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    Is Beatty California's latest political hopeful? (Reuters)

Reuters - Only in California can the "Terminator" fight a
"Girlie-Man"
 over the future political direction of the state while "Meathead" waits
 in the wings.

    Pop composer Bacharach pens first lyrics of career (Reuters)

Reuters - It could be just what the world needs now -- Burt Bacharach
 writing lyrics.

    H'wood going to church for its faith-based films (Reuters)

Reuters - Cloud Ten Pictures' "Left Behind: World at War" premiered
 Wednesday night (October 19) in Hollywood, but not at any of the usual
 venues such as Grauman's Chinese Theater or the ArcLight. Instead, the
 direct-to-video feature about the years of tribulation after the
 Rapture, when true Christians are taken into heaven, will premiere at
 the Hollywood Presbyterian Church before playing weekend engagements in
 more than 3,200 churches nationwide.

    Supermodel Helena Christensen defends Kate Moss (Reuters)

Reuters - Danish supermodel Helena Christensen has leapt to the defense
 of Kate Moss, predicting that her modeling career will bounce back from
 allegations of cocaine abuse.

    Cox has the right moves at Paramount (Reuters)

Reuters - Courteney Cox has signed on to star in an untitled comedy for
 Paramount Pictures.

    Hoffman Describes Impersonating Capote (AP)

AP - It took more than a high-pitched voice for Philip Seymour Hoffman
 to impersonate Truman Capote in the new movie, "Capote." "It was a
 certain way his mouth functioned, the way his tongue functioned, the
 way his head was that all fed into the way he sounded," Hoffman told AP
 Radio in a recent interview.

    Pop composer Bacharach pens first lyrics of career (Reuters)

Reuters - It could be just what the world needs now -- Burt Bacharach
 writing lyrics.

    Jerry Rice Joins Others in Reality TV Show (AP)

AP - Though Jerry Rice retired from football this season, he has found
 another place to stoke his competitive fire -- and he's bringing Karl
 Malone, Bo Jackson and Jennie Finch along with him.

    Sony enters co-production deal in India (Reuters)

Reuters - As the major studios continue to step up their involvement
 with foreign-language films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, a leader in
 the co-production of Chinese-language films, announced Wednesday that
 it is extending its co-production activities to India.

    'Absurd' revival doesn't do justice to the text (Reuters)

Reuters - "Absurd Person Singular" is one of prolific English playwright
 Alan Ayckbourn's most popular plays, but its qualities are barely
 discernible in the current Broadway revival being presented by the
 Manhattan Theater Club.

    Is Beatty California's latest political hopeful? (Reuters)

Reuters - Only in California can the "Terminator" fight a
"Girlie-Man"
 over the future political direction of the state while "Meathead" waits
 in the wings.

    Ashley Paige's Skimpy Looks for Spring/Summer 2006 (Fashion Wire
     Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - Everything old
 is new again - but with less fabric covering up our private parts this
 time around. That's swimwear designer Ashley Paige's take on
 Spring/Summer 2006. She flooded the main stage runway at Smashbox
 Studios on Tuesday evening with retro knit bathing suits, cover-ups,
 dresses, and oversize totes, all done in macrame styles straight out of
 the hippie era.

    'Unknown Story' repeats Mao's brutal history (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Stalin and Hitler rank at the forefront of 20th-century
 genocidal madmen who brought death and despair to millions. But
 according to Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's new biography of Mao
 Tse-tung, the Chinese leader was just as evil, if not worse. They
 convincingly argue that Mao caused the death of more than 70 million
 Chinese in peacetime.

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