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LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

NEW YORK - Keri Russell may have been a tomboy growing up, and TV audiences know her as a college coed on the TV series "Felicity." But now she's gone glam as a CoverGirl.

HONG KONG - Jackie Chan disrupted a concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee and exchanged insults with the audience, a news report said Tuesday.

Think of "The OH in Ohio" as the film equivalent of faking it in the sack. It can be a good time, but by the end you're just going through the motions, and not completely satisfied.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Tuesday said they invited 83 countries to submit movies for foreign language film nominations for the movie industry's top honors including first timers, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan.

LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

Syd Barrett, the brilliant, erratic catalyst for Floyd's early success, "died peacefully at home" last Friday at 60, according to his brother. The musician had been in ill health for years, battling type 2 diabetes, as well as stomach ulcers.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music singer LeAnn Rimes underwent outpatient surgery on Tuesday for an infected leg injury, forcing her to cancel three upcoming weekend appearances while she recovers, her publicist said.

BIG MOOSE LAKE, N.Y. - Grace Brown headed to the Adirondack Mountains hoping for a marriage proposal. Instead, authorities said the pregnant woman was murdered by her lover in a sorrowful saga that became the basis for Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel, "An American Tragedy."

NEW YORK - Coming in fourth place on "American Idol" isn't so bad. Chris Daughtry, who was voted off the Fox talent contest's fifth edition in an elimination round, has signed with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, RCA Records announced Monday.

NEW YORK - Keri Russell may have been a tomboy growing up, and TV audiences know her as a college coed on the TV series "Felicity." But now she's gone glam as a CoverGirl.

NEW YORK - Pamela Anderson may have a stripper pole in her bedroom, but she's a soccer mom at heart.

Taylor Hicks proved you don't have to be manufactured. Clay Aiken proved you don't have to be the winner. And William Hung proved you don't even have to be talented.

BIG MOOSE LAKE, N.Y. - Grace Brown headed to the Adirondack Mountains hoping for a marriage proposal. Instead, authorities said the pregnant woman was murdered by her lover in a sorrowful saga that became the basis for Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel, "An American Tragedy."

NEW YORK - Coming in fourth place on "American Idol" isn't so bad. Chris Daughtry, who was voted off the Fox talent contest's fifth edition in an elimination round, has signed with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, RCA Records announced Monday.

NEW YORK - Keri Russell may have been a tomboy growing up, and TV audiences know her as a college coed on the TV series "Felicity." But now she's gone glam as a CoverGirl.

MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India's prolific film industry is set to top revenues of $3.3 billion by 2010 as it rides new technologies and a booming economy to expand at 18 percent a year, according to an industry trade group.

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet service provider Tiscali on Tuesday rebuked demands by British music companies to reveal the names of some of its customers who allegedly used the network to share songs illegally.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. advertisers will soon have access to ratings that show just how many people actually stay tuned to their television sets during commercial breaks, a move that could spur a major shift in advertising spending.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nielsen Media Research plans to measure how many people actually watch TV commercials starting in November, a move that could result in a decline in advertising rates, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.

Think of "The OH in Ohio" as the film equivalent of faking it in the sack. It can be a good time, but by the end you're just going through the motions, and not completely satisfied.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Wreckers are Dixie Chicks lite, more toe-tapping than foot-stomping and most certainly apolitical. The duo, comprising Michelle Branch and her best friend and former backup singer, Jessica Harp, brought its country-pop confessionals to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Sunday night for a generally mellow yet thoroughly charming performance.

PARIS (Hollywood Reporter) - The name's Bonisseur de la Bath, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath. Doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it? Secret agent OSS 117, to give the character his working title, was created as a pulp fiction hero in 1949 and reportedly inspired Ian Fleming to create the immortal James Bond.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It was billed as a Pearl Jam concert, but perhaps it should have been called "Sing-Along With Ed."

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The last time Jose Rivera wrote about the legendary Ernesto Guevara, he came up with the script for "The Motorcycle Diaries," a look at young Che's travels through South America. And the result? Rivera earned considerable acclaim -- along with an Oscar nomination for best screenplay.

