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The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.

The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report that Disney signed the agreement late Thursday with Filmyard Holding, an investor group led by construction magnate and Hollywood outsider Ronald Tutor.

Tutor and his partners put down a nonrefundable deposit of $40 million to Disney on Thursday.

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It's a breakthrough for Susan Lucci. No, not a second Emmy. She has a book deal.

It Books said Wednesday that the longtime star of "All My Children" has a memoir coming out next year.

Her book is currently untitled. It will cover her role as Erica Kane on the daytime soap and her years as a stage performer.

Of course, she'll also talk about snagging an Emmy in 1999 after years of falling short.

"King of Swing" Louis Prima has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a centennial celebration that included dancing in the street to his big-band sounds.

The influential band leader was honored at a Sunday ceremony on Vine Street attended by his son Louis Prima Jr., who continues the legacy of his father's music, his daughter Lena Prima, celebrities, dignitaries and fans.

"Louis Prima was a great entertainer and presented a great show. But more than anythi

Viacom chief Sumner Redstone is facing an embarrassing story about a voicemail message left to a reporter in an attempt to find out the source of a story.

Redstone made the call to Peter Lauria, reporter for the Daily Beast website, about a story on Redstone's interest in pushing MTV to do a show about a band called the Electric Barbarellas. On the message, Redstone tells the reporter that "we're not going to kill" the source, adding: "We just want to talk to him."

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