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Report: Angelina Jolie Says Ready to Give up Acting

Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie says she plans to give up acting after a "few more" films and switch her focus to directing.

Jolie walked the red carpet in Sydney with husband Brad Pitt this week at the premiere of her new movie, World War II epic "Unbroken", which was filmed in Australia.

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Adrien Brody Fashion Forward for Pirelli Calendar

Adrien Brody has long had a flair for fashion, but don't mistake the beard the actor is currently sporting as a bow to trend. It's for his latest movie role as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in the upcoming film "Emperor."

The Oscar-winning actor told a black tie gala to celebrate the 2015 Pirelli calendar that he's "Charles V by day, Adrien Brody by night."

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Timberlake Becomes Co-Owner of Audio Tech Company

Justin Timberlake wants to make sure you have a 20/20 sound experience when you listen to music: He's now a co-owner of the audio technology company AfterMaster Audio Labs, Inc.

AfterMaster, a subsidiary of Studio One Media Inc., announced Wednesday that the Grammy-winning pop star will join the company, which focuses on enhancing and re-mastering audio quality. Its website showcases examples of songs pre- and post-AfterMaster enhancement, including Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off."

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Netflix Postpones Bill Cosby Special Amid Scandal

A planned Bill Cosby special on Netflix has been postponed, the video streaming service said late Tuesday amid mounting claims the respected U.S. entertainer assaulted a string of women over the years.

"At this time we are postponing the launch of the new stand-up comedy special Bill Cosby 77," Netflix said in a statement.

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Thor Star Chris Hemsworth Named World's Sexiest Man

Australian actor and "Thor" avenger Chris Hemsworth is the world's sexiest man, the U.S. magazine People said Thursday.

The honor was announced on the late night U.S. TV show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and the magazine itself.

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Sony Takes Hard Look at Streaming after Taylor Swift Snub

A Sony executive said Tuesday the firm was taking a hard look at music streaming services after pop star Taylor Swift yanked her songs from industry giant Spotify.

The U.S. artist -- whose album "1989", featuring the dance tune "Shake It Off," sold more in the first week than any album in a dozen years in the United States -- withdrew her songs over a payments dispute.

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Pharrell Williams, Plant to Play Latin Lollapaloozas

Robert Plant and Pharrell Williams will be among the Lollapalooza headliners in March in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, among the first dates on the global festival calendar.

The South American editions of Lollapalooza, which started as a traveling alternative rock festival before finding a permanent home in Chicago and expanding overseas, will take place in Santiago on March 14-15, in Buenos Aires on March 21-22 and in Sao Paulo on March 28-29.

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Neil Young Vows Starbucks Boycott over GMO Suit

Rock icon Neil Young has pledged to stop drinking at Starbucks over an industry challenge to laws on genetically modified crops, but the coffee giant says the charges are false.

The Canadian songwriter and environmental activist urged his fans to put pressure on Starbucks over a lawsuit filed by an industry group against the U.S. state of Vermont, the first state to pass a law requiring labels on genetically modified products.

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Jolie Says 'Unbroken' an Antidote to Hate and Violence

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said Tuesday she wanted her World War II epic 'Unbroken', which was filmed in Australia, to act as an antidote to the violence and hate in the world.

Jolie thrilled fans when she walked the red carpet with husband Brad Pitt for the Sydney premiere of the movie, which is based on the true story of a U.S. Olympic athlete turned Japanese prisoner of war.

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'Dumb and Dumber To' Tops Box Office with $38.1M

At the movies, idiocy never goes out of style.

Twenty years after the 1994 original, "Dumb and Dumber To" opened with $38.1 million at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Universal sequel debuted almost exactly two decades after the Farrelly brothers first introduced the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels low-IQ duo.

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