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BLOCKBUSTERS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT CANNES

LOS ANGELES — Last year it was the final installment of “Star Wars.” This year it is “The Da Vinci Code.”

With an eye on the international box office, Hollywood studios are choosing the film festival in Cannes to launch some of their biggest blockbusters, ...

‘DA VINCI CODE’ MOVIE SET TO ENTHRALL, APPALL

It may be the last mystery left about “The Da Vinci Code” — how did a work by a near unknown author and sneered at by some of literature’s leading lights ...

METALLICA SINGER: ‘SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ARE HORRIBLE’

LOS ANGELES — Metallica frontman James Hetfield fought back tears on Friday as he recounted his public battle with addiction, and labeled the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll ethos as a “horrible myth.”

The 42-year-old singer/guitarist was being honored ...

IN BRIEF

Wailer Loses Lawsuit

LONDON (Reuters) — Aston “Familyman” Barrett, the bass player for Bob Marley and the Wailers, has lost a $113.6 million lawsuit over ...