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AP - Now there are 20. "American Idol" booted four contestants Thursday
 night -- two men and two women -- in the show's first elimination round
 of the new season.

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AP - Rowdy fans trying to enter a concert by the Rolling Stones without
 having tickets fought running battles with police Thursday and
 authorities said at least 20 people were injured.

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AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn't in on the joke. Blagojevich says he
 didn't realize "The Daily Show" was a comedy spoof of the news when he
 sat down for an interview that ended up poking fun at the
 sometimes-puzzled Democratic governor.

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AP - More "Desperate Housewives" -- in Spanish and Portuguese. Hoping to
 replicate the worldwide success of the Golden Globe-winning ABC drama,
 Disney's international production arm announced Thursday plans to
 produce four local Latin American editions, each with its own cast and
 cultural flavor.

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USATODAY.com - Tsotsi means "thug" in the South African patois that
 enlivens the poignant film of the same name. It is also the nickname of
 a ruthless young gang member whose life is changed by an encounter with
 a baby.

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Reuters - German multiplex giant CinemaxX has pulled the Turkish action
 blockbuster "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" from theaters after
 accusations that the film, which stars Billy Zane and Gary Busey, is
 anti-Semitic and anti-American.

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Reuters - The lineup for the 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival will include
 Branford Marsalis, Jamie Cullum, Ozomatli, McCoy Tyner and Elvis
 Costello and the Imposters with Allen Toussaint.

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AP - NBC's own figure skating dream team performed all of its twists and
 turns with no falls and few deductions. Sandra Bezic, Dick Button and
 Scott Hamilton offered cogent, incisive analysis that's also
 entertaining.

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Reuters - Hollywood producers are taking notice of Multiverse, a startup
 that makes a massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game possible for
 a tiny fraction of what they typically cost.

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Reuters - More than half a century old and not seen on Broadway since
 1973, "The Pajama Game" would not seem an ideal candidate for revival.
 But the Roundabout's revival demonstrates that superb staging, canny
 casting and a healthy dose of sexuality are all that is needed to bring
 this old-fashioned chestnut back to life.

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Reuters - Rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof are among 191 nominees for this
 year's Nobel Peace Prize -- the second longest list in the prize's
 105-year history.

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Reuters - Hollywood wants to return to its heyday of sophisticated
 glamour -- the days when a star was a star and knew how to dress like
 one -- at this year's Academy Awards, fashion insiders say.

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USATODAY.com - The words stung enough to send novelist Ayelet Waldman
 into a hysterical cry. What set her off was a story in a recent issue
 of New York magazine. The article was about novels dealing with family
 problems, including her new Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and
 carried the zinger that Waldman was "writing in the shadow of husband
 Michael Chabon.

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