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date: 2005-09-30 07:20:08
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Yahoo! News: Entertainment
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                  as of Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:04:11 GMT

    Eisner leaves mixed legacy as Disney chief (Reuters)

Reuters - When Michael Eisner hands over the keys to Disney's Magic
 Kingdom on Friday after 21 years of running the media giant, he'll
 leave behind a stormy legacy -- brilliant early success mixed later
 with executive turmoil, an operational slump and a shareholder revolt.

    Actor Blake testifies on wife death (Reuters)

Reuters - Actor Robert Blake, testifying for the first time in the 2001
 shooting death of his wife, said on Thursday he had given different
 accounts about the night of her death because he was "human."

    Eddie Vedder goes 'Wild' with Stones (Reuters)

Reuters - The Rolling Stones got a lift from Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie
 Vedder during their performance of "Wild Horses" at Pittsburgh's PNC
 Stadium Wednesday.

    Record industry sues hundreds for file-sharing (Reuters)

Reuters - A trade group representing the U.S. music industry said on
 Thursday it filed lawsuits against 757 people it claims used online
 file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted songs.

    West's 'Gold Digger' extends chart domination (Reuters)

Reuters - Kanye West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx logged a
 fourth consecutive week atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart
 Thursday, while Mariah Carey's "Shake It Off" remained at No. 2 and Bow
 Wow's "Like You" featuring Ciara at No. 3.

    Suicide bombers inspire incendiary film (Reuters)

Reuters - Talk about taking risks.

    Eddie Vedder goes 'Wild' with Stones (Reuters)

Reuters - The Rolling Stones got a lift from Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie
 Vedder during their performance of "Wild Horses" at Pittsburgh's PNC
 Stadium Wednesday.

    'Child's Play' creator developing drama for ABC (Reuters)

Reuters - ABC has given a script commitment to "Kill Switch," an
 hourlong suspense drama from Don Mancini, who created the "Child's
 Play" horror film franchise in the late 1980s.

    Canada record biz seeks tougher downloading law (Reuters)

Reuters - Canadian record companies on Thursday urged the Canadian
 government to get tough on teenage music downloaders, as they expressed
 frustration with efforts to tighten copyright laws.

    Shirley Knight Plays a Desperate Former Housewife in 'Cycling Past
     the Matterhorn' (Playbill)

Playbill - Life is at the crossroads for a London mother who is going
 blind and her daughter, a mediocre psychic, in the Off-Broadway
 premiere of Deborah Grimberg's Cycling Past the Matterhorn, opening
 Sept. 29 at the Harold Clurman Theatre in Theatre Row.

    Blake Testifies in Wrongful Death Suit (AP)

AP - Robert Blake took center stage during his first day of testimony in
 a wrongful death lawsuit, jousting verbally with the opposition lawyer
 and eliciting complaints from the judge for his aggressive style.

    Tommy Hilfiger trims profit estimate (Reuters)

Reuters - Apparel maker Tommy Hilfiger Corp.  on Friday said preliminary
 results show fiscal year 2005 earnings below its previous estimate, and
 it is restating earnings for the prior four years due to accounting
 issues.

    'Plus-size' heroines worth their weight in book sales (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Jennifer Weiner's novels featuring "plus-size" women seem
 to be worth their weight in gold. Her first three books, Good in Bed,
 Little Earthquakes, and In Her Shoes have sold nearly 5 million copies
 in 33 countries.

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