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Californication gets third season
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Cabel channel Showtime has green-lighted a third season of Californication, which stars David Duchovny as a hedonistic Los Angeles writer.
Twilight star Stewart snags Joan Jett role
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Fresh from the box office success in the US of Twilight, Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in The Runaways - the rock n roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band.
Rowling 'fierce' but fair about Potter
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JK 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.
Fleetwood Mac returning to the road
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Fleetwood Mac will embark on its first tour in five years next year, beginning March 1 in Pittsburgh.
Salzburg resists Sound Of Music hotel
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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 favourite into a hotel.
Betancourt, Madonna meet with Argentine President
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Politics and pop stardom mingled in Argentina this week when former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and singer Madonna met in Buenos Aires.
Rare Gospel fragment fails to sell at auction
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Further sign of softening art market as rare Gospel of John fragment goes unsold.
Sylvia screenwriter hired for Captain Blood remake
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John Brownlow, who penned the script for the biopic Sylvia, has been hired to write Captain Blood - Warner Brothers's remake of the 1935 swashbuckler.
Britney marriage broke over kids: Federline
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Money was no object in K-Fed's contentious custody battle with Britney Spears.
Dark Knight tops iTunes 08
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Warner Brothers hardly needs more evidence that its Batman film franchise is a phenomenon, but it got some this week from Apple anyway.
Human skull dumped from Dr Who's Hamlet
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A real human skull has stolen the show in a production of Hamlet starring Dr Who actor David Tennant, prompting the Royal Shakespeare Company to stop using it.
Civil rights folk singer Odetta, dead at 77
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Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a sound track to the American civil rights movement, has died aged 77, the New York Times has reported.
Film festival investing in new works
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The program has been released for next year's Adelaide Film Festival, which will showcase some of the nation's best filmmakers.
NBN rollout delays holding back ABC: Scott
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ABC Mark Scott says the broadcaster is being held back by the time it is taking to roll out a national broadband network.
Summernats suffering under economic downturn: promoter
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Organisers of the annual Summernats car festival are asking the ACT Government to reduce the rent at Exhibition Park in Canberra.
Switkowski named new Opera chair
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Opera Australia has named former Telstra chief executive Ziggy Switkowski as its new chairman.
1m pirated movie, music discs seized
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Police in Sydney's south-west say it is only a matter of time before they arrest people over the nation's biggest seizure of pirated DVDs.
Cinematheque honours Samuel L Jackson
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There probably have never been so many expletives used to show appreciation at an awards show as there were at the 23rd annual American Cinematheque Awards, which honoured Samuel L Jackson.
Row over digital TV switchover
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The Federal Government will oppose moves by the Opposition to amend a Bill on the switchover to digital television.
Kidman 'not a movie star'
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Nicole Kidman has suffered another personal attack with a prominent Los Angeles Times columnist declaring the Oscar winner is not a "movie star".
Berlin film fest to commemorate fall of wall
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The Berlin Film Festival will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a series of films from both sides of the Iron Curtain in the last decade of the Cold War.
Lost masterpiece sells for $6.5m
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A painting by Italian master Giambattista Tiepolo, thought lost until its discovery in the attic of a French chateau, has been sold for more than 2 million pounds, auctioneers Christie's said.
Rare Melbourne scroll fetches $75,500 at auction
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A rare 19th century scroll depicting Melbourne has sold for $75,500 after it was almost thrown out with the rubbish.
Urban plans 2009 US tour
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Keith Urban will tour North America next year in support of his as-yet-untitled new album.
Twilight poised for box office killing
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Vampire fever to sink its teeth into audiences Down Under with Twilight's release.
