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Limbaugh detained at Palm Beach airport
(AP)
 AP - Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.
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Rowling: Two 'Potter' characters will die
(AP)
 AP - Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either.
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Another maid sues model Naomi Campbell
(AP)
 AP - Naomi Campbell is being accused of less-than-model behavior again, this time by another of her maids who claims the supermodel hit her.
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Jackson won't be in court for lawsuit
(AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson is the key figure in a lawsuit going to trial this week, but the pop superstar won't be in the courtroom while lawyers and witnesses thrash out the question of whether he owes $3.8 million to a former business associate.
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Boy George avoids jail, but gets scolded
(AP)
 AP - Boy George won't be going to jail. But the former Culture Club singer got a scolding from a judge Monday for not complying with the terms of his sentence on a drug charge.
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Zhang's "Flower" blooms for Sony Pictures Classics
(Reuters)
Reuters - International stars Chow
Yun-Fat ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") and Gong Li
("Memoirs of a Geisha") soon will be returning to American
shores.
Supreme Court Refuses to Play by Ja Rules
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Ja Rule's old record label won't be getting any help from the
highest court in the land.
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NFL Net gets dish on carriage
(Reuters)
Reuters - The NFL Network has
expanded its distribution in time for preseason football,
reaching a deal with EchoStar Communications Corp. to expand
carriage on the Dish Network to basic service.
Sony, Sandler "Click" at top
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sony's "Click"
controlled the box office in North America this past weekend
with a $40 million debut and the top spot.
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Broadway still singing as 2 more plays wrap
(Reuters)
Reuters - This coming weekend,
Broadway says adieu to "Doubt," which not only picked up a
Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards during its 15-month-plus
stay at the Walter Kerr but also chalked up 525 performances
and 25 prevues.
Zhang's "Flower" blooms for Sony Pictures Classics
(Reuters)
Reuters - International stars Chow
Yun-Fat ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") and Gong Li
("Memoirs of a Geisha") soon will be returning to American
shores.
Cosmos pic is a keeper for Messing
(Reuters)
Reuters - Any one of a score of
stories about the wacky world of the New York Cosmos soccer
team in the 1970s could fill a movie theater with laughter and
amazement.
Ferrell-McKay company opts for Paramount Vantage
(Reuters)
Reuters - Will Ferrell and
writer-director-actor Adam McKay have signed a two-year,
first-look producing deal with Paramount Vantage, the specialty
division of Paramount Pictures, to make low-budget,
high-concept comedies in the $10 million-$20 million range.
Guba uploads deal with Warners
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online multimedia site
Guba is set to confirm a new service Tuesday (June 27) that
will launch with movies and television shows from Warner Bros.
Entertainment.
Sony, Sandler "Click" at top
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony's "Click"
controlled the box office in North America this past weekend
with a $40 million debut and the top spot.
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Reclaiming a Superman
(E! Online)
 E! Online - As Superman Returns star Brandon Routh is about to
establish his place in Man of Steel lore, one Iowa town is working to
reestablish another Superman's.
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Potter's "Phoenix" Rising Next Summer
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Muggles are going to have to crane their necks to catch this
Phoenix.
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Warner Bros. sells films via Guba.com
(AP)
 AP - Warner Bros. began selling its movies and TV shows over the Internet video site Guba.com Monday, marking the second deal the studio has made to distribute content over Web sites that have offered pirated video in the past.
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Sandler's 'Click' controls box office
(AP)
AP - Adam Sandler pushed moviegoers' buttons with his remote-control fantasy "Click," which debuted as the No. 1 weekend flick with $40 million.
Superman star returns to Iowa
(AP)
 AP - Superman's parents say Brandon Routh is still the kind and earnest son they raised in Norwalk. That may be true, but things are changing for the star of "Superman Returns."
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Supreme Court Refuses to Play by Ja Rules
(E! Online)
E! Online - Ja Rule's old record label won't be getting any help from the
highest court in the land.
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Turkish-born record producer Arif Mardin dies
(Reuters)
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- Turkish-born record producer Arif
Mardin, who helped shape hit recordings by the Bee Gees, Aretha
Franklin, Willie Nelson and Bette Midler, among many others,
has died at age 74, associates said.
Zappa's son leads fitting tribute to musical legacy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Describing the music of
Frank Zappa as "progressive" is much the same as calling Frank
Zappa, the man, "eccentric": It might be a good place to start,
but it doesn't come close to telling the story. The same can be
said of the Zappa Does Zappa show that celebrated the cultural
icon's life Friday night at the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles. As
Zappa proved in life, sounds don't necessarily need to make
sense, they just need to make music.
McGraw & Hill serve up crowd-pleasing night of hits
(Reuters)
Reuters - Someone should really
introduce Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to each other.
Locke tells "True Story" on sophomore album
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Supawoman" will be the first single
from former "American Idol" contestant Kimberley Locke's
sophomore album, "Based on a True Story."
Mendes & Co. celebrate in mellow groove
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sergio Mendes brought a
little bit of Carnival, a taste of Las Vegas and the feel of an
old '70s TV variety show to the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night
as the Brazilian music legend celebrated the 40th anniversary
of his Brasil '66 combo with a little help from his friends.
Reunited Plimsouls in fine, high-energy form
(Reuters)
Reuters - This was not a show for
the kids, though some joined their rock elders from the Los
Angeles music scene of the early 1980s at the El Rey Theater on
Friday for a hearty set by the reunited Plimsouls. The brisk,
charged-up, 75-minute set surely left the old folks feeling
decades younger.
Bush honors nation's black musicians
(AP)
 AP - President Bush honored the nation's black musicians on Monday at a White House "Black Music Month" ceremony that featured performances from blues master B.B. King, singer Patti Austin and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield.
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Boy George avoids jail, but gets scolded
(AP)
AP - Boy George won't be going to jail. But the former Culture Club singer got a scolding from a judge Monday for not complying with the terms of his sentence on a drug charge.
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Jay-Z plans international tour
(AP)
 AP - As a white-tuxed Jay-Z stood on stage at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album "Reasonable Doubt" and planning a world tour, it seemed as if a wide chasm separated the hungry rapper who made that dazzling debut and the mogul on the mic.
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