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Eminem in Rehab for Sleep Medication (AP)
 AP - Eminem is undergoing treatment for dependency to sleep medication, his publicist said Thursday, two days after the Grammy-winning rapper canceled his European tour citing exhaustion.
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Kanye West Calls for End to Gay Bashing (AP)
 AP - Kanye West says "gay" has become an antonym to hip-hop — and that it needs to be stopped. During an interview for an MTV special, the 27-year-old rapper launched into a discussion about hip-hop and homosexuality while talking about "Hey Mama," a song on his upcoming album, "Late Registration."
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Jude Law, Sienna Miller Spotted Together (AP)
 AP - If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Jude Law has said a lot lately. On Thursday, the New York Post published pictures of Law with his former fiancee, Sienna Miller, one day after full-frontal nude photos of Law — snapped by paparazzi as he changed into swim trunks at his mother's home in France — made the rounds on the Internet.
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Rappers to Encourage Youth About Money (AP)
 AP - Drawing on some high-wattage star power, the Hip-Hop Summit rolls into town on Saturday, with the city's famed rappers helping spread a message about financial empowerment.
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Snoop's Football League Sparks Controversy (AP)
 AP - Snoop Dogg's new youth football league is drawing corporate endorsements, talented coaches — and catcalls from long-established teams that are losing players to the entertainer's latest project.
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Movie theater owners fire back at studios (Reuters)
Reuters - Tired of being blamed
for the box office slump, the nation's movie theater owners
returned fire Thursday, accusing the studios of delivering
sub-standard product.
Garth Brooks ropes exclusive deal with Wal-Mart (Reuters)
Reuters - Retired country star Garth Brooks
has signed a multi-year, exclusive pact with Wal-Mart, making
the world's biggest retailer and its Sam's Clubs and
Walmart.com outlets the only places where his music will be
commercially available.
OLN nets hockey as ESPN passes (Reuters)
Reuters - Cable giant Comcast Corp.
and the National Hockey League outlined a new three-year
agreement Thursday that will place regular-season and several
postseason games exclusively on OLN, the cable channel
previously known as Outdoor Life Network.
Movie theater owners fire back at studios (Reuters)
Reuters - Tired of being blamed
for the box office slump, the nation's movie theater owners
returned fire Thursday, accusing the studios of delivering
sub-standard product.
Theater review: Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams (Reuters)
Reuters - The first few minutes of
"Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams" is played entirely in the
dark, with voices shouting across a blackened stage. The lights
then come on, but all that's really illuminated for the next
two-plus hours is the decline of playwright Terrence McNally,
and Nathan Lane's limits as an actor.
Movie theater owners fire back at studios (Reuters)
Reuters - Tired of being blamed
for the box office slump, the nation's movie theater owners
returned fire Thursday, accusing the studios of delivering
sub-standard product.
'Left Behind' sequel debuts among pews (Reuters)
Reuters - Hoping to appeal to the
same faith-based audience that played a key role in the success
of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the apocalyptic
film "Left Behind: World at War" will screen in hundreds of
U.S. churches the weekend of October 21-23, ahead of its
October 25 release on DVD.
Kid stuff for 'Madagascar' DVD (Reuters)
Reuters - Taking the kid-friendly
concept to a new level, DreamWorks' upcoming DVD release of
"Madagascar" will feature more than 100 interactive games and
creative activities.
Fall no time to rest for Oscar hopefuls (Reuters)
Reuters - Fall is to the specialty
film distributors what summer is to the studios: It's the
make-or-break season. And with adult-oriented fare lining up
like planes at LaGuardia from Labor Day through Christmas, if
you don't pick the right date to open -- even if it's in only a
few key cities -- you won't achieve take off.
No was not acceptable for 'Till' documentarian (Reuters)
Reuters - In his college days at
Southern University of Baton Rouge, Keith Beauchamp studied
criminal justice in hopes of being a civil rights attorney.
Giamatti, Bellucci gunning for 'Shoot' (Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Giamatti and Monica
Bellucci are in negotiations to join Clive Owen in "Shoot 'Em
Up," a hard-core action project set to start shooting early
next year.
Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" blows onto big screen (Reuters)
 Reuters - Music icon Neil Young blew
into Nashville more like a gentle breeze than a hurricane on
Thursday for the first of two concerts being filmed for a
feature-length documentary.
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Sarajevo fest launching pad for Bosnia pic (Reuters)
Reuters - The Sarajevo Film Festival,
which opens Friday, is a tribute to the survival of art over
conflict, having been founded 11 years ago during the darkest
days of the city's wartime siege.
Ex-Germs infect biopic with punk authenticity (Reuters)
Reuters - The persistently
absorbing legend of Darby Crash, the late vocalist for the
founding Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs, is finally
making it to the silver screen -- with a little help from the
group's ex-members.
'Virgin' should get lucky at box office (Reuters)
Reuters - As Hollywood's summer
coasts to its Labor Day close, box office expectations tend to
diminish along with summer work hours. But this weekend, four
films will try to overcome the end-of-summer malaise with fresh
offerings to four distinct demographics.
Garth Brooks ropes exclusive deal with Wal-Mart (Reuters)
Reuters - Retired country star Garth Brooks
has signed a multi-year, exclusive pact with Wal-Mart, making
the world's biggest retailer and its Sam's Clubs and
Walmart.com outlets the only places where his music will be
commercially available.
Alan Jackson makes news with 'USA Today' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Country star Alan Jackson turns
to a newspaper for inspiration for his latest hit single. "USA
Today" was the highest new entry on Billboard's Hot Country
Songs chart, debuting at No. 49 in the week ended August 14.
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Jamie Foxx, Kanye West a winning combo on charts (Reuters)
Reuters - Teaming up with Grammy-winning
rapper Kanye West has proven to be a good idea for Jamie Foxx.
Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" blows onto big screen (Reuters)
Reuters - Music icon Neil Young blew
into Nashville more like a gentle breeze than a hurricane on
Thursday for the first of two concerts being filmed for a
feature-length documentary.
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Ex-Germs infect biopic with punk authenticity (Reuters)
Reuters - The persistently
absorbing legend of Darby Crash, the late vocalist for the
founding Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs, is finally
making it to the silver screen -- with a little help from the
group's ex-members.
Live signs with Epic, album due in November (Reuters)
Reuters - Modern rock act Live, which enjoyed
major success in the mid-1990s with such tunes as "I Alone" and
"Selling the Drama," has signed with Epic Records after ending
its decade-plus association with Radioactive/MCA.
Singer Marc Cohn recalls carjack shooting (Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-winning singer Marc Cohn, in
his first interview since surviving a gunshot to the head in a
bungled carjacking last week, recalled thinking in the frantic
moments that followed that every second was "the last one."
Eminem hospitalized for drug dependency (Reuters)
 Reuters - Rap star Eminem has been
hospitalized for dependency on sleep medication, his label said
on Thursday, two days after the recording artist canceled a
European tour due to "exhaustion" and "other medical issues."
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Eminem in Rehab for Sleep Medication (AP)
AP - Eminem is undergoing treatment for dependency to sleep medication, his publicist said Thursday, two days after the Grammy-winning rapper canceled his European tour citing exhaustion.
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Kanye West Calls for End to Gay Bashing (AP)
AP - Kanye West says "gay" has become an antonym to hip-hop — and that it needs to be stopped. During an interview for an MTV special, the 27-year-old rapper launched into a discussion about hip-hop and homosexuality while talking about "Hey Mama," a song on his upcoming album, "Late Registration."
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