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Radiohead rocks NY-area fest for a second night
By M. Tye Comer NEW YORK (Billboard) - For the second night in a row, Radiohead fans descended upon New Jersey 's Liberty State Pa...

Rodney Dangerfield's widow and daughter settle lawsuit
By Leslie Simmons LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- The widow of Rodney Dangerfield has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit s...

Grenier recruits stars for paparazzo documentary
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Rosie O 'Donnell are among the celebrities who will be featu...

"Star Wars" cartoon a misfire
By Michael Rechtshaffen LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Situated chronologically between the "Star Wars " prequels "Attack of...

Advocates for disabled to protest "Tropic Thunder"
By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES - Groups that advocate for the disabled called on Sunday for a national boycott of the Ben Stiller com...

Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis at 65
By Dean Goodman LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes who, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was ...

Hip-hop could "big up" or burden Obama
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama listens to hip-hop, knows many of the genre 's moguls, such as J...

Comedian and actor Bernie Mac dies at 50
By Dean Goodman and Kyle Peterson LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, Aug 9 (Reuters Life!) - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who starred in one o...

Ryan Seacrest named co-host of "Rockin' Eve"
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ryan Seacrest has been named permanent co-host of ABC 's "Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve, " t...

China's star pianist Lang Lang plays for change
By Belinda Goldsmith BEIJING - China 's flamboyant pianist Lang Lang said his performance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing ...