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Reuters - Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie “Black Swan,” the opening picture at this year’s Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance “elevates her … to a major star.”

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AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon’s office affairs, city Correction Department records show.

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AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.

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AP - Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie “Pledge This!” about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

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Reuters - Eminem led Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with “Love the Way You Lie,” while Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.”

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Reuters - Independent filmmaker Lee Daniels got a big push for his movie “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers after the film’s Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2009.

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Reuters - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the “Crocodile Dundee” movies, has struck a deal with Australia’s tax office which will allow him to return home to his family in Los Angeles, his lawyer said on Friday.

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AP - The first week of the final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will include a selection for Oprah’s Book Club.

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AFP - Searchers in the Northern Cascade mountains have found two packs belonging to the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum, but are still seeking the missing climber, authorities said.

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AFP - A French climber dubbed “Spiderman” for scaling skyscrapers without ropes or equipment pleaded not guilty Friday to putting lives at risk after his latest stunt in Australia.

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