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"White Stripes frontman Jack White has landed a bit part in the\nupcoming movie Cold Mountain, and he will write songs for\nthe soundtrack. Starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Natalie Portman\nand Renee Zellweger, the film -- based on Charles Frazier&amp;apos;s book of\nthe same name -- is the story of a wounded Confederate soldier&amp;apos;s\nodyssey from a hospital to his North Carolina home and the woman he\nleft behind.\nWhite, a film buff who worked lyrics of songs and dialogue from\nCitizen Kane into the Stripes&amp;apos; song &amp;quot;The Union Forever&amp;quot;\n(from 2001&amp;apos;s White Blood Cells), has great admiration for\nthe craft of writing film music and especially for those who wrote\nfor the classic musicals. &amp;quot;When songwriters back then were writing\nsongs for a musical, they had a job to do,&amp;quot; he recently told\nRolling Stone. &amp;quot;In order to get paid they had to get these\nmelodies across. I like that because it forces someone into a box\nwhere they have to relate to their fellow man. It&amp;apos;s very hard to\nsit down and say, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m going to write a catchy song.&amp;apos; I think that\njob is really interesting.&amp;quot;\nThe film will begin shooting in Romania later this month and is\nexpected to hit theaters next spring.\nThe White Stripes recorded their fourth album, tentatively\ntitled &amp;quot;Elephant,&amp;quot; last month at Toe Rag Studios in East London. It\nis due early next year. The Detroit rock duo (which also includes\ndrummer Meg White) will play a short series of home-and-home shows\nwith New York&amp;apos;s Strokes later this summer, with each band\nheadlining in its own hometown.\n\nWhite Stripes/Strokes dates:\n8/9: Detroit, Chene Park\n8/14: New York, Irving Plaza\n8/15: New York, Radio City Music Hall"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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