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"HSM3" will please fan base but won't win converts
By Stephen Farber LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The enormous success of "High School Musical " and its sequel on Disney Chan...

Film opens wounds of German post-war rape victims
By Josie Cox BERLIN - A film dealing with the suffering of women raped by Soviet officers after the end of World War Two hits Ger...

Leibovitz says Queen "perturbed" at infamous shoot
By Mike Collett-White LONDON - U.S. photographer Annie Leibovitz said on Wednesday Queen Elizabeth seemed "a little perturbed " ...

Music biz to honor Neil Diamond in L.A.
LOS ANGELES - Neil Diamond will be the honoree at the music industry 's annual MusiCares fundraiser, which will take place in Los Angele...

Take That to perform at MTV Europe awards
LONDON - British band Take That will perform at MTV 's Europe Music Awards in Liverpool next month, 14 years after they appeared at the ...

Al Pacino honored as Rome film festival starts
By Silvia Aloisi ROME - A lifetime achievement award for Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino kicked off the Rome film festival on Wedne...

Four Tops' Fakir salutes Levi Stubbs
By Gary Graff DETROIT (Billboard) - Four Tops leader Abdul "Duke " Fakir called the late Levi Stubbs "one of the best singers in...

U2 gets Live Nation stock payday
By Mitchell Peters LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - U2 will receive an estimated $19 million worth of Live Nation shares as part of a 12-...

"Saw" horror franchise faces test with 5th movie
By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Everybody loves a spooky mystery. Here 's a good one: How the hell has "Sa...

Sarah Palin draws praise for "SNL" spot
By Jill Serjeant and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES - Actor Alec Baldwin on Monday called Sarah Palin "a good sport " for confront...