Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill (AP)

AP – Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

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Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model (AP)

AP – An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia’s top role model for young Muslims.

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It’s official: Chelsea Clinton ties the knot (AFP)

AFP – Chelsea Clinton has married her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, the Clinton family said, ending weeks of secretive build-up about the former first daughter’s wedding.

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Chelsea Clinton tying the knot in lavish, secretive wedding (AFP)

AFP – After weeks of secrecy, the marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s only daughter Chelsea to her Wall Street banker beau finally got underway Saturday at a lavish, A-list bash in rural New York.

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Britain’s Prince Charles urges ’sustainability revolution’ (AFP)

AFP – Prince Charles on Saturday urged Britain to tackle “possibly the greatest challenge humanity has faced” by creating a more sustainable future.

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Schreker’s opera ‘Distant Sound’ heard at Bard (AP)

AP – His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

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Italian screenwriter Cecchi d’Amico dies at 96 (AFP)

AFP – Suso Cecchi d’Amico, the favourite screenwriter of director Luchino Visconti best known for her work on “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Leopard”, died in Rome aged 96, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported Saturday.

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Movie tax cuts ‘help struggling California economy’ (AFP)

AFP – A year-old program granting movie studios tax breaks for filming in California has saved jobs and should yield two billion dollars in direct spending, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.

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Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)

AP – Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.

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Rush iPhone app sure to drum up interest (Appolicious)

Appolicious – The $2.99 Rush iPhone app is one I can get behind because I like Rush. As any self-respecting drummer has, I have watched videos of Neil Peart playing, drooled over pictures of his drum kit, and tuned in to his beats when listening to Rush songs.

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