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Destiny's Child Wins Lady of Soul Award (AP)
 AP - Destiny's Child copped the award for best group single on Wednesday night to jump-start the 2005 Lady of Soul Awards.
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Rancic Says He'll Stop Working for Trump (AP)
 AP - "The Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic, entrusted by the reality TV show's creator, Donald Trump, to develop a skyscraper, says he'll stop working for him next year and start his own business.
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Rod Stewart Ordered to Pay for Vegas Show (AP)
 AP - A federal jury decided Wednesday that Rod Stewart should pay a Las Vegas casino $2 million plus interest for a canceled show in December 2000.
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Potter Novels Available for Downloads (AP)
 AP - Break out your iPods: Harry Potter is going digital. J.K. Rowling, once publishing's greatest holdout against the computer age, has made all six Potter novels available for audio downloads.
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Stewart Back on TV in Daytime and Night (AP)
 AP - "This one," says Martha Stewart, "this is the one I want." Stewart, who makes an art of knowing what she wants, has chosen the best coconut from a platter holding several. A good coconut is "heavy for its size," she explains, and as she hefts this one for a demonstrative shake, it responds with a robust, sloshy sound.
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'Sahara' video tops sales, rental charts (Reuters)
Reuters - "Sahara," an
action-adventure starring Matthew McConaughey, shot to the top
of the video sales and rentals charts during its first week in
stores, according to data issued Wednesday.
Guitarist Buckethead teams with System frontman (Reuters)
Reuters - Enigmatic guitarist Buckethead, who
never appears in public without a KFC bucket on his head and a
mask on his face, has signed to the label run by System Of A
Down frontman Serj Tankian.
Rancic Says He'll Stop Working for Trump (AP)
AP - "The Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic, entrusted by the reality TV show's creator, Donald Trump, to develop a skyscraper, says he'll stop working for him next year and start his own business.
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'Sahara' video tops sales, rental charts (Reuters)
Reuters - "Sahara," an
action-adventure starring Matthew McConaughey, shot to the top
of the video sales and rentals charts during its first week in
stores, according to data issued Wednesday.
Off-Broadway's 'The Ark' Musical Welcomes Two New Cast Members (Playbill)
Playbill - David Hess and Jenelle Lynn Randall have joined the cast of The Ark, the new Noah-themed musical beginning performances at Off-Broadway's 37 Arts Theatre Oct. 14.
'Sahara' video tops sales, rental charts (Reuters)
Reuters - "Sahara," an
action-adventure starring Matthew McConaughey, shot to the top
of the video sales and rentals charts during its first week in
stores, according to data issued Wednesday.
William Hurt goes back in time to 'Ohio' (Reuters)
Reuters - William Hurt will star
in the ensemble drama "Beautiful Ohio," which marks the feature
directing debut of Chad Lowe, the husband of Hilary Swank.
Spurlock enrolls in arts 'Class' (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Super Size Me" director
Morgan Spurlock will serve as an executive producer of a
documentary about the arts education woes in America.
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Toronto film fest draws eager Hollywood studios (Reuters)
Reuters - The Toronto International
Film Festival, which opens Thursday, is shaping up to be a
promising hunting ground for studio executives after the
disappointment of Cannes, industry insiders say.
Danes flocking to Gere thriller (Reuters)
 Reuters - Claire Danes, who
returns to theaters next month in Steve Martin's "Shopgirl," is
in final talks to join Richard Gere in "The Flock."
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'Truth' hurts for Canadian director (Reuters)
 Reuters - Canadian director Atom
Egoyan on Wednesday lost his appeal against the commercially
damaging NC-17 tag given to his upcoming mystery film "Where
the Truth Lies," which boasts a menage a trois.
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Board Upholds NC-17 Rating for 'Truth' (AP)
AP - A week before its world premiere, a film from director Atom Egoyan was slapped with an explicit rating that will severely limit its distribution in the United States.
No Middle Ground at Summer Box Office (E! Online)
 E! Online - Maybe it wasn't DVD sales, high ticket prices or sticky theater
floors that plagued the summer box office. Maybe it was the decline of
the middle class.
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Toronto Fest Puts Spotlight on Hollywood (AP)
 AP - It's a real place to discover new talent, the Toronto International Film Festival. Just ask Niki Caro.
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Katrina Looms Over 'The Man' Premiere (AP)
 AP - Eugene Levy was in no mood to laugh. That's a big problem when the occasion is supposed to celebrate a laughing matter: the Hollywood premiere of Levy's new odd-couple comedy, "The Man," co-starring Samuel L. Jackson.
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Guitarist Buckethead teams with System frontman (Reuters)
Reuters - Enigmatic guitarist Buckethead, who
never appears in public without a KFC bucket on his head and a
mask on his face, has signed to the label run by System Of A
Down frontman Serj Tankian.
Music of New Orleans reminds of what's lost (Reuters)
 Reuters - In the drowned city of
New Orleans, Preservation Hall is still standing.
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Destiny's Child Wins Lady of Soul Award (AP)
AP - Destiny's Child copped the award for best group single on Wednesday night to jump-start the 2005 Lady of Soul Awards.
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Rod Stewart Ordered to Pay for Vegas Show (AP)
AP - A federal jury decided Wednesday that Rod Stewart should pay a Las Vegas casino $2 million plus interest for a canceled show in December 2000.
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Murder Inc. Gunning for 50? (E! Online)
 E! Online - If you ask the government, Murder Inc. apparently took its name
a bit too seriously.
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Rod Stewart Unlucky in Vegas (E! Online)
 E! Online - A
federal jury in Las Vegas ruled against Stewart Wednesday in a big-bucks
dispute between the singer and Harrah's over a scuttled millennium
concert.
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Kanye Registers on Top (E! Online)
 E! Online - Kanye West might not be NBC or President Bush's favorite rapper,
but they're the exceptions.
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Paisley, Womack Lead CMA Noms (E! Online)
 E! Online - A tip of the ten-gallon hat to Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack.
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Ex Beatle McCartney to be pitchman for Fidelity (Reuters)
 Reuters - Former Beatle Paul McCartney, whose
music helped stir the rebellious counter-culture movement of
the 1960s, will soon deliver a different kind of message --
pitching financial planning.
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Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)
AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
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