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'Idol' winner Hicks sues ex-producer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mu/taylor_hicks_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.d91e9c80869045249ab4a722c31ec246.taylor_hicks_lawsuit_ny116.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=0uAshADVpoPg_TSWaJzv7Q--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Taylor Hicks, winner of the most recent 'American Idol' television talent competition, performs on stage during ABC's 'Good Morning America' summer concert series in New York, in this file photo from July 21, 2006. A federal judge in Birmingham, Ala., temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge has temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama.</p><br clear="all"/>
NYC officials want new 'Survivor' pulled
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_tv/survivor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060823/capt.8807d9ce08244ec388426a25e3642f3b.survivor_cook_islands_la201.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=iMvfD2cJSU45cXekrBRQsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by CBS, 20 new castaways who will compete when 'Survivor: Cook Islands' premiers on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, pose for a photo on the beach in Aitutaki Atoll, Cook Islands. Back row from left are Cecilia Mansilla, Oscar Lusth, Cristina Coria, J.P. Calderon, Billy Garcia, Rebecca Borman, Nathan Gonzalez, Sundra Oakley, Sekou Bunch and Stephannie Favor. Front row from left are Adam Gentry, Jessica Smith, Parvati Shallow, Candice Woodcock, Jonathan Penner, Brad Virata, Becky Lee, Anh-Tuan Bui, Jenny Guzon-Bae and Yul Kwon. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)" border="0" /></a>AP - As CBS prepares to launch a new season of the hit reality show "Survivor," this time featuring teams divided by race, enraged city officials are saying it promotes divisiveness and are calling for the network to reconsider.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tokyo subway to display naked Spears ad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_en_mu/people_britney_ad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060816/capt.ab5b31e7c972423d82d2a52d7d81b94a.people_britney_spears_ny130.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=u8cr3_HRJUNGAkWtxYoM2A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Britney Spears arrives for a post Grammy Awards party at a private residence in this Feb. 8, 2006,file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears, expecting Baby No. 2, says she and husband Kevin Federline didn't plan the pregnancy. 'It just kind of happened,' the 24-year-old singer reveals in an interview in the latest issue of People magazine, on newsstands Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tokyo's subway authority will allow a station advertisement featuring a nude and pregnant Britney Spears, officials said Thursday, dropping an earlier plan to censor the photo.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bollywood beauty to co-star with Gere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_en_mo/people_richard_gere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.tok10708240536.india_sen_gere_tok107.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=h2iPUCxNOhtr2zEdX.fw6w--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen gestures at a press conference during a special screening of the movie Matrubhoomi-A Nation Without Women in Calcutta, India in this June 10, 2005 file photo. Sen will co-star with Richard Gere in a new movie titled 'The Expat,' the actress said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's another pretty woman for Richard Gere. Bollywood star and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen will co-star with Gere in a new movie titled "The Expat," the 30-year-old actress told the Times of India newspaper in an interview published Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miss America finds a mate in Las Vegas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_ot/miss_america"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.42c2c7b18b9648009d6f84b2ce3e6d18.miss_america_2006_la201.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=C06VM1n4jbA6Feyju9e.gg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Contestants walk on the stage as they are introduced during the preliminary competition for the 2006 Miss America Pageant at Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas, seen in this Jan. 18, 2006, file photo. The annual Miss America pageant will return to the Las Vegas Strip for its 2007 contest, organizers said Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The crowning will air live on Country Music Television from the Aladdin Resort & Casino on Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - The marriage capital of the world appears to have made another match. The annual Miss America pageant and Las Vegas are sticking together for at least one more year, organizers said Thursday as they announced that the 2007 competition will air live from the Aladdin Resort & Casino on Jan. 29.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Quiet" won't make much noise at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Too tame and arty for the
teen sex crowd and too luridly gothic for more serious-minded
audiences, Jamie Babbit's "The Quiet" lives up to its title all
too accurately. Slowly paced and filmed with a monochromatic
visual palette and video-induced graininess, this ludicrously
plotted drama of incestuous sexual abuse is only partially
redeemed by its strong performances.
