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    Springsteen, Sting Honor James Taylor (AP)

AP - From Bruce Springsteen's mournful harmonica on "Millworker" to
 Sting's acoustic guitar on "Close Your Eyes," a generation of
 singer-songwriters influenced by James Taylor paid tribute to him with
 their versions of his hits.

    B.B. King Offers Guitar As Reward for Dog (AP)

AP - B.B. King's dog, Lucille, has disappeared, and the legendary
 bluesman is offering an autographed copy of one of his signature
 "Lucille" guitars in an effort to get her back.

    Marc Jacobs Returns to Edgy Roots (AP)

AP - It was an uptown-downtown day at New York Fashion Week on Monday,
 with the bellwether designers for uptown girls -- Carolina Herrera and
 Oscar de la Renta -- showing their fall collections along with edgier
 offerings from Betsey Johnson and Marc Jacobs.

    Boca Raton Authorities May Charge Pesci (AP)

AP - Police have confirmed that Oscar-winning actor Joe Pesci is being
 investigated after a fan said the star punched him in the mouth because
 he snapped a photo of him in a shopping center parking lot.

    Robert Blake Bankrupt (E! Online)

E! Online - Robert Blake filed for bankruptcy  Friday, just two and a
 half months after a civil jury ordered the actor  to pay $30 million in
 damages for the wrongful death of his slain wife,  Bonnie Lee Bakley.

    Indie firm Magnolia pushes Danish crime trilogy (Reuters)

Reuters - Magnolia Pictures has acquired all North American rights to
 "The Pusher Trilogy," three Danish crime dramas inspired by
 Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

    Springsteen, Sting Honor James Taylor (AP)

AP - From Bruce Springsteen's mournful harmonica on "Millworker" to
 Sting's acoustic guitar on "Close Your Eyes," a generation of
 singer-songwriters influenced by James Taylor paid tribute to him with
 their versions of his hits.

    Bush seeks to slash public broadcast funds (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush took a swipe at Big Bird and his ilk
 Monday as he proposed slashing funds to public broadcasting by more
 than $150 million.

    EU says too many restrictions on authors, composers (Reuters)

Reuters - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had sent a charge
 sheet to the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and
 Composers (CISAC) for placing too many restrictions in contracts.

    Actress Hartley on memorable trip to 'Bethlehem' (Reuters)

Reuters - Written and performed by Emmy-winning actress Mariette Hartley
 ("The Incredible Hulk"), "If You Get to Bethlehem, You've
Gone Too Far"
 -- a solo, 90-minute world premiere performance based on her
 best-selling 1990 memoir "Breaking the Silence" -- is bittersweet,
 thoughtful, playful and compelling.

    FREE-BASTING? (New York Post's PageSix)

New York Post's PageSix - ANTHONY Bourdain, watch your back! Jeff
 Henderson, executive chef at Las Vegas' Bellagio, learned how to cook
 while in prison for coke-dealing. Now he's written a memoir. Rights to
 "From Cocaine to Foie Gras" were snatched at auction last week by
 William Morrow for Henderson's tale of running a big San Diego drug
 operation, and then learning how to sling more than hash in jail from
 the how-to tome, "Becoming a Chef," by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen
 Page.

    Marc Jacobs Returns to Edgy Roots (AP)

AP - It was an uptown-downtown day at New York Fashion Week on Monday,
 with the bellwether designers for uptown girls -- Carolina Herrera and
 Oscar de la Renta -- showing their fall collections along with edgier
 offerings from Betsey Johnson and Marc Jacobs.

    Piggybacking on 'Brokeback' (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Nearly a quarter century before Brokeback Mountain, there
 was Making Love, dubbed Hollywood's first major-studio look at gay
 romance. The movie, about a married Los Angeles doctor whose
 long-repressed attraction for men awakens when he meets a brash young
 novelist, generated controversy when it was released in 1982.

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