Entertainment 2005: What Might Have Been (AP)

Tom Cruise embraces fiancee Katie Holmes during the red-carpet arrivals for the United States premiere of Steven Spielberg's movie War of the Worlds, in New York, in a Thursday, June 23, 2005 photo.  (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)AP - It may not have been evident at the time, but when Tom Cruise was leaping up and down on Oprah Winfrey's couch, he was like a piston, churning the wheels of fate.


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Murder Charges Against Rapper Dropped (AP)

Rapper Gucci Mane leaves the DeKalb County Jail with his attorney Dennis Scheib, left, after he negotiated a $100,000 bond in Decatur, Ga. in this Tuesday, May 24, 2005 file photo. Murder charges against  Mane were dropped on Friday.   DeKalb County prosecutors said their was a lack of evidence to try Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, for murder in the shooting death of Henry Lee Clark III, a Macon rapper, on May 10.  (AP Photo/Ric Feld)AP - Prosecutors dropped murder charges against rapper Gucci Mane on Friday, saying they did not have enough evidence to try him in the slaying of another rapper.


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Rapper Obie Trice Shot on Detroit Freeway (AP)

AP - Obie Trice was shot early Saturday while driving on a city highway, police said. Trice, a Detroit native and protege of Eminem, was on the Lodge Freeway at about 1:10 a.m. when his vehicle was shot at by someone in another car, said Michigan State Police Sgt. Mario Gonzales.

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Jamie Foxx to Ring in 2006 in South Beach (AP)

AP - Jamie Foxx will spend New Year’s Eve at a swanky South Beach hotel performing songs off his newly released album.

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Warwick subject of musical tribute (Reuters)

Reuters - Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson
will be among the artists participating in a tribute to Dionne
Warwick.

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It’s all in the family for DVD business (Reuters)

(L to R) Lifesize characters Frozone, Elastigirl, and Mr. Incredible, from the new Pixar Animation Studios film 'The Incredibles' strike a superhero pose for photographers, at the film's premiere in Hollywood, October 24, 2004. Family entertainment reigns supreme on the 2005 year-end home video charts. The widescreen edition of 'The Incredibles' (Walt Disney Home Entertainment/Buena Vista Home Entertainment) earns the No. 1 position on the Top DVD Sales Titles year-end chart, and the top 10 also includes six other family-oriented titles. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Family entertainment reigns
supreme on the 2005 year-end home video charts.


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TV Violence Researcher, 86, Dies of Cancer (AP)

AP - George Gerbner, a researcher who for decades studied violence on television and how it shapes perceptions of society, has died. He was 86.

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Disney applies ESPN model to broadband strategy (Reuters)

The cast of 'Desperate Housewives', Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Nicolette Sheridan present at the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles September 18, 2005. ESPN parent the Walt Disney Co is out to replicate its success in the broadband Internet market as it pursues on-demand delivery of content ranging from sports and news to hit TV shows like 'Lost' and 'Desperate Housewives.' (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - For years ESPN has thrived as one
of the most lucrative franchises on U.S. cable TV, commanding
high license fees for the loyal viewers who expect to see the
sports network in their basic subscription packages.


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Cirque du Soleil takes arena bow with ‘Delirium’ (Reuters)

Reuters - Cirque du Soleil is taking its
artistry out from under the big top for “Delirium.”

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The Duo Seeks Out the ‘Great Accident’ (AP)

This publicity photo, released by the Benevento/Russo Duo, shows the group during their performance at the Borgata Music Box in Atlantic, City, N. J., Dec. 26, 2005,  featuring Marco Benevento, left, on keyboards and Joe Russo, far right, on drums. Mike Gordon joined them on bass. (AP Photo/Benevento/Russo Duo,  Michael Didonna)AP - This is a town built on chance, and that suits Marco Benevento and Joe Russo just fine.


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