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'Cars' wins box office for 2nd weekend
(AP)
 AP - Animated autos retained the pole position as "Cars" came in No. 1 at the box office for a second weekend with $31.2 million, holding off the wrestling comedy "Nacho Libre" and another car tale, "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."
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Sandler says he was eager to become a dad
(AP)
 AP - Adam Sandler turns 40 in a few months and the new father says he's ready to shift his focus. Sandler and his wife, Jackie, welcomed their first child, Sadie Madison, last month.
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N.Y. museum buys controversial Klimt art
(AP)
AP - An oil and gold-encrusted portrait by Gustav Klimt, one of the world's most recognizable paintings, has been purchased for a record-setting amount by a New York museum, an attorney said.
Depp says he just likes living in France
(AP)
 AP - Johnny Depp says the media's perception of him as a European wannabe has been exaggerated, and that he just likes the anonymity of living in France.
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Will My Network TV become your network?
(AP)
 AP - Anyone who grumbles that there's nothing new in television hasn't heard about My Network TV.
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Kidman, Urban in Australia to marry
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and
her fiance country music star Keith Urban said on Monday they
had returned to Australia to be married.
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Warner Bros. Records plots encore for Ostin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Warner Bros.
Records chairman Mo Ostin may be close to returning to the
label in a consulting capacity after months of discussions
driven by current Warner chairman and CEO Tom Whalley,
according to sources familiar with the talks.
CBS picks up Couric colleague
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS News has hired away
from NBC a producer who has worked closely with Katie Couric.
Bob Peterson, who joins CBS News as creative director,
effective immediately, will redesign the look for the "CBS
Evening News" when Couric starts on the air in September.
Toshiba, Starz pact for Vongo portable movie service
(Reuters)
Reuters - Starz Entertainment
Group and Toshiba America Consumer Products plan to announce
their partnership on Monday, a deal that will make SEG's Vongo
the first movie download service available on a portable
device.
Song-and-dance Wall Street saga plagued by missteps
(Reuters)
Reuters - Is there a bullish market
-- theatrically speaking -- for a stockbroker-based dramatic
comedy in which the principals dance around the set to the
music of an onstage band?
Kidman, Urban in Australia to marry
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and
her fiance country music star Keith Urban said on Monday they
had returned to Australia to be married.
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China piracy costs film industry $2.7 bln in 2005
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Piracy in China cost film makers $2.7
billion last year, with domestic firms shouldering more than
half those losses, according to a study commissioned by a trade
group representing the major Hollywood studios.
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Sandler says he was eager to become a dad
(AP)
AP - Adam Sandler turns 40 in a few months and the new father says he's ready to shift his focus. Sandler and his wife, Jackie, welcomed their first child, Sadie Madison, last month.
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Nike's Knight buys land for Laika animation studio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nike co-founder and
chairman Phil Knight has purchased 30 acres of land south of
Portland, Ore., to house a state-of-the-art campus for his
burgeoning computer animation studio.
'Cars' wins box office for 2nd weekend
(AP)
AP - Animated autos retained the pole position as "Cars" came in No. 1 at the box office for a second weekend with $31.2 million, holding off the wrestling comedy "Nacho Libre" and another car tale, "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."
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"Idols" finds distributor in Palm Pictures
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Kill Your Idols," a
documentary covering three decades of underground New York
bands from Teenage Jesus & the Jerks to Sonic Youth to the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, has been picked up for North American and Caribbean
distribution by Palm Pictures.
Ang Lee offers Western insights at Far East event
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar-winning director Ang
Lee offered China fatherly moviemaking advice Sunday, hinting
that he was unsure how to work in the nation's restricted
marketplace.
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"Da Vinci" still picture perfect overseas
(Reuters)
 Reuters - As it has for the last
five weekends, Sony Pictures International Releasing's "The Da
Vinci Code" dominated internationally, grossing an estimated
$15.2 million from 7,800 screens in 83 territories, elevating
its total overseas tally to $480 million.
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"Superman Returns" as a man of complex emotions
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Superman who returns
in "Superman Returns" is a different Man of Steel than we are
used to seeing.
Depp says he just likes living in France
(AP)
AP - Johnny Depp says the media's perception of him as a European wannabe has been exaggerated, and that he just likes the anonymity of living in France.
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Warner Bros. Records plots encore for Ostin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Warner Bros.
Records chairman Mo Ostin may be close to returning to the
label in a consulting capacity after months of discussions
driven by current Warner chairman and CEO Tom Whalley,
according to sources familiar with the talks.
H&M dresses up Madonna & Co
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A partnership between Madonna and
global fashion retailer H&M may, initially, cause some to
scratch their heads. For many, Madonna has more in common with
Versace than H&M's inexpensive yet fashionable clothing.
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S. Carolina cafe serves up java with a Kiss
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rock group Kiss is putting its brand
name on a South Carolina cafe.
Montez de Durango members fight over naming rights
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jose Luis Terrazas and Alfredo Ramirez
were more than just business acquaintances.
Shooter guns for widespread appeal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Just as his late father, Waylon
Jennings, had enough of a cool factor to play Lollapalooza,
Shooter Jennings can do country festivals one night and open
for Alice in Chains the next.
Eyespot in the mix with legal video mash-ups
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Consumers are remixing
videos by several emerging bands, then posting the mash-ups
online at Eyespot to share with the world. What makes this site
different from others is that here the art form is legal.
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"Idols" finds distributor in Palm Pictures
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Kill Your Idols," a
documentary covering three decades of underground New York
bands from Teenage Jesus & the Jerks to Sonic Youth to the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, has been picked up for North American and Caribbean
distribution by Palm Pictures.
Bennett in full swing, fine style at Hollywood bash
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two decades ago, Tony
Bennett recorded an album titled "The Art of Excellence." It's
an art he continues to uphold, even as he nears his 80th
birthday in August. He truly is a treasure for all generations.
Walkmen reach for greatness in dynamic but uneven show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Good, but not yet great,
the Walkmen proved to be an ambitious and still-growing band
during Thursday's performance at the El Rey Theater in Los
Angeles.
Wilson shows NYC she's more than a "Redneck Girl"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-winning country
singer Gretchen Wilson's debut was titled "Here for the Party,"
and a party is exactly what she sets out to provide in concert.
Thursday night, the singer and her hard-working band attempted
to transform the staid, art deco environs of Radio City Music
Hall into a down-home honky-tonk. For the most part, they
succeeded.
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