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Man Pleads Not Guilty in Aniston Burglary (AP)
AP - A 48-year-old homeless man who allegedly broke into Jennifer Aniston's Malibu home pleaded not guilty Monday to a burglary charge, officials said. ]]>
Paltrow: Pitt Shouldn't Be So Public (AP)
AP - Gwyneth Paltrow says the publicity of Brad Pitt's breakup with Jennifer Aniston could have been avoided. ]]>
Fall TV Season Banks on Sci-Fi, Mystery (AP)
AP - There's a network conspiracy afoot and viewers are the target. The cunning fall scheme: Keep 'em guessing. Enigmas and eerie threats pervade many of the 31 new TV series, with strange creatures above ground and underwater and secrets and unsolved deaths among friends. ]]>
Study: Few Gay Characters in New TV Season (AP)
AP - Sixteen homosexual characters are depicted in network TV series scheduled for the 2005-06 season, a small increase over last year but still inadequate, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Monday. ]]>
Casino Exec Testifies in Stewart Case (AP)
AP - The head of casino giant Harrah's Entertainment said Monday that rock star Rod Stewart should return $2 million he was paid for a December 2000 Las Vegas concert he never performed. ]]>
'Million Dollar' scribe bonding with 007 (Reuters)
Reuters - For James Bond, 007
means having a having a license to kill. For Academy Award
nominee Paul Haggis, 007 means having a license to write.
Apple plans announcement; some see new music player (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on Monday
said it will announce a new product in early September and
fanned expectations it will introduce an updated iPod Shuffle
music player with much more capacity. ]]>
TNT books Grisham pilot (Reuters)
Reuters - TNT is teaming with
best-selling author John Grisham to develop an adaptation of
his novel "The Street Lawyer."
The top films at the North American box office (Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10
'Bed' time for Mia Farrow (Reuters)
Reuters - Mia Farrow, who made her
stage debut in 1963 in an off-Broadway production of "The
Importance of Being Earnest," returns Tuesday to the
off-Broadway theater scene as previews begin on "Fran's Bed,"
the new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning James Lapine. Mia did
this with notable success at the Long Wharf Theater in
Connecticut in 2003.
'Million Dollar' scribe bonding with 007 (Reuters)
Reuters - For James Bond, 007
means having a having a license to kill. For Academy Award
nominee Paul Haggis, 007 means having a license to write.
Faris, Izzard 'Ex' factors for comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Anna Faris and British
comedian Eddie Izzard have signed on to join Uma Thurman and
Owen Wilson in Ivan Reitman's comedy "Super Ex."
The top films at the North American box office (Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10
As Spielberg's "Worlds" Turn (E! Online)
E! Online - On
the heels of his blockbuster remake of War of the Worlds, the
Oscar-winning filmmaker is setting his sights on redoing another 1950s
sci-fi classic, When Worlds Collide. ]]>
'Virgin' Scores Again With $16.3M Weekend (AP)
AP - Steve Carell got lucky again at the box office as his comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" remained the top weekend movie with $16.3 million.
'Garbo' Documentary Celebrates Her Birth (AP)
AP - A gray-haired woman in a dark pantsuit strides across a New York street. Her image, filmed from afar, is barely in focus. But it's unmistakably Greta Garbo. ]]>
Judy Garland's Famed Ruby Slippers Stolen (AP)
AP - A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and insured for $1 million is missing from a Grand Rapids museum.
"Virgin" Still Potent (E! Online)
E! Online - For the second
straight weekend, The 40-Year-Old Virgin scored, just potent
enough to edge out the top newcomer, The Brothers Grimm.
Paltrow: Pitt Shouldn't Be So Public (AP)
AP - Gwyneth Paltrow says the publicity of Brad Pitt's breakup with Jennifer Aniston could have been avoided. ]]>
Poverty Shocks Weisz on Location in Africa (AP)
AP - Actress Rachel Weisz says she was deeply moved by the impoverished conditions she saw in Kenya while making her latest film. ]]>
Apple plans announcement; some see new music player (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on Monday
said it will announce a new product in early September and
fanned expectations it will introduce an updated iPod Shuffle
music player with much more capacity. ]]>
Casino Exec Testifies in Stewart Case (AP)
AP - The head of casino giant Harrah's Entertainment said Monday that rock star Rod Stewart should return $2 million he was paid for a December 2000 Las Vegas concert he never performed. ]]>
Voivod guitarist D'Amour dies of colon cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Voivod guitarist Denis D'Amour,
better known to fans as Piggy, died Friday at a Montreal
hospital after a battle with colon cancer. He was 45.
Lucinda mulls more live material, new CD (Reuters)
Reuters - After recently releasing her first
concert album, "Live @ The Fillmore," Lucinda Williams says the
double-disc set could pave the way for more live recordings.
Alabama Going Into CMA Hall of Fame (AP)
AP - Country band Alabama, singer Glen Campbell and pioneering harmonica player DeFord Bailey, the Grand Ole Opry's first black star, are being inducted into the County Music Association Hall of Fame. ]]>
VMAs Go Green Day's Way (E! Online)
E! Online - The heavily eye-lined trio
swept the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, nabbing seven of the eight awards
for which they were nominated, including Video of the Year for
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams." ]]>
For Encore, Diddy Beats Rap Again (E! Online)
E! Online - The rap impresario
otherwise known as Sean Combs emerged victorious--again--in a
long-running Michigan civil suit accusing him of siccing his bodyguards
on a television talk-show host. ]]>
Mindy McCready Jailed (E! Online)
E! Online - The country crooner was locked up in Florida Friday on an arrest warrant
issued earlier this month after she was accused of violating her
probation on a drug conviction. ]]>
Police Search for Suge Shooter (E! Online)
E! Online - Marion "Suge" Knight survived the drive-by shooting that killed his
pal Tupac Shakur nine years ago. Now, the rap mogul and trouble magnet
is recovering from an apparent attempt on his own life. ]]>
Green Day, Rockers Electrify VMAs (AP)
AP - For the first time in a while, the MTV Video Music Awards rocked more than it hip-hopped. ]]>
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