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Apple Tablet Rumored Delayed as Publisher Gears Up (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Like Elvis, there have been so many sightings and rumors of an upcoming, groundbreaking Apple tablet that it has taken on legendary status. But now the legend is undergoing revisions, with new reports that the tablet will be delayed and that a major publisher is getting ready -- and sti …
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Cablevision will distribute Fox Business Network (Reuters)
Reuters - Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp will distribute News Corp's Fox Business Network in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Fox said on Thursday.
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A Minute With: Adam Lambert "For Your Entertainment" (Reuters)
Reuters - Adam Lambert may have lost the battle to be crowned "American Idol" but the glam rocker with soaring vocals says he got what he wanted from the TV singing contest -- an album deal, exposure and a chance to make and present music his way.
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James Murdoch sees smaller role for newspapers (Reuters)
Reuters - Newspapers will play a smaller role in News Corp's operations in future as the group focuses on more profitable pay-TV operations in western Europe and India, the group's head of Europe and Asia said.
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Chief: Parker-Broderick surrogate's door wide open (AP)
AP - An Ohio police chief accused of snooping on the woman who bore twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says he entered the woman's home because he saw the basement door wide open.
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Newseum puts Tim Russert's NBC office on display (AP)
AP - Museum visitors in Washington will get the chance to step into "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert's old NBC office, which has been reassembled at the Newseum.
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Tom Cruise in Austria's Salzburg for film shoot (AP)
AP - Tom Cruise has arrived in the Austrian city of Salzburg to shoot scenes for the new action comedy "Knight & Day."
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Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark (AP)
AP - Campaigners against eating disorders criticized Kate Moss Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia Web sites.
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French publishers slam new Google book proposals (AFP)
AFP - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.
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Parker-Broderick surrogate expected on the stand (AP)
AP - The woman who bore twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick is expected on the witness stand at the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of snooping on the surrogate.
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"New Moon" aims for big bite from box offices (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood watchers think vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" could take a nearly $100 million bite from movie theater box offices when it debuts this weekend, and score one of the biggest openings ever for a non-summer film.
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Norah Jones experiments with guitars and grooves (AP)
AP - Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones' smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never thought the two would ever inhabit the same musical orbit, let alone work together on a CD.
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AOL to cut one-third of workforce (Reuters)
Reuters - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.
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Bardot joins bullfighting debate in Spain (AFP)
AFP - French screen goddess turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has appealed to the government of Catalonia to back a campaign to ban bullfighting in the northeastern Spanish region.
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Chaz Bono: Sex change is his 'best decision' (AP)
AP - Chaz Bono says beginning the sex-change process to turn him from a woman to a man is "the best decision I've ever made."
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Jason Reitman documents promotion of his new film (AP)
AP - The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside.
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Teen idol Zac Efron stars in Orson Welles tale (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. actor Zac Efron takes another step away from the world of high school musicals that made him famous with a part in "Me and Orson Welles," which also features British newcomer Christian McKay in the title role.
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`Simpsons' character contest winner is the Bomba (AP)
AP - Ladies' man Ricardo Bomba is bringing his charms to "The Simpsons," and it's all the doing of a hospital operations manager with a vivid imagination.
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Review: Bella mopes through pretentious `New Moon' (AP)
AP - Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?
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Vivendi eyes NBC Universal exit: CFO (Reuters)
Reuters - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.
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