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    Uploads, Not Open Calls

    It's a familiar routine for actors everywhere: Get dressed, check your makeup, fight traffic or subway crowds for an hour or more, then sit in a casting office, poring over sides for the hundredth time as you wait for your name to be called.

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    Who's Pete Townshend Plans New Stage Musical

    Pete Townshend, the 64-year-old guitarist and songwriter for British rock band The Who, says he is at work on a new stage musical about the aging process.

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    Salma Hayek Receiving ALMA Honor

    The stars of "Ugly Betty" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" will be among those lauded at next month's ALMA Awards, which celebrate Latino achievement in entertainment.

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    Jet Li Returns to Chinese Film

    Jet Li returns to Chinese filmmaking to star in his first Chinese-language film since the 2007 Peter Chan-directed epic "The Warlords."

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    YouTube Will Share Ad Revenue with Certain Users

    YouTube announced a change of policy Tuesday that will significantly increase the number of ads that accompany its most popular user-generated content.

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    Talks Between MPTF, Patients at Stalemate

    On Tuesday the MPTF resumed notifying individual patients and families affected by its decision to close a hospital and long-term care facility at its retirement campus in Woodland Hills.

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    Biz Watches, Waits as SAG Taps Leaders

    With the industry still struggling through an economic hangover, Hollywood execs and talent alike soon should get a strong sense of the mood and direction of the rank and file.

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    Retreat and Advance

    Corporate chieftains do it. Governors, senators, and representatives do it. But hey, what about actors? When do they go on retreat—and where?

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    'Basterds' One of Many Tricky Titles

    Quentin Tarantino isn't saying why he spelled the title of his World War II adventure, "Inglourious Basterds," the way he did. The writer-director is enjoying having a little fun with his audience.

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    Antwon Tanner Pleads Guilty in NYC

    "One Tree Hill" actor Antwon Tanner has pleaded guilty to selling more than a dozen Social Security numbers for $10,000.