'Idol' winner Hicks sues ex-producer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mu/taylor_hicks_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.d91e9c80869045249ab4a722c31ec246.taylor_hicks_lawsuit_ny116.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=0uAshADVpoPg_TSWaJzv7Q--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Taylor Hicks, winner of the most recent 'American Idol' television talent competition, performs on stage during ABC's 'Good Morning America' summer concert series in New York, in this file photo from July 21, 2006. A federal judge in Birmingham, Ala., temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge has temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miss America finds a mate in Las Vegas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_tv/miss_america"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.42c2c7b18b9648009d6f84b2ce3e6d18.miss_america_2006_la201.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=C06VM1n4jbA6Feyju9e.gg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Contestants walk on the stage as they are introduced during the preliminary competition for the 2006 Miss America Pageant at Aladdin hotel-casino in Las Vegas, seen in this Jan. 18, 2006, file photo. The annual Miss America pageant will return to the Las Vegas Strip for its 2007 contest, organizers said Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The crowning will air live on Country Music Television from the Aladdin Resort & Casino on Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - The marriage capital of the world appears to have made another match. The annual Miss America pageant and Las Vegas are sticking together for at least one more year, organizers said Thursday as they announced that the 2007 competition will air live from the Aladdin Resort & Casino on Jan. 29.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Invincible" director plays two positions
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/media_nm/invincible_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t133559_450x325_us_invincible.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=dLKOlVv5.IwfT3eOtBlKkg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Greg Kinnear in 'Invincible' from Walt Disney Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Disney's "Invincible,"
opening Friday, tells the true story of a substitute teacher
who gets his big break when an open tryout leads to his making
the Philadelphia Eagles football team. So perhaps it is only
fitting that the movie also has provided respected
cinematographer Ericson Core with his first opportunity to take
to the field as the film's director.</p><br clear="all"/>
Quinn Ascends to Executive Director Chair at Actors' Equity
(Playbill)
Playbill - The Council of Actors' Equity Association announced on Aug. 22 the appointment of Patrick Quinn as the Union's executive director, effective Oct. 5.
"Quiet" won't make much noise at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Too tame and arty for the
teen sex crowd and too luridly gothic for more serious-minded
audiences, Jamie Babbit's "The Quiet" lives up to its title all
too accurately. Slowly paced and filmed with a monochromatic
visual palette and video-induced graininess, this ludicrously
plotted drama of incestuous sexual abuse is only partially
redeemed by its strong performances.
"Invincible" director plays two positions
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/film_nm/invincible_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t133559_450x325_us_invincible.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=dLKOlVv5.IwfT3eOtBlKkg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Greg Kinnear in 'Invincible' from Walt Disney Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Disney's "Invincible,"
opening Friday, tells the true story of a substitute teacher
who gets his big break when an open tryout leads to his making
the Philadelphia Eagles football team. So perhaps it is only
fitting that the movie also has provided respected
cinematographer Ericson Core with his first opportunity to take
to the field as the film's director.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fred Savage signs on for holiday cartoon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fred Savage, Fred
Willard, Paul Rodriguez and John O'Hurley will provide the
voices for a new stop-motion animation holiday special.
Butler booked for "Love" story with Swank
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Phantom of the
Opera" star Gerard Butler has been cast opposite Hilary Swank
in the drama "P.S. I Love You."
"Beerfest" a flat concoction
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Beerfest," as the title
promises, is an alcohol-driven comedy about young and foolish
men and a fondness for contests involving their favorite
beverage.
Cruise may have been undone by DVD slowdown
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/film_nm/cruise_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t142435_450x360_us_cruise.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=r0ZO97JRdETuaYRQEfzecw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Tom Cruise points at fans as he arrives for the Japanese premiere of his movie 'Mission Impossible III' in Tokyo, June 20, 2006. the breakdown in the negotiations over renewing a 14-year deal between Paramount and Cruise's production company, Cruise/Wagner Prods., might have been the result of something as mundane as DVD sales. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The public rupture this
week between Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise generated plenty
of dramatic headlines.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Invincible" set to lead weekend box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t224449_450x307_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=rbbBSLwg6HZJwrZvSNVdKQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actor Mark Wahlberg poses for photographers at the world premiere of his film 'Invincible' in New York August 23, 2006. (Peter Foley/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As the summer winds
down, potential moviegoers might choose to take in the last few
rays of sunshine rather than cloister themselves inside a
darkened theater. Hollywood is counteracting that urge by
throwing a lot of films at audiences this weekend, hoping at
least one movie sticks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Horror veteran Romero returns to "Dead" zone
(Reuters)
Reuters - The dead are rising again.
Horror maven George A. Romero has signed on to write and direct
"George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," following in the
tradition of his 1968 cult classic "Night of the Living Dead."
