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Neville Laments Destruction of New Orleans (AP)
 AP - Aaron Neville, part of the Neville Brothers singing group from New Orleans, said he hasn't been back to his beloved city, but images of flood waters show it has turned into a "toxic gumbo."
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'Survivor' Winner Indicted on Tax Charges (AP)
 AP - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on the first season of the reality show "Survivor," was indicted Thursday for failing to pay taxes on his winnings from the CBS show.
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ABC to Offer Primetime Shows in Spanish (AP)
AP - ABC announced Thursday it will make all of its primetime entertainment programs, including hits "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," available in Spanish starting this season, and it is hoping to gain something big in the translation.
Tommy Hilfiger Traces 20 Years in Fashion (AP)
 AP - Tommy Hilfiger is celebrating his first 20 years in fashion. In that time, he's done preppy — a lot. He's also shown sporty, fancy and hard-core rock 'n' roll styles.
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Coppola Returns to 'The Outsiders' (AP)
 AP - After the critical and commercial disaster of "One From the Heart" and the failure of his Zoetrope movie studio, a bankrupt Francis Ford Coppola found himself at "the beginning of a very continuing low period."
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Film review: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is an uneasy hybrid
of horror, courtroom drama and true-life story.
Destiny, Mariah, Ciara lead Lady of Soul Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey and
Ciara divvied up the wealth at the Soul Train Lady of Soul
Awards Wednesday, taking home two trophies apiece.
Ozzy to appear at NFL Kickoff gig near Boston (Reuters)
Reuters - Ozzy Osbourne will make a surprise
appearance Thursday night in Foxboro, Mass., as part of ABC's
"NFL Kickoff" show.
Warner forms new TV unit (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros. film and television
studio on Thursday unveiled a new division to oversee TV
operations in a move aimed at fostering growth, and put company
veteran Bruce Rosenblum at the helm.
LaChanze Confirmed as Leading Lady of 'Color Purple' Musical; Broadway Cast Announced (Playbill)
Playbill - LaChanze will star on Broadway with Elisabeth Withers, Felicia P. Fields, Rene Elise Goldsberry and Kingsley Leggs in the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, the producers announced Sept. 7.
Film review: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is an uneasy hybrid
of horror, courtroom drama and true-life story.
'The Outsiders' Cast 20 Years Later (AP)
 AP - The cast of "The Outsiders" was a rare assemblage of young, upcoming talent — in Matt Dillon's words, "everyone wanted to be cast in it."
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Oscar hopefuls, political dramas head to Toronto (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Toronto International Film Festival
kicked off its 30th edition on Thursday with movies about
violence, sex, religious persecution and the stress of a
post-9/11 world -- all set to share a stage with some of
Hollywood's biggest stars.
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J-Lo wins mom's approval by working with Redford (Reuters)
 Reuters - She's made nearly 30 movies, earned
millions from her music, launched her own fashion label and
married a superstar but Jennifer Lopez says she finally won her
mom's approval by working with Robert Redford.
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Coppola Returns to 'The Outsiders' (AP)
AP - After the critical and commercial disaster of "One From the Heart" and the failure of his Zoetrope movie studio, a bankrupt Francis Ford Coppola found himself at "the beginning of a very continuing low period."
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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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Oscar Time: Toronto Festival Builds Buzz (AP)
 AP - The Academy Awards are six months away, yet contenders already are off and running.
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Rampling ages disgracefully in "Heading South" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Britain's Charlotte Rampling ages
disgracefully in "Heading South," Laurent Cantet's gritty tale
of women paying for love in 1970s Haiti, one of 20 films
competing for Venice's top Golden Lion prize.
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Altman to Direct Arthur Miller Play (AP)
 AP - Filmmaker Robert Altman will direct the first British production of "Resurrection Blues," one of the last works by American playwright Arthur Miller.
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Celebs Pledge Help to Katrina Victims (AP)
 AP - Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
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Destiny, Mariah, Ciara lead Lady of Soul Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey and
Ciara divvied up the wealth at the Soul Train Lady of Soul
Awards Wednesday, taking home two trophies apiece.
Green Day mints quadruple platinum 'Idiot' (Reuters)
Reuters - Green Day's latest album, "American
Idiot" has been certified quadruple platinum for U.S. shipments
in excess of 4 million copies by the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA).
Concert review: Jimmy Buffett (Reuters)
Reuters - Almost a year to the day after
exorcising the Curse of the Bambino at Boston's Fenway Park --
which he did a pretty decent job of -- Jimmy Buffett was forced
to take the centerfield stage at Wrigley Field with no such
hope for drastic, fundamental karmic re-jiggering.
Telethon Producer: No Kanye Rerun (E! Online)
 E! Online - Hurricane Katrina may be long gone, but the storm surrounding
Kanye West's controversial off-script rap lingers.
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Farm Aid aims to help rural Katrina victims (Reuters)
Reuters - Farm Aid, the humanitarian group
founded by musicians Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil
Young, said on Thursday it would help rural areas in the Gulf
Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina telethon stars expected to skirt politics (Reuters)
 Reuters - The last time rapper Kanye West
appeared on a TV show to raise money for Hurricane Katrina
victims, he accused U.S. President George W. Bush of racism.
This time, producers feel confident he'll just sing.
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Neville Laments Destruction of New Orleans (AP)
AP - Aaron Neville, part of the Neville Brothers singing group from New Orleans, said he hasn't been back to his beloved city, but images of flood waters show it has turned into a "toxic gumbo."
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Ladies of Soul Don't Show (E! Online)
 E! Online - Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott were
the big winners at Wednesday's 2005 Lady of Soul Awards. Too bad none of
them showed to collect their trophies.
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Pointer Sister Cops Plea (E! Online)
 E! Online - Here's something June Pointer Whitmore isn't so excited about.
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World Premieres Competing With Mozart (AP)
 AP - World premieres of operas by John Adams, Tobias Picker, Elliott Goldenthal and Kaija Saariaho will compete for attention this season with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
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