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MTV Brings Back 'Unplugged' for Keys (AP)
 AP - Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged." The singer and pianist has performed an acoustic set for the dormant MTV series, to air Sept. 23 (10 p.m. ET). MTV also announced Tuesday that the show will first premiere Sept. 15 on Overdrive, MTV's broadband network.
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Garfunkel Faces Another Pot Charge in NY (AP)
 AP - Singer Art Garfunkel, who pleaded guilty last year to pot possession in upstate New York, was charged again Sunday after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car, state police said.
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Michael Jackson Relaxes in Visit to Dubai (AP)
 AP - He ate Buffalo wings. He took a speedboat to a luxury villa on a manmade island. He buzzed around the Emirate with a race car driver and a prince.
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Lawyer Verbally Attacked in Blake Case (AP)
 AP - Jury selection in the civil wrongful death case against Robert Blake moved forward Tuesday after one prospective juror verbally attacked the lawyer who filed the lawsuit.
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Fall Films Include Country Stars, Geisha (AP)
 AP - Hollywood's long, dreary summer finally is over. Now it's on to the good stuff. And it better be good, if film studios hope to salvage what's shaping up as the worst year for movie attendance since the late 1990s.
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Film review: Separate Lies (Reuters)
Reuters - "Separate Lies" is a
chamber piece for movies -- a few crucial characters, soothing
locations and precise storytelling with nary a shot nor line of
dialogue wasted.
MTV Brings Back 'Unplugged' for Keys (AP)
AP - Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged." The singer and pianist has performed an acoustic set for the dormant MTV series, to air Sept. 23 (10 p.m. ET). MTV also announced Tuesday that the show will first premiere Sept. 15 on Overdrive, MTV's broadband network.
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MTV Brings Back 'Unplugged' for Keys (AP)
AP - Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged." The singer and pianist has performed an acoustic set for the dormant MTV series, to air Sept. 23 (10 p.m. ET). MTV also announced Tuesday that the show will first premiere Sept. 15 on Overdrive, MTV's broadband network.
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Primetime Monday Ratings: Fox Wins; Solid Sampling for Prison Break (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Ratings Breakdown:
Fox got a boost last night, with the two-hour premiere of the action-packed Prison Break at a second-place 7.5/11 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Prison Break built as the night progressed as follows: 8:00 p.m.: 6.9/11, 8:30 p.m.: 7.4/11, 9:00 p.m.: 7.6/11, 9:30 p.m.: 7.8/11.
Pittsburgh Public Has American Premiere of Ayckbourn's 'RolePlay'; Pappas Announces Cast (Playbill)
Playbill - Rehearsals began Aug. 30 for the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy RolePlay at Pittsburgh Public Theater.
Film review: Separate Lies (Reuters)
Reuters - "Separate Lies" is a
chamber piece for movies -- a few crucial characters, soothing
locations and precise storytelling with nary a shot nor line of
dialogue wasted.
'Lord of the Rings' Royalty Suit Settled (AP)
AP - Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz and New Line Cinema have reached a settlement over Zaentz's claim he was owed an additional $20 million in royalties from the "Lord of the Rings" films.
Producer's Return of the Bling (E! Online)
 E! Online - Saul Zaentz, the
veteran Hollywood producer behind such Oscar-winning flicks as One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The English Patient, has
reached a settlement with New Line Cinema in his $20 million lawsuit
over profits from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Highlights of Hollywood's Fall Film Lineup (AP)
AP - Highlights of the fall film slate. Release dates are subject to change, and some films will play in limited release.
Fall Films Include Country Stars, Geisha (AP)
AP - Hollywood's long, dreary summer finally is over. Now it's on to the good stuff. And it better be good, if film studios hope to salvage what's shaping up as the worst year for movie attendance since the late 1990s.
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Faris, Izzard 'Ex' factors for comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Anna Faris and British
comedian Eddie Izzard have signed on to join Uma Thurman and
Luke Wilson in Ivan Reitman's comedy "Super Ex."
Stones ride with NASCAR for cinema promotion (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Rolling Stones and NASCAR have
partnered for a promotional video that rolls into cinemas
nationwide September 2.
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Hollywood turns dramatic, talks Oscar for fall (Reuters)
 Reuters - After a summer when weary action
flicks and television remakes failed to fire up movie fans,
Hollywood hopes to turn things around this autumn with films
that put new faces and the Oscar race in the spotlight.
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Schreiber Grateful for 'Glengarry' Cursing (AP)
 AP - For four months, Liev Schreiber did eight intense shows a week in a Broadway production of "Glengarry Glen Ross." At the same time, he was editing his film directing debut, "Everything Is Illuminated." How did he do it? The profanity in the play helped.
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Schwarzenegger Museum in Austria to Close (AP)
 AP - A tiny Arnold Schwarzenegger museum featuring some of the training equipment once used by the body builder-turned-actor-turned-California governor is about to close, officials said Tuesday.
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MTV Brings Back 'Unplugged' for Keys (AP)
AP - Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged." The singer and pianist has performed an acoustic set for the dormant MTV series, to air Sept. 23 (10 p.m. ET). MTV also announced Tuesday that the show will first premiere Sept. 15 on Overdrive, MTV's broadband network.
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Dylan looks back with PBS documentary, CDs, books (Reuters)
 Reuters - Bob Dylan's back pages
will open wide in the next month as a torrent of retrospective
product precedes the PBS premiere of Martin Scorsese's
documentary about the celebrated and heretofore inscrutable
singer-songwriter.
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Juliana Hatfield on a twisted trip to 'China' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Even when she's in love, Juliana
Hatfield is miserable. Not that she always realizes it.
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Creative says has patent covering iPod technology (Reuters)
Reuters - Creative Technology, a maker of
portable music players, on Tuesday said it was awarded a U.S.
patent that applied to Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and other
rivals.
Kanye Keeps Early Rap Locked Down (E! Online)
 E! Online - As his new album,
Late Registration, hit stores Tuesday, the Grammy-winning hip-hop
star launched a legal attack seeking to block the release of tracks
recorded when he was just a teenager.
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Springsteen makes the academic grade in New Jersey (Reuters)
 Reuters - "A Marxist Perspective on 'Darkness on
the Edge of Town"' and "The Boss and the Bible" are among the
academic papers to be presented when a New Jersey university
hosts an academic symposium devoted entirely to Bruce
Springsteen.
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Michael Jackson Relaxes in Visit to Dubai (AP)
AP - He ate Buffalo wings. He took a speedboat to a luxury villa on a manmade island. He buzzed around the Emirate with a race car driver and a prince.
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Game Kicked Out of Fashion Convention (AP)
AP - The rapper Game says he was kicked out of a major fashion convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday because organizers thought he was involved in the shooting of Suge Knight and feared retaliation.
Death Cab Makes Push for the Big Time (AP)
 AP - The sensitive, polite, nice guys that are Death Cab for Cutie were reared in the Seattle area during the heyday of grunge.
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Alison Krauss Leads Bluegrass Nominees (AP)
AP - Alison Krauss & Union Station received 14 Bluegrass Music Awards nominations Tuesday, including entertainer of the year.
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