MANILA (Reuters) - Smugglers have tried to ship out millions of older one-peso coins from the Philippines, not for their face value of less than 2 U.S. cents each but for the copper and nickel content as metals prices soar.

LONDON (Reuters) - Two historians who lost a plagiarism case against the British publishers of Dan Brown's bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" plan to appeal against the verdict, court officials said on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Hollywood secretary figures as a character type in many films, from Mack Sennett shorts to Blake Edwards' "The Party," usually an object of fun or fear. Along about the mid-1970s, she begins to disappear into the ether. Though films about secretaries ("Nine to Five," "The Temp" and, of course, "Secretary") continue to be made, the Hollywood variety is mostly replaced by another type, the dark-hearted executive on the make.

1. "Danse Macabre" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley)

LOS ANGELES - Amber Frey, the former mistress of Scott Peterson who became a key witness in his murder case, planned to marry her neighbor Wednesday, her attorney said.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The fall season at the venerable Feinstein's at the Regency starts September 12 with Ashford & Simpson beginning a two-week run; that will be followed by the amazing Kitty Carlisle Hart, who turns 96 on September 3.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The last time Jose Rivera wrote about the legendary Ernesto Guevara, he came up with the script for "The Motorcycle Diaries," a look at young Che's travels through South America. And the result? Rivera earned considerable acclaim -- along with an Oscar nomination for best screenplay.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Choreographer Twyla Tharp, who brought the music of Billy Joel to the theater with her hit show "Movin' Out," now will bring the songs of Bob Dylan to Broadway.

Composer Neil Berg, lyricist Nick Meglin and playwright Dan Remmes have been tapped by producer Jeff Gardner to convert the 1993 hit movie "Grumpy Old Men" into a Broadway musical, it was announced.

Rene Pereyra and Liza ColŪn-Zayas will appear opposite Mercedes Ruehl in VIVA LA VIDA! , by Diane Shaffer, which will run July 18-Aug. 6 at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, Long Island.

LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

The prolific singer-songwriter has become the latest musical icon to have his repertoire adapted for the stage. The Times They Are A-Changin', directed by famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, who most recently had audiences rockin' out to Billy Joel hits in the Tony winner Movin' Out, opens Oct. 26 on the Great White Way. Previews begin Sept. 25 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater.

HONG KONG - Jackie Chan disrupted a concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee and exchanged insults with the audience, a news report said Tuesday.

NEW YORK - Pamela Anderson may have a stripper pole in her bedroom, but she's a soccer mom at heart.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music singer LeAnn Rimes underwent outpatient surgery on Tuesday for an infected leg injury, forcing her to cancel three upcoming weekend appearances while she recovers, her publicist said.

Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - Dressed in a full-length metallic gown, Kate Hudson looked every bit the part of a true Hollywood starlet at the premiere of ā€œYou, Me & Dupreeā€ in Los Angeles on Monday, July 10. Co-stars Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson joined Hudson on the red carpet, along with Harry Dean Stanton and film directors Anthony and Joe Russo.

KABUL (Reuters) - Models strode down a catwalk in the Afghan capital Kabul for the first time in decades this weekend as two designers showed off their clothes behind the guarded walls of a luxury hotel.

Fashion Wire Daily - Paris - Tears and respect for a certain sort of courage were the hallmarks of the ceremony where Valentino was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in Paris on Thursday, July 6th.

NEW YORK - Elton John will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert, which will kick off New York Fashion Week in September. Proceeds will benefit the singer's AIDS foundation.

Fashion Wire Daily - Paris - A standard acid test of whether a designer is really worthy of the title couturier is are they master of their own atelier.

DEAR ABBY: When I was 16 I fell in love with the handsomest man I had ever seen. I'll call him "Todd." Apparently everyone else thought so, too. Todd loved the women and they loved him, and our relationship ended.

DEAR ABBY: My husband of three years, "Earl," is an ordained Baptist minister. He will turn 60 this year. He's a diabetic who lives in a fantasy world. We have never slept together; we sleep in separate bedrooms.

