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Daniel Craig stars in director Jon Favreau's new film, "Cowboys & Aliens," which will have its world premiere this week at Comic-Con in San Diego. "The right piece of material at that place, it will blast you into the stratosphere," Mr. Favreau said. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this July 7, 2011 file photo, U.S. singer Lady Gaga gives a press conference ahead of her showcase concert at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Gaga's YouTube account was suspended Thursday, July 14, 2011. The notice read that the suspension was due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, file )

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Contrary to shrill press reports, Sarah Palin's biographic film "The Undefeated" had a respectable opening in 10 theaters during a weekend test engagement, with wider distribution to follow later this month. (Image courtesy of Victory Film Group)

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Actor Denis Leary (right) looks at an annotated script from his TV show "Rescue Me" with writer-producer Peter Tolan (left) at the National Museum of American History in Washington on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Rupert Murdoch's News International placed an advertisement in most U.K. national newspapers on Sunday, July 17, 2011, outlining their intentions after running apology advertisements in Saturday's national papers. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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** FILE ** Daniel Radcliffe is shown in a scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

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A newspaper is opened to show the advertisement apology for News International and photographed at a news vendor in central London, Saturday, July 16, 2011. News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch signed the company advert titled "We are sorry," which is published in British national newspapers Saturday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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** FILE ** Les Hinton, then chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., is pictured in 2008 in his New York office. (Associated Press, File)

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**FILE** Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, is driven away from offices of News International in London, on July 7, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama makes an opening statement on the ongoing budget negotiations before a press conference at the White House on July 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama makes an opening statement on the ongoing budget negotiations before a press conference at the White House on July 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Media baron Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, then News International chief executive, are pictured on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Ms. Brooks resigned from the company on Friday. (AP Photo/ Ian Nicholson/PA)

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FLAG DAY: Volunteer New York City firefighters stand watch over the National 9/11 Flag on display Thursday at the Russell Senate Office Building. Gallery, www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People line up to stitch the National 9/11 Flag during a special ceremony Thursday at the Russell Senate Office Building. The flag is on tour countrywide to be mended in time for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rory McIlroy plays a shot out of the bunker on the 15th hole. McIlroy carded a 1-over 71 on Thursday.

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Robin Williams goes off the deep end as a film processor who becomes a threat to a family whose pictures he develops in "One Hour Photo."

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Sony Pictures Classics The documentary "Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" chronicles how (from left) rappers Phife Dawg, Q-Tip and Jarobi White came together, along with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad, to form the pioneering hip-hop group known by the acronym ATCQ.

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July 20 Charles Sandison: Rage, love, hope, and despair at Corcoran through August 14, 500 17th St. NW, (202) 639-1700, www.corcoran.org

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July 21 The music of John Williams at Strathmore Music Center, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, N. Bethesda, MD. (301) 581-5100. www.strathmore.org.

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Fans wait for the midnight start of the final Harry Potter movie, near the Uptown Theater along Connecticut Ave. in Cleveland Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)