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Oscar Winning Director Robert Wise Dies (AP)
 AP - Robert Wise, who won four Oscars as producer and director of the classic 1960s musicals "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music," has died. He was 91.
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Report: Britney Spears Has Baby Boy (AP)
 AP - Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy, Us Weekly reported. The baby was born Wednesday by Caesarean section at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in California, the magazine said. No other details were available.
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Man Ordered to Stay Away From Aniston (AP)
AP - A homeless man accused of entering Jennifer Aniston's rented Malibu beach house was ordered Wednesday to stay away from her for three years.
Katrina a Challenge for the Emmy Awards (AP)
 AP - Emmy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres and executive producer Ken Ehrlich might be the perfect team for Sunday's ceremony: They're both Emmy veterans who have paid serious dues.
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Russell Crowe Seeks Reduction in Charge (AP)
 AP - Russell Crowe's lawyers are working to win a reduction of the assault charge filed against him after he allegedly hurled a phone at a New York hotel staffer, an Australian magazine reported Wednesday.
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'Virgin' star Carell is man for 'Dan' (Reuters)
Reuters - Riding the success of
his star turn in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," Steve Carell is set
to play a widower in the romantic comedy "Dan in Real Life."
'Sound of Music' director Robert Wise dead at 91 (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood filmmaker Robert Wise, a
four-time Academy Award winner who brought the beloved musicals
"West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" to the big screen
during a career that spanned six decades, died on Wednesday,
four days after turning 91.
Brands bet on new casino in NBC's 'Vegas' (Reuters)
Reuters - The sprawling new set of
the NBC series "Las Vegas" could be mistaken for an actual
casino.
Disney studio to lose up to $300 mln (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday said
its movie studio division would post a loss of up to $300
million in its fourth quarter, hurt by weak box office ticket
sales and higher marketing expenses from a larger slate of
Miramax releases.
'Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde,' by 'Witches of Eastwick' Composer, Plays NYMF Run (Playbill)
Playbill - Country singer Sherri Austin and Bat Boy star Deven May play the title characters of The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde, a new musical comedy being presented as part of the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
'Virgin' star Carell is man for 'Dan' (Reuters)
Reuters - Riding the success of
his star turn in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," Steve Carell is set
to play a widower in the romantic comedy "Dan in Real Life."
Gritty 'Losers' comic book coming to big screen (Reuters)
Reuters - "Friday Night Lights"
director Peter Berg has signed on to write and produce an
adaptation of "The Losers." He may also direct the Warner Bros.
project, which is based on a gritty comic book.
'Sound of Music' director Robert Wise dead at 91 (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood filmmaker Robert Wise, a
four-time Academy Award winner who brought the beloved musicals
"West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" to the big screen
during a career that spanned six decades, died on Wednesday,
four days after turning 91.
Oscar Winning Director Robert Wise Dies (AP)
AP - Robert Wise, who won four Oscars as producer and director of the classic 1960s musicals "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music," has died. He was 91.
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Man Ordered to Stay Away From Aniston (AP)
AP - A homeless man accused of entering Jennifer Aniston's rented Malibu beach house was ordered Wednesday to stay away from her for three years.
'Crash' lands top sales spot on DVD chart (Reuters)
Reuters - The critically hailed
ensemble drama "Crash," one of the summer's biggest sleepers,
shot to the top of the preliminary national DVD sales chart for
the week ending September 11, while the first-season set of
"Lost" finished a strong No. 2.
Fox Caught "Smoking" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Execs at Paramount
Classics are fuming after apparently being outmaneuvered by rival Fox
Searchlight for the North American rights to Thank You For
Smoking, a comedy poking fun at the tobacco lobby that's generating
big buzz at this week's Toronto Film Festival.
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Reitman Follows Dad With Festival Hit (AP)
 AP - Jason Reitman tried to listen to his father, whose first piece of advice was not to go into the family business. But the younger Reitman loved movies too much not to follow the lead of his dad, Ivan Reitman, one of the most successful comedy directors of the 1980s and '90s with "Ghost Busters" and its sequel, "Stripes," "Twins," "Kindergarten Cop" and "Dave."
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Aussie actress Collette turns from movies to tunes (Reuters)
 Reuters - Australian actress Toni Collette, star
of "The Sixth Sense" and "Muriel's Wedding," will step off the
movie set and take to the road next year with an album of
"alternative rock, pop" songs.
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Cameron Diaz ends sabbatical in unflattering role (Reuters)
 Reuters - When director Curtis Hanson was looking
for an actress to play a slutty, thieving, despicable younger
sister for his latest project, "In Her Shoes," his thoughts
settled on Cameron Diaz.
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'Sound of Music' director Robert Wise dead at 91 (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood filmmaker Robert Wise, a
four-time Academy Award winner who brought the beloved musicals
"West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" to the big screen
during a career that spanned six decades, died on Wednesday,
four days after turning 91.
Man Who Punched Dr. Dre Gets Year in Jail (AP)
AP - A man was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to punching rap mogul Dr. Dre at the Vibe Awards last year.
Jackson Names 8 Artists for Katrina Song (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson's publicist says eight performers so far have agreed to join a song to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims.
Katrina telethon tally falls short of earlier show (Reuters)
Reuters - The most watched of several TV
music specials to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims raised
about $30 million, a sum that fell short of a smaller-scale
telethon that aired a week earlier, organizers said on
Wednesday.
98 Degrees Candidate Runs Cold (E! Online)
 E! Online - As a member of 98 Degrees, Justin Jeffre sold nearly 10 million
albums. As a candidate for mayor of Cincinnati, he got 708 votes.
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Kanye Out-Bangs Stones (E! Online)
 E! Online - Not even the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band could roll Kanye
West from the top of the charts.
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Aussie actress Collette turns from movies to tunes (Reuters)
Reuters - Australian actress Toni Collette, star
of "The Sixth Sense" and "Muriel's Wedding," will step off the
movie set and take to the road next year with an album of
"alternative rock, pop" songs.
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Report: Britney Spears Has Baby Boy (AP)
 AP - Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy, Us Weekly reported. The baby was born Wednesday by Caesarean section at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in California, the magazine said. No other details were available.
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Grand Ole Opry heads north to New York (Reuters)
Reuters - The Grand Ole Opry will make a rare
move to New York for a one-off show at Carnegie Hall on
November 14, one day before the Country Music Association
Awards take place for the first time in the Big Apple.
Billboard Music Awards make a date in Vegas (Reuters)
Reuters - The 2005 Billboard Music Awards will
be held December 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The two-hour show will be telecast live on the Fox network at 8
p.m. ET and tape-delayed for the Pacific time zone.
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