George Michael signs big book deal
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In what his publisher calls a record-breaking deal, British pop superstar George Michael is working on a memoir to come out in the fall of 2009.
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George Michael fans are poised to snap up tickets for the singer's forthcoming European stadium tour.
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Pop star George Michael has been found passed out in his car and allegedly in possession of drugs, for the second time this year.
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A bout of laryngitis has forced singer  George Michael to pull out of Sunday's breast cancer awareness  concert organized by ex Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. "He's  devastated to miss the show after all the hard work she's put  into it," said an aide to the former Wham! singer.
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Madonna's daughter has written a story which is featured in a Christmas charity fund-raising book. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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Singer George Michael says a new film about his life is the beginning of a retirement from public view.
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Demand is high for the books of presidential contender Barack Obama.
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Annie Lennox and Cat Stevens join Nelson Mandela to launch a book marking last year's 46664 charity concert.
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X Factor winner Leona Lewis signs a Â£5m record deal in the US with the man who discovered Whitney Houston.
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Vivendi's Universal Music has agreed to   buy BMG Music Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion)   in a long-expected deal that makes the world's biggest seller   of recorded music also the largest in music publishing.
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Elton John appears to have ended his public feud with George Michael, saying, "George and I are fine." Two years ago, John said the former Wham! star was miserable and needed to get out more. Michael responded with a furious open letter saying John was no friend of his.
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Music producer Tony Visconti shares  decades worth of stories in his new book, "Tony Visconti: The  Autobiography -- Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy," which  arrived last month in the United Kingdom via Harper Collins.
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Vivendi's Universal Music has agreed to  buy BMG Music Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion)  in a long-expected deal that makes the world's biggest seller  of recorded music also the largest in music publishing.
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George Michael films a sketch for hit comedy Little Britain. Plus more entertainment news in brief.
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George Michael, who has caused as  much controversy as he has won critical acclaim, kicked off his  first tour in 15 years with a mixture of dance hits, ballads  and political commentary.
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The Office star Ricky Gervais' first children's book is set to become a hit - mainly with adult comedy fans.
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Is Elton John's fortune going multimedia? The British pop star, who usually makes his living tickling the ivories, netted &#36;900,000 Thursday night by auctioning off a collection of photographs taken by some of the world's most famous photographers.