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Paula Wagner departs United Artists studio (14 August 06:13) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a move that ends her longtime business partnership with Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner is stepping down from her post as co-owner and CEO at United Artists.
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Toronto film festival finds its "Destiny" (14 August 05:46) |
| TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a slew of world premieres Wednesday, including its closing-night selection, Charles Martin Smith's action-come... |
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Vietnam to deport Gary Glitter to Britain (14 August 02:22) |
| HANOI (Reuters) - Fallen British rock star Gary Glitter will be deported to Britain on Tuesday after completing a 27-month sentence for molesting two young girls, his lawyer said.
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Olympic stars struggle to score showbiz gold (14 August 01:23) |
| NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Michael Phelps may have racked up more medals than any other Olympian in history, but turning his gold into Madison Avenue or Hollywood cash will be far trick... |
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New York hopes Rock'n'Roll museum annex will boost tourism (14 August 06:12) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City is hoping an annex of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opening this year will boost tourism, as well as commemorate the artists and music venues that formed ... |
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Woman to be tried for stalking John Cusack (14 August 02:21) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 33-year-old woman arrested on charges of stalking actor John Cusack is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
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DreamWorks Animation in talks for "Panda" sequel (14 August 01:59) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said on Wednesday the movie studio was in talks to make a sequel to box office hit "Kung Fu Panda" and... |
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Publisher wins rights battle over Steinbeck books (14 August 12:28) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. court was wrong to award rights to some of John Steinbeck's best-known novels, including "The Grapes of Wrath," to his son and granddaughter, a federal appeals co... |
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Peaches Geldof marries rocker in Vegas (14 August 12:01) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Geldof's teenage daughter Peaches has married her American rocker boyfriend at a Las Vegas wedding chapel, her spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Britney Spears says new album is "best work ever" (13 August 11:07) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britney Spears says her sixth album will be out within nine months as the U.S. pop star seeks to rebound from troubling behavior and hospital stints for psychiatric eval... |
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Madonna turning 50 with world tour on her mind (13 August 10:44) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna won't have much time to fret about turning 50.
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"Mamma Mia!" soundtrack No. 1 on U.S. chart (13 August 10:19) |
| NEW YORK (Billboard) - It took five weeks, but the ABBA-driven soundtrack to "Mamma Mia!" rose two places to No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart Wednesday.
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Steel guitarist Don Helms dies in Nashville (13 August 09:31) |
| NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Steel guitarist Don Helms, the last remaining member of Hank Williams' original Drifting Cowboys Band, has died from a heart attack, fellow performer Marty S... |
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"Happyness" director in "Love" with divorce drama (13 August 08:08) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Italian filmmaker Gabriele Muccino, who directed Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness," is developing a film described as a modern-day "Kramer vs. Krame... |
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Disney star Vanessa Hudgens sued by music producer (13 August 07:46) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-actress Vanessa Hudgens of the made-for-kids TV hit "High School Musical" is being sued by a producer who claims she reneged on a deal to share her earnings wi... |
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ABC and Lopez team on "Maid" TV series (13 August 07:28) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC is developing a TV series based on the hit Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy "Maid in Manhattan."
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Protesters make noise over "Thunder" (13 August 12:20) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Protesters, led by Special Olympics chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver, marched outside the world premiere of the Hollywood satire "Tropic Thunder" on Monday... |
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Robert Downey Jr.'s risky role in "Tropic Thunder" (12 August 02:05) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Robert Downey Jr. put on dark make-up for film comedy "Tropic Thunder," the actor ventured into the racially charged territory of blackface, an old showbiz conve... |
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NBC Universal off to fast start with Olympic ratings (12 August 01:45) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal's Olympics coverage is drawing huge audiences, helped by the extravagant opening ceremony and swimming star Michael Phelps, and setting the stage for what ... |
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Trump sues former lawyers for violating his privacy (12 August 12:13) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York property developer and television personality Donald Trump is suing his former lawyers for $5 million, saying the firm's use of his name on its website and in i... |
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Ghost of Dickens haunts Edinburgh 150 years on (12 August 12:11) |
| EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The ghost of Charles Dickens is walking the Music Hall stage at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms, 150 years after the great Victorian novelist appeared in person at the same ... |
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Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis at 65 (11 August 02:19) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes who, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was one of the dominant black artists in the early 1970s, died in Memph... |
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"Mummy" unwraps another overseas victory (11 August 02:01) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" triumphed at the international box office for a second consecutive weekend, earning an estimated $56.1 million from... |
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Advocates for disabled to protest "Tropic Thunder" (11 August 11:48) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Groups that advocate for the disabled called on Sunday for a national boycott of the Ben Stiller comedy "Tropic Thunder," citing what they say is its negative portray... |
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Radiohead rocks NY-area fest for a second night (11 August 09:08) |
| NEW YORK (Billboard) - For the second night in a row, Radiohead fans descended upon New Jersey's Liberty State Park on Saturday to hear the band rock the inaugural All Points West music fest... |
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"Star Wars" cartoon a misfire (11 August 08:59) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Situated chronologically between the "Star Wars" prequels "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith," the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" is lar... |
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Rodney Dangerfield's widow and daughter settle lawsuit (11 August 08:23) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- The widow of Rodney Dangerfield has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit she filed against the late comedian's daughter over the use of footage from a o... |
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Don Johnson's road leads to "Rome" (11 August 06:45) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Don Johnson has just wrapped his first studio movie in a dozen years, and hopes to focus more on features than TV.
