- Virgin to Launch Download Service. Virgin Media and Universal will partner to offer an all-you-can-download MP3 service for a flat rate, the companies announced today; early estimates are between $20 and $30 per month. The service, which would launch sometime next year, is a seen as a last-ditch effort to battle Apple's iTunes hegemony, and also to deter piracy. [Reuters]
- Slow Weekend for the Box Office. Poor Eddie Murphy-- his second straight box-office bomb came this weekend in the form of Imagine That, which couldn't crack the top five and pulled in less than $6 million. And the weekend's big-budget thriller offering, a remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, also fared poorly, opening in third place behind Up (second with $30.5 million) and The Hangover (first in its second weekend with $33.4 million). [New York Times]
- Carradine Funeral Draws "Kill Bill" Cast and More. Actor David Carradine, 72, was finally laid to rest Sunday in Los Angeles, where hundreds attended his private funeral. The cause of his death is still under investigation, though an independent forensics expert has determined that it was not a suicide, as originally reported by Thai authorities. [Los Angeles Times]
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