew.
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Hatcher to Do Voices for Animation Studio
(AP)
 AP - Clumsy but lovable as a single mom on the TV hit "Desperate Housewives," Teri Hatcher has signed on to play quite a different kind of mother in the first feature film from Nike chairman Phil Knight's Portland animation studio.
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Pitt Skips Cannes, Says Birth 'Imminent'
(AP)
AP - Brad Pitt sent an e-mail to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday saying he was unable to attend because of the "imminent arrival" of his new baby.
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Deneuve pays homage to scribes at Cannes
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Like a thief in the night,
the queen of Cannes slipped into a side-street gambling den,
held an hour-long conversation with an old friend, and slipped
away as discreetly as she had come.
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Chesney, Dixie Chicks in spotlight at award show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Kenny Chesney won the top prize at
the Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive
year on Tuesday, while the Dixie Chicks received a
crowd-pleasing verbal smack from the show's host.
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Paisley, Underwood Take the Wheel at ACMs
(E! Online)
 E! Online - For Brad Paisley, Time Well Wasted was time well spent.
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Brooks & Dunn win at country music awards
(AP)
AP - Brooks & Dunn, the most honored artists in the history of the Academy of Country Music's awards show, picked up a record 20th and 21st trophies Tuesday night as country music's elite gathered to perform and compete for honors.
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Taproot assessing career after sales setback
(Reuters)
Reuters - Disappointed by sales of its third
album, "Blue Sky Research," the members of Taproot have made
adjustments to the way they do business and are even
considering a future that may not include its current label,
Atlantic Records.
It's McPheever versus Hicks' on 'Idol'
(AP)
AP - In Tuesday night's final showdown between ashen-haired soulster Taylor Hicks and sultry Katharine McPhee, the "American Idol" winner was clear to one person: Simon Cowell.
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Grammys back to Sunday, fleeing "Idol"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - After suffering a
ratings slump this year, the Grammy Awards telecast will move
back to its traditional Sunday slot in 2007, organizers said
Tuesday.
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Nike and Apple tell runners: "It's worth it"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Is all this exercise
really helping me?
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Ludacris, Kanye West defend lyrics in court
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A federal courtroom was transformed
into a rhythmic hip-hop battlefield on Tuesday with jurors
bobbing their heads in a copyright trial pitting a New Jersey
group against rappers Ludacris and Kanye West.
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Ludacris, Kanye West's 'Stand Up' Attacked
(AP)
AP - Rappers Ludacris and Kanye West found their originality under attack Tuesday when a lawyer said they stole the essence of another song to create the popular 2003 tune "Stand Up."
Man Busted for Babyface Extortion
(E! Online)
 E! Online - A man accused
of trying to extort $9 million from Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds by
claiming to be his illegitimate son was busted in Indianapolis on
Friday.
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