Reuters: Entertainment

Nicole Kidman celebrates daughter's birth - July 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban.
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Osbournes head back to U.S. TV - July 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his raucous family -- former stars of MTV -- are headed back to U.S. television as hosts of a prime-time variety hour in the works for the Fox network.
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Dizzee Rascal and Coldplay lead charts - July 7, 2008

LONDON (Billboard) - Rapper Dizzee Rascal achieved his first No. 1 on the singles chart at the weekend, while Coldplay began a fourth week atop the albums tally.
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Ringo Starr celebrates birthday - July 7, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ringo Starr held a "peace and love" fest on a rainy Chicago sidewalk to mark his 68th birthday on Monday. "What could be wrong Peace and Love. What a great birthday gift," the former Beatle said. "It's a happening."
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Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - July 7, 2008

PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
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Restriction-free music sales soar on 7digital.com - July 7, 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - Web site 7digital.com, which has forged deals with Warner Music and other top labels to offer music downloads without anti-piracy restrictions, has quadrupled its annual sales, it said on Monday.
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Tycoon to turn Bruce Lee's last home into museum - July 7, 2008

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The billionaire owner of Bruce Lee's final home hopes to build a museum to the martial arts legend, giving in to public calls to prevent the sale of the luxury house in a northern Hong Kong suburb for millions of dollars.
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"Dark Knight" gripping character study - July 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Dark Knight" is pure adrenaline. Director Christopher Nolan, having dispensed with the introspective, moody origin story of 2005's "Batman Begins," now puts the Caped Crusader through a decathlon of explosions, vehicle flips, hand-to-hand combat, midair rescues and pulse-pounding suspense.
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Sheryl Crow in Christmas spirit with holiday CD - July 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Christmas came early for Sheryl Crow this year, thanks to a holiday album that will go on sale in Hallmark Gold Crown stores in September.
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Bon Jovi nearing the end of "Lost Highway" - July 7, 2008

DETROIT (Billboard) - Things are starting to get "a little bit" sentimental around the Bon Jovi camp as the New Jersey rockers enter the home stretch of their 2007-08 world tour, according to guitarist Richie Sambora.
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