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Ebert in serious condition after surgery
(AP)
 AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious but stable condition Sunday following an emergency operation to repair complications from a previous cancer surgery.
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'Superman' soars to $52 million opening
(AP)
 AP - Superman may not be the world's greatest superhero at the box office, but the Man of Steel still flies high. "Superman Returns" took in $52.15 million over opening weekend, lifting its five-day total since its debut Wednesday to $84.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Knightley didn't dig 'Pirates' at first
(AP)
 AP - Keira Knightley acknowledges she was a bit skeptical at first about appearing in a movie that shared a name with a Disney ride.
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Farrow: Darfur needs more int'l aid
(AP)
 AP - Mia Farrow, who recently returned from her second trip to Darfur, says more international aid is desperately needed in the western Sudan province.
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Jennifer Lopez thwarts tell-all book, for now
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Jennifer Lopez's first husband has
agreed not to publish intimate details or criticism of the
actress-singer while they try to settle a lawsuit over his
planned tell-all book, court documents showed on Friday.
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Ebert in serious condition after surgery
(AP)
AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious but stable condition Sunday following an emergency operation to repair complications from a previous cancer surgery.
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Cuban musician Israel Kantor dies at 56
(AP)
AP - Israel Kantor, the Cuban musician who was part of the Grammy-winning Tropicana All Stars orchestra, died Saturday of cancer, his publicist said Sunday. He was 56.
Ebert in serious condition after surgery
(AP)
AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious but stable condition Sunday following an emergency operation to repair complications from a previous cancer surgery.
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Superman flexes muscle at front of box office
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Superman Returns" leapt in a
single bound to the front of the box office in its first
weekend, but the man of steel found the iron women of "The
Devil Wears Prada" standing next in line with a dazzling debut.
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First Beatles sanctioned stage show opens in Vegas
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Lucy swoops on a trapeze across a sky
twinkling with diamonds, Mr Kite presides over a psychedelic
circus of stiltwalkers and acrobats, and the unmistakable
voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo fill the surround
sound-equipped arena.
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Ebert in serious condition after surgery
(AP)
AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious but stable condition Sunday following an emergency operation to repair complications from a previous cancer surgery.
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Movie critic Ebert seriously ill
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Movie critic Roger Ebert was in serious
condition at a Chicago hospital on Sunday following an
emergency operation to repair complications from an earlier
cancer surgery, the Chicago Sun-Times said on its Web site.
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"Superman" Returns, "Devil" Surprises
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The man in tights was strong, but the devil in couture was
positively super.
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Superman flexes muscle at front of box office
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Superman Returns" leapt in a
single bound to the front of the box office in its first
weekend, but the man of steel found the iron women of "The
Devil Wears Prada" standing next in line with a dazzling debut.
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Knightley didn't dig 'Pirates' at first
(AP)
AP - Keira Knightley acknowledges she was a bit skeptical at first about appearing in a movie that shared a name with a Disney ride.
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Farrow: Darfur needs more int'l aid
(AP)
AP - Mia Farrow, who recently returned from her second trip to Darfur, says more international aid is desperately needed in the western Sudan province.
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'Superman' soars to $52 million opening
(AP)
AP - Superman may not be the world's greatest superhero at the box office, but the Man of Steel still flies high. "Superman Returns" took in $52.15 million over opening weekend, lifting its five-day total since its debut Wednesday to $84.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Camera seized in Pitt-Jolie photo probe
(AP)
 AP - Police in this western Massachusetts town say they have seized a digital camera with images of celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Africa for an investigation by Los Angeles authorities.
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S.Korean stars rally against movie measure
(AP)
AP - South Korean movie stars protested Saturday against a government measure pushed by the United States that they say threatens their film industry by subjecting it to increased competition from Hollywood.
Rules change for foreign-language Oscar
(AP)
AP - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has changed the way it chooses nominees for best foreign language film and eliminated a rule requiring entries to be in the official language of the submitting country.
Cuban musician Israel Kantor dies at 56
(AP)
AP - Israel Kantor, the Cuban musician who was part of the Grammy-winning Tropicana All Stars orchestra, died Saturday of cancer, his publicist said Sunday. He was 56.
Soul2Soul with country music's reigning couple
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
-- arguably the king and queen of country music -- are
backstage at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa.,
on June 21.
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Carreras will sing in Sarajevo again
(AP)
 AP - Spanish tenor Jose Carreras will sing again in Sarajevo, 12 years after performing in a burned-out library to raise money for rebuilding the war-ravaged Bosnian capital.
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Austin pleads guilty to cocaine charges
(AP)
 AP - Grammy-winning producer Dallas Austin, who has crafted songs for TLC, Madonna and Michael Jackson, pleaded guilty Sunday to cocaine charges in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper reported.
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Beatlemania revived 40 years after Japan concerts
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Beatles visited Japan only once as a
band, but the country is commemorating the 40th anniversary of
their concerts as if the Fab Four had never left the stage.
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Major League Baseball links with summer concerts
(Reuters)
Reuters - When a professional baseball player
makes it to the big leagues, he's said to have made it to "the
show."
Chaka Chaka: Wage war against malaria
(AP)
 AP - South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka urged world leaders Saturday to wage war against malaria as she paid emotional tribute to a band member who died two years ago of the disease, which kills more than a million people every year.
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Sex Pistol Gets Hollywood Treatment At Film Fest
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones has been hosting Jonesy's Jukebox on the Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 for two and a half years now, during which time he's become a much-loved local hero. So when the L.A. Film Festival screened Julien Temple's Pistols rockumentary The Filth & The Fury on Saturday, July 1, it seemed only right that he broadcast a special Jonesy's episode live from the venue.
Simpson, Lachey officially single again
(AP)
 AP - Famous "Newlyweds" Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are single again. Papers filed Friday in Superior Court show the pop stars "are restored to the status of single, unmarried persons."
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Simon's new tour is about music, not Art
(AP)
 AP - Paul Simon's new tour is about music, not Art. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer launched his first solo tour in five years with a Wednesday show in Cleveland, supporting his critically acclaimed album "Surprise." His last time on the road in 2003-04, Simon teamed up with old friend Art Garfunkel, rather than going alone.
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