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Most people know him as Tony the Wine Distributor. He has been bottling wines for nine years, but recently decided to put his daughter’s name on the label - with her blessing. There are five varieties: Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir,…

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Internet ratio stations such as Pandora and Live 365 and those on Yahoo! and Rhapsody will go silent tomorrow to protest rising royalty rates that go into effect July 15, reports Mike Snider. The increases will put many Webcasters out…

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Germany is saying no to Tom Cruise. The Defense Ministry said today it will not allow Cruise’s movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler to film at German military sites because Cruise is a Scientologist. The German government does…

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He’s usually described as acerbic. So it’s a good bet the voice in his new novel will be, too. Comic/actor/author Richard Belzer has just signed a two-book deal with Simon Schuster to write a mystery series featuring the author as…

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Isn’t it kind of amazing that after all that talk about wanting to be the next Price is Right host, now Rosie O’Donnell is out of the running? I don’t need the money, she says on her blog. And although…

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This just in: NBC has named former ‘N Syncer Joey Fatone as the host of The Singing Bee, a new game show that’s being rushed on the air next month to beat Fox’s similar Don’t Forget the Lyrics — by…

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Gerard Butler, star of 300, will next play a mobster. Shooting began last week in London on RocknRolla, the new movie from Madonna’s husband, Guy Ritchie. Also in the cast: Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Ludacris…

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Stars are usually seen in commercials for new perfumes or jeans. Maybe watches. Now, Nicole Kidman is the new face of Nintendo. She’ll be seen in ads launching this week — both in print and on TV — throughout Europe…

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A wisecracking, chipper-sounding Jimmy Kimmel was back at his desk today doing fine following surgery to have his appendix removed. They removed it. They threw it in the ocean and I’m back. He said he got the operation late Wednesday,…

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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, an organization of women who write professionally about film — including our own Susan Wloszczyna — was not happy about the American Film Institute’s 100 Years, 100 Films list for not including women directors….

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Matt Lauer swears he isn’t a royals guy, but he’ll be the host Sunday night for the Concert for Diana, an edited one-hour special covering the six-hour concert happening at Wembley Stadium that day. It will air on NBC at…

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