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Lil' Kim Reports to Detention Center (AP)
AP - Rapper Lil' Kim began serving a 366-day prison sentence Monday for her conviction on charges stemming from a 2001 shootout outside a New York City radio station. ]]>
Stewart Gets Through Her 'Yale' Experience (AP)
AP - Martha Stewart's euphemism for prison was to call it "Yale." She explained her coping mechanism in an appearance Monday on David Letterman's "Late Show" to promote her two new TV shows. ]]>
Emmys Draw Biggest Audience in Three Years (AP)
AP - Maybe it was the promise of seeing those "Desperate Housewives" tussle over the best-acting trophy or watching "Lost" find Emmy gold — the awards ceremony drew its biggest audience in three years. ]]>
Jennifer Aniston Says She's Ready to Date (AP)
AP - Jennifer Aniston says she's doing well and ready to date. Aniston appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Monday. In one of her first TV interviews since filing for divorce from Brad Pitt earlier this year, Aniston said, "I'm doing so well." ]]>
Star Jones Reynolds Donates Emmys Dress (AP)
AP - Star Jones Reynolds is donating the dress off her back from the Emmy Awards to help Hurricane Katrina victims. ]]>
Montreal film fest chiefs already butting heads (Reuters)
Reuters - Controversy clouded the
opening day of the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest on Monday as
the event's bosses clashed over its future direction after
failing to draw any big-name U.S. films.
311 plans free L.A. show, fall tour (Reuters)
Reuters - With its summer roadwork ending over
the weekend, rock band 311 will begin its fall U.S. run in San
Diego on October 19.
HBO cuts short Kudrow's "Comeback" (Reuters)
Reuters - HBO on Monday axed "The
Comeback," a mockumentary comedy starring Lisa Kudrow as a
has-been actress seeking to revive her career.
Baidu ordered to halt music downloading service (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Internet search engine
Baidu.com Inc. on Monday said a Beijing court ordered the
company to stop providing music downloading services as part of
a copyright infringement suit brought by Shanghai Busheng Music
Culture Media Co. ]]>
Mother and Daughter Don't Meet Eye to Eye in 'Cycling Past the Matterhorn,' Starting NYC Run (Playbill)
Playbill - The Off-Broadway production of Deborah Grimberg's Cycling Past the Matterhorn, starring Tony Award winner Shirley Knight and Brenda Wehle, begins pedaling Sept. 18.
James' creepfest 'Screw' turns anew on big screen (Reuters)
Reuters - Henry James' classic
creepy tale "The Turn of the Screw" is getting updated for the
big screen.
Montreal film fest chiefs already butting heads (Reuters)
Reuters - Controversy clouded the
opening day of the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest on Monday as
the event's bosses clashed over its future direction after
failing to draw any big-name U.S. films.
Orion Co-Founder Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
AP - Orion Pictures co-founder and producer Mike Medavoy has nurtured the careers of some of Hollywood's brightest stars, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Fonda. On Monday, Hollywood gave him another star, on its Walk of Fame. ]]>
'Violence' Yields Populist Puzzle (AP)
AP - David Cronenberg is about as scary as Santa Claus. His films are another matter. Cronenberg's thoughtful, politely professorial manner seems at odds with the explicit terror of "Scanners," "The Fly" and "Dead Ringers" or the reality-twisting weirdness of "Naked Lunch," "eXistenZ" and "Spider." ]]>
Witherspoon's 'Heaven' Tops Box Office (AP)
AP - Reese Witherspoon led her new movie "Just Like Heaven" to a divine opening weekend. The film took in $16.4 million to win the top spot at the box office.
"Heaven" Exorcises "Emily Rose" (E! Online)
E! Online - Just Like Heaven did some heavenly business this
weekend--but the devil still hung around. ]]>
Hollywood Studios Team Up to Fight Piracy (AP)
AP - The six major Hollywood studios have formed a joint venture to research and create technologies to prevent movie piracy, industry officials said Monday.
"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. ]]>
Give It Away, Now: More MTV Mavericks (AP)
AP - A quick rundown of the three subjects of the latest Directors Label DVD releases: ___
Romanek Shifts From Music Videos to Movies (AP)
AP - Jay-Z shot. Trent Reznor spinning upside down. David Bowie teetering on a rooftop. These are just a few of the iconic images Mark Romanek has fashioned as an elite music video director. ]]>
311 plans free L.A. show, fall tour (Reuters)
Reuters - With its summer roadwork ending over
the weekend, rock band 311 will begin its fall U.S. run in San
Diego on October 19.
Met Opera Kicks Off Its 2005-06 Season (AP)
AP - Figaro prepared for his marriage, Tosca stabbed the villain in the heart, and a shorn Samson regained his strength just long enough to bring the temple crashing down on the Philistines.
Robert Plant joins Pearl Jam's hurricane benefit (Reuters)
Reuters - Robert Plant has joined the lineup
of Pearl Jam's $1,000-per-ticket Hurricane Katrina benefit at
the House of Blues in Chicago on October 5, a spokeswoman for
the club said on Monday. ]]>
Lil' Kim Reports to Detention Center (AP)
AP - Rapper Lil' Kim began serving a 366-day prison sentence Monday for her conviction on charges stemming from a 2001 shootout outside a New York City radio station. ]]>
Injured Motley Crue Singer Back on Stage (AP)
AP - Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil has returned to the stage after injuring himself at an Atlanta concert. ]]>
Billy Joel Donates Money to Syracuse (AP)
AP - Syracuse University is receiving a $320,000 gift from six-time Grammy winner Billy Joel to help aspiring musicians. ]]>
Lil' Kim Checks into Big House (E! Online)
E! Online - Here's hoping Lil' Kim's prepared for a big change of scenery. ]]>
Michael Talks--and He's Feeling Good (E! Online)
E! Online - In his first post-trial interview, Michael Jackson made like James
Brown. ]]>
Green Day bites the 'Bullet' on DVD (Reuters)
Reuters - Green Day will release a live DVD in
November drawn from its summer performances at the U.K.'s
Milton Keynes National Bowl.
U2 drafts Kanye, Arcade Fire for fall dates (Reuters)
Reuters - U2 has drafted Kanye West, the
Arcade Fire, Patti Smith and Damian Marley as support acts for
its just-underway fall North American tour.
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