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"Idol," "Survivor" draw big numbers Thursday
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "American Idol" plus "Survivor: Panama" equals 42 million-plus viewers flocking to broadcast TV in the 8 p.m. time slot Thursday.
Mexican duo rocking the Irish charts
DUBLIN (Billboard) - Acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela is an unlikely chart-topper in Ireland.
Duran Duran duo tipping hat to musical influences
LONDON (Billboard) - A quarter century after first crashing sales charts worldwide, Duran Duran's two founders are releasing a compilation that pays homage to the band's influences.
Elvis Costello burns "Bright" with jazz set
NEW YORK (Billboard) - With his latest CD, "Live With the Metropole Orkest: My Flame Burns Blue," Elvis Costello builds another strong case for his prowess as a vibrant jazz vocal ...
Hip-hop reaching new levels of respectability
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Hip-hop's mainstream status is getting a double boost.
Dylan inspires Courtney Love's new material
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Courtney Love is on her second set of demos for her first solo record since "America's Sweetheart," which came out in February 2004.
Travolta cast as mother in musical "Hairspray"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He was the teenage prince of disco in "Saturday Night Fever," the dreamy leader of a high school gang in "Grease" and a mob hit man in "Pulp Fiction." Now John ...
Oscar fashions are a challenge from the inside out
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's what you don't see the stars wearing at the Oscars that really provides the va-va-voom on the red carpet.
Artful Dodger actor Jack Wild dies aged 53
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Jack Wild, best known for playing the Artful Dodger as a teenager in the 1968 film "Oliver!," has died from cancer aged 53.
Art stolen at Rio Carnival put up for sale online
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - One of four paintings by European masters stolen last week from a Rio de Janeiro museum was put up for sale on an Internet auction site for $13 ...
"Elvis" dreams of walking Oscars red carpet
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Impersonating a fat Elvis from the 1970s, Michael Romeo stood on Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday in a white jumpsuit and cape and dreamed of walking the red ...
New designers seek to leave mark at famous houses
PARIS (Reuters) - They are young, creative and ambitious. But the new designers presenting collections for big fashion houses in Paris this week face no easy task following in the ...
Indian filmmaker wraps movie in 2 hrs 14 min
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian film maker has attempted a world record by finishing a 74-minute feature, loosely based on Terri Schiavo's protracted right-to-die battle that gripped ...
"Crash" producer sues Oscars for recognition
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A producer of Oscar-nominated "Crash" has sued the Academy Awards and a key producers' group in a new round in Hollywood's battle over who gets film ...
Brit singer James Blunt hits No. 1 on US charts
NEW YORK (Billboard) - U.K. singer/songwriter James Blunt has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the ballad "You're Beautiful."
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