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Kanye West Rips Bush at Hurricane Aid Show (AP)
 AP - A celebrity telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors took an unexpected turn when outspoken rapper Kanye West went off script during the live broadcast, declaring America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."
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A Fun 'Casanova' Debuts at Venice Festival (AP)
 AP - He was a libertine and intellectual, a seducer, spy and (expelled) seminarian, an adventurer and fugitive from justice. Now Giacomo Casanova is also funny, self-sacrificing, writhing in the throes of love and — because this is history Hollywood-style — a character with a happy ending.
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Grisham to Donate $5M to Katrina Relief (AP)
 AP - Bestselling writer John Grisham and his wife will contribute $5 million to a relief fund they established this week at a Tupelo bank to help Mississippians rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
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Elton John Plays Outside Roman Colosseum (AP)
 AP - Elton John played the piano and delighted hundreds of thousands of fans with old hits such as "Daniel" at a concert outside the Colosseum on Saturday night.
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Zimbabwe: CIA Is Behind Kidman Movie (AP)
 AP - President Robert Mugabe's government has attacked the suspense thriller "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman, claiming it is part of a propaganda campaign by the CIA that shows "Zimbabwe's enemies did not rest."
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A Fun 'Casanova' Debuts at Venice Festival (AP)
AP - He was a libertine and intellectual, a seducer, spy and (expelled) seminarian, an adventurer and fugitive from justice. Now Giacomo Casanova is also funny, self-sacrificing, writhing in the throes of love and — because this is history Hollywood-style — a character with a happy ending.
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Kanye West Rips Bush at Hurricane Aid Show (AP)
AP - A celebrity telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors took an unexpected turn when outspoken rapper Kanye West went off script during the live broadcast, declaring America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."
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Kanye West Rips Bush at Hurricane Aid Show (AP)
AP - A celebrity telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors took an unexpected turn when outspoken rapper Kanye West went off script during the live broadcast, declaring America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."
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Embezzlement scandal hits songwriters' guild (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal criminal investigation is
under way after $1.25 million in songwriter royalties allegedly
were embezzled from the Songwriters Guild of America by its
royalty manager and her family members.
Broadway's Jarrod Emick and Cass Morgan Help Ignite 'Ring of Fire', the New Johnny Cash Musical (Playbill)
Playbill - Richard Maltby Jr., the director who guided Ain't Misbehavin' and Fosse to Broadway, is staging and co-creating the new Johnny Cash-inspired musical, Ring of Fire, in its test run at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, Sept. 2-Oct. 9.
A Fun 'Casanova' Debuts at Venice Festival (AP)
AP - He was a libertine and intellectual, a seducer, spy and (expelled) seminarian, an adventurer and fugitive from justice. Now Giacomo Casanova is also funny, self-sacrificing, writhing in the throes of love and — because this is history Hollywood-style — a character with a happy ending.
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Yeoh Reportedly Tapped for Boyle Thriller (AP)
 AP - Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh will appear in Danny Boyle's new sci-fi thriller "Sunshine," a magazine reports.
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Zimbabwe: CIA Is Behind Kidman Movie (AP)
AP - President Robert Mugabe's government has attacked the suspense thriller "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman, claiming it is part of a propaganda campaign by the CIA that shows "Zimbabwe's enemies did not rest."
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Painkiller Is Blamed in Harvey Death (AP)
AP - An accidental overdose of a powerful painkiller killed Domino Harvey, a model-turned-bounty hunter whose life is depicted in the upcoming action movie "Domino," according to a coroner's report.
Jennifer Tilly Wins Poker Tournament (AP)
 AP - Jennifer Tilly has won her second major poker tournament, and confidence in her playing ability.
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Film review: Brokeback Mountain (Reuters)
 Reuters - Everything you ever
imagined about the characters of John Wayne and Montgomery
Clift in "Red River" or Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in "Ride
the High Country" is revealed candidly in Ang Lee's "Brokeback
Mountain," an epic Western about forbidden love.
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History Goes Out the Window in 'Casanova' (AP)
AP - He was a libertine and intellectual, a seducer, spy and (expelled) seminarian, an adventurer and fugitive from justice.
"Casanova" seduces Venice with film fest debut (Reuters)
 Reuters - Venice's most infamous libertine came
home to seduce the lagoon city as a sly but likeable charmer in
Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova," which featured
at the film festival on Saturday.
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'Virgin' Director to Team With Seth Rogen (AP)
 AP - The success of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" might lead some to wonder if a sequel is in the works. "I don't know if you can be a born-again virgin," says director Judd Apatow.
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Gay cowboy film rides into Venice festival (Reuters)
 Reuters - A pair of gay cowboys rode into Venice
on Friday, as Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" set tongues
wagging at the annual film festival with scenes of homosexual
love in the wilds of Wyoming.
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Kanye West Rips Bush at Hurricane Aid Show (AP)
AP - A celebrity telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors took an unexpected turn when outspoken rapper Kanye West went off script during the live broadcast, declaring America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."
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Elton John Plays Outside Roman Colosseum (AP)
AP - Elton John played the piano and delighted hundreds of thousands of fans with old hits such as "Daniel" at a concert outside the Colosseum on Saturday night.
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Trisha Yearwood back with first album in 4 years (Reuters)
Reuters - After a self-imposed hiatus spurred
by both creative and business considerations, country singer
Trisha Yearwood will release her first album in four years on
September 13.
Embezzlement scandal hits songwriters' guild (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal criminal investigation is
under way after $1.25 million in songwriter royalties allegedly
were embezzled from the Songwriters Guild of America by its
royalty manager and her family members.
Shania Twain gets 'Desperate' for soundtrack (Reuters)
Reuters - Country artist Shania Twain heads
an all-female lineup joining the vixens of Wisteria Lane. Her
new song, "Shoes," is the debut single from a September 20
Hollywood Records soundtrack featuring music inspired by the
hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives."
Country act RubberBand ready for 'Big' time (Reuters)
Reuters - For Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand,
"Dream Big" is not just its first single, it could also serve
as the act's motto.
Apple appears poised for iTunes phone launch (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Apple rumor mill swung into
overdrive this week when the company reported it would make a
big digital music announcement on Wednesday (September 7).
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Anti-Poverty Music Fest Starts in Ghana (AP)
AP - Music fans swayed and danced Saturday as African musicians jammed in Ghana's capital to support a campaign to reduce poverty across the world's poorest continent.
Katrina Damages New Orleans Landmarks (AP)
 AP - In New Orleans, winding streets where revelers meandered, listening to jazz in the sticky heat, are now flooded with murky water. Some businesses and landmarks are submerged or damaged; others escaped the water but were ravaged by looters.
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Digital digs deeper sales for 'Six Feet' set (Reuters)
Reuters - A banner chart week by soundtrack
"Six Feet Under, Volume Two: Everything Ends" teaches new and
old lessons.
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