Rolling Stones to Hold Concert in China (AP)

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, during part of their 'Bigger Bang' tour.(AP Photo/Roberto Velazquez)AP - The Rolling Stones will hold their first-ever concert in China in April, Chinese promoters said Tuesday, three years after canceling a pair of shows on the mainland because of the SARS outbreak.


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Master P Faces Trial on Gun Charges (AP)

Rapper Master P poses in New York,in this file photo from Nov. 9, 2001. A day after appearing on the 'Dancing With the Stars' finale, Master P headed to court Monday, Feb.27, 2006 where a judge ordered the rap mogul and his younger brother to stand trial on weapons charges. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper,File)AP - A day after appearing on the "Dancing With the Stars" finale, Master P headed to court Monday where a judge ordered the hip-hop mogul and his younger brother to stand trial on weapons charges.


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Smithsonian Preparing for Hip-Hop Exhibit (AP)

In this photo released by the Smithsonian Institution, a mixer and hat belonging to Hip Hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash is shown in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2006. A turntable is among other hip-hop relics such as vinyl records, microphones and boom boxes that will be donated by their owners to National Museum of American History officials for a permanent collection that trace hip-hop's origins in the Bronx borough of New York in the 1970s to its current global reach. (AP Photo/The Smithsonian Institution, Hugh Talman)AP - For nearly three decades, hip-hop relics such as vinyl records, turntables, microphones and boom boxes have collected dust in boxes and attics.


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Tyra Banks Does More Than Talk on TV Show (AP)

Supermodel Tyra Banks arrives for the LG Mariah Carey and Jermaine Dupri Post Grammy Party at a private residence in this file photo from Feb. 8, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Banks really throws herself into her job as a talk show host, often in ways only a recently retired supermodel can. On Wednesday's show, for instance, Banks will be shown going 'undercover' as a stripper at a topless club, although the former Victoria's Secret model stops short of complete disclosure. In the past, she's posed as a Las Vegas showgirl and used her face as canvas for makeup lessons. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok,File)AP - Tyra Banks really throws herself into her job as a talk-show host, often in ways only a recently retired supermodel can.


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Hilary Swank Is Muse of Upcoming Perfume (AP)

Actress Hilary Swank arrives for the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Swank will be both muse and spokesperson for a new women's fragrance by Guerlain to be launched later this year, the luxury French fragrance and beauty company announced Monday, Feb. 27, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - Hilary Swank will be both muse and spokesperson for a new women's fragrance by Guerlain to be launched later this year.


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Ex-Playmate Smith Faces Supreme Court (AP)

Anna Nicole Smith, wearing a pale pink top with the word ``Spoiled'' beaded across it, leaves court after testifying in the probate trial of the estate of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, in Houston. The U.S. Supreme Court will focus on the narrow question of whether federal courts can decide cases involving state probate proceedings when it holds a hearing on the 11-year battle over the estate of oil entrepreneur J. Howard II. (AP Photo/Carlos Antonio Rios, Pool, file)AP - Dressed in all black, former stripper turned weight-loss promoter Anna Nicole Smith fought her way through a throng of photographers and autograph-seekers Tuesday on her way to a Supreme Court showdown in her bid to inherit her late husband's fortune.


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Comcast, IFC partner for “day-date” film releases (Reuters)

Reuters - The controversial
“day-and-date” film-release strategy, in which movies hit the
big screen and video simultaneously, to the chagrin of theater
owners, is getting its next test case.

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Shakespeare at his political best with “Measure” (Reuters)

Reuters - Simon McBurney’s riveting
modern dress production of “Measure to Measure” at the National
Theater renders Shakespeare’s play about the corrosively
seductive nature of power dazzlingly pertinent.

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Paris Catwalks Pit Theory Versus Practice (AP)

A model presents an ensemble as part of the Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2006/2007 collection by Dutch designers Viktor and Rolf, in Paris, Monday Feb. 27, 2006.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Concept clothing faced off against real-world dressing on the Paris catwalk on Monday, as Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf deconstructed the cocktail dress while French designer Isabel Marant offered trendy clothes for women on the go.


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‘Da Vinci Code’ Court Case Opens in London (AP)

Michael Baigent, co-author of the book 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,' arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for a legal case taken out against author Dan Brown, author of the book 'The Da Vinci Code', Monday Feb. 27, 2006. Lawyers acting for the two authors of 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,' a nonfiction title that suggested Jesus fathered children and didn't die during the Crucifixion, claim writer Dan Brown of 'The Da Vinci Code' stole their carefully researched arguments to weave into his fictional best-seller narrative. The writers' civil action against publisher Random House, said their book is one of at least 10 source texts Brown consulted, but said he had a 'heavy reliance' on their work. (AP Photo)AP - It's the latest twist for the mega-selling conspiracy thriller "The Da Vinci Code": a lawsuit against the book's publisher for breach of copyright that could taint the novel and delay the much-anticipated movie version.


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