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Although the BET Awards doled out awards to some of entertainment's most celebrated performers on Tuesday night, from Beyonce to Jennifer Hudson, it was the show's tributes to living legends and recently departed giants that evoked the most emotion.Lifetime achievement honoree Diana Ross urged younger performers to "keep it classy" and refrain from foul behavior. A tearful Patti LaBelle joined an all-star tribute to R&B crooner Gerald Levert, who died last year. And fists pumped in the air as hi...

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Pixar Animation will serve no rodent before its time.The outfit behind such animated smashes as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" has a simple secret: The company takes its time and lets a story mature to its finest.That includes the new "Ratatouille," the tale of a rat that gets an unlikely chance to do what he loves most -- cook in a French restaurant in Paris.Unlike "Shrek the Third," the animated sequel that grabbed big audiences but was dismissed by critics as a tired aftert...

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"The doctor will see you now," says a Hollywood publicist as she opens a door for a reporter at Los Angeles city hall.Alone inside a conference room there is Michael Moore, who has just finished speaking at a rally outside with supporters of universal health coverage for Americans.An Academy Award winner for the 2002 gun-control documentary "Bowling for Columbine" and the filmmaker behind 2004's President Bush-bashing "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore returns with "Sicko," his dissection of the nation's ...

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Fifteen years ago, Donnie Wahlberg was performing in front of thousands of screaming, prepubescent girls. Last Friday, he was repeating the same five minutes of dialogue for several hours in front of an audience of a few dozen.

"There's nothing like being on stage in front of 50,000 people, and it's just mass hysteria," Donnie said while on the Lawrenceville set of "The Kill Point," a Spike TV series set in Pittsburgh. But the 37-year-old New Kid on the Block-turned-actor said he prefers his thespian side, which gives him a "different kind of rush" than the screaming throngs of fans.

It's not the first time Donnie has played an authority figure. His credits include Detective Eric Matthews in "Saw II" and "III"; Det. Joel Stevens in the critically acclaimed "Boomtown" TV series; and Det. Jim Lipton in "Dead Silence," the horror film released earlier this year.

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