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'History Boys,' 'Jersey Boys' top Tonys
(AP)
 AP - The falsetto-voiced boys from Jersey and the high-spirited lads from Britain are now the new princes of Broadway.
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'Cars' drives away with box office lead
(AP)
 AP - The animated comedy "Cars" raced to first place at the weekend box office with a $62.8 million debut, maintaining the Disney-Pixar cartoon brand's undefeated record with a seventh straight hit.
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AP: Gitmo movie subjects discuss suicide
(AP)
 AP - Three British youths formerly detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and now the subjects of a new film about their experiences say they were driven to desperation knowing others had tried to kill themselves at the camp.
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Al-Jazeera International TV misses launch
(AP)
AP - The English-language Al-Jazeera International TV network faces enough hurdles to make Olympic champion Edwin Moses tremble.
J.Lo attends Puerto Rican Day parade
(AP)
 AP - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony lent Hollywood glamour to the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday — and attracted such a horde of paparazzi that police officers and Guardian Angels kept them roped off from the crowds as they marched.
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'Cars' drives away with box office lead
(AP)
AP - The animated comedy "Cars" raced to first place at the weekend box office with a $62.8 million debut, maintaining the Disney-Pixar cartoon brand's undefeated record with a seventh straight hit.
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Early peer-to-peer music site gets back in game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like Napster and
BitTorrent before it, LTDnetwork's Qtrax is a brand from the
early days of peer-to-peer music piracy that is relaunching as
a completely legal service.
Latino comedy "Mi Casa" moves to Disney house
(Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Pictures has
picked up "Mi Casa, Su Casa," a Latino family comedy that will
serve as the feature directorial debut of Alex Martinez
Kondracke, daughter of political pundit Morton Kondracke.
"Cars" laps the box office competition
(Reuters)
 Reuters - On its first lap in
North American theaters, the latest Disney-Pixar offering
"Cars" sped to the box-office finish line in first place with
an estimated $62.8 million -- the fifth-biggest opening of
all-time for an animated film and third best for Pixar.
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Tony Awards mark 60th birthday with 60 stars
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Tony Awards delivered
60 stars to mark the 60th anniversary of the event, but the
three-hour televised show didn't sacrifice its integrity for
celebrity.
'Cars' drives away with box office lead
(AP)
AP - The animated comedy "Cars" raced to first place at the weekend box office with a $62.8 million debut, maintaining the Disney-Pixar cartoon brand's undefeated record with a seventh straight hit.
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AP: Gitmo movie subjects discuss suicide
(AP)
AP - Three British youths formerly detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and now the subjects of a new film about their experiences say they were driven to desperation knowing others had tried to kill themselves at the camp.
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"Cars" laps the box office competition
(Reuters)
Reuters - On its first lap in
North American theaters, the latest Disney-Pixar offering
"Cars" sped to the box-office finish line in first place with
an estimated $62.8 million -- the fifth-biggest opening of
all-time for an animated film and third best for Pixar.
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Roman fever: film fest preps for October
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Preparations for Rome's
inaugural international cinema festival, the RomaCinemaFest,
are entering their final stages, with organizers emphasizing
participation of the public and a yet-to-be defined tie-in with
New York's Tribeca Film Festival.
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"Lake House" never jells as time-lapse love story
(Reuters)
 Reuters - More a valentine to
Chicago's architecture than the aching love story it purports
to be, "The Lake House" is a slow-moving, never-igniting tale
of calendar-crossed lovers that grows less convincing as it
proceeds.
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Altered "M:I-3" set for Chinese launch July 18
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Mission: Impossible III"
has been cleared for a July 18 opening in China after
negotiations ended with agreements to make some cuts to the
movie, some of which are understood to involve scenes of
violence.
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NASCAR, CMT revving up Earnhardt documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - NASCAR Images and CMT
Films are teaming up to produce "Dale," the first authorized
documentary about the late racing icon Dale Earnhardt, to be
released theatrically early next year.
"Cars" Goes Vroom!
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Cars easily earned the checkered flag at the weekend box
office, racing away with an estimated $62.8 million.
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Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Pictures has
won the rights to the Boom Studios comic book "Talent" after a
bidding war that involved five studios including DreamWorks and
Warner Bros. Pictures.
13 film students honored by the Academy
(AP)
AP - Receiving medals instead of statuettes, 13 young filmmakers were honored Saturday for their short films at the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards.
Early peer-to-peer music site gets back in game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like Napster and
BitTorrent before it, LTDnetwork's Qtrax is a brand from the
early days of peer-to-peer music piracy that is relaunching as
a completely legal service.
Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris shine as odd couple
(Reuters)
Reuters - If the pairing of rock's Mark
Knopfler and country's Emmylou Harris seems unlikely, you
wouldn't have known it from the crowd reaction at their tour
stop at Wembley Arena, where the twangiest country and purest
rock both went down very well.
The Streets hits middle of the road
(Reuters)
Reuters - Old-school rock fans
often grouse that hip-hop acts backed only by a DJ lack the
visceral thrill of a live band.
`History Boys,' 'Jersey Boys' top Tonys
(AP)
 AP - "Jersey Boys," the fast-moving musical biography of pop icons Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, won best musical Sunday at the 2006 Tony Awards, while "The History Boys," Alan Bennett's wise, witty and warmhearted dissection of British education, was named best play.
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El-P drafts Reznor, Mars Volta for new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie hip-hop heavyweight El-P has
secured guest spots from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor
and the Mars Volta for his new album, "I'll Sleep When You're
Dead."
B.I.G. Retrial Set
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The family of the late Notorious B.I.G. and the city of Los
Angeles are getting a do-over.
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"Coal Miner's Daughter" Recuperating
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Country legend Loretta Lynn is taking it one day at a time.
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R. Kelly's Sex Tape Going Public
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Coming soon to a courtroom near you: the R. Kelly sex tape.
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Singer beaten in NYC; 4 arrested
(AP)
 AP - A singer suffered a broken jaw and other injuries in an attack by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, yet he hopes to perform again by the end of the month, police and his publicist said.
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Four charged in hate crime attack on gay singer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Four youths were charged with a hate
crime assault on a gay singer who was attacked as he left a
Manhattan gay bar, police said on Sunday.
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