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Newman Sings 'Louisiana 1927' at Benefit (AP)
 AP - With the waters of Hurricane Katrina yet to recede, Randy Newman sang about a long-ago flood in "Louisiana 1927" to open a benefit program spread across dozens of television networks Friday.
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Andy Griffith to Donate Collection to UNC (AP)
 AP - Andy Griffith will donate manuscripts, television and film footage and other memorabilia documenting his 55-year career to his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Illusionist Horn Walks Into Vegas Theater (AP)
 AP - Illusionist Roy Horn made a slow, unassisted stroll into a Las Vegas theater, taking another step in his recovery from a near-fatal tiger mauling 23 months ago.
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Dick Van Dyke Honored for Charity Work (AP)
 AP - Dick Van Dyke regularly dishes up meals and laughs during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter at The Midnight Mission shelter on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. The organization gave back to the actor-comedian Thursday night, honoring him with its Golden Heart Award during a dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Cole Kicks Things Up for Fashion Week (AP)
 AP - Kenneth Cole opened New York Fashion Week with a soft and sophisticated collection anchored in nautical navy blue.
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Venice places bets as countdown to awards begins (Reuters)
Reuters - Venice placed its bets ahead of an
evening of red carpets and glittering Golden Lions on Saturday,
preparing to wrap up a film festival that closes on an Asian
note with lavish Chinese musical "Perhaps Love."
Apfelbaum rewrites Hieroglyphics in New York (Reuters)
Reuters - After slipping off the recording map
in 1992 and going on hiatus in 1995, Peter Apfelbaum's big band
Hieroglyphics makes its triumphant return on its debut for ACT
Music, "It Is Written."
CNN asks court for access to recovery of bodies (Reuters)
 Reuters - CNN filed suit in U.S.
District Court in Houston late Friday to stop government
efforts to exclude the media from covering the recovery of
bodies from flood-ravaged New Orleans.
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'Kiss Kiss', nude show light up Toronto festival (Reuters)
 Reuters - Two Hollywood "bad boys" on their best
behavior, the plight of widows in India, and the story of a
world-famous nude nightclub in London grabbed center stage at
the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.
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Sutton Foster Confirmed to Star in 'Drowsy Chaperone' Musical, Bowing in L.A. (Playbill)
 Playbill - Center Theatre Group (CTG) confirmed Sept. 9 that the Ahmanson Theatre's fall production of the Broadway-aimed musical The Drowsy Chaperone will star Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and Emmy Award nominee Georgia Engel.
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Venice places bets as countdown to awards begins (Reuters)
Reuters - Venice placed its bets ahead of an
evening of red carpets and glittering Golden Lions on Saturday,
preparing to wrap up a film festival that closes on an Asian
note with lavish Chinese musical "Perhaps Love."
Comedian electrifies Venice with anti-Berlusconi film (Reuters)
Reuters - Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti has
taken a leaf out of filmmaker Michael Moore's book, hitting out
at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a no-holds-barred
documentary that met thundering applause in Venice on Friday.
Venice wraps up with 'Constant Gardener' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Brazilian director Fernando
Meirelles moved from the favelas of Rio to the shantytowns of
Nairobi for "The Constant Gardener," the last of 20 films in
competition for the Venice Film Festival's coveted Golden Lion
award.
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Writer Wants Cut of "Barbershop" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Ice Cube has a new topic to discuss up in his barbershop.
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'Kiss Kiss', nude show light up Toronto festival (Reuters)
Reuters - Two Hollywood "bad boys" on their best
behavior, the plight of widows in India, and the story of a
world-famous nude nightclub in London grabbed center stage at
the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.
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New Orleans Film to Have Muted Opening (AP)
AP - With Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and Ahmet Ertegun serving up love letters to its subject, the documentary "Make It Funky!" offers a cause to celebrate. But there will be no flashy premiere for the film, which starts a theatrical run this weekend at Grauman's Chinese Theater.
MPAA: Kids Can't Handle "Truth" (E! Online)
 E! Online - That's the
verdict of the Motion Picture Association of America, whose Ratings and
Classifications Board has upheld the dreaded NC-17 rating it slapped on
Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's new art-house drama, Where the Truth
Lies, because it featured a menage a trois.
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9-11 Themes on Film Grow More Prevalent (AP)
 AP - Anguish over Sept. 11 lingers, yet filmmakers slowly are overcoming an early reticence to address the attacks with a growing number of projects examining the horrors and heroes and even finding rays of humor in the tragedy.
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Rampling ages disgracefully in "Heading South" (Reuters)
Reuters - British actress 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.
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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Apfelbaum rewrites Hieroglyphics in New York (Reuters)
Reuters - After slipping off the recording map
in 1992 and going on hiatus in 1995, Peter Apfelbaum's big band
Hieroglyphics makes its triumphant return on its debut for ACT
Music, "It Is Written."
Jay-Z's game plan includes new label (Reuters)
Reuters - Def Jam president/CEO Jay-Z has
plans to start a new imprint next year.
Billboard single reviews (Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Faith Hill follows her chart-topping
return to country, "Mississippi Girl," with a ballad so
carefully manicured to avoid sounding like pop that it comes
off as deliberate to the point of insincerity. Just in case you
missed the news -- that Hill has returned to her roots -- hubby
Tim McGraw contributes a curiously intrusive background vocal
that sounds like burlap next to velvet. "Like We Never Loved at
All" has great potential; its lofty melody and soaring vocal
passages were tailor-made for Hill to toss to the rafters.
Unfortunately, with its generic Nashville production, the
could-be diva is at odds with the sonic stamp of the song. AC
is indulging, too, but let's hope there is a more appropriate
mix for pop. What a pity that Hill is making such a blatant,
tail-tucked return to the "hey, y'all" persona she left behind
a decade ago, down to her mousy hair. Why would her camp assume
that country fans do not appreciate glamour and robust
production, too?
John Fogerty buries hatchet with former label (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Creedence Clearwater Revival
frontman John Fogerty is returning to the record label that has
been the bane of his existence for decades.
Newman Sings 'Louisiana 1927' at Benefit (AP)
AP - With the waters of Hurricane Katrina yet to recede, Randy Newman sang about a long-ago flood in "Louisiana 1927" to open a benefit program spread across dozens of television networks Friday.
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Ray plays on with boxed set, duets (Reuters)
Reuters - In celebration of what would have
been the 75th birthday of Ray Charles, Rhino is releasing two
albums by the icon on September 20: a collection of duets
called "Genius and Friends" and a mammoth, 146-track boxed set
of his seminal work, "Pure Genius -- The Complete Atlantic
Recordings (1952-1959)," which includes never-before-released
rehearsal tracks.
Rapper West makes headlines with new album (Reuters)
Reuters - The opening-week sum for the new
Kanye West album is the latest proof that the rapper's
celebrity is larger than that of most recording artists.
Ray Charles Theft Case Tossed (E! Online)
 E! Online - Those theft charges against Ray Charles's longtime sound man have
just hit road, jack.
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Bluegrass Music Begins to Pique a Fancy (AP)
 AP - Bluegrass music has taken a long road to the ivory tower from its hardscrabble roots in the rural South.
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Louisiana Philharmonic Left in the Dark (AP)
 AP - The bassoon player is holed up in Texas. The violins are scattered across Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts, Illinois and Tennessee. The French hornist, who also plays the garden hose, is stuck in Nashville.
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