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Fast Track: Amy Winehouse’s death unexplained, but music still rocks

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A roundup of entertainment headlines for Tuesday:

No one knows the exact cause of Amy Winehouse’s death, but her music is rocketing up the charts. (Los Angeles Times)

Meanwhile, her family and friends (minus her ex-husband, still in jail) laid Winehouse to rest at her funeral in London. (Sky News)

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Winehouse’s death prompted the producers of “The Glee Project” to cut a joke about her from their show. (Entertainment Weekly)

Football is back, and no one is more relieved than the TV execs who use the games to promote their shows. (Los Angeles Times)

Heartbreak in Tattootown: Jesse James and Kat Von D have called off their engagement. (People)

“Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester is suing her mother for allegedly misusing her money. A counter-suit claims that the actress beat her mother with a bottle. (People)

Warner Bros. is excited about the medieval “Arthur & Lancelot” from the director of ... “Wedding Crashers” and “The Change-Up”?!? (Deadline)

ABC News will no longer pay interview subjects. Casey Anthony has ruined it for the rest of us. (The Daily Beast)

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Bollywood has made a film about the correspondence between Adolf Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi called “Dear Friend Hitler,” which is described as “Gandhi” meets “Downfall” meets “The Sound of Music.” (Wall Street Journal)

The Dude’s “Big Lebowski” bungalow is for sale. (Movieline)

Dave Chappelle spent a Miami performance sighing at the audience, checking text messages and not telling jokes. (AV Club)

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup. (Los Angeles Times)

James Franco is heading back to “General Hospital.” (TV Guide)

-- Patrick Kevin Day

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