• Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan to reunite for 'Rush Hour 3' movie

  November 21, 2005
  Stars Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan plus director Brett Ratner are all on board for "Rush Hour 3," it was reported Monday.

• Jackie Chan wins Chinese Golden Rooster Best Actor Award

  November 13, 2005
  Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan took the Chinese Golden Rooster Best Actor Award in Hainan Sunday for his role in "New Police Story."

• Biopsied woman awakes to find head on fire

  October 26, 2005
  Cancer patient Jackie Day has sued Swedish Medical Center in Seattle for setting her head and face on fire during biopsy surgery, a report said.

• Mary Tyler Moore to appear on three episodes of 'That '70s Show'

  August 24, 2005
  Mary Tyler Moore will return to her old studio lot to shoot three episodes for Fox TV's "That '70s Show," the network announced Wednesday.

• ESPN formally announces pickup of 'The Contender', second season to premiere in April 2006

  August 11, 2005
  Confirming the recent public statements of ESPN executives, Mark Burnett Productions, DreamWorks Television, and the cable sports giant announced today that the network will become the new broadcast home of The Contender, last winter's critically-acclaimed but low-rated reality boxing series that NBC canceled after only a single season.

• Actor/director Howard Morris dead at age 85

  May 24, 2005
  Comedic actor, director and voice-over artist Howard Morris who rose to fame in the 1950s has died at his Hollywood home at the age of 85.

• Report: Chris Tucker to sign 'Rush Hour 3' deal

  May 5, 2005
  A third "Rush Hour" movie is ready to go, with Chris Tucker expected to sign a two-picture, $40 million deal, Daily Variety reported Thursday.
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  Peter Manfredo cuts and ousts Joey Gilbert in NBC's eleventh 'Contender' episode

  May 2, 2005
  On the eleventh episode of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, the "Italian Clan" coalition (aka the "Gutless Four" for their penchant to fight easy fights, unlike the rest of the boxers) were forced to begin fighting each other, with two spots in the semifinals at stake. In the first such fight, lawyer, former NCAA boxing champion and Sylvester Stallone nutrition endorser Joey Gilbert (now 9-1, 7 KOs) was defeated by Peter Manfredo (now 23-1, 10 KOs) in a split decision after the bout was stopped early due to a severe cut suffered by Joey as a result of an accidental head butt.

• Nelly's half-sister dies of leukemia, tour dates postponed

  March 25, 2005
  The half-sister of hip-hop star Nelly, has died of acute myelogenous leukemia at a St. Louis hospital.
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  Najai Turpin and Jeff Fraza depart 'The Contender', as Peter Manfredo Jr returns

  March 21, 2005
  In the fourth episode of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, chicken pox ended up giving one boxer a second chance, while two other boxers left without the $1 million first prize.

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