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Reuters - France will not ban skinny models from Paris catwalks but will introduce a voluntary charter to make the fashion industry more aware of the health risks of being very thin, the Health Ministry said on Friday.

AP - The Miss America Pageant has been dropped by Country Music Television, leaving the 86-year-old competition without a TV outlet for the second time in three years.

Reuters - Palestinians launched a campaign on Thursday to enter next year's Eurovision song contest, hoping to go head to head with contestants from Israel and other countries. More Info...  

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AP - City prosecutors said Thursday they will ask a judge to revoke Paris Hilton's probation in a reckless driving case, a move that could lead to a jail term.

AP - Michael Jackson is "a little bit under the weather," but has not sought hospital treatment, his spokeswoman said Thursday. "He is not in the hospital and he has not been in the hospital," Raymone K. Bain said, denying news reports that Jackson was hospitalized for pneumonia.

Reuters - Mark Wahlberg has signed on to star in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller "The Happening" for 20th Century Fox. The studio has grabbed June 13, 2008, as its release date. More Info...  

Reuters - The leading investor proxy advisory service urged shareholders in Clear Channel Communications Inc. on Thursday to vote against a $19 billion management-backed buyout bid, in a major setback for the deal. More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. soccer might be hoping for a surge in popularity with the arrival of English star David Beckham, but some fashion critics are also hoping he can teach U.S. sports stars a thing or two about clothes.

AP - Ernest Hemingway, the self-appointed "Papa" of the literary world, liked calling his women friends "daughter," among them Marlene Dietrich, according to letters that suggest their bond was steadfast, passionate and likely platonic.

AP - George Clooney personally responded Thursday to rumors circulated by two gossip Web sites. The Oscar winner sent a note to Radaronline.com and Defamer.com. Both sites hinted this week that Clooney was responsible for releasing outtakes from the movie "I (Heart) Huckabees" that show director David O. Russell yelling at actress Lily Tomlin.

AP - Hollywood's starmakers always are on the lookout for a fresh new face and they found one in Mae Laborde, albeit of the wrinkled variety. The 97-year-old Laborde is just four years into her acting career and hotter than ever. Standing 4-feet-10, with snow-white hair, rosy-red cheeks and a sweet-as-peaches-and-cream smile, she's becoming TV's ubiquitous grandma.

Reuters - Real estate mogul Donald Trump will remain in the TV beauty contest business for three more years under a renewed deal with NBC for broadcasts of the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants, the network said on Wednesday. More Info...  

Reuters - The U.S. Postal Service turned to the characters of "Star Wars" for inspiration on

Reuters - The reunited Smashing Pumpkins will end their six-and-a-half year hiatus on May 22 when they play a theater show in Paris, the first date of a tour of European festivals, a spokesman said on Wednesday. More Info...  

Reuters - Many young men come to Hollywood to act, but former child star Joseph Gordon-Levitt had to leave to learn what it truly means to be an actor.

AP - Scott Weiland's wife said an imbalance of medications for bipolar disorder caused rowdy behavior that left hotel rooms trashed and led to her arrest for allegedly torching the Velvet Revolver rocker's clothes.

AP - The memoir of tennis sensation, gossip column favorite and philanthropist Andre Agassi, a book strongly desired by numerous publishers, has been acquired by Alfred A. Knopf.

AP - What picture shows a dramatic gold and orange sky and a teenage boy in glasses reaching upward?

AP - Foxy Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged scuffle at a beauty supply store in Pembroke Pines.

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AP - Bubbly 8-year-old Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, will make her debut this summer as a nature-loving TV host.