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NEW YORK (AP) — 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

ATHENS (AFP) - Nana Mouskouri has bid adieu to a remarkable half-century in music with a farewell concert in her native Greece at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television star Kelsey Grammer, best known from "Cheers" and his sitcom "Frasier," nearly died after suffering a heart attack last month, he told U.S. showbiz news program "Entertainment Tonight."

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Amazing Kreskin is developing a reality TV show in which he'll help police with unsolved investigations.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Amazing Kreskin is developing a reality TV show in which he'll help police with unsolved investigations.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Veteran comic-book artist Ed Brubaker is spearheading an online live-action series. Brubaker, whose credits include "The Death of Captain America" and "Criminal," has been enlisted by Sony Pictures Television to produce "Angel of Death."

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC is eyeing Patricia Heaton for the lead in "The Middle," a quirky single-camera comedy.

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Actor Jamie Kennedy will produce and Nick Stahl will star in the indie drama "In Northwood."

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Gonzo journalist-screenwriter Evan Wright has moved from American cowboys on the Iraqi frontier to the cocaine cowboys of 1970s Miami.

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Tim Burton and Disney have found their new Alice -- not in Wonderland or down the rabbit hole but Down Under.

NEW YORK (AP) — 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.

DETROIT (Billboard) - There's an odd co-production credit on Nils Lofgren's new album, "The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil." It's for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed away in 1995.

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Grief over the death of Heath Ledger is being blamed for Christian Bale's outburst at a London hotel on the weekend.

'X Files' creator Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson talk about their new film. (July 23)

Miley Cyrus may be the most potent phenomenon in Hollywood and The AP's Samantha Critchell delves into her celebrity style. Get a sneak peek at back to school trends for the tween set. (July 23)

Dayana Mendoza put a promising modeling career on hold to go for - and win - the Miss Universe crown. She gets candid with the AP about eating healthy, plastic surgery and her goals for the future. (July 23)

'X Files' creator Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson talk about their new film. (July 23)

NEW YORK (AP) — 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

NEW YORK - With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore.

LOS ANGELES - More than 30 actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks said Wednesday they have joined to campaign for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors, a move that could eventually break the stalemate with Hollywood studios.

DEAR ABBY: My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. I'm an inveterate punster -- "If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?"

DEAR ABBY: The letter from "No Dogs in the Car" you printed last year (Aug. 6) appeared one day too late for me.

DEAR ABBY: My cousin's 9-year-old son, "Andy," has been living with me for the past few years. Now my husband has been diagnosed with cancer, and I must return Andy to his mother.

07/24/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My wife and I have a loving marriage.

07/18/2008 - DEAR MARGO: What ever happened to raising your children and letting them face the world when they are grown?

07/17/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I'm a 20-something female. At my gym I made the mistake of politely saying hello to a stranger, a 50-ish male, because he said hi to me.

NEW YORK - The bubble might have burst for off-Broadway's "Gazillion Bubbles Show." Someone has stolen the show's specialized soapy bubble solution, which takes two months to make.

MELBOURNE, Australia - A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that's been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won't quit. Then it stops — especially when they try to show city officials or acoustic experts what they're hearing.

MILFORD, Mass. - Dozens of pairs of pantyhose have been left near a Milford school bus stop — causing sheer annoyance in the neighborhood. The pantyhose — sometimes new, sometimes used — has been left on Camp Street for more than two years. They're almost always black and queen sized.

OMAHA, Neb. - Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials say she smelled like cat urine.

SAN DIEGO - The most passionate Spider-Men, Storm Troopers, Harry Potters and other pop-culture fanatics are headed south for their annual pilgrimage. Comic-Con, the country's biggest comic-book convention, begins Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center.

NEW YORK - 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Nick Hogan is moving into the big part of the Big House.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Kate Walsh and Amy Brenneman are engaging in a little private negotiation practice of their own.

LOS ANGELES - More than 30 actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks said Wednesday they have joined to campaign for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors, a move that could eventually break the stalemate with Hollywood studios.