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One of the best first-person, multiplayer shooter games ever made is back. The award-winning classic "Goldeneye 007" has been updated for the Nintendo Wii with new missions, destructible environments and multiple control scheme options.

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A year after their father Michael Jackson's death, Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson are normal kids full of fun and pranks, devoted to each other and to their grandmother who is their guardian, according to a lawyer who sees them frequently.


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Norah Jones was born Geethali Shankar in Brooklyn on March 30, 1979, to Sue Jones and Ravi Shankar, the legendary Indian sitar player. At the age of 4, she and her mom moved to groovy Grapevine, Texas, where she started singing in the church choir at an early age, while learning to play the piano, guitar and alto saxophone.


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DETROIT (AP) -- Slim Shady's back with a new record.
Michigan-based rapper Eminem's latest sonic offering, ``Recovery,'' is being released on Monday, June 21.

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One of the most-anticipated shows in the Broadway Across America roster has opened in Portland: "The Lion King."


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Arrest comes right before Bonnarroo festival

Rapper Kid Cudi has been arrested on criminal charges in New York City.
Sgt. John Butorn says Cudi was arrested Friday on charges of criminal mischief and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Cudi was scheduled to perform early Saturday at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee. After taking the stage, he said, "I really wanted to be here tonight."
Cudi released his debut album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" in 2009. The Cleveland native also co-stars in the HBO cable television comedy series "How to Make It in America."


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Stage set for battle as ex-wife contests will

A new purported will from deceased actor Gary Coleman has surfaced that could complicate the settling of his estate, according to a news report.
The will filed with 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on Friday names Anna Gray as the beneficiary of his estate, The Salt Lake Tribune reported in its Saturday edition.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- It's often joked that more people like to claim that they were at Woodstock in 1969 than were actually there.
For today's music mega-festivals, thanks to the Internet, such boasting is entirely plausible. And at the Tennessee music festival Bonaroo,  perhaps as many, or more, will watch Jay-Z, the National, Norah Jones and many others at YouTube.com/bonnaroo.


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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Singer R. Kelly said he hopes his new World Cup anthem can inspire people in much the same way as his signature song "I Believe I Can Fly."


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Plus: how to find out 25 more things you didn't know about Lil Jon

Rapper Lil Jon is going on record about why rappers dig rock music, why women dig dance music and why he thinks you should dig his new CD, 'Crunk Rock.'


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