AOL to sell movies, shows through portal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_en_mo/aol_video_downloads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t105528_450x336_us_media_aol_movies.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=iuXScQ2RDxoBxWuFYZQLdQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="The AOL video site in an image courtesy of AOL. The company said on Thursday it will offer movies from four major Hollywood studios for downloading on its new Internet video service. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Hitch," "24" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are among the movies and television shows that AOL will sell through its new video portal under deals the Internet company has forged with major Hollywood studios.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bollywood beauty to co-star with Gere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_en_mo/people_richard_gere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.tok10708240536.india_sen_gere_tok107.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=h2iPUCxNOhtr2zEdX.fw6w--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen gestures at a press conference during a special screening of the movie Matrubhoomi-A Nation Without Women in Calcutta, India in this June 10, 2005 file photo. Sen will co-star with Richard Gere in a new movie titled 'The Expat,' the actress said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's another pretty woman for Richard Gere. Bollywood star and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen will co-star with Gere in a new movie titled "The Expat," the 30-year-old actress told the Times of India newspaper in an interview published Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Idol' winner Hicks sues ex-producer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mu/taylor_hicks_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.d91e9c80869045249ab4a722c31ec246.taylor_hicks_lawsuit_ny116.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=0uAshADVpoPg_TSWaJzv7Q--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Taylor Hicks, winner of the most recent 'American Idol' television talent competition, performs on stage during ABC's 'Good Morning America' summer concert series in New York, in this file photo from July 21, 2006. A federal judge in Birmingham, Ala., temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge has temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ronstadt cancels tour after surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mu/people_ronstadt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060825/capt.9069c8d5320148be9df8d87c1f6ed764.people_ronstadt_ny119.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=pZHcjQeN9e.Noz_y.V8W2A--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Linda Ronstadt performs outside the NBC 'Today Show' studios at New York's Rockefeller Center, in this file photo from Sept. 3, 1999. Ronstadt has canceled tour dates for the rest of the year to recover from surgery she had this week, her agent said Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Lynsey Addario-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Linda Ronstadt has canceled tour dates for the rest of the year to recover from surgery she had this week, her agent said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aerosmith bassist fights cancer, show goes on
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/music_nm/aerosmith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t211810_450x314_us_aerosmith.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=Fkh1vRi3MQaUT73vaeCktw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Members of the classic rock band Aerosmith (L to R) Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton pose for photographs in Los Angeles, California on April 14, 2002. Hamilton has been diagnosed with throat cancer, but is expected to rejoin his bandmates on the road by mid-October, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. RETUERS/Adrees Latif (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Aerosmith bass player Tom Hamilton
has been diagnosed with throat cancer, but is expected to
rejoin his bandmates on the road by mid-October, a spokeswoman
said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canadian singer Powter signs song publishing deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/music_nm/powter_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t223653_450x302_us_powter.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=hSzNG2VVFvQDjq.BO.il0g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Dan Powter is seen in an undated publicity photo. Powter, the musician behind the worldwide hit single 'Bad Day,' has signed a North American publishing deal with Famous Music, the company said. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Canadian singer/songwriter Daniel
Powter, the musician behind the worldwide hit single "Bad Day,"
has signed a North American publishing deal with Famous Music,
the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna's Moscow Gig Moving?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060825/en_music_eo/19844"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060825/capt.9affa85697134332f9305e3a7450f6ec.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=chQ5oL2zJ7mwL2KskXQcHw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Some crazy Russian kids may force Madonna to express herself
somewhere else." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Some crazy Russian kids may force Madonna to express herself
somewhere else.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mu/obit_ferguson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.a0d89db4d4454366847412259dcee1ce.obit_ferguson_nyet186.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=yKabcGzQKkSG3bEF5OIduA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Jazz star Maynard Ferguson pauses as he performs on his trumpet during a concert in Ukraine's capital Kiev on June 6, 2003. Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his hit recording of 'Gonna Fly Now,' which lent the musical muscle to the 'Rocky' movies, died Wednesday night, Aug.23, 2006 . He was 78. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his recording of "Gonna Fly Now," a hit version of the theme from the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 78.</p><br clear="all"/>
Man pleads guilty in Babyface extortion
(AP)
AP - A man claiming to be Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' illegitimate son will spend six months in a halfway house after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor intimidation charge for trying to extort $9 million from the Grammy-winning musician.
Tokyo subway to display naked Spears ad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_en_mu/people_britney_ad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060816/capt.ab5b31e7c972423d82d2a52d7d81b94a.people_britney_spears_ny130.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=u8cr3_HRJUNGAkWtxYoM2A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Britney Spears arrives for a post Grammy Awards party at a private residence in this Feb. 8, 2006,file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears, expecting Baby No. 2, says she and husband Kevin Federline didn't plan the pregnancy. 'It just kind of happened,' the 24-year-old singer reveals in an interview in the latest issue of People magazine, on newsstands Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tokyo's subway authority will allow a station advertisement featuring a nude and pregnant Britney Spears, officials said Thursday, dropping an earlier plan to censor the photo.</p><br clear="all"/>
Montgomery Cops DUI Plea
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060824/en_music_eo/19848"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060825/capt.bb0b8e04c74ce701abb37a3a70729718.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=YWJPl2zENdGR3gVoK_mYzw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="John Michael Montgomery ain't cryin' in his beer anymore." border="0" /></a>E! Online - John Michael Montgomery ain't cryin' in his beer anymore.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies at age 78
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/music_nm/ferguson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_24t155553_450x292_us_ferguson.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=AgYRDpRFVmuP7wQ9Xrh7pA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, seen in this undated handout photograph,died at age 78 on Wednesday at a hospital in Ventura, California according to his associates August 24, 2006. (Courtesty Maynard Ferguson Music, U.S.A., Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jazz trumpeter and big-band leader
Walter "Maynard" Ferguson, famed for his screaming solos and
ability to hit blisteringly high notes, has died at age 78,
associates said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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