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Nov 19 2009 05:25 AM ET

EMI strikes deal with Hulu

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EMI Music has struck a deal with Hulu that will allow videos and concert footage featuring the label’s artists to be distributed on the website, according to the Los Angles Times. The partnership will launch with exclusive footage of Norah Jones performing in New York.

Nov 5 2009 05:25 AM ET

Jennifer Beals to appear in 'The Night Before the Night Before Christmas'

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L Word actress Jennifer Beals will star in the Hallmark Channel film The Night Before the Night Before Christmas, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the family film Santa Claus crash-lands on a family’s roof.

Oct 29 2009 05:55 AM ET

NBC cancels 'Trauma'

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NBC’s new medical drama Trauma will not be picked up, according to Variety. Production on the show will be halted after its 13-episode order is completed.

Oct 29 2009 05:54 AM ET

Screening firm sues over Ryan Jenkins case

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Collective Intelligence, the firm employed by VH1 to run a background check on reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins, has launched a law suit against the company to which it outsourced the job, according to the Washington Post. Before his suicide in August the Canadian Jenkins, a contestant on Megan Wants A Millionaire, was wanted by police investigating the murder of model Jasmine Fiore. Collective Intelligence says that it doesn’t conduct criminal background checks outside the US and outsourced the job to the Canadian company Staightline International, which it is now suing because the apparent murder-suicide has caused Collective Intelligence to lose business. Straightline International declined to comment to EW.

Oct 25 2009 09:52 PM ET

Warner Bros. circle peacock movie

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Warner Bros. is negotiating to buy a pitch for an animated movie about a peacock, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The pitch is by writers Austin Winsberg and Heath Corson.

Oct 24 2009 05:00 PM ET

Michael Jackson-themed dancing world record attempt to take place later today

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An attempt to break a record for simultaneous dancing will take place this afternoon at 8.30 eastern time when Michael Jackson fans around the world ape his moves from the video for “Thriller.” It is expected dancers in the US, Australia, Germany, Russia, and Pakistan will all take part in the attempt. In a similar event last year, 4,179 people in 52 cities simultaneously performed the six-minute dance routine, according to Montreal’s Gazette.

Oct 22 2009 05:59 AM ET

Paul McCartney to tour Europe in December

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Paul McCartney will play a seven-date tour of Europe in December, according to the Associated Press. The tour will include shows in London, Paris, Dublin, and the Beatles’ old stomping ground of Hamburg.

Oct 22 2009 05:58 AM ET

'To Kill a Mockingbird' star Collin Wilcox Paxton dies

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Actress Collin Wilcox Paxton has died of brain cancer at the age of 74, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She was best known for playing Mayella Violet Ewell in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird, but also appeared on a number of TV shows including The Twilight Zone and Columbo.

Oct 22 2009 05:58 AM ET

Corinne Bailey Rae will release new album in February

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British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae will release her new album, The Sea, on February 2, according to People. It will be the first CD she has put out since the death of her husband, Jason, in March 2008.

Oct 22 2009 05:57 AM ET

Nicole Kidman testifies on movie violence

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Nicole Kidman told a House Foreign Affairs subcommitte in Washington on Wednesday that the film industry has “probably” played a bad role in its depiction of violence against women, according to the Associated Press. Kidman was appearing before the subcommittee in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Fund for Women to promote the International Violence Against Women Act.

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