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Stewart Says 'Goodbye' on Her 'Apprentice' (AP)
 AP - In Martha Stewart's world, a loser isn't fired. He's "asked to go home." He's bidden "goodbye." Advised he doesn't fit. And then he gets a cordial note. At least, that was how it was done on "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart," which premiered Wednesday on NBC.
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'Lost' Premiere Raises More Mystery (AP)
 AP - "Lost" capped its thrilling first season with island adversaries Jack and Locke peering down an eerie shaft sunk deep into the earth. For fans who waited all summer for answers, the wait may be over — but the questions are just beginning.
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Sigel's Attempted Murder Trial Opens (AP)
 AP - Just weeks after leaving federal prison, rapper Beanie Sigel was back in court Wednesday defending himself on charges he shot and nearly killed a man two years ago on a crowded city street.
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Nelly to Make Reality TV Show (AP)
 AP - Nelly has inked a deal to develop a reality television series with A. Smith & Co. Productions, it was announced Wednesday. The show will chronicle "the day-to-day life" of the rapper.
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'Desperate Housewives' Opens New Season (AP)
 AP - With the return of "Desperate Housewives," scads of pressing questions will be answered. Or at least addressed. Or something. Please!
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Julianne Moore's 'Prize' a winner (Reuters)
Reuters - Toward the end of "The
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," Julianne Moore's plucky
homemaker uncharacteristically snaps at her ne'er-do-well
husband that she's no saint.
Elton, Fogerty in 'Big' benefit for Katrina victims (Reuters)
Reuters - The evening might have
begun with a funeral dirge, but the atmosphere Tuesday night at
Madison Square Garden was hardly funereal.
UPN's "Love" unlucky in tough time slot (Reuters)
Reuters - Having to go up against
the second half of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "The
Apprentice" on Thursday nights at 9:30 means the death knell
already could be sounding for "Love, Inc.," a new UPN sitcom
about lonely people and the unlucky-at-love matchmakers who
profit from them.
Rapper Paul Wall emerges as U.S. charts 'Champ' (Reuters)
Reuters - In a week that saw seven albums
open in the top 10 of the U.S. pop charts, Houston rapper Paul
Wall emerged triumphant with a No. 1 debut, ending the two-week
reign of Kanye West.
Wayne Cilento Directs a New Kind of Chorus Line - Made Up of Concert Backup Singers - in 'A Hot Minute' (Playbill)
Playbill - A Hot Minute, the musical that reveals the lives of concert backup singers the way A Chorus Line drew back the curtain on Broadway dancers, will be heard in a private industry presentation in Manhattan Sept. 23.
Julianne Moore's 'Prize' a winner (Reuters)
Reuters - Toward the end of "The
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," Julianne Moore's plucky
homemaker uncharacteristically snaps at her ne'er-do-well
husband that she's no saint.
"Hitchhiker's" catches ride to top of video chart (Reuters)
 Reuters - "The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy" thumbed its way to the top of the preliminary
national DVD sales chart for the week ending September 18,
while "Fever Pitch" fastballed its way to become the top renter
its first week in stores.
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Actor revisits African childhood with 'Wah-Wah' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Veteran actor Richard E.
Grant makes his writing and directing debut with "Wah-Wah," a
startling portrait of his own startling and unusual childhood,
growing up in Swaziland in the waning days of the British
Empire in Africa.
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Mike Medavoy Gets Star on Walk of Fame (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. Now Hollywood has given him a star on its Walk of Fame.
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Zeta-Jones cooking up 'Martha' lead (Reuters)
 Reuters - Catherine Zeta-Jones,
who returns to theaters next month in "The Legend of Zorro," is
set to play a high-powered chef in the romantic comedy-drama
"Mostly Martha."
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Gyllenhaal, McAdams join Hollywood fest honorees (Reuters)
![Actress Rachel McAdams poses with the award she received for Best Kiss with Ryan Gosling in 'The Notebook' at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 4, 2005. (Jim Ruymen [Photo via NewsCom]/Reuters)](http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050921/2005_09_21t085104_266x450_us_film_hollywood.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=zKggieMONqr5_NO1kDYtYw--) Reuters - Actors Jake Gyllenhaal
and Rachel McAdams, and "Crash" director Paul Haggis have been
added to the roster of filmmakers to be honored by the
Hollywood Film Festival next month.
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'Bounce' rolls out as Katrina fundraiser (Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Searchlight said
Tuesday it will donate 10% of its box office proceeds from the
opening weekend of "Roll Bounce" to Operation USA for Hurricane
Katrina.
Dark thriller slows pace for "Nine Queens" director (Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of snappy thriller
"Nine Queens" be warned: Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky's
latest movie might be in the same genre, with the same lead
actor but it's by no means a repeat performance.
Foster Flies High at 'Flightplan' Premiere (AP)
 AP - While most headliners are chronically delayed arriving at their own Hollywood premieres, Jodie Foster landed early to work the red carpet at the unveiling of the thriller "Flightplan."
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Fans Boo Madonna and Husband After Snub (AP)
 AP - Fans booed Madonna and her filmmaker husband, Guy Ritchie, at the London premiere of his new movie, "Revolver," on Tuesday after the couple walked past most of the crowd without signing autographs.
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Elton, Fogerty in 'Big' benefit for Katrina victims (Reuters)
Reuters - The evening might have
begun with a funeral dirge, but the atmosphere Tuesday night at
Madison Square Garden was hardly funereal.
Motown singer/songwriter Willie Hutch dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Veteran
singer-songwriter-producer Willie Hutch, who helped compose
several hits for the Jackson 5, died Monday of undisclosed
causes in Dallas. He was 59.
Rapper Paul Wall emerges as U.S. charts 'Champ' (Reuters)
Reuters - In a week that saw seven albums
open in the top 10 of the U.S. pop charts, Houston rapper Paul
Wall emerged triumphant with a No. 1 debut, ending the two-week
reign of Kanye West.
Sigel's Attempted Murder Trial Opens (AP)
AP - Just weeks after leaving federal prison, rapper Beanie Sigel was back in court Wednesday defending himself on charges he shot and nearly killed a man two years ago on a crowded city street.
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Charts: West Hits a Wall (E! Online)
E! Online - The people have spoken: Paul Wall is the new chart champ.
Fortune Shines as INXS "Star" (E! Online)
 E! Online - INXS hopes to have found a new sensation in the form of a
onetime Elvis impersonator.
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Nelly to Make Reality TV Show (AP)
AP - Nelly has inked a deal to develop a reality television series with A. Smith & Co. Productions, it was announced Wednesday. The show will chronicle "the day-to-day life" of the rapper.
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Reassembles (AP)
 AP - John Brunious flew in from an evacuation center in Arkansas, wearing donated clothes and carrying a borrowed trumpet, his voice shot from swallowing polluted floodwater.
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Kenny Chesney "OK" Post-Renee (E! Online)
 E! Online - He may have had her at hello, but Kenny Chesney is speaking out
about the goodbye.
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McCready Blames OD on Pregnancy (E! Online)
 E! Online - Mindy McCready's sad-as-a-country-ballad life has taken another
dramatic turn.
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