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CBS News says Dan Rather leaving
(AP)
 AP - CBS News said Tuesday it is cutting ties to Dan Rather, concluding a messy professional divorce with the hard-charging anchor who had worked there for 44 years until things went sour over a story about the president's military service.
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Celebrity chef Ramsay wins libel damages
(AP)
 AP - Gordon Ramsay has won a libel action against a newspaper that accused the celebrity chef of faking scenes on his reality TV show. The Evening Standard claimed in November that parts of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" — in which Ramsay helps save failing restaurants — had been exaggerated to make an average restaurant look like a health hazard.
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OutKast Out in the "Wild"...Finally
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Can we get a hey ya! OutKast is finally coming out with a new
album.
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Another Summer Trial for Jackson
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Michael Jackson's metaphorical piggy bank is about to be cracked
wide open.
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Shatner, Brokaw, Regis to join TV Hall
(AP)
 AP - William Shatner, Tom Brokaw and Regis Philbin are joining the Academy of Television Art & Sciences Hall of Fame.
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Americans prefer video to national parks: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - Americans are less interested in
spending time in natural surroundings like national parks
because they are spending more time watching television,
playing video games and surfing the Internet, according to a
study released on Tuesday.
Futureheads deliver hyperactive Britrock
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Futureheads might
sound like the name of an archnemesis of U.K. sci-fi hero Dr.
Who, but this British band is much more grounded in reality.
PBS documentary zooms in on kids with cancer
(Reuters)
Reuters - It is impossible to
watch "A Lion in the House" -- PBS' four-hour documentary about
kids battling cancer that unfolds in two consecutive nights --
without coming away touched as well as wounded.
Media spending seen reaching $1.8 trillion in 2010
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Global entertainment spending is
expected to reach $1.8 trillion in 2010, fueled by the spread
of broadband and wireless technology, accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers projected in a report issued on Tuesday.
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Lincoln Center stage triumphs with "House in Town"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The House in Town,"
Richard Greenberg's intensely moving new drama being produced
by Lincoln Center Theater, reveals once again that this
Tony-winning playwright ("Take Me Out") possesses a theatrical
sensibility matched by few American dramatists.
Americans prefer video to national parks: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - Americans are less interested in
spending time in natural surroundings like national parks
because they are spending more time watching television,
playing video games and surfing the Internet, according to a
study released on Tuesday.
Judge: "Syriana" Isn't the Same
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Syriana may have been hard to follow, but it was hard to
follow in its own way.
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At the Movies: capsule reviews
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Tinker Bell finds voice in actress Brittany Murphy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Peter Pan's feisty, but previously
mute, flying fairy sidekick has finally found her voice.
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Hollywood director Sherman dies at 99
(AP)
 AP - Vincent Sherman, who directed — and romanced — Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the 1940s and '50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16.
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'Wordplay' about Times crossword czar
(AP)
AP - You'd think the life of the world's premier crossword puzzle editor would be, well, fun and games. But consider this: Make one little mistake, and a world of hungry word fanatics is waiting to pounce.
At the Movies: "The Road to Guantanamo"
(AP)
AP - The filmmakers behind "The Road to Guantanamo" make no effort to present a balanced chronicle of three British Muslims who were held without charges for two years at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
Suit dismissed against "Syriana," Clooney
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A French court has
dismissed a lawsuit against George Clooney and Warner Bros. by
a screenwriter who claimed that "Syriana" was plagiarized from
her script.
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Nicole Kidman has 'boring' 39th birthday
(AP)
 AP - Nicole Kidman, who is expected to wed Keith Urban this weekend, said she planned a "boring" 39th birthday with family Tuesday.
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Panel: LAPD didn't violate man's rights
(AP)
AP - Police did not violate the rights of a loading dock worker when they arrested him in connection with the theft of 55 Oscar statuettes just before the 2000 Academy Awards, a federal appeals panel ruled.
Futureheads deliver hyperactive Britrock
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Futureheads might
sound like the name of an archnemesis of U.K. sci-fi hero Dr.
Who, but this British band is much more grounded in reality.
One Less Arctic Monkey
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Bassist Andy Nicholson won't be touring with the Arctic Monkeys in
June or going anywhere else with them, either.
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Billy Preston's memory honored in Calif.
(AP)
AP - Little Richard and Joe Cocker joined hundreds of friends and relatives of Billy Preston in celebrating his musical legacy during an upbeat funeral Tuesday.
Elton's Overrated Pad?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Elton John has filed a lawsuit against the Fulton County, Georgia, tax
assessor's office, alleging that the county thinks too much of his
12,000 square-foot Peachtree Street condo.
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Bonnaroo festival said to gross $15M
(AP)
 AP - The fifth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival grossed $15 million, according to a report on Billboard.com.
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Korn frontman itching to get back on stage
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Korn's Jonathan Davis is happy to be
alive after a recent near-fatal bout with a blood infection,
and he's itching to get back on stage.
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Sonny Rollins named Musician of the Year
(AP)
 AP - Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins took the top honors at the 10th annual Jazz Awards, notching a double victory as musician and tenor saxophonist of the year.
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Vandross' "Ultimate" Comeback
(E! Online)
 E! Online - For Luther Vandross, there's shelf-life after death.
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OutKast Out in the "Wild"...Finally
(E! Online)
E! Online - Can we get a hey ya! OutKast is finally coming out with a new
album.
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Britain's longest-running music TV show axed
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than 40 years after the Beatles and
the Rolling Stones featured on the first edition, the BBC is to
scrap Britain's longest-running music television show, "Top of
the Pops."
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