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A federal judge has given the popular song-swapping service Napster 72 hours to remove any unauthorized songs as identified by the recording industry.... The third-season premiere of The Sopranos attracted 11.3 million viewers, giving HBO its highest rating since the 1995 premiere of Forrest Gump, Variety reports... Cable channel Bravo has acquired rights to air reruns of NBC's The West Wing beginning in September 2003 for a per-episode price of $1.2 million... Funnyman George Carlin will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Comedy Awards on April 22.... Temptation Island's Kaya Wittenburg has signed a modeling contract with the New York-based Q Model Management, the Los Angeles Times reports... The WB has cooked up an April Fools stunt to launch its new animated comedy The Oblongs. On April 1, the network will air the series — which features the voices of Will Ferrell and Jean Smart — three times that night: at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30. — Michael Ausiello and Daniel R. Coleridge