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“Twilight” star Stewart to play rocker Joan Jett (Reuters)

Cast member Kristen Stewart waves at the premiere of the movie 'Twilight' at the Mann Village and Bruin theatres in Westwood, California November 17, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Fresh from the box-office success of “Twilight,” Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in “The Runaways,” the rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band.


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Longtime employees set to run Shubert Organization (AP)

AP - The powerful Shubert Organization, Broadway’s largest landlord, has looked to two of its longtime employees to run the company as well as its foundation, following the death of its chairman, Gerald Schoenfeld, last week.

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Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Bain to buy into China film firm (Reuters)

The trading price of $16.03 for Morgan Stanley (MS) rolls across the stock ticker on the Morgan Stanley headquarters building in New York's Time's Square September 18, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Investment funds of Wall Street banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley and private equity giant Bain Capital plan to invest a combined at least $30 million in a Chinese movie distributor soon, chairman of the distributor Poly Bona told Reuters on Wednesday.


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Civil rights beacon, folk singer Odetta, dead at 77 (Reuters)

Odetta pictured at New York's Radio City Music Hall, February 7, 2003. (Jeff Christensen REUTERS/Reuters)Reuters - Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a sound track to the American civil rights movement, has died aged 77, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.


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Nielsen offers second-by-second viewership data (Reuters)

Reuters - Television audience tracking firm the Nielsen Company has begun offering second-by-second viewership data to the first TV client to sign up for the service, providing insight into how many viewers watch each commercial, the company said on Tuesday.

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