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3/6/2008 11:09:58 PM

Hollywood remembers Johnny Grant (AP)
3/6/2008 9:22:45 PM
H.B. Barnum's Gospel Choir performs at the memorial service for Johnny Grant at the Pantages Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Thursday, March 6, 2008. Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's chief ambassador for more than a half-century, died Jan. 9, of natural causes. He was 84. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - It was fitting that Johnny Grant would be memorialized on Hollywood Boulevard.

New on DVD: `No Country for Old Men' (AP)
3/6/2008 7:05:12 PM
AP - Selected home-video releases:

Bai Ling enters shoplifting plea deal (AP)
3/6/2008 6:49:35 PM
Chinese actress Bai Ling arrives at a party celebrating the new mobile service Helio and benefiting Heal the Bay in West Hollywood, Calif., in this Aug. 8, 2007, file photo. Bai Ling, 37, was charged earlier this week with petty theft for trying to take a pack of batteries and two Star magazines worth $16.22 from a store at Los Angeles International Airport. In the plea deal requested by her attorney, she agreed Wednesday, March 5, 2008, to plead guilty to disturbing the peace and to pay a fine and penalties totaling $700, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Bai Ling has copped a plea in her shoplifting case.

Jason Statham goes beyond tough-guy role in "Bank Job" (Reuters)
3/6/2008 5:14:55 PM
Actor Jason Statham poses for a portrait while promoting his new film 'The Bank Job' in New York March 3, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - British actor Jason Statham has come a long way since selling after-shave and cheap jewelry on London street corners. Today, he earns millions as one of the hottest action stars in Hollywood.

South by Southwest bets on `21' (AP)
3/6/2008 2:29:38 PM
In this image released by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Kate Bosworth, left, and Jim Sturgess are shown in a scene from '21'. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Entertainment, Peter Iovino)AP - Robert Luketic sheepishly says he thinks the South by Southwest film festival is taking a gamble on him by showing his Las Vegas thriller, "21," on opening night.

Wrap-up of entertainment quotes (AP)
3/6/2008 2:05:30 PM
Actor Patrick Swayze poses for the photographers, prior to the premiere of his new film 'Keeping Mum' at a Leicester Square cinema in central London, in this Nov. 28, 2005, file photo. A representative for Patrick Swayze says he is being treated for pancreatic cancer but is well enough to continue working. The 'Dirty Dancing' actor has a very limited amount of disease and appears to be responding well to treatment, according to Dr. George Fisher, Swayze's physician. The doctor's prognosis was included in a statement released Wednesday, March 5, 2008, by Swayze's representative, Annett Wolf. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)AP - "I was horribly awkward, tall and scrawny, with frizzy, crazy hair and terrible acne. But it didn't matter even remotely on stage: There, no one's looking at your skin. I just spent a little extra time making sure everything was covered up." — Elizabeth Mitchell, who portrays the enigmatic Dr. Juliet Burke on "Lost," on how theater helped her weather an ugly-duckling adolescence.

Review: `10,000 BC' a historic bore (AP)
3/6/2008 1:18:49 PM
AP - A mix of vast CGI spectacle and small, silly moments, the prehistoric saga "10,000 BC" is an epic in name only.

Whoopi: Swayze is the reason I won Oscar (AP)
3/6/2008 12:43:59 PM
Actor Patrick Swayze poses for the photographers, prior to the premiere of his new film 'Keeping Mum' at a Leicester Square cinema in central London, in this Nov. 28, 2005, file photo. A representative for Patrick Swayze says he is being treated for pancreatic cancer but is well enough to continue working. The 'Dirty Dancing' actor has a very limited amount of disease and appears to be responding well to treatment, according to Dr. George Fisher, Swayze's physician. The doctor's prognosis was included in a statement released Wednesday, March 5, 2008, by Swayze's representative, Annett Wolf. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)AP - Whoopi Goldberg says her friend Patrick Swayze — who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — is the reason she won an Oscar for "Ghost."

The Top 5 lists (AP)
3/6/2008 12:25:30 PM
AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox.

Swayze projects continue despite cancer (AP)
3/6/2008 9:16:02 AM
Actor Patrick Swayze poses for the photographers, prior to the premiere of his new film 'Keeping Mum' at a Leicester Square cinema in central London, in this Nov. 28, 2005, file photo. A representative for Patrick Swayze says he is being treated for pancreatic cancer but is well enough to continue working. The 'Dirty Dancing' actor has a very limited amount of disease and appears to be responding well to treatment, according to Dr. George Fisher, Swayze's physician. The doctor's prognosis was included in a statement released Wednesday, March 5, 2008, by Swayze's representative, Annett Wolf. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)AP - Patrick Swayze's doctor is optimistic about his prognosis for battling pancreatic cancer, and the "Dirty Dancing" actor's upcoming cable pilot is still in contention to become a series.

Spidey, Transformers Pump Up '07 B.O. (E! Online)
3/6/2008 6:25:13 AM
Spidey, Transformers Pump Up '07 B.O.(E! Online)E! Online - Spider-Man—with an assist from the Transformers, some pirates and a flatulent ogre—has once again saved the day, er, year.

Notorious B.I.G. movie finds its big star (Reuters)
3/6/2008 8:01:16 AM
Rap singer Notorious B.I.G. is shown on stage at the 1996 Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles in this file photograph. Fox Searchlight has hired Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn-based rapper, to play late rap icon Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., in its upcoming biopic 'Notorious.' (Fred Prouser/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Biggie is coming to the big screen. Fox Searchlight has hired Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn-based rapper, to play late rap icon Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., in its upcoming biopic "Notorious."

Carrey, Reitman double up on "Pierre Pierre" (Reuters)
3/6/2008 2:09:31 AM
Jim Carrey arrives at the Ciampino airport in Rome November 16, 2006. (Tony Gentile/Reuters)Reuters - Jim Carrey is teaming with "Juno" director Jason Reitman on a comedy titled "Pierre Pierre."

Disney to make Japanese Lilo and Stitch for TV (Reuters)
3/6/2008 1:48:54 AM
File photo shows people dressed as Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie greeting visitors with their latest Year of the Mouse costumes at Hong Kong Disneyland January 21, 2008. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - Walt Disney Co plans to produce a Japanese version of its "Lilo and Stitch" animation program, its Japanese unit said, underscoring efforts to broaden its global reach by catering to Asian tastes.


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