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Mop-topped Hicks crowned 'American Idol'
(AP)
 AP - Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new "American Idol" Wednesday in a pop star-filled finale that included Prince and Mary J. Blige.
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'McPheever' fans predict bright future
(AP)
 AP - "McPheever" wasn't enough to carry hometown girl Katharine McPhee to victory on "American Idol," but fans predicted she would end up a winner in the music industry.
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'Lost' finale leaves viewers less lost
(AP)
 AP - As promised, "Lost" viewers were left with plenty to ponder but juicy answers to savor as well, thanks to Wednesday's season finale of the ABC mystical adventure series.
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Jackson says she gained weight for role
(AP)
 AP - Janet Jackson, newly svelte after losing 60 pounds, says she gained weight for a role in the upcoming movie "Tennessee," which she ultimately had to pass on because of her new album.
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Pitt, Jolie stay secluded in Namibia
(AP)
 AP - Brad Pitt and a pregnant Angelina Jolie, who are awaiting the "imminent arrival" of their first child, want their stay in Namibia to be as private as possible.
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"High School Musical" a smash on DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Disney Channel
original movie "High School Musical," a ratings bonanza that
spawned a chart-topping soundtrack, is hitting all the right
notes on video.
Soul singer Taylor Hicks wins "American Idol"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Gray-haired soul singer Taylor
Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday,
capturing the hearts and votes of millions of viewers in the
fifth edition of America's top-rated TV show.
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MTV dances with Sean Combs' pilot
(Reuters)
Reuters - MTV and hip-hop
impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs are partnering on a competition
series that will focus on street-dance troupes from throughout
the country.
Soul singer Taylor Hicks wins "American Idol"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Gray-haired soul singer Taylor
Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday,
capturing the hearts and votes of millions of viewers in the
fifth edition of America's top-rated TV show.
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Opera from monster's point of view debuts in LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-winning composer Elliot
Goldenthal says he has been having nightmares about a monster
named Grendel, and when he wakes up, the monster is still
there, consuming his every moment.
"High School Musical" a smash on DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Disney Channel
original movie "High School Musical," a ratings bonanza that
spawned a chart-topping soundtrack, is hitting all the right
notes on video.
"New energy" fuels Tunisian film
(Reuters)
Reuters - For most in the film
industry, cinema in Tunisia means a sun-and-sand location for
visiting pictures like the "Star Wars" saga.
Venice Film Festival moves into focus
(Reuters)
 Reuters - As Cannes heads into its
closing weekend, Venice is looming low on the horizon.
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Behind the scenes of Hollywood's hits, misses
(Reuters)
Reuters - Good popcorn movies,
commercial cinema, are hard to create. There's no formula, no
sure thing, and William Goldman's dictum that "nobody knows
anything" still proves the most golden of all the nonrules in
Hollywood moviemaking.
Youngsters shine in grim "Twelve and Holding"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Michael Cuesta's
follow-up to his acclaimed 2001 feature "L.I.E." is another
dark portrait of suburban dysfunction and adolescent sexuality.
Briefs from the Cannes Film Festival
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and
Natalie Portman have joined Norah Jones in the cast of Wong Kar
Wai's "My Blueberry Nights," the director's English-language
debut. Shooting will take place this summer in the United
States.
Campion turning Keats into a "Star"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Piano" director Jane
Campion is writing a drama about 19th century poet John Keats.
Aussie film a "Suburban" nightmare
(Reuters)
Reuters - Talk about a bad seed.
Katrina Skinner, the antiheroine of the Australian film
"Suburban Mayhem," is about as bad as you can get.
Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Anne McCaffrey's
best-selling and long-running sci-fi/fantasy series "The
Dragonriders of Pern" is getting the big-screen treatment.
"Marie-Antoinette" a fond look at reviled queen
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the revisionist
"Marie-Antoinette," writer-director Sofia Coppola and actress
Kirsten Dunst take a remote and no doubt misunderstood
historical figure, the controversial and often despised queen
of France at the time of the French Revolution, and bring her
into sharp focus as a living, breathing human being with flaws,
foibles, passions, intelligence and warm affections.
Soul singer Taylor Hicks wins "American Idol"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Gray-haired soul singer Taylor
Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday,
capturing the hearts and votes of millions of viewers in the
fifth edition of America's top-rated TV show.
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Mop-topped Hicks crowned 'American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new "American Idol" Wednesday in a pop star-filled finale that included Prince and Mary J. Blige.
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Web retailer sells downloads for musicians
(AP)
AP - A new Web site is trying a different twist on digital music sales by selling songs that consumers can purchase stripped of musical parts such as drums, keyboards, guitar or bass guitar.
'McPheever' fans predict bright future
(AP)
AP - "McPheever" wasn't enough to carry hometown girl Katharine McPhee to victory on "American Idol," but fans predicted she would end up a winner in the music industry.
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Opera from monster's point of view debuts in LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-winning composer Elliot
Goldenthal says he has been having nightmares about a monster
named Grendel, and when he wakes up, the monster is still
there, consuming his every moment.
Musician, Hollywood club take a "Jesus Pill"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Los Angeles has a long
tradition of splicing musical theater into a rock club
environment. In the early '70s, long before it became a
midnight movie sensation, the stage production of "The Rocky
Horror Show" enjoyed a lengthy run at the Roxy on the Sunset
Strip. In the late '90s, "White Trash Wins Lotto," Andy
Prieboy's Guns N' Roses spoof, graduated from a three-year
residency at Largo on Fairfax to a Roxy stand.
Hasbro shelves plans for Pussycat Dolls
(AP)
AP - Hasbro Inc. shelved plans Wednesday to release a line of dolls based on the Pussycat Dolls, an all-female music group known for risque lyrics and skimpy outfits.
James Hunter revisits bygone R&B, soul eras
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ever sat around
lamenting the dearth of baritone sax solos on the radio? Do you
pine for a truly heartfelt contemporary take on pre-rock
American R&B? Need a fix of that sweet soul music? Do we have
an act for you.
Brit rockers Gomez turn on the low-key charm
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following a trio of
hammering numbers that opened Tuesday's show at the Avalon in
Hollywood, Gomez turned to the new, gentle "See the World," a
variation on the stop-and-smell-the-roses theme. The contrast
in textures, from whipped-up, bracing rock to acoustic
sing-along, truly illustrated the diverse talents of this
English group.
Hicks' hometown abuzz amid 'Idol' final
(AP)
 AP - You'd have thought it was Alabama vs. Anybody U. for the national championship in football instead of Taylor Hicks vs. Katharine McPhee in a TV talent show.
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