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Fats Domino Apparently Rescued by Boat (AP)
 AP - Fats Domino apparently rode out the hurricane in his New Orleans home and was rescued by boat from his flooded neighborhood, his daughter Karen Domino White said Thursday.
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TV Telethons Announced for Katrina Victims (AP)
 AP - BET is the latest network to announce a telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, airing as a two-part, four-hour broadcast Sept. 9.
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Katrina Felt Across Entertainment World (AP)
AP - The suffering of New Orleans, long a culturally rich city, is being felt across the entertainment world.
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Diddy, Jay-Z, Cage Donate to Aid Relief (AP)
AP - Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z have pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina Curbs Hollywood's Love of La. (AP)
 AP - Hurricane Katrina already has forced some Hollywood productions to film elsewhere, and its devastation has decimated the progress Louisiana was making in luring filmmakers to the state with generous tax incentives.
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World premieres on tap at Telluride fest (Reuters)
Reuters - The Telluride Film
Festival, which always keeps its programming under wraps until
the last minute, announced the lineup for its 32nd event on
Thursday, a day before it opens in the Colorado resort.
Fats Domino Found in New Orleans (E! Online)
 E! Online - One of rock 'n' roll's chief architects has been rescued from the
rubble of New Orleans.
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Hollywood Preps Hurricane Benefits (E! Online)
 E! Online - Recalling the star-heavy telethons organized to aid victims of
9-11 and last year's tsunami tragedy, NBC, MTV and BET are among the
networks spearheading benefit concerts to aid the victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
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ABC Radio talks still on, moving slowly-sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co.'s attempts to sell
its ABC Radio business are progressing slowly, but the media
giant is still in talks with prospective suitors Entercom
Communications Corp., Emmis Communications Corp. and Citadel
Broadcasting Corp., according to sources close to the sale
process.
The Mob, the FBI and a Diva-Rich Front Organization Are the Stuff of New Opera 'Don Imbroglio' in NYMF (Playbill)
Playbill - An opera will make its world premiere in the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival Sept. 25, when Don Imbroglio - billed as "an opera you can't refuse" - begins at the Lion Theatre Off-Broadway.
World premieres on tap at Telluride fest (Reuters)
Reuters - The Telluride Film
Festival, which always keeps its programming under wraps until
the last minute, announced the lineup for its 32nd event on
Thursday, a day before it opens in the Colorado resort.
Katrina Curbs Hollywood's Love of La. (AP)
AP - Hurricane Katrina already has forced some Hollywood productions to film elsewhere, and its devastation has decimated the progress Louisiana was making in luring filmmakers to the state with generous tax incentives.
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Alec Baldwin Backs Long Island Wind Park (AP)
AP - Often called "the bloviator" by the tabloids for spewing hot air on a variety of topics from politics to the environment, actor Alec Baldwin blew into town on Thursday to announce his support for an offshore wind park being pitched by the Long Island Power Authority.
Clooney brings politics to Venice with "Good Night" (Reuters)
 Reuters - George Clooney brought political
controversy to Venice on Thursday with "Good Night. And, Good
Luck," a black-and-white tale of broadcasting courage during
the McCarthy-era witch hunts of the 1950s.
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At the Movies: Capsule Reviews of New Films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Clooney Movie Debuts at Vienna Festival (AP)
 AP - The constant clouds of cigarette smoke and clacking of CBS newsroom typewriters in George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" are bits of bygone journalistic color from 50 years ago.
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Spike Lee Among Film's Eight Directors (AP)
AP - Director Spike Lee is one of eight directors who worked on "All The Invisible Children," a movie showing out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film consists of seven shorts telling the plight of children in different parts of the world, including child soldiers and street urchins.
Actress Worries About Mom in New Orleans (AP)
AP - Actress Patricia Clarkson appeared before the media to promote her new film, but her mind was on her mother Jackie — a New Orleans councilwoman who stayed at the side of Mayor Ray Nagin while Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city.
Shepard joins Pitt in 'James' gang (Reuters)
Reuters - Sam Shepard will star
opposite Brad Pitt in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the
Coward Robert Ford," which started production this week in
Canada.
John Lennon activism docu eyes 2006 release (Reuters)
 Reuters - A documentary about John
Lennon's transformation into an antiwar activist has started
preproduction, and aims to reach theaters next year,
distributor Lions Gate Films said Wednesday.
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Fats Domino Found in New Orleans (E! Online)
E! Online - One of rock 'n' roll's chief architects has been rescued from the
rubble of New Orleans.
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Bluesman R.L. Burnside dies in Memphis (Reuters)
Reuters - Mississippi blues musician R.L.
Burnside, who emerged from obscurity in his seventies to become
a cult icon among rock 'n' roll aficionados, died on Thursday
in a Memphis hospital, his label said. He was 78.
TV networks plan joint Katrina telethon (Reuters)
 Reuters - In a rare collaboration among
America's biggest broadcasters, the six major networks are
planning a joint telethon to raise money for survivors of
Hurricane Katrina, people familiar with the project said on
Thursday.
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Japan's much-loved maestro Seiji Ozawa turns 70 (Reuters)
Reuters - For a couple of weeks in late
summer each year, the small Japanese mountain town of Matsumoto
becomes the kind of place where even the taxi drivers talk
classical music.
Bluesman R.L. Burnside Dies at 78 (AP)
AP - R.L. Burnside, one of the last, great Mississippi bluesmen, whose raw, country blues was discovered late in his life, has died. He was 78.
CBGB's, RIP? (E! Online)
 E! Online - CBGB's may be down, but if you ask its supporters the legendary New
York venue is certainly not out.
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Destiny's World Domination (E! Online)
 E! Online - Destiny's Child,
the multiplatinum trio who recently announced their break-up plans, were
the big winners at this year's World Music Awards, taking home trophies
for Best-Selling Pop Group, Best-Selling R&B Group and Best-Selling
Female Group of All Time.
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Artists Feel Pain for Favored City (AP)
 AP - The suffering of New Orleans, long a culturally rich city, is being felt across the entertainment world.
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Diddy, Jay-Z, Cage Donate to Aid Relief (AP)
AP - Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z have pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
CBGB's Hunkers Down for Fight (AP)
 AP - CBGB's owner Hilly Kristal, sitting at his usual perch Thursday inside the Bowery's renowned nightclub, offered twin observations: He's got no lease, and no intention of quietly surrendering his club.
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