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Charges dropped against celeb photographer
(AP)
 AP - Prosecutors will not file trespassing charges against a photographer arrested outside a Malibu preschool that Angelina Jolie's adopted son was attending.
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Sex offender credited on children's CD
(AP)
 AP - Officials are distancing themselves from a state-sponsored CD of children's songs recorded by prison inmates after it was revealed a child sex offender helped put it together.
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Daughtry: 4th place on 'Idol' not so bad
(AP)
 AP - While still surprised by his early exit from "American Idol," Chris Daughtry said Wednesday his fourth-place finish might be better than winning the show's grand prize.
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'South Park' Scientology episode to re-air
(AP)
 AP - "Trapped in the Closet," the controversial "South Park" episode that skewers Scientology and its popular proponent Tom Cruise, is hitting the airwaves again.
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Ex-friends to live another 'Simple Life'
(AP)
 AP - Fans of "The Simple Life" will be seeing more of ex-friends Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. E! Entertainment Television will air a fifth season of the reality-style series, which shows the tabloid-ready celebutantes thrown into everyday situations with real people, the network announced Tuesday.
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Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Intrepid Pictures has
purchased Dave Kalstein's novel "Prodigy" and hired him to
adapt the sci-fi thriller into a screenplay, with production
targeted for next year.
Sex offender credited on children's CD
(AP)
AP - Officials are distancing themselves from a state-sponsored CD of children's songs recorded by prison inmates after it was revealed a child sex offender helped put it together.
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Comedy Central has mind for more Mencia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Comedy Central has
ordered a third season of "Mind of Mencia."
EU court annuls approval of 2004 Sony BMG deal
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A European court annulled on
Thursday the European Union's approval of a 2004 merger between
Sony Music and BMG, leaving the world's second biggest music
company in a state of limbo.
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McKechnie Returns to Michigan Roots to Play 'Gypsy in My Soul' Benefit at Meadow Brook Theatre
(Playbill)
Playbill - Hometown girl Donna McKechnie, who spent formative years in suburban Detroit, will make a special benefit appearance at the major resident theatre there, Meadow Brook Theatre.
Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Intrepid Pictures has
purchased Dave Kalstein's novel "Prodigy" and hired him to
adapt the sci-fi thriller into a screenplay, with production
targeted for next year.
Perabo faces apocalypse in new thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Piper Perabo has joined
the cast of an untitled post-apocalyptic thriller.
New Edward Burns comedy his best yet
(Reuters)
Reuters - The early promise in
actor-filmmaker Edward Burns' 1995 Sundance Grand Jury Prize
winner, the family comedy-drama "The Brothers McMullen" -- a
promise long delayed by fitful and often failed attempts to
mine similar terrain -- finally bears fruit in "The Groomsmen,"
his best film yet.
"Launch" DVD stays on No. 1 pad; "Pirates" growl
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Matthew McConaughey
romantic comedy "Failure to Launch" led the national video
sales and rental charts for a second week, according to data
issued Wednesday.
Jolie to play widow of journalist Daniel Pearl
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Actress Angelina Jolie will star in
a movie as the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Pearl, trade paper Daily Variety reported in its
Thursday edition.
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Filmmaker Doueiri hatches "Attack" plan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lebanese-born filmmaker
Ziad Doueiri is attached to direct "The Attack," a thriller
about an Arab surgeon in Tel Aviv who learns a devastating
secret about his wife's involvement in a suicide bombing.
"Shrek" sequel adds Amy Sedaris, Eric Idle to cast
(Reuters)
 Reuters - DreamWorks Animation has
cast a small medieval kingdom's worth of fairy tale characters
who will appear in "Shrek the Third."
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Armstrong, Sorenstam ESPY's top athletes
(AP)
 AP - Lance Armstrong cracked risque jokes as the first athlete to host the ESPY Awards, then picked up his fourth consecutive male athlete of the year trophy Wednesday night.
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No "Pirates" Life in Dominica
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Dominica may have been doing better when it was overrun by
pirates.
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Uma Thurman refuses to criticize ex-husband
(AP)
 AP - Like many women, Uma Thurman often feels torn between her family and career.
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Sex offender credited on children's CD
(AP)
AP - Officials are distancing themselves from a state-sponsored CD of children's songs recorded by prison inmates after it was revealed a child sex offender helped put it together.
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LA's Rockers film fest expands musical horizons
(Reuters)
 Reuters - When the Mods & Rockers
Film Festival hits the American Cinematheque at Hollywood's
Egyptian Theater and Santa Monica's Aero Theater for its annual
outing, it will sport a slightly different slant.
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Soul Asylum hit the road with new lineup, album
(Reuters)
Reuters - There were moments
during Soul Asylum's 95-minute set Tuesday at the Troubadour
when it seemed as if the once hard-rocking band had returned
from oblivion as middle-of-the-road heartland rockers. Singer
Dave Pirner, known for his ratty long hair, ripped jeans and
low-slung guitar, was relatively well-kept, with shorter hair,
and he played acoustic guitar as much as electric.
Springsteen heads to Europe, expands new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bruce Springsteen will bring his
Seeger Sessions band with to Europe for a fall tour top romote
his album "We Shall Overcome," a tribute to folk icon Pete
Seeger.
Killers' second album due in October
(Reuters)
Reuters - Las Vegas rock band the Killers will
return September 18 with "When You Were Young," the first
single from their second album, "Sam's Town."
Former Queens principal revs up Mondo Generator
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Queens of the Stone Age
singer/bassist Nick Oliveri has teamed up with several friends
for his first full-length release since his bitter exit from
the California band in early 2004.
Prince shuts down online music site
(Reuters)
Reuters - After five years, Prince's NPG
Music Club online site is being shut down. According to a
statement released to NPG members, the music club has maximized
its potential.
Armstrong, Sorenstam ESPY's top athletes
(AP)
AP - Lance Armstrong cracked risque jokes as the first athlete to host the ESPY Awards, then picked up his fourth consecutive male athlete of the year trophy Wednesday night.
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Daughtry: 4th place on 'Idol' not so bad
(AP)
AP - While still surprised by his early exit from "American Idol," Chris Daughtry said Wednesday his fourth-place finish might be better than winning the show's grand prize.
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Prince Site Fades to Black
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Not because of Chaos and Disorder but because it has
"gone as far as it can go," Prince has shut down his pioneering website,
NPGMusicClub.com.
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