DEAR ABBY: I'm a shopaholic. I'm constantly shopping the department store sales and thrift shops. It's my "fix" when I'm feeling down or bored. It never used to be this bad. I purchase things and keep it secret from my husband. I don't just buy for me. I also buy for others. I am out of control. It has reached the point where I'm in the hole $4,800.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 20-something male who is madly in love with my girlfriend. That being said, I do have one concern. She dated a friend of mine for a short while prior to dating me. Their relationship was physically intimate, something I have reserved for only our relationship.

DEAR ABBY: May I respond to your reply to "Dismayed in Marysville, Mich.," regarding attire in church? As a priest and pastor, I'm appalled at how some people come dressed for Sunday worship.

DEAR MARGO: I am a 15-year-old guy living with my father and stepmother after a falling out with my mom. My father has this thing where he forbids my stepmom to wear a bra, even when we go out.

DEAR MARGO: I was actually surprised when my foot doctor offered me a job as his receptionist on my second office visit. I started working for this almost 70-year-old doctor about two months ago on a part-time basis.

DEAR MARGO: I am a 38-year-old successful female who is emotionally and financially secure. I have been told that I am very attractive and intimidate men. I would like to get married but am thought to be too independent.

DEAR MARGO: I'll get straight to it. I've been blessed with a wonderfully supportive family. We are famously even-tempered. Successes are celebrated; unpleasant things aren't discussed. Your mistakes are yours to deal with, unless you ask for help.

DEAR MARGO: I am 28 years old, and have never had a good relationship with my mother. We just started talking again about two years ago and have gotten pretty close.

The question "What does Kim Jong-Il really want?" was definitively answered today when the mercurial North Korean dictator offered to abandon his nuclear weapons program in exchange for the role of the villain in the new James Bond film.

The question "What does Kim Jong-Il really want?" was definitively answered today when the mercurial North Korean dictator offered to abandon his nuclear weapons program in exchange for the role of the villain in the new James Bond film.

Last Saturday, as I was sitting at my computer accomplishing nothing whatsoever, my three youngest kids were sitting nearby, entranced by the television. One of my daughters turned to me.

In what many political observers believe could become an effective wedge issue in the 2006 midterm elections, President George W. Bush today proposed a constitutional amendment banning marriage between a man and a flag.

Last week, the U.S. Senate held hearings to decide whether or not video games are too violent. The point was, they said, to determine whether or not all this simulated blood and guts was turning our kids into rampaging American psychos.

An amused operative from within the Disney corporate family shared with us this company-wide e-mail in which Head Mouse in Charge Bob Iger pats his underlings on their collective back for Pirates of the Caribbean 2's record-shattering™ performance.

The Disney-obsessed MiceAge site is probably not where you'd expect to find the latest account of Lindsay Lohan's underage, drunken antics, but as it turns out, someone at Disneyland thought it would be a great idea to allow Lohan and her entourage to rampage through the Magic Kingdom and long-abandoned, possibly haunted California Adventure park to celebrate her 20th birthday.

What happened to the Jackie Chan we've come to love through the fine Rush Hour films, who so patiently and sweetly flashed that uncomprehending smile as Chris Tucker erupted in one of his high-pitched tirades expressing his frustration over their cultural and language barriers?

As it turns out, Dr. Nicholas Bartha (right) -- the Upper East Side doctor suspected of blowing up his 62nd Street townhouse in a suicide attempt yesterday -- is more nutters than just your average Bush supporter.

The New York Young Republican Club -- a lonely organization that unironically bills itself as the "Oldest Young Republican Club in the Country" -- yesterday protested with other like-minded groups in front of the New York Times regarding that paper's coverage of what some might call "news.

LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.

CROMWELL, Conn. - A cast member on MTV's "The Real World" was arraigned on a misdemeanor assault charge after police said she bit her boyfriend during a domestic dispute.

LONDON (Reuters) - Syd Barrett, the troubled founding member of Pink Floyd, has died aged 60, after living the life of a recluse for the last 30 years.

HONG KONG - Jackie Chan disrupted a concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee and exchanged insults with the audience, a news report said Tuesday.

The prolific singer-songwriter has become the latest musical icon to have his repertoire adapted for the stage. The Times They Are A-Changin', directed by famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, who most recently had audiences rockin' out to Billy Joel hits in the Tony winner Movin' Out, opens Oct. 26 on the Great White Way. Previews begin Sept. 25 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater.