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Cancer-struck Patrick Swayze to write memoir
LOS ANGELES - "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze, who has said he might have only two years to live because of pancreatic cancer, will write a memoir with his wife, his spokeswoman said on Friday. Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, have not named a publisher or set a release date but Swayze's representative, Annett Wolf, confirmed that the actor and Niemi are working on a book.
Sundance films shine spotlight on global struggles
PARK CITY, Utah - A charismatic U.N. diplomat and a determined international prosecutor were profiled at the Sundance Film Festival this week in films highlighting their struggles for justice and nation building. "Sergio" tells of U.N. official Sergio Vieira de Mello, who helped create an independent East Timor before he was killed in Iraq. "The Reckoning" follows International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team as they fight to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
"Idol" David Cook to hit colleges on U.S. tour
LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" champ David Cook is going back to school, announcing a U.S. tour on Friday that will take him to colleges around the nation. Cook's 37-date tour will begin on February 13 at Florida State University in Tallahassee and end on April 25 at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, AOL music Web site www.PopEater.com said.
Mixed feelings for Ledger's family
PERTH - The family of actor Heath Ledger celebrated his posthumous nomination for an Oscar on Friday, but their joy was tempered by the timing, coming as it did on the anniversary of his death in New York last year. Ledger was nominated in Los Angeles on Thursday for his chilling portrayal of the Joker in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight," which went on to be the second highest-grossing movie in history behind "Titanic."
Brendan Fraser masters CGI again in "Inkheart"
LOS ANGELES - In a beachfront hotel room overlooking the Pacific Ocean, actor Brendan Fraser is sipping a cup of tea and having an argument with a nearby lamp. "Leave me alone!" he says. "I told you, you couldn't come here today," he pauses. "Well, go! Jerk."
Indian court stubs out ban on smoking in Bollywood: report
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court on Friday overturned an Indian federal ban on performers smoking in films, saying it restricted creative freedom of expression, PTI news agency reported. "A cinematographic film must reflect the realities of life. Smoking is a reality of life. It may be undesirable but it exists," PTI quoted Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who passed the judgment, as saying.
War, immigration, politics mark foreign Oscar picks
LOS ANGELES - Political themes weigh heavily in three films nominated on Thursday in the Oscars' foreign-language race, with the animated anti-war movie "Waltz with Bashir" in the running to win Israel's first Academy Award. The film recounting Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, coming as the Mideast was convulsed by war in the Gaza Strip, will compete with "The Class" from France, Germany's "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Japan's "Departures" and Austria's "Revanche."
"Milk" screenwriter straddles two clashing worlds
LOS ANGELES - The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Milk," about one of America's first openly gay elected officials, says he first heard of Harvey Milk as a closeted gay teenager who grew up a devout Mormon in Texas. By then, about 10 years had passed since Milk, the charismatic San Francisco gay activist and politician, had been shot and killed, but Dustin Lance Black said Milk's story struck him as a personal inspiration.
Oscar nominations come in tough week for Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood tightened its belt a little more on Thursday even as it announced nominations for the Oscars, the movie industry's most glitzy and prestigious awards. While accolades poured in for Oscar contenders like Walt Disney Co's robot love story "WALL-E," the entertainment company said it was combining two television divisions, ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios, to "address the changing realities of the entertainment landscape."
Mike Myers bomb leads Razzie Award contenders
LOS ANGELES - "The Love Guru," a comedy that Mike Myers spent years developing only to see it flop at the box office last summer, led the contenders for the annual Razzie Awards, a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of the year's worst movies, organizers said on Wednesday. The film, in which the Canadian comic plays a spiritual healer, picked up seven nominations, including worst picture, director and screenplay.
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