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  • Jolie leaves hospital after giving birth
    NICE, France (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has left the French hospital where she gave birth to twins last week, the hospital said on Saturday.



  • "Dark Knight" sets opening day box office record
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros.



  • "Dark Knight" breaks preview record
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.



  • Salma Hayek, Pinault cancel engagement
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to Francois-Henri Pinault, a French businessman and father of her daughter, a representative for Hayek said on Friday.



  • Architectural photographer enjoys revival at 97
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Julius Shulman took a photograph in 1960 that made millions dream of a perfect life: two women seated in a glass house seemingly suspended in mid air as the twinkling lights of Los Angeles beckon below.



  • Rapper Nas set to rule next U.S. album chart
    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Veteran rapper Nas is on course to notch his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when data are issued Wednesday, but sales will likely be considerably lower than those for his previous release.



  • Ed McMahon sues hospital over injury
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed McMahon, the long-time sidekick to talk show host Johnny Carson, sued a Los Angeles hospital on Friday, claiming its doctors failed to diagnose his broken neck after a fall and discharged him without taking an X-ray.



  • Paul Simon sues Japanese clockmaker for using song
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer and songwriter Paul Simon sued a Japanese clockmaker for $5 million for copyright infringement on Friday for claiming the company used one of his songs as a composition on their clocks.



  • Yusuf Islam wins damages for "veiled women" slur
    LONDON (Reuters) - British folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, accepted libel damages and an apology on Friday from a news agency that reported he had refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were not wearing a veil.



  • Spears and Federline reach child custody agreement
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline have settled their long and bitter custody battle over their two sons, but terms of the deal remained confidential, lawyers for both said on Friday.



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