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Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of three Fox Film Noir titles on 2nd September 2008.

Patrick Swayze is back to work. The actor, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March, has been cleared by his doctors to start acting once again.

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Although L.A.-based punk band X never quite milked the mainstream, the seminal outfit gets props from its followers and legions of dedicated fans.

“Be nice ... be nice until it's time to not be nice.”

Patrick Swayze has been good to local comedian John Erler. Tacitly consenting to Erler's gentle lampooning since 2001, Swayze lent his thousand-yard stare in Red Dawn , his hypnotic gyrations in Dirty Dancing , ... via The Austin Chronicle

Four years ago, God saw fit to grace us with a sequel to Dirty Dancing . Two years ago, we got a straight-to-DVD sequel to Road House . via Television Without Pity

If you didn't like "Road House", we recommend "Road House: The Stage Version Of The Cinema Classic That Starred Patrick Swayze, Except This One Stars Taimak From The 80's Cult Classic 'The Last Dragon' Wearing ... via Steepandcheap.com RSS

NORMAN JEFFREY HEALEY, MUSICIAN 25-3-1966 - 2-3-2008 JEFF Healey, the blind Canadian blues and rock guitarist who had a unique style of guitar playing, has died of cancer. via The Age

This week, The Forbidden Kingdom , the long-awaited pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hits theaters. via Rotten Tomatoes

“Good things come to those who wait - and we're still waiting for them ... Where do you go when you can't go home?”

Jeff Healey was the antithetical rock star. Though some nonchalantly swap wedding bands for celebrity, the blind guitarist - who passed away March 2 at 41 after lifelong battles with cancer - purposefully ... via The Austin American-Statesman

Patrick Swayze's wife and doctor are encouraged by the results so far for the actor's treatment for pancreatic cancer. via KCCI.com

“If anyone can get through this, it's him. (He is) the most determined, positive, forward-thinking person I've ever met. "I say my prayers for him but I have a lot of hope that he'll get through this.”

Actress KELLY LYNCH is confident her ROAD HOUSE co-star PATRICK SWAYZE will emerge triumphant in his cancer battle, because he is the "most determined, positive person" she has ever met. via PR-inside.com

“We're not going to stop asking the Swayze question”

The Afflicted: Dave Housley, Mike Ingram, Joe Killiany, Matt Kirkpatrick, Aaron Pease, and Dan Brady, the editorial team of Barrelhouse , a local literary journal with a flair for pop-culture absurdity. via City Paper

“If anyone can get through this, it's him”

Kelly Lynch and Patrick Swayze Photo by: Evan Agostini / AP; Bryan Bedder / Getty Kelly Lynch said her Road House co-star Patrick Swayze, who is fighting pancreatic cancer , has the determination and the ... via People.com

Recently we lost a great actor, Richard Widmark, of such great movies as "The Street With No Name," "Road House," "Yellow Sky," "Down to the Sea in Ships," "Slattery's Hurricane," "Panic in the Streets," "No ... via Screenhead

“I have a high forehead; he thought I looked too intellectual.”

Hollywood actor Richard Widmark, who often portrayed killers, cops and Western gunslingers, has died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. via NewsTimesLive.com

'Chemotherapy and cigarettes."This snide headline rests over a National Enquirer cover photograph of a gaunt, smoking Patrick Swayze, taken, allegedly, during "HIS LAST DAYS."The actor's struggle with ... via Globe and Mail

“That's what's so terrible for me”

By the time you read this, Patrick Swayze might be dead! Does that sentence seem a little too blunt, a little too flippant or callous? If so, that would put you at odds with much of the mainstream media. via Nashua Telegraph

“I've never seen him scared of anything”

Patrick Swayze is rallying against reports he has ended his acting career due to his current battle with pancreatic cancer. via The Post Chronicle