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    Kutcher, Moore romance inspires sitcom (Reuters)

Reuters - Actor Ashton Kutcher, whose May-to-December romance with
 screen star Demi Moore has riveted the tabloids for months, is
 producing a Fox TV sitcom pilot inspired by the couple's recent
 real-life marriage.

    Int'l markets like 'Chris' at TV's MIPCOM (Reuters)

Reuters - It may be that the new Chris Rock-created sitcom "Everybody
 Hates Chris" is mistitled. At MIPCOM, the international television
 market, the sitcom was proving a hit with buyers from around the world
 who seemed to like Chris very much.

    'Dying' day: McGraw hit tops BMI Country Awards (Reuters)

Reuters - Tim McGraw's hit "Live Like You Were Dying," penned by Tim
 Nichols, scored the Robert J. Burton Award as most-performed song of
 the year at BMI's annual Country Awards, staged Tuesday at the
 performing rights organization's Nashville office.

    Child-porn bill might get rewrite (Reuters)

Reuters - The chief author of legislation that would treat steamy
 Hollywood films the same as hard-core pornography said Tuesday that he
 is willing to alter his bill in an effort to get at child pornographers
 but leave the mainstream film industry alone.

    Disney books kids' stuff from Zappa (Reuters)

Reuters - Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films won a bidding
 war to buy "The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless," an upcoming
 children's book by Ahmet Zappa.

    Swinton, Tamblyn sign on for 'Daley' (Reuters)

Reuters - Tilda Swinton will star as a forensic psychologist opposite
 Amber Tamblyn's murder suspect in the indie feature "Stephanie Daley."

    Charlie Daniels Honored at BMI Ceremonies (AP)

AP - Charlie Daniels, best know for his fiery fiddle tune, "The Devil
 Went Down to Georgia," won the BMI Icon award Tuesday for his
 contributions to country music.

    Shatner Taken to Hospital With Back Pain (AP)

AP - "Boston Legal" star William Shatner was taken to a hospital from
 the set of the ABC series Tuesday after complaining of lower back pain,
 a spokeswoman said.

    Int'l markets like 'Chris' at TV's MIPCOM (Reuters)

Reuters - It may be that the new Chris Rock-created sitcom "Everybody
 Hates Chris" is mistitled. At MIPCOM, the international television
 market, the sitcom was proving a hit with buyers from around the world
 who seemed to like Chris very much.

    'Soldier's Play' gets no-frills treatment (Reuters)

Reuters - In 1981, "A Soldier's Play" debuted off-Broadway and
 subsequently won a Pulitzer. Then, renamed as "A Soldier's Story," the
 film adaptation earned a best picture Oscar nomination. Fast-forward
 20-plus years, and the show has returned to its roots.

    Madonna Lectures NYC College Film Students (AP)

AP - The hulking security guards standing at the side of a Hunter
 College lecture hall was a big hint that their usual professor might be
 taking the afternoon off. When the lights came up and Madonna walked
 in, that confirmed it.

    Ten with Tom Julian and Donna Baxter, designer for Elsie Katz
     Couture (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - Seattle-based
 designer Donna Baxter of Elsie Katz Couture says that shea TMs the a
 >fly by seat of pants girl and kismet person.

    Book Fair Highlights Korean Lit, Culture (AP)

AP - The annual Frankfurt Book Fair opens this week with the global
 publishing industry basking in the success of the latest Harry Potter
 novel and looking at new ways to sell more books in different formats.

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