• Final 'Sopranos' holdouts Steven Van Zandt and Tony Sirico sign deals

  July 3, 2006
  Steven "Silvo Dante" Van Zandt and Tony "Paulie Walnuts" Sirico will join their castmates for the final eight episodes of HBO's "The Sopranos."

• Bush town clashes over opera house plan

  June 29, 2006
  The bush town of Dubbo, Australia, wants to build a $14 million theater to attract more doctors and lawyers to the community.
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  'Idol 3' winner Fantasia Barrino drops out of Rochester Musicfest

  June 28, 2006
  Former "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino will not be headlining the Rochester Musicfest, which takes place in Rochester, N.Y. July 7-9.
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  ESPN reveals the identities of its 'The Contender 2' boxers

  June 27, 2006
  ESPN, Mark Burnett Productions, and DreamWorks Television have revealed the identities of the sixteen boxers who will compete on the second season of The Contender, which will premiere Tuesday, July 18 at 10PM ET/PT on ESPN.

• HBO's 'Entourage' television show runs fake 'Aquaman' movie ad

  June 21, 2006
  Readers of Variety might think they were in the dark about the biggest movie of the year, but it was a case of television hyping the fake film "Aquaman."

• Emmanuelle Chriqui says 'Entourage' faithfully represents Hollywood

  June 18, 2006
  Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui says the HBO series "Entourage" faithfully represents Hollywood.

• Brazilian comedian Claudio Besserman Vianna dies at World Cup

  June 17, 2006
  Beloved Brazilian comedian Claudio Besserman Vianna died Saturday in Munich, Germany, while playing soccer with friends, O Globo TV reported.

• 'The Sopranos' actors remain unsigned, question characters' future

  June 15, 2006
  With filming for the final season of the "The Sopranos" about to begin in New Jersey, key actors remain unsigned and their characters are in limbo.
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  NBC's 'Last Comic Standing 4' reveals its twelve finalists

  June 14, 2006
  After two episodes covering its open auditions and two more broadcasts that chronicled its Los Angeles semifinals round, last night's Last Comic Standing 4 broadcast ended with the NBC reality show revealing the identities of this season's twelve finalists.

• HBO's 'Deadwood' to end with two movies in lieu of fourth season

  June 5, 2006
  HBO's Western drama series Deadwood will wrap up with a pair of two-hour television movies instead of a fourth season.

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