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Dubai embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A salesman tried to fleece a money
exchanger in the United Arab Emirates by using an identity card
bearing the picture of Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, a local
newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Congenial chat show "The View" turns chilly
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Star Jones Reynolds, co-host of
"The View," was barred on Wednesday from the show she helped
build into a daytime television fixture a day after catching
her colleagues and the network off guard by announcing plans to
leave in July.
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"Ice" heats up for Theron, Parker
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Charlize Theron has
lured Oscar-nominated British director Alan Parker from a
filmmaking hiatus to direct her passion project "Ice at the
Bottom of the World."
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Jackie Chan looks to bequeath half of wealth-media
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hong Kong action movie star Jackie
Chan is looking to bequeath half his fortune to charity,
following in the footsteps of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates,
local media reported on Thursday.
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Trial begins in Michael Jackson suit by ex-associate
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Jury selection began on Wednesday
in a bitter court fight between Michael Jackson and a former
porn producer who figured prominently in the pop star's child
molestation trial.
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Dubai embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt
(Reuters)
Reuters - A salesman tried to fleece a money
exchanger in the United Arab Emirates by using an identity card
bearing the picture of Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, a local
newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Sleater-Kinney Calls it Quits
(E! Online)
 E! Online - It turns out that the grrrls from Sleater-Kinney barely made
it out of The Woods together.
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Congenial chat show "The View" turns chilly
(Reuters)
Reuters - Star Jones Reynolds, co-host of
"The View," was barred on Wednesday from the show she helped
build into a daytime television fixture a day after catching
her colleagues and the network off guard by announcing plans to
leave in July.
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Ad outlook not quite so rosy for '06
(Reuters)
Reuters - One of Madison Avenue's
best-known analysts has cut his prediction for 2006 ad
spending, delivering a still upbeat but slightly muted
forecast.
Clayburgh tops powerful, resonant "Hushed"
(Reuters)
Reuters - For Jill Clayburgh, the
third time proved the charm.
Dubai embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt
(Reuters)
Reuters - A salesman tried to fleece a money
exchanger in the United Arab Emirates by using an identity card
bearing the picture of Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, a local
newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Studios ready DVD treats for Halloween
(Reuters)
Reuters - Summer has barely begun,
but DVD suppliers already are looking at the fall and preparing
horror and Halloween slates to take advantage of the growing
amount of money consumers are spending to celebrate the October
31 holiday.
Sony travels to Kelly's "Southland"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Donnie Darko"
writer-director Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales," which ran
into a critical buzzsaw when it debuted at May's Festival de
Cannes, will be released domestically by Sony Pictures.
"Evil" delivers haunting portrait of pedophile priest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oliver O'Grady was the
kind of twinkly-eyed priest whose adoring California
parishioners called him Father Ollie.
"Ice" heats up for Theron, Parker
(Reuters)
Reuters - Charlize Theron has
lured Oscar-nominated British director Alan Parker from a
filmmaking hiatus to direct her passion project "Ice at the
Bottom of the World."
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DiCaprio tripping with Leary biopic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio is set
to turn on, tune in and drop out for his next project.
Camcorder piracy probe nets arrests
(Reuters)
Reuters - FBI raids Wednesday led
to the arrest of 13 members of an international movie-piracy
ring suspected of being responsible for half of all camcorder
copies of films available on the black market and on the
Internet in the U.S., according to the MPAA.
"Pittsburgh" calls Miller, Sarsgaard
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sienna Miller is in
final negotiations and Peter Sarsgaard is in talks to star in
"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," based on Michael Chabon's 1988
debut novel.
'Crash' screenplay wins Humanitas Prize
(AP)
 AP - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, who won the original screenplay Oscar earlier this year for "Crash," collected another award for the film on Wednesday: the Humanitas Prize.
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Fox studio plans "Wolverine" spinoff of "X-Men"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Twentieth Century Fox plans to keep
the mutants coming with a spinoff of its popular "X-Men" film
franchise starring Australian-born actor Hugh Jackman in the
title role of "Wolverine."
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Sleater-Kinney Calls it Quits
(E! Online)
E! Online - It turns out that the grrrls from Sleater-Kinney barely made
it out of The Woods together.
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EMI, Warner Music locked in $4.6 bln takeover feud
(Reuters)
Reuters - EMI and Warner Music were locked in a
two-way $4.6 billion takeover battle on Wednesday, with each
trying to acquire the other to create a combined company that
would shrink the industry to three main players.
Hootie & the Blowfish shows to aid schools
(AP)
 AP - Hootie & the Blowfish will launch a 10-city concert series Monday in Nashville to help collect school supplies for children.
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Blige, Brown, West, Foxx lead BET winners
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and
"Gold Digger" duo Kanye West and Jamie Foxx shared double wins
at the 2006 BET Awards Tuesday night (June 27).
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Gene Simmons Settles Up
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The KISS
demon has amicably resolved a defamation lawsuit brought by an
ex-girlfriend accusing him of defaming her in the VH1 rockumentary
When KISS Ruled the World.
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Iggy, Incubus to salute the Pretenders
(Reuters)
Reuters - The next episode of VH1's "Decades
Rock Live" series will honor the Pretenders and feature
performances from the group plus special guests Iggy Pop,
Garbage's Shirley Manson, Incubus and Kings Of Leon.
Dave Matthews Band "offsetting" its tour pollution
(Reuters)
 Reuters - American rockers the Dave Matthews
Band and its fans have been bad for the environment since 1991,
and now the group is making amends.
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Gordon ready to confess "Bleeding Heart"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Veruca Salt principal Nina
Gordon is gearing up to release her sophomore solo effort,
which has been nearly six years in the making.
Who show set for live Webcast
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Who's Sunday (July 2) concert at
London's Hyde Park will be broadcast live via the Web and at
Hard Rock Cafes in New York, Chicago, Orlando, Hollywood, Fla.,
Hollywood Ca., Rome, Barcelona and Paris.
Gill drafts country stars for quadruple album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vince Gill is readying an unusual
boxed set for fall release, Billboard.com has learned.
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