Yahoo! News: Entertainment
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                  as of Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:01:21 GMT

    ABC News unveils new 3-anchor 'Nightline' format (Reuters)

Reuters - ABC News said on Monday it will replace departing "Nightline"
 host Ted Koppel with a trio of anchors including a veteran White House
 reporter and a British journalist whose Michael Jackson documentary led
 to the pop star's child molestation trial.

    Blogs flesh out hit CBS shows (Reuters)

Reuters - CBS.com is bringing viewers into the blog universe as a new
 way of giving its audience insider information and exclusive looks
 behind the scenes of some of CBS' biggest hits.

    Chinese television ready to soak up 'SpongeBob' (Reuters)

Reuters - "SpongeBob SquarePants" is set to splash down in 120 million
 Chinese households by year's end.

    Groups sue California over minors video game ban (Reuters)

Reuters - Two industry trade groups sued the state of California on
 Monday after the state passed a law barring the sale of violent video
 games to minors.

    'Fog' is clear winner atop weekend's boxoffice heap (Reuters)

Reuters - Three new wide releases hit theaters this past weekend, but
 altogether they failed to make much of a dent at the boxoffice, barely
 mustering a combined $27 million among them.

    Stallone to Star in Sixth 'Rocky' Movie (AP)

AP - Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after
 starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the
 boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said
 Monday.

    Couple Seeks Removal of Fantasia Signs (AP)

AP - A couple wants signs promoting Fantasia Barrino removed because
 they think her new autobiography portrays the city negatively.

    Ex-'SNL' Comedian's Death Ruled a Suicide (AP)

AP - Actor and comedian Charles Rocket, who had roles in a variety of
 movies and TV series and briefly gained notoriety for uttering an
 obscenity on "Saturday Night Live," committed suicide, the state
 medical examiner ruled.

    Mobile-content provider Zingy calls on 'Godfather' (Reuters)

Reuters - Mobile media company Zingy Inc. is making consumers an offer
 it hopes they can't refuse. It announced an agreement Monday with
 Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products Inc. for the exclusive license
 to develop mobile personalization products from a selection of
 Paramount Pictures film properties.

    Jo Bonney and Second Stage Enact 'A Soldier's Play' (Playbill)

Playbill - Taye Diggs, Anthony Mackie, Steven Pasquale and James
 McDaniel star in the racially charged, all-male military murder mystery
 A Soldier's Play, which opens Oct. 17 after previews from Sept. 20.

    Stallone to Star in Sixth 'Rocky' Movie (AP)

AP - Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after
 starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the
 boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said
 Monday.

    Hilton Still Shooting 'The Simple Life' (AP)

AP - Paris Hilton says she isn't giving up "The Simple Life" just yet.
 "We're shooting Nov. 1," said the 24-year-old hotel heiress, who had a
 front-row seat at the Louis Verdad fashion show Sunday. "All the
 networks are fighting over it."

    Couple Seeks Removal of Fantasia Signs (AP)

AP - A couple wants signs promoting Fantasia Barrino removed because
 they think her new autobiography portrays the city negatively.

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