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09/06/2010 03:04 PM
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Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist
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Reuters - A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.
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09/06/2010 02:29 PM
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Critics give thumbs down to Dylan paintings
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 AFP - Art critics dismissed Bob Dylan as an amateur painter and said his work had no place in Denmark's largest museum, after the American music icon's new painting collection opened in Copenhagen.
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09/06/2010 01:51 PM
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A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing
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 Reuters - Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice film festival.
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09/06/2010 01:47 PM
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Jerry Hall's art collection on auction block
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AP - Model Jerry Hall plans to auction off 14 of her artworks next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant.
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09/06/2010 01:32 PM
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Maradona plans Naples birthday bash - despite tax bill
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 AFP - Diego Maradona is planning a 50th birthday party in Naples next month, despite owing the tax man there 37 million euros.
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09/06/2010 09:54 AM
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'Crocodile Dundee' says bad publicity behind release
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 AFP - Paul Hogan, the actor made famous by the "Crocodile Dundee" films, said the bad publicity surrounding his dispute with the Australian tax office had forced it to lift travel restrictions on him.
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09/06/2010 09:03 AM
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Avatar director vows to aid Amazon tribe
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 AFP - Film director James Cameron said he will return to Brazil this year to make a 3D film on indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose construction of a huge dam for fear it could flood tribal lands.
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09/05/2010 10:21 PM
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Noted bicyclist to ride in Maine Dempsey Challenge
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AP - Olympic bronze medalist and Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer (LEE'-vy LYP'-hy-mur) is visiting Maine to take part in the second annual bicycling fundraiser put on by "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey.
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09/05/2010 09:41 PM
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George Clooney shoots first at box office
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Reuters - George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama "The American," as the lucrative summer moviegoing season wound down on a traditionally weak note.
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09/05/2010 09:25 PM
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U.S. comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident
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Reuters - Comedian Robert Schimmel died on Friday night in a Phoenix hospital from injuries he sustained in a car accident, his public relations firm said on Saturday.
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