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Updated: 59 min 31 sec ago "Office" scores touchdown on NBC's midseason lineupLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC's hit comedy "The Office" will get the coveted post-Super Bowl spot next year, while the new drama "Kings" will take over for "ER" on Thursday nights after the long-running medical drama airs its series finale.
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Lil Wayne and Coldplay lead Grammy fieldLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Lil Wayne, whose new album was the biggest seller of the year, led the field of Grammy contenders, while rock bands Coldplay and Radiohead led a British invasion of the music industry's top honors.
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Drama offers comprehensive look at dictator's reignLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Saddam Hussein hasn't been in the news much lately. Being hanged to death two years ago will have that effect. Still, the situation in Iraq continues to bear the impact of his life and his ruthlessness, many of the details of which are not widely known.
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Adidas ads feature musicians but not their musicNEW YORK (Billboard) - In the summer of 1986, hip-hop pioneers Run-D.M.C. played a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, riding high on the success of their single "My Adidas" and their third album, "Raising Hell."
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Recession-hit Americans flocking to moviesNEW YORK (Reuters) - True to form and in keeping with past recessions, Americans are flocking to the movies, the chief executive of the largest U.S. theater chain said on Wednesday.
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No relief in sight as radio ad revenue declinesNEW YORK (Billboard) - Newly released data suggests that the U.S. radio industry could be on track to record its worst annual drop in ad revenue in decades.
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Colombian singer Fanny Lu makes stateside inroadsMIAMI (Billboard) - With a mix of pop, vallenato accordion and the husky voice of an ingenue, Colombian singer Fanny Lu found success in 2006 with her catchy single "No Te Pido Que Me Mandes Flores."
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Sundance Film Festival unveils competition filmsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival, the premiere event for U.S. independent movies, on Wednesday unveiled a wide-ranging list of more than 60 movies that will compete for awards at its 25th anniversary event in January.
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Defense seeks minimum 6-year term for O.J. SimpsonLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson's lawyers have asked he receive the minimum sentence of six years in prison for his October robbery and kidnapping conviction, calling a recommendation of 18 years "inappropriate and knee-jerk."
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Kanye West outperforms Guns N' Roses on album chartNEW YORK (Billboard) - Kanye West has earned his third straight No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart with the debut of "808s & Heartbreak," while Guns N' Roses' first album in 17 years took third place.
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MySpace delivers video to mobile phonesNEW YORK (Reuters) - MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time.
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Apple may be chilling iTunes competition: criticsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc might be unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone, according to some rivals and a technology rights group.
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Britney marriage broke over kids, Federline saysLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kevin Federline said his two year marriage to Britney Spears broke down because he focused on his children but he was "completely blindsided" when the pop star went behind his back and filed for divorce.
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Austria's Salzburg resists "Sound of Music" hotelVIENNA (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music" has faded in the Austrian city of Salzburg, which has blocked plans to turn the original von Trapp family villa portrayed in the Hollywood favorite into a hotel, says the company behind the idea.
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Rowling "fierce" but fair about Potter: editorEDINBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling's first editor, who championed Harry Potter after several publishers had turned the boy wizard down, described the author as "fierce" but fair to work with.
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Christie's HK Asian sales miss target, crisis weighsHONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's sold $146 million worth of Asian artwork in its Hong Kong autumn sales concluded Wednesday, around 35 percent below its pre-sale estimate as the financial crisis shrunk demand for Asian art.
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Digital market offers hope as music sales slowDENVER (Billboard) - Ever since Apple's iTunes store launched in 2003, the digital music market has received an annual Christmas gift in the form of a sales boost, as consumers unwrap new iPods and gift cards for the holidays.
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"Twilight" star Stewart to play rocker Joan JettLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fresh from the box-office success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways," the rock 'n' roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band.
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Civil rights beacon Odetta dead at 77WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a soundtrack to the American civil rights movement, has died at age 77, her manager said on Wednesday.
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Neve Campbell drawn to "Philanthropist"LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Neve Campbell is returning to series television with a co-starring role on NBC's midseason drama "The Philanthropist."
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