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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, currently working on their third film together, The Departed, plan another
feature, The Rise of Teddy Roosevelt, based
on the Pulitzer Prize–winning book by
Edmund Morris. . . . New York punk act The Ramones continue to make pop-cultural waves: A museum devoted to their legacy recently opened in Berlin, and a book is on the way from drummer Marky Ramone. . . . Sex and the City impresario Darren Star will produce two new projects for UPN, including a drama about two wealthy teens living with their aunt and uncle in New York City. . . . Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder will star in Mama’s Boy, a film in which he’ll play a would-be intellectual whose lifestyle is threatened by his mother’s impending marriage. . . . To celebrate its eightieth birthday, the Grand Ole Opry will come to New York for a rare, one-time show at Carnegie Hall on November 14; performers include Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Ricky Skaggs, and a host of other country-music A-listers.
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