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(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Chesney after ACM win: Fan votes shouldn’t decideLAS VEGAS (AP) _ Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year for a fourth straight time Sunday, then promptly took issue with the way the Academy of Country music awarded the honor: through fan votes. For the first time in the show’s 43 years, the top prize _ traditionally decided by ACM members _ was determined through online voting. With the win, Chesney ties Garth Brooks and trails only Alabama, which won five in a row.
ABC’s `Desperate Housewives’ wraps fourth seasonNEW YORK (AP) _ In the closing moments of its season finale Sunday, "Desperate Housewives" flashed ahead five years. And while there were no hints to the White House’s occupant or the state of the economy in 2013, viewers got a few clues about Wisteria Lane’s future.
Review: Good to see Indy, but `Skull’ is a messYou see the hat before the hero _ that famous fedora, the one that stays put through every tricky situation, or at least at arm’s length for a hasty getaway. And of course he still has the whip, the paralyzing fear of snakes and the catchy John Williams theme song that will surely gnaw at your brain for hours afterward. Yes, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" dives headfirst into the iconography of the franchise, which will bring a smile to your face and warm you with nostalgia. It’s admittedly a pleasure to see Harrison Ford back in the role.
K-Fed attorney: Intense interest has its benefitsLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Kevin Federline’s attorney can’t complain about the intense interest in his client’s child-custody battle with Britney Spears. He doesn’t grumble about the television trucks and news reporters swarming the courthouse every time there’s a hearing, or the paparazzi who hound the pop princess every moment there isn’t. And he’s certainly not opposed to the TV reports, tabloids and Web sites that have documented every shred of the case that has consumed him for the past 18 months.

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Summer is the time of popcorn entertainment at the multiplex. Rule of thumb from mid-May through August: You’re not going to get much sustenance out of the biggest blockbusters.
This year might be different. Already, “Iron Man” has emerged as both a box-office smash and the year’s best-reviewed film so far. In the wings: the first “Indiana Jones” picture in nearly two decades (with Harrison Ford darn spry as Indy) and “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Returns.”
Want something for the kids? How about “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” or Pixar’s “Wall-E”? For comedy, the buzz is good on Judd Apatow’s “Pineapple Express.” For romance and urban sexual angst, try the film version of “Sex and the City.” Also promising: Will Smith’s “Hancock,” with its sardonic take on superhero films.
It looks like a solid summer, with these films the most intriguing:
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” opening May 16.
The basics: The Pevensie children from 2005’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” have been away from Narnia for only a year in their time, but 1,300 years have gone by in the magical land of the White Witch and Aslan the lion. When the Pevensies return, they are swept up in a rebellion against the despot Miraz, led by Prince Caspian (newcomer Ben Barnes).
Heat factor: High. The first “Narnia” film took in a robust $292 million and garnered mostly strong reviews (while neatly avoiding writer C.S.
Lewis’ more obvious Christian allegories). Getting things right twice in a row can be tricky, but there’s no question that anticipation for the film is high.
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” opening May 22.
The basics: Nearly 20 years after “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” the man with the fedora and the bullwhip is back in action with the principal players — Harrison Ford, creator-producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg — in place. The film does not hide the fact that Ford will be 66 in July, so the tale is set in the 1950s, with Communist spies and a touch of Area 51-style paranoia. Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), Indy’s main squeeze in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), a greaser-biker who may be Indy’s love child, also play roles.

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Little known fact about Defamer Videographer Molly McAleer … she is a Barbara Walters superfan. When she decided that she couldn’t choose between putting together tonight’s To Do’s and reading Babs’ new book, Audition, she pulled a page out of The Hours and did both. Take that, Stephen Daldry!
For those of you that are video-averse, here are tonight’s To Do listings in handy dandy print form.
· Atmosphere (the band, not the layer of gasses that surround the Earth) is going to be performing at The Henry Fonda.
· When it’s $5 drink night, everyone feels rich. If you bring a fat roll of Abraham Lincolns to Rage tonight, you’re bound to make some new friends.
· Human Giant’s Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer will be playing host at UCB for the venue’s popular MySpace night, in which three audience members are plucked at random and mocked mercilessly based upon whatever appears on their MySpace page. We have never been more glad to be Facebook users.

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Gophers men’s basketball recruit Verdell Jones III chose Indiana over Minnesota and Kentucky on Monday, according to Jones’ father, Verdell Jones Jr.
Jones, a 6-4 guard from Champaign (Ill.) Central, waited until the regular signing period, unlike other prep players, to make a decision and his gamble paid off. Arizona, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Minnesota were interested in Jones’ services before he made his final decision at a news conference at Jupiter’s at the Crossing in Champaign on Monday.
"I have chosen to attend Indiana University to be a future Hoosier under coach Tom Crean," Jones wrote in an e-mail to the Champaign News-Gazette. "I chose the university because of playing style, Coach Crean’s energy and the tradition."
Jones, a three-star recruit according to rivals.com, visited Minnesota on April 23 and had a chance to talk to coach Tubby Smith and watch individual workouts. But he didn’t commit and left Minnesota with plans to visit at least two other schools, Virginia and Arizona, in the coming weeks. But he eventually canceled a planned weekend trip to Arizona, ruling out the Wildcats because he said he wanted to play in the Midwest.
Indiana coaches visited his home recently and he has family ties to Kentucky. He cited concerns, however, through a blog post about Indiana’s potential sanctions, stemming from former coach Kelvin Sampson’s recruiting violations, before picking the Hoosiers.

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A University of Miami student died Sunday, apparently after falling near a campus dorm, Miami-Dade police said.
Paramedics found Kelly Jones, 19, semi-conscious at Mahoney Residential College, 1101 Stanford Drive, about 10 a.m., authorities said. She was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Investigators think Jones might have fallen accidentally and suffered fatal injuries, police said. The exact cause of death, however, is pending autopsy results.
Jacqueline Menendez, a university spokeswoman, told The Associated Press the school contacted Jones’ family and is cooperating with investigators. Jones’ hometown was not immediately known.
The Internet and personal players such as the iPod have resulted in massive changes in the music industry. How do you get the majority of your music these days?

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