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Entertainment News - February 04, 2005  

Actor Ossie Davis Found Dead in Hotel
Ossie Davis poses with his 27th annual Kennedy Center Honors medal following a dinner celebrating lifetime achievements in the arts, at the State Department in Washington, on Dec. 4, 2004. Davis, the actor distinguished for roles dealing with racial injustice on stage, screen and in real life, has died, an aide said Friday. He was 87. Davis was found dead Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, in his hotel room in Miami, where he was making a film.
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NEW YORK - Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement - often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee - has died. He

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NEW YORK - James Gandolfini and fiancee Lora Somoza have split. Gandolfini, star of HBO's "The Sopranos," had been engaged to Somoza, a writer, since January 2004. While Gandolfini lives in New York,

NEW YORK - Few places were more aptly named than The Hit Factory, the legendary Manhattan recording studio where scores of gold records and Grammy winners were created. And even fewer were so

NEW YORK - The first trappings of fall aren't crunching leaves or a chill in the air - they're the brown, plum, wine and rust fabrics that designers Kenneth Cole, Jerry Kaye for Perry Ellis and John

NEW YORK - It looks as though Jenny's ring is back on the block.

NEW YORK - The documentary "Eyes on the Prize," is lauded as the quintessential work on the civil rights movement, but don't expect to buy a new copy or watch it on PBS any time soon. Legally, that

DUBLIN, Ireland - Tickets for two concerts by U2 in Dublin were snapped up within minutes Friday in a new Irish box-office record.

LONDON - Eric Clapton's wife has given birth to the couple's third child, a spokesman for the rock guitarist said Friday.

NEW YORK - The times, they aren't a-changing that much. Bob Dylan will head back on the road for a spring tour. The singer - and now author - announced dates for "The Bob Dylan Show," to kickoff in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It started as an informal gig on Tuesdays, the quietest night of the week at most bars. Big Kenny Alphin, a rock 'n' roll singer, and John Rich, a country singer, didn't have a

MOUNT HOPE, W.Va., Feb 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The recording industry admits it probably erred when it accused a deceased 83-year-old

LOS ANGELES, Feb 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The family of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson is suing rock 'n' roll producer Phil Spector

'LOST" has gotten so popular, the fictional rock band on the show, Drive Shaft, is threatening to become a real band and may even put out an album.

OOH la la! Montreal's La La La Human Steps dance company, founded in 1980 by Edouard Lock, came to the Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy

TLC, the all-female music group that's experi enced exhilirating highs and shattering lows, is looking for a new col league with UPN cam eras in tow.

Marika, 15, and Miro, 13, of Seattle sister duo The Neons say they're "nervous in a good way" about playing at the fourth annual Sound Off! competition beginning

To country and rock separatists, honky-tonker Loretta Lynn's partnership with garage revivalist Jack White seemed like a freaky, fleeting alignment of planets from

MADONNA ditched her pal Debi Mazar when Mazar expressed doubts about kabbalah, and now the Material Mom is cutting off family members who won't follow her spiritual

To country and rock separatists, honky-tonker Loretta Lynn's partnership with garage revivalist Jack White seemed like a freaky, fleeting alignment of planets from

New York (dpa) - Actor Ossie Davis, who was a pioneer in breaking down race barriers in the entertainment world, has died aged 87.

When James Garner received the script for The Notebook, the intimate story seemed more like a TV project than a feature film. But the medium

TSUNAMI-scarred supermodel Petra Nemcova is learning how to walk again. The Czech catwalk queen has been undergoing rehabilitation therapy at her grandfather's

WHEN Pamela Anderson calls my cellphone for an interview, I ask her to call back on a land line. "Oh, well, actually, could you call me back instead?" she asks, in

The Donald wants Martha Stewart to be a ratings smash on "The Apprentice" but not quite as successful as he is.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ The car number is 79; the driver's age is a little higher.

KATE Moss' druggie boyfriend, Pete Doherty, has been arrested just days before he planned to check himself into rehab and get clean. Doherty, 25, was busted in

JAMES Gandolfini (above) lost a fianc?e but gained a new role. The "Sopranos" heavyweight was dumped by Lora Somoza, for whom he left his wife, Marcy, in 2000,

LOS ANGELES, Feb 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Two Los Angeles residents are suing teen actress Lindsay Lohan for allegedly injuring them in

NEW YORK, Feb 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Katie Couric and Heidi Klum kicked off New York's Olympus Fashion Week Friday by unveiling a

LOS ANGELES, Feb 04, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Michael Jackson's ex-wife is fighting the accused child molester for custody of their two



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