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Nickelback scores its first ace
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - There was one lone week in the history of Nickelback when sales surpassed the 325,000 copies that welcome its new "All the Right Reasons," but this is the ...
McBride makes time for country classics
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - After establishing herself as one of country music's top female artists, Martina McBride decided to pay homage to the classic country music on which she was ...
Mary-Kate Olsen takes break from NY college
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen actress Mary-Kate Olsen has taken a leave of absence from New York University to focus on the entertainment company she runs with her twin sister, ...
The Beatles top Variety 100-year entertainment poll
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Beatles were singled out on Friday as the most influential entertainers of the past 100 years, beating out the likes of Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin and ...
Remains of Star Trek's 'Scotty' headed for space
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Evidently "Star Trek" actor James "Scotty" Doohan took the catchphrase "beam me up" very seriously -- his cremated remains will be launched into space in ...
Elvis lookalike crooner woos crowds in homeland
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Even without the sequined jumpsuit over a matted chest gleaming with medallions, Mario Kombou turns heads. Just don't call him an Elvis impersonator.
Oscar winner Benigni strips on Italy evening news
ROME (Reuters) - Oscar winner Roberto Benigni treated Italians watching Saturday's prime time news show to an impromptu strip tease to mark the release of his new film "The Tiger and ...
Daniel Craig named as first blond Bond
LONDON (Reuters) - His name is Craig, Daniel Craig.
Horror remake 'The Fog' spooks box office at No. 1
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Fog" crept its way to No. 1 in a relatively quiet weekend at the North American box office, grossing $12.2 million to leave two other new wide-release ...
Fats Domino returns home to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Fats Domino, who was missing for days after Hurricane Katrina, returned home on Saturday to load some of his muddied gold records into the ...
Nicolas Cage gives Superman's birth name to son
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage's wife of 14 months gave birth on Monday to the couple's first child together, a son they named Kal-el -- a moniker recognized ...
NBC ties knot on nuptials sitcom deal
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The road from the marriage proposal to the nuptials can be a rocky one for any couple.
"Two Ronnies," "Porridge" star Ronnie Barker dies
LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Ronnie Barker, the big half of the famous duo The Two Ronnies and the indomitable Fletch in prison sitcom Porridge, has died aged 76.
Dave Matthews Band rally the troops at Red Rocks
MORRISON, Colo. (Amusement Business) - There have been so many Gulf Coast fundraisers in recent weeks, it seems some have just run together. But one stands apart -- not so much for the ...
Movie industry to move online to beat pirates
LONDON (Reuters) - The film industry is working to launch online movie download services to avoid the same fate as the piracy-ridden music industry, NBC Universal Chairman and Chief ...
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