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AP - Hollywood producers sent the clearest sign yet on Monday that they won’t lock out actors if they are unable to agree on a contract before the current pact expires early Tuesday.

AFP - A waxwork model of soul singer Amy Winehouse, replicating her myriad tattoes and beehive hairstyle, will be unveiled in London next month, the general manager of Madame Tussauds museum said Monday.

Reuters - He hired actor Heath Ledger to portray a frightening villain whose chaotic life threatens audiences, and Chris Nolan, director of new Batman movie “The Dark Knight,” says he got exactly what he wanted.

AP - He was the comedian who actually said the seven words you can never say on television, but close friends and family members remembered George Carlin as a man who, when he was off stage, had only a kind word for everyone he met.

AP - The head of the Screen Actors Guild doesn’t want to hear the s-word as a deadline for contract expiration looms.

Reuters - Hollywood’s actors and studios traded last-minute barbs on Sunday, a day before their film and TV labor pact was due to expire with no announcement of a new three-year deal.

Reuters - Ex-golfer Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert were married on Saturday in a seaside ceremony held under a veil of tight security on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

AP - Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony - just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony.

AP - Leonard Pennario, a Grammy-winning pianist and best-selling classical recording artist, has died. He was 83.

E! Online - People were scratching their heads last month when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler said he checked into rehab to recover from foot surgery.