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'Lost,' 'Raymond' Named Top Shows at Emmys (AP)
 AP - Everybody loved "Raymond" one more time at the Emmys, honoring the show Sunday as best comedy series for its final season and denying newcomer "Desperate Housewives." Another first-year hit, "Lost," won best drama honors.
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'Housewives' Shine on Emmys Red Carpet (AP)
 AP - The stars of "Desperate Housewives" were far from desperate for attention.
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'Strapless Housewives' Embody Emmy Style (AP)
AP - Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan could become known as the "strapless housewives" after Sunday night's Emmy Awards.
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'Heaven' Beats the Devil at Box Office (AP)
AP - Heaven beat the devil at the box office this weekend.
Emotions Run High at Katrina Jazz Concert (AP)
 AP - With the exception of the now-famous Kanye West outburst, celebrity-driven benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims have followed a familiar formula — musicians singing heart-tugging ballads while famous faces implore viewers to give, all in a sanitized, apolitical tone.
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Film review: Wallace & Gromit (Reuters)
 Reuters - After breaking in their act
in several hilarious shorts -- two won Oscars -- and a TV
series, Wallace and Gromit get their very own feature film in
"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
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Farm Aid stars shine in benefit show, 20 years on (Reuters)
Reuters - Farm Aid staged its 20th
annual benefit concert on Sunday, with a galaxy of stars
pledging help for overlooked rural victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
Top Emmys go to veteran "Raymond," newcomer "Lost" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Beloved but newly departed
"Everybody Loves Raymond" was named best comedy on Sunday in an
upset Emmy Awards triumph over red hot newcomer "Desperate
Housewives," but another breakout ABC hit, castaway thriller
"Lost," won best drama.
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Peerflix DVD exchange gives old discs new life (Reuters)
Reuters - With DVD sales expected to reach
$21 billion next year, it may be comforting for consumers to
know used discs now have a second life as tradable currency on
a year-old Web site called Peerflix.
Hoffman, Gravitte, McCormick Set Sail in Beane & Cohen's 'Big Time' Musical Off-Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - The premiere of The Big Time, the long-aborning new musical comedy by librettist Douglas Carter Beane and composer-lyricist Douglas J. Cohen, gets a starry production in the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Sept. 16-28.
Film review: Wallace & Gromit (Reuters)
Reuters - After breaking in their act
in several hilarious shorts -- two won Oscars -- and a TV
series, Wallace and Gromit get their very own feature film in
"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
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Cry Wolf (Reuters)
Reuters - This debut feature from
director/co-screenwriter Jeff Wadlow suggests that horror
movies sure aren't like they used to be.
New film festival gets underway in Montreal (Reuters)
Reuters - The widely hyped inaugural
New Montreal FilmFest got under way Sunday, aiming to return
the city to the movie spotlight amid the decadelong decline of
the rival Montreal World Film Festival.
Haggis' new career: million dollar writer (Reuters)
Reuters - Writer-turned-director
Paul Haggis returned to the Toronto International Film Festival
last week, not to accompany a new film, but to relaunch the
same movie he introduced here a year ago: the intense, racially
charged drama "Crash."
Fellowes makes mark as an actors' director (Reuters)
Reuters - It would be easy to
assume that Julian Fellowes enjoys beginner's luck. After all,
the Egypt-born, U.K.-bred scribe won an Academy Award for his
first screenplay, "Gosford Park."
River Queen (Reuters)
Reuters - Based on an original story
by New Zealand filmmaker Vincent Ward ("The Navigator," "What
Dreams May Come"), "River Queen" is a period drama filled with
some striking imagery but which ultimately keeps viewer
involvement at an unfathomable distance.
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Lights! Camera! Hawaii perfect paradise location (Reuters)
Reuters - For international set-jetters
Hawaii is the perfect location.
"Thug" Rules Toronto (E! Online)
 E! Online - After more than 300,000 film freaks made their way through the
orgy of more than 200 world, international and North American premieres
among 335 films from 52 countries, audiences at the 30th Toronto
International Film Festival gave their love to a thug.
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"Heaven" Exorcises "Emily Rose" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Just Like Heaven did some heavenly business this
weekend--but the devil still hung around.
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Tori Spelling Splitting With Husband (AP)
 AP - Actress Tori Spelling and her husband are reportedly splitting after a year of marriage.
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Farm Aid stars shine in benefit show, 20 years on (Reuters)
Reuters - Farm Aid staged its 20th
annual benefit concert on Sunday, with a galaxy of stars
pledging help for overlooked rural victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
Crue tour to continue despite singer's injury (Reuters)
Reuters - Contrary to reports that he broke
his leg, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil suffered a partial tear
of a calf muscle five songs into a show Friday in Atlanta,
according to the band's official Web site
(http://www.motley.com).
Billboard album reviews (Reuters)
Reuters - People like Bon Jovi for its power-chord-laden songs and
Jon Bon Jovi's gravelly vocals. But the frontman has been
touting "Have a Nice Day" as a new direction, one that is more
introspective and socially conscious. The group's songwriting
has gotten better over the years, and there are some seriously
catchy tunes here ("Last Cigarette," "Welcome to Wherever You
Are"). But the lyrics often fall short, even when it is obvious
the band is gunning for a hit ("Bells of Freedom"). These
shortfalls certainly will not get Jon any closer to being
considered Bruce Springsteen's equal, and this album is not
likely to provide a huge U.S. comeback for the band. However,
"Nice Day" is full of solid rock'n'roll, ensuring Bon Jovi will
be around to enjoy yet another decade.
Billboard single reviews (Reuters)
Reuters - Breathe in. Chris Martin's dreamy,
shut-eyed vocals are engulfed by sublime waves of organ and
piano, while the band takes a break. Breathe out. "Fix You"
from Coldplay's "X&Y" -- still atop the Billboard Eurocharts
albums list after 13 weeks -- is a quiet ballad with a
tenacious melody and deeply human feel. The song begins as a
sonic yoga session and builds with each verse, softly
stretching to reach catharsis. When a hypnotic, single-note
guitar explodes the meditation into full-on stadium gospel, we
start believing Coldplay could really be the next U2. However,
Martin's Prozac prose ("Lights will guide you home/ And ignite
your bones/ And I will fix you") is almost too soothing to
provide real comfort.
'Lost,' 'Raymond' Named Top Shows at Emmys (AP)
AP - Everybody loved "Raymond" one more time at the Emmys, honoring the show Sunday as best comedy series for its final season and denying newcomer "Desperate Housewives." Another first-year hit, "Lost," won best drama honors.
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Rock Hall Snubs 1980 (E! Online)
 E! Online - In the way of the music world, acts that have seen 25 years elapse since
the release of their first record become eligible to be inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Game Gets Right with Hurricane (E! Online)
 E! Online - The Game is hoping to head off a flood of bad press before it
hits.
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Emotions Run High at Katrina Jazz Concert (AP)
AP - With the exception of the now-famous Kanye West outburst, celebrity-driven benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims have followed a familiar formula — musicians singing heart-tugging ballads while famous faces implore viewers to give, all in a sanitized, apolitical tone.
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Vince Neil Injures Leg During Crue Concert (AP)
 AP - Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil is recovering from a leg injury after slipping off stage during a performance.
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B.B. King Keeps Busy Nearing 80th Birthday (AP)
 AP - They came to see B.B. King. But before the night was over, the hundreds who lined up at a bookstore in Washington D.C. could be forgiven for thinking the blues legend had really come to see them.
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