| Ricky Gervais finds female lead for "Pru" (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 1:12 am
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| | Reuters - British actress Felicity Jones has signed to play the female lead in Ricky Gervais' 1970s insurance-world feature, "The Men at the Pru." |
| Celebrities band together for docu on democracy (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 1:10 am
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| | Reuters - The History cable channel is teaming with education organization The People Speak for a dramatic documentary focused on the concept of democracy and starring a host of celebrity talent. |
| Jewison laments the loss of art in U.S. film (Reuters)
April 17, 2009 at 12:47 am
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| | Reuters - When award-winning director Norman Jewison, whose hits range from "In the Heat of the Night" to "Moonstruck," talks about Hollywood today, he does so with a fondness for an industry he sees as an integral part of the world. |
| Newport folk, jazz festivals returning to roots (AP)
April 17, 2009 at 12:06 am
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|  AP - Lineups for the Newport folk and jazz festivals indicate both are returning to their roots.
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| Publishers embrace vision for a green future (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | AP - The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision. |
| Longtime football broadcaster John Madden retiring (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 10:49 pm
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|  AP - John Madden's last game as a football announcer was a thrilling Super Bowl decided in the final seconds.
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| YouTube in Sony content deal, sees more (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 8:15 pm
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| | Reuters - Google Inc's YouTube said on Thursday it has reached a deal to post Sony Corp films and TV shows and was talking with other big studios to ramp up content and attract more advertising dollars. |
| Longtime football broadcaster John Madden retiring (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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| AP - John Madden is retiring from football announcing, where his enthusiastic, down-to-earth style made him one of sports' most popular broadcasters for three decades.
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| You've met Bo the Dog; It's time for Bo the Book (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 4:07 pm
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|  AP - Now that Bo has his paws firmly planted in the White House, let the marketing begin!
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| Time Warner Cable shelves broadband usage billing (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 3:56 pm
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| | Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc said on Thursday it would shelve plans to test a system that bills customers for the amount of broadband bandwidth they use instead of at a flat fee to access the Internet from home after an uproar from consumer groups and politicians. |
| Imax not seeing recession pain at box office: CEO (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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| | Reuters - Giant-screen movie theater company Imax Corp is not seeing the recession damage its box-office performance, its chief executive said on Thursday. |
| Israeli conductor Barenboim gets ovation in Egypt (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:43 pm
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|  AP - Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim stirred a sold out Cairo Opera House Thursday with a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, drawing ovations in his first visit to Egypt.
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| Capone may have had 1 last hit — a musical 1 (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:26 pm
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|  AP - He never sang to the feds, but it turns out Al Capone had a song in his heart. All it took was a stint in Alcatraz to bring it out.
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| Film icon Paul Newman joins Conn. Hall of Fame (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:24 pm
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|  AP - Paul Newman is joining fellow actor Katharine Hepburn, humorist Mark Twain, baseball great Jackie Robinson and others as members of the Connecticut Hall of Fame.
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| 'Biggest Loser' trainer calls players 'half-dead' (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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|  AP - Contestants on "The Biggest Loser" aren't just overweight. They suffer from being not normal and even half-dead.
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| Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud, dies (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 9:17 am
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| | AP - Clement Freud, a grandson of Sigmund Freud who became a well-known writer, politician and urbane regular on British radio, has died. He was 84. |
| 'Slumdog' filmmakers give Mumbai charity $747,000 (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 9:02 am
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|  AP - The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have donated $747,500 to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street children in Mumbai, the filmmakers said Thursday.
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| Indonesia court says Time magazine wins Suharto case (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 8:40 am
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| | Reuters - Indonesia's Supreme Court has reversed a 1 trillion rupiah ($93 million) libel ruling against Time magazine over a story about ex-president Suharto, in a case seen as a key test of the country's legal system and freedom of speech. |
| `Cosby' kid Rudy in new reality TV show (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 7:58 am
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|  AP - Rudy from "The Cosby Show" has grown up, and she's about to show off her life on cable TV.
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| LeAnn Rimes to sing national anthem at Ky. Derby (AP)
April 16, 2009 at 7:50 am
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| | AP - Country music star LeAnn Rimes will help start a new tradition at the Kentucky Derby this year. |
| Coelho targets celebrity in Cannes thriller (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 7:50 am
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| | Reuters - Bestselling author Paulo Coelho says important values have been lost in the frenzied pursuit of fame, and he turns a critical eye on celebrity in a new novel set amid the glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival. |
| Showbiz people briefs (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 2:38 am
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| | Reuters - Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins, Nathalie Richard and Andrea Riseborough have joined the cast of Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go," starring Keira Knightley. |
| "Watchmen" actor joins cast of "Morning Glory" (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 2:09 am
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| | Reuters - Patrick Wilson has gravitated toward dramatic roles in such movies as "Little Children," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Hard Candy" and "Lakeview Terrace." Now the "Watchmen" actor is looking for some laughs. |
| Within familiar format, "Cougar" is the cat's meow (Reuters)
April 16, 2009 at 2:05 am
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| | Reuters - Stacey Anderson is 40, sells commercial real estate and has four kids -- one of whom is 23, because she got married "for my sweet 16th." Yet somehow the traditional knocked-up-teen-marriage thing didn't pan out -- and now she's looking for the next Mr. Anderson. And like any cute, petite blonde today, she turned to the boob tube to find her true boob. | |
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