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Front Page: Disney-Pixar, Universal close out hot June -- Disney-Pixar summer tentpole "Wall-E" and Universal's turbo-charged Angelina Jolie starrer "Wanted" should fuel a continued winning streak at the June box office as they open this weekend, capping an unexpectedly strong month in terms of theater traffic.

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Front Page: Top 10 finalists for drama, comedy -- Critical cable darlings "The Wire," "Mad Men," "Flight of the Conchords" and "Damages" are one step closer to an Emmy -- while "Family Guy" may be on the way to breaking the kudofest's animation barrier.

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Front Page: Video download service set for summer -- Sony is launching its long-promised video download service on the PlayStation 3 this summer, though it has yet to get most of Hollywood aboard.

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Front Page: NBC reality show a step behind Fox's 'Dance' -- Broadcast TV's already-crowded midweek reality field welcomed another promising newbie on Wednesday, as NBC's controversial "The Baby Borrowers" opened to solid numbers.

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Front Page: Broadcast radio required to pay artists -- Musicians and record labels took a major first step toward winning a performance royalty as a House subcommittee passed a bill that would require such payment from broadcast radio.

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Front Page: Victim's family had filed a $105 million lawsuit -- NBC News has settled a $105 million lawsuit alleging that an episode of "Dateline NBC -- To Catch a Predator" had caused a man to kill himself. Terms were undisclosed.

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Front Page: Actor to replace Chris Noth on USA series -- Jeff Goldblum is set to replace Chris Noth next season on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

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Front Page: Greek projects create Hollywood toga party -- Relativity Media and Warner Bros. are racing to the starting line on rival sword-and-sandal sagas. The Greek mythology clash got under way when Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for "War of Gods."

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Front Page: 'Real World' producer taking over reality show -- Bunim-Murray is close to signing on as the new producers behind "Project Runway." The "Real World" producer has been in talks with The Weinstein Co. for weeks about taking over the gig in time for the hit reality show's sixth season - and first on Lifetime.

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Front Page: Actors' union fires right back at ICG -- With the Screen Actors Guild's contract talks showing negligible progress, the Intl. Cinematographers Guild has blasted SAG's leadership -- and SAG has hit back hard.

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