Film director Dassin dies in Athens aged 96 (Reuters)

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Film director Jules Dassin  at a party in Cannes, France, May 23, 1978. Dassin died late Monday, March 31, 2008, at an Athens hospital, officials said. He was 96.(AP Photo/Jean Jacques file Levy)Reuters - Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film "Never on Sunday" and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.


OK! Exclusive: Britney Makes Nice With Former Manager

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After a year apart, Larry Rudolph is back at the reins of the pop star's career. As Britney Spears continues to strive to get her personal and professional lives back in order, OK! has learned she's turned to a familiar face for help â€" former...

Live Nation agrees to 12-year pact with U2 (Reuters)

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U2's front man Bono and guitarist The Edge perform in Sydney, November 10, 2006. Live Nation Inc said on Monday it had signed a 12-year global contract to handle the merchandising, digital and branding rights of Irish band U2, along with its touring. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)Reuters - Live Nation Inc said on Monday it has reached an agreement for a 12-year global contract to handle the merchandising, digital and branding rights as well as the touring of Irish group U2.


Update: Jessica Simpson Feeling Much Better

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Her rep confirms; the singer is released from the hospital and is recovering well.

Blonde bombshell Jessica Simpson is out of the hospital and recovering well after being admitted to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday for a <a...

“Elizabeth” director aglow for “Larklight” (Reuters)

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Reuters - Shekhar Kapur, the director behind the "Elizabeth" films starring Cate Blanchett, has signed on to make the period fantasy "Larklight."

Country star Adkins signs up for Christmas spoof (Reuters)

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Reuters - Country star Trace Adkins will make a ghostly appearance opposite Kelsey Grammer in David Zucker's indie Christmas comedy "American Carol."

Film director Dassin dies in Athens aged 96 (Reuters)

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Reuters - Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film "Never on Sunday" and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.

Jazz singer Nancy Wilson hospitalized (AP)

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Grammy Award winner and legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson performs at the Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in  New York during a concert titled 'Nancy Wilson With Strings: Celebrating Four Decades of Music', in this January 13, 2003 file photo. Wilson was hospitalized early Monday March 31, 2008, for treatment of a collapsed lung, a spokeswoman said. (AP Photo / Stuart Ramson,File)AP - Nancy Wilson was hospitalized Monday for treatment of a collapsed lung, a spokeswoman said.


PETA Offers Britney a Job

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"A new day calls for a new relationship... a new understanding," PETA president Ingrid Newkirk writes.

PETA, the animal rights group which has often criticized Britney Spears for wearing fur and buying pets from pet stores, extended an olive branch to the singer on Monday.<br...

`Shine a Light’ a love song for Stones (AP)

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AP - It's impossible to walk into "Shine a Light," Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film, without decades' worth of expectations. We simply know too much about the filmmaker and the rock stars and their previous music-doc outings.