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Grenier recruits stars for paparazzo documentary (11 August 06:00) |
| NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Rosie O'Donnell are among the celebrities who will be featured in "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier's upcoming docu... |
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"Dark Knight" leads box office for 4th weekend (11 August 04:06) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Batman outwitted a pair of stoners to lead the North American box office for a fourth weekend on Sunday, becoming the third-biggest movie of all time.
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Comedian and actor Bernie Mac dies at 50 (10 August 03:15) |
| LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, Aug 9 (Reuters Life!) - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who starred in one of U.S. TV's few black sitcoms and appeared in the "Ocean's 11" movies, died in Chicago on Satu... |
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China to celebrate new might at Games party (08 August 04:47) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China celebrates its ancient past and modern power at the Olympics opening on Friday, seeking to shift the global focus from rights criticisms to sport.
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Stoner comedy in "Express" lane at box office (08 August 01:09) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the box office wags are putting it: "Wednesday is the new Friday."
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Jewel marries rodeo star in Bahamas (08 August 01:05) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Jewel eloped with her rodeo-star boyfriend in the Bahamas on Thursday, People magazine reported.
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New York gig marks end of the road for The Police (08 August 12:44) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - British rock trio The Police played their final concert together on Thursday and were joined by the real police -- the New York City police band.
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Australian rock band Wolfmother torn apart (08 August 12:14) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of Australia's most successful rock exports, the Grammy-winning trio Wolfmother, has been torn apart by "longstanding frictions," according to a statement publish... |
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Ryan Seacrest named co-host of "Rockin' Eve" (08 August 11:46) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ryan Seacrest has been named permanent co-host of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," three years after the ubiquitous broadcaster stepped into th... |
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Scorsese meets HBO on "Boardwalk" (08 August 11:40) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martin Scorsese is in negotiations to make a rare foray into television by directing HBO's drama pilot "Boardwalk Empire," which chronicles the 1920s origi... |
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Comic Bernie Mac hospital release seen in weeks (08 August 10:49) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Bernie Mac, hospitalized recently for pneumonia, is "responding well to treatment" and hopes to be released in the next few weeks, his spokeswoman said on... |
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Hollywood fashion maven Mr. Blackwell in a coma (08 August 10:48) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mr. Blackwell, the fashion maven whose annual "Worst-Dressed" list can be the bane of Hollywood celebrities, is in a coma after falling at his home, his partner and m... |
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Morgan Freeman released from hospital (08 August 10:02) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Morgan Freeman said he was feeling "real good" on Thursday after his release from a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital where he was treated for broken bones an... |
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On a roll, AMC developing political thriller (05 August 10:42) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cable channel AMC, on a red-hot streak with Emmy-nominated dramas "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," is developing a political thriller.
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Morgan Freeman injured in car wreck (05 August 09:37) |
| TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Oscar-winning U.S. actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized on Monday with a broken arm and other injuries after the car he was driving careened off a highway an... |
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Olsen seeks immunity for Ledger questioning: source (05 August 08:42) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mary-Kate Olsen will not speak to federal investigators about actor Heath Ledger's death unless she is granted immunity from prosecution, a law enforcement source told R... |
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Showbusiness and politics jostle at Games ceremonies (05 August 06:45) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Cramming several thousand years of cultural history into a couple of hours is the truly Olympian challenge faced by Zhang Yimou on Friday.
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Charlie Sheen tops list of high-paid TV stars (05 August 04:11) |
| A pair of stars from two of the network's top-rated programs rank as the two highest-paid actors on prime-time television, raking in well over $500,000 an episode each, according to a poll b... |
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Victoria Beckham is descendant of comrade of Marx (05 August 01:15) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Pop singer Victoria Beckham is a descendant of a 19th century German communist who was close to Karl Marx, a German historian was quoted as saying on Monday.
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Putin says Solzhenitsyn death is loss for Russia (05 August 12:48) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led tributes on Monday to the late Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel literature laureate and prominent dissident of the Soviet era, s... |
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"Traveling Pants" sequel a surprising fit (04 August 10:38) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - By Hollywood profit standards, the cast and producers of the sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" admit they were surprised another film based on the hit bo... |
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"Mummy" beats Batman at foreign box office (04 August 12:26) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Mummy: Tomb of the
Dragon Emperor" replaced "The Dark Knight" in the top spot at
the foreign box office during the weekend after opening at No.
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