In the 15 years since he helped establish James Madison University's Children's Playshop, Bill Buck has watched the summer stock theater come full circle. "I've seen children who came the first year now going to college," said Buck, director of JMU's School of Theatre and Dance. "Entire families ...

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• DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show....



• Taylor Hicks to play Teen Angel in Broadway's `Grease'
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Taylor Hicks is going from "Idol" to "Angel."...



• Country star Shania Twain, husband splitting up
  TORONTO (AP) -- Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup....



• Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence in LA
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month....



• Cannes balances glamor with `Blindness'
  CANNES, France (AP) -- Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener." With "Blindness," the opening night entry at the Cannes Film Festival, the Brazilian director exposes the world's ultimate savages: your friends and neighbors....



• Wiretap victims grateful private eye is convicted
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The nine-week trial of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano often had seamy plot lines and suspense worthy of a movie: death threats, offers of murder and extramarital affairs....



• Jolie, pregnant with twins, stays cool at Cannes
  CANNES, France (AP) -- Angelina Jolie, pregnant with twins, has some secrets for staying serene at the Cannes Film Festival: get her partner, Brad Pitt, to baby-sit, and wear comfy shoes on the red carpet....



• R. Kelly jury complete as sides argue racial makeup
  CHICAGO (AP) -- Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines....



• Rapper DMX enters not guilty plea
  PHOENIX (AP) -- DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor (real name: Earl Simmons) at a brief court hearing Thursday. Simmons was late for court....



• USOC still working on TV network for Beijing
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee's aggressive plan to start its own cable network is moving forward, though officials are giving no indications that the network will be on the air before the Beijing Olympics, as the federation had once hoped....

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