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'Idol' runner-up McPhee inks record deal
(AP)
 AP - Being the "American Idol" runner-up has its rewards, too. Katharine McPhee, who lost out to Taylor Hicks in the top-rated Fox show's finale two weeks ago, has signed a record deal with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, it was announced Tuesday.
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Singer-songwriter Billy Preston dies at 59
(AP)
 AP - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own hit singles including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.
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Keanu Reeves says he wants to get married
(AP)
 AP - Keanu Reeves says he's lonely and wants to get married and have children, in an upcoming issue of Parade magazine. The 41-year-old actor says he continues to mourn the loss of his stillborn daughter in 1999 and the death of the baby's mother, Jennifer Syme, in a car crash in 2001.
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Lewis to direct 'Nutty Professor' musical
(AP)
AP - Jerry Lewis, who played "The Nutty Professor" in 1963, has a wacky new scheme: staging the film as a Broadway musical. The first show is planned for January at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, where the 80-year-old comedian has a houseboat, he said.
Nashville producer buys Elvis' home
(AP)
 AP - The purchase of Elvis Presley's first post-success home has been all shook up. Celebrity psychic Uri Geller, who announced last month that he'd bought the home, now seems to have lost it.
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Coen brothers tap Root, Harrelson for "Old Men"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Coen brothers have
lassoed Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root for their contemporary
Western thriller "No Country for Old Men."
Singer-songwriter Billy Preston dies at 59
(AP)
AP - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own hit singles including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.
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House debating media indecency bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. House of
Representatives began debate Tuesday on the Senate-passed
version of legislation that would increase the fines
broadcasters pay for airing indecent speech, with a vote
expected on the legislation Wednesday.
House debating media indecency bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. House of
Representatives began debate Tuesday on the Senate-passed
version of legislation that would increase the fines
broadcasters pay for airing indecent speech, with a vote
expected on the legislation Wednesday.
Off-Broadway's Sexy 'Tryst' To End
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tryst, Karoline Leach's new play about a con man and a love-hungry clerk, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Amelia Campbell, will play its final performance June 11 at Off- Broadway's Promenade Theatre.
Coen brothers tap Root, Harrelson for "Old Men"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Coen brothers have
lassoed Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root for their contemporary
Western thriller "No Country for Old Men."
Alba, Banks fit the "Bill"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jessica Alba and
Elizabeth Banks have joined Aaron Eckhart in the indie comedy
"Bill."
Popeye finally bursting out on DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - After years of living in
the public domain, Popeye is going legit.
Lohan adds spice to 'Prairie Home'
(AP)
 AP - The director says it's all about death. The screenwriter says no, it's really a funny movie, not a dark one. Filmgoers can decide who's right when the movie version of "A Prairie Home Companion," directed by Robert Altman, opens Friday.
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Woody Harrelson welcomes 3rd daughter
(AP)
 AP - Woody Harrelson and his wife, Laura Louie, have welcomed a new addition to their all-female brood: another daughter.
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At age 81, Paul Newman stars in animated movie
(Reuters)
 Reuters - He's won Oscars,
raced cars, been on President Richard Nixon's enemies list,
helped found the famed Actor's Studio and established a food
company to fund charities.
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Brangelina Baby Pics For Sale
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Putting their
celebrity to good use while simultaneously foiling the horde of
paparazzi looking to cash in on their coupling, Angelina Jolie and Brad
Pitt plan to distribute photographs of their newborn daughter, Shiloh
Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, with profits going to a charity aiding African
children.
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Miramax, Onion writer plan terror satire
(Reuters)
Reuters - Miramax Films is
developing a satirical comedy with the former editor in chief
of the Onion. "Homeland Insecurity" will track the
misadventures of two Arab-Americans who are mistaken for
terrorists while on a business trip to Texas.
At the Movies: `Cars'
(AP)
AP - The makers of "Doc Hollywood" called. They want their movie back.
Lions Gate wins ruling on Image fight
(AP)
AP - In a ruling that favors a takeover bid by independent movie studio Lions Gate Entertainment Co., a Delaware judge has ruled that all six seats on the board of DVD distributor Image Entertainment Inc. will be up for grabs at the company's annual meeting this year.
Singer-songwriter Billy Preston dies at 59
(AP)
AP - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own hit singles including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.
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'Idol' runner-up McPhee inks record deal
(AP)
AP - Being the "American Idol" runner-up has its rewards, too. Katharine McPhee, who lost out to Taylor Hicks in the top-rated Fox show's finale two weeks ago, has signed a record deal with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, it was announced Tuesday.
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Meat Loaf sues to use "Bat Out of Hell"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Rock singer Meat Loaf has sued a
former collaborator for $50 million, claiming he wrongly
trademarked the name of their 1977 hit album "Bat Out of Hell"
and is using it as "blackmail" to hold up a new album.
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"Idol" runner-up signs record deal
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Like "American Idol" champ Taylor
Hicks, runner-up Katharine McPhee has signed to series creator
Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited and RCA.
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Jazz pianist Hilton Ruiz dies at 54
(AP)
 AP - Jazz pianist and composer Hilton Ruiz, who excelled in a wide variety of styles from Afro-Cuban rhythms to the blues, died early Tuesday, never regaining consciousness after a fall in front of a French Quarter bar. He was 54.
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Springsteen delivers American music history lesson
(Reuters)
 Reuters - In Bruce Springsteen's
new album of songs associated with legendary folk singer Pete
Seeger, many of the characters are barely getting by. And then
their spirit often is tested and nearly broken by natural,
social or political forces beyond their control.
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Farrell's Satellite Party signs with Columbia
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Former Jane's Addiction frontman
Perry Farrell's new band Satellite Party has signed with
Columbia, which will release its self-titled debut album later
this year.
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Ex-manager sues singer Ashanti
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A former manager for the R&B singer
Ashanti who claimed to have been instrumental in the singer's
career sued her on Tuesday, seeking millions of dollars in
damages for breach of contract.
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Eminem Hangs Up Ringtone Suit
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Lawyers
for the Slim Shady's publishing empire, Michigan-based Eight Mile Style
and Martin Affiliated, have settled a lawsuit with one of five companies
his camp sued to halt them from illegally hocking ringtones of Eminem's
biggest hits, the Detroit News reports.
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"Fifth Beatle" Billy Preston Dies
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Billy Preston, the singer-songwriter famous for his
collaborations with Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and the
Beatles among others, as well as for the Grammy-winning solo hits "Outta
Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday from complications due
to chronic kidney failure. He was 59.
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