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Exhausted Eminem Cancels European Tour (AP)
 AP - Eminem, who last week wrapped up his nationwide "Anger Management" tour, has canceled his European tour, citing exhaustion and other medical issues, his record label said Tuesday.
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Madonna Breaks Bones While Riding a Horse (AP)
 AP - Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred Tuesday when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press.
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'Da Vinci' Film Divides British Churches (AP)
 AP - Westminster Abbey said no, but Lincoln Cathedral was happy to oblige as was a small Scottish chapel.
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AP Casts Its Ballot for MTV's VMAs (AP)
 AP - When MTV descends on Miami on Aug. 28 for the annual Video Music Awards, it will bring a seemingly endless lineup of rappers, rockers, teeny boppers and even Killers.
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Notorious BIG Family Seeks $2.1 Million (AP)
AP - Attorneys for the family of slain rap star Notorious BIG are asking the city for about $2.1 million in fees and costs stemming from Los Angeles Police Department misconduct in a federal wrongful death lawsuit.
Finney right vintage for 'Good Year' (Reuters)
Reuters - Albert Finney has grape
expectations for his next movie.
Supreme Court nominee opposed Jackson commendation (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Reagan-era White House
counseling of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. dug up
in the press in recent weeks might not be inflammatory enough
to rally Democrats to oppose his confirmation, but fans of
Michael Jackson and Prince may now be bristling.
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TV producers seek to keep politics out of war (Reuters)
Reuters - Fighting the global war
on terrorism is vexing enough in real life. Fighting it on the
small screen from a highly politicized point of view would be a
tactical mistake, according to a group of top television
writer-producers.
TV producers seek to keep politics out of war (Reuters)
Reuters - Fighting the global war
on terrorism is vexing enough in real life. Fighting it on the
small screen from a highly politicized point of view would be a
tactical mistake, according to a group of top television
writer-producers.
Review: One-Man Star Wars (Reuters)
Reuters - Love it or hate it, no one
can accuse "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" of false advertising.
Indeed, the only thing the title doesn't get across (and that's
probably because of lack of space) is that George Lucas' three
Luke Skywalker epics now take under an hour to act out.
Finney right vintage for 'Good Year' (Reuters)
Reuters - Albert Finney has grape
expectations for his next movie.
Newton finds 'Happyness' with Will Smith (Reuters)
 Reuters - British actress Thandie
Newton has been cast opposite Will Smith in the fact-based
drama "The Pursuit of Happyness."
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Quintet set to play Branagh's "Flute" (Reuters)
Reuters - Kenneth Branagh has
plucked actors from the opera world for his feature adaptation
of Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
Fox, Marvel drop lawsuit over 'Zoom' (Reuters)
Reuters - 20th Century Fox and
Marvel Enterprises have withdrawn the suit they filed in June
against Revolution Studios and Sony Pictures, charging them
with copyright infringement and unfair competition for planning
to release the superhero comedy "Zoom" two weeks ahead of Fox's
own superhero sequel "X3" next May.
Security-conscious airports still welcome filmmakers (Reuters)
Reuters - With all the heightened
security passengers face at airports post-September 11, it
would be natural to assume that film crews are personae non
gratae.
Film review: The Constant Gardener (Reuters)
Reuters - John le Carre's densely
plotted novels, which revolve around espionage, moral
corruption and forces of evil at work around the globe, often
flounder when transferred to the screen.
'Batman Begins' to hit DVD October 18 (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Batman Begins" will
come out on DVD October 18, putting into place one of the final
pieces of the studios' fourth-quarter home video puzzle.
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'Da Vinci' Film Divides British Churches (AP)
AP - Westminster Abbey said no, but Lincoln Cathedral was happy to oblige as was a small Scottish chapel.
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Third Hollywood studio sets sights on 9/11 drama (Reuters)
 Reuters - Universal Pictures unveiled plans
on Tuesday for a big-screen thriller about the September 11
attacks on America, becoming the third major studio to set its
sights on a subject Hollywood initially bent over backward to
avoid.
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Madonna Suffers Broken Bones in Accident (AP)
 AP - Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court nominee opposed Jackson commendation (Reuters)
Reuters - The Reagan-era White House
counseling of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. dug up
in the press in recent weeks might not be inflammatory enough
to rally Democrats to oppose his confirmation, but fans of
Michael Jackson and Prince may now be bristling.
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Neil Young extends pact with Reprise Records (Reuters)
 Reuters - Neil Young has signed a new,
multi-album deal with his longtime label Reprise Records, which
will kick in with the September 27 release of his latest studio
set, "Prairie Wind."
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Exhausted Eminem Cancels European Tour (AP)
AP - Eminem, who last week wrapped up his nationwide "Anger Management" tour, has canceled his European tour, citing exhaustion and other medical issues, his record label said Tuesday.
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Man Charged in Shooting of Singer Cohn (AP)
AP - A man suspected of shooting Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn in the head during an attempted carjacking was charged Tuesday with first-degree attempted murder and other counts.
Eminem scraps Europe tour, citing 'medical issues' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rapper Eminem has canceled a
European tour scheduled for September, citing treatment for
"exhaustion, complicated by other medical issues," his record
label said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Notorious BIG Family Seeks $2.1 Million (AP)
AP - Attorneys for the family of slain rap star Notorious BIG are asking the city for about $2.1 million in fees and costs stemming from Los Angeles Police Department misconduct in a federal wrongful death lawsuit.
AP Casts Its Ballot for MTV's VMAs (AP)
AP - When MTV descends on Miami on Aug. 28 for the annual Video Music Awards, it will bring a seemingly endless lineup of rappers, rockers, teeny boppers and even Killers.
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Concert: The White Stripes (Reuters)
Reuters - There were so many
instruments onstage Monday at the Greek Theater that some fans
wondered if the White Stripes might stray from their two-person
lineup and bring on some hired hands. Those thoughts, however,
vanished as the evening progressed. While the Detroit duo stuck
to the basic guitar and drums pairing for most of their
90-minute-plus set, the evening's most engaging moments came
when Jack White put down his electric guitar and Meg White
stepped out from behind her drum kit.
Madonna Breaks Bones While Riding a Horse (AP)
AP - Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred Tuesday when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press.
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Green Day's Vocal Vacation (E! Online)
 E! Online - Green Day is taking a brief pit stop off the Boulevard of Broken
Dreams.
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