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Schwarzenegger signs Calif anti-paparazzi law (Reuters)
Reuters - California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger signed a law on Friday tripling damages
celebrities can win from paparazzi if they are assaulted during
a shoot and denying the photographers profits from any pictures
taken during an altercation.
O.J. Simpson makes rare public appearance in L.A (Reuters)
 Reuters - Testing the waters of his tarnished
celebrity a decade after his acquittal on murder charges, O.J.
Simpson appeared at a Halloween-themed comic book convention on
Friday night to sign autographs, but few beside the media
seemed to care.
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Peter Jennings leaves estate of over $50 million (Reuters)
 Reuters - ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, who
died of lung cancer in August, left an estate valued at more
than $50 million, most of which was willed to his fourth wife
and to two children from a previous marriage.
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Reggae scion Damian Marley builds buzz for comeback (Reuters)
Reuters - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley took the
U.S. pop charts by storm earlier this month, when "Welcome to
Jamrock" bowed at No. 7 on Billboard 200, the highest debut for
a reggae release since Nielsen SoundScan starting collating
data in 1991.
Eisner leaves mixed legacy as Disney chief (Reuters)
 Reuters - When Michael Eisner hands over the
keys to Disney's Magic Kingdom on Friday after 21 years of
running the media giant, he'll leave behind a stormy legacy --
brilliant early success mixed later with executive turmoil, an
operational slump and a shareholder revolt.
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Renee Has "Eye" on Horror (E! Online)
 E! Online - Renee Zellweger is
setting her sights on a reunion with her Jerry Maguire costar Tom
Cruise in The Eye.
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Reggae scion Damian Marley builds buzz for comeback (Reuters)
Reuters - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley took the
U.S. pop charts by storm earlier this month, when "Welcome to
Jamrock" bowed at No. 7 on Billboard 200, the highest debut for
a reggae release since Nielsen SoundScan starting collating
data in 1991.
Peter Jennings leaves estate of over $50 million (Reuters)
Reuters - ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, who
died of lung cancer in August, left an estate valued at more
than $50 million, most of which was willed to his fourth wife
and to two children from a previous marriage.
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Big Losses Cut Into California Agencies (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - In handing oversight of Foote Cone & Belding's Irvine, Calif., office to FCB San Francisco last week, reducing Irvine to a service office for Taco Bell, Gene Bartley cited a single reason in an internal memo: "The business situation in California has changed over the last several months."
Alfred Molina is 'Howard Katz' in American Premiere of Patrick Marber Play (Playbill)
Playbill - Alfred Molina will star in the American debut of Patrick Marber's Howard Katz Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater early in 2007.
Renee Has "Eye" on Horror (E! Online)
E! Online - Renee Zellweger is
setting her sights on a reunion with her Jerry Maguire costar Tom
Cruise in The Eye.
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Tara Reid Laments Her Rep As Party Girl (AP)
 AP - Tara Reid wants to prove she's a great actress instead of a party girl. The actress says the media has unfairly represented her and that she just needs a good movie to break the stereotype.
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Review: Sci-Fi Film 'Serenity' Engaging (AP)
 AP - You can see how "Firefly," the short-lived TV show that provided the basis for "Serenity," could have gotten addictive if given the chance.
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Spacek, Redgrave Headline Va. Film Fest (AP)
AP - Sissy Spacek and Vanessa Redgrave will be among the stars at the 2005 Virginia Film Festival Oct. 27-30.
Vienna to Feature Warhol Retrospective (AP)
AP - An Andy Warhol retrospective, a 10-hour Philippine film and Woody Allen's "Match Point" are among the highlights of this year's Viennale film festival.
Review: 'Into the Blue' Is Lost at Sea (AP)
 AP - Director John Stockwell is lost at sea with "Into the Blue," a diving adventure with a severe case of the dramatic bends.
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'Serenity' will sate sci-fi buffs (Reuters)
 Reuters - A canceled TV show is
reborn on the big screen in Joss Whedon's feature debut,
"Serenity," an appealingly low-rent, if not earth-shattering,
26th century "Star Wars" with faint glimmers of "Blade Runner,"
"Buckaroo Banzai" and "The Manchurian Candidate" for good
measure.
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A star is born in 'Sueno' (Reuters)
Reuters - In "Sueno," a first
feature by writer-director Renee Chabria, a Mexican musician
follows his dream (hence "sueno") and comes to America with the
hope of making it big in the face of daunting odds.
Celebs grilled by professor in AMC series (Reuters)
 Reuters - AMC's new half-hour
"Movies 101 With Richard Brown" almost has nothing to do with
movies but everything to do with interviewing celebrities and
maybe getting an audience or ratings boost for the effort.
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Polanski Says Being Orphaned Is the Worst (AP)
 AP - Much like the penniless orphan in his new film, "Oliver Twist," Roman Polanski says he knows that in life "the worst thing isn't a hard bed or hunger, but having no parents."
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Reggae scion Damian Marley builds buzz for comeback (Reuters)
Reuters - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley took the
U.S. pop charts by storm earlier this month, when "Welcome to
Jamrock" bowed at No. 7 on Billboard 200, the highest debut for
a reggae release since Nielsen SoundScan starting collating
data in 1991.
Country singer Evans, Cracker Barrel partner on CD (Reuters)
Reuters - Country singer Sara Evans is the
latest country star to make a compilation of her recordings
available on the Cracker Barrel Music label.
Scotland's Franz Ferdinand back with fast follow-up (Reuters)
Reuters - After a breakout year in 2004, Franz
Ferdinand is not resting on its success.
Canadian rockers Nickelback give 'All' on new album (Reuters)
Reuters - Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger
knows that the success of his gimmick-free, high-octane
Canadian quartet confounds many people.
Welcome to Fiona Apple's 'Machine' (Reuters)
Reuters - The back story of Fiona Apple's
first new album in six years, "Extraordinary Machine" -- which
comes out October 4 -- is truly, well, extraordinary.
Suspect in Cohn's Shooting Headed to Trial (AP)
 AP - The man accused of shooting Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn in the head during an attempted carjacking is headed to trial on charges including attempted first-degree murder after waiving a preliminary court hearing Friday.
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San Francisco Opera Tackles Nuclear Age (AP)
 AP - Standing beneath the world's first atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer falls to his knees as he sings the words of the poet John Donne: "Batter my heart, three-personed God."
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Russian Music Opens Carnegie Hall Season (AP)
 AP - An orchestra that traces its roots to the czars brought two Russian warhorses to New York to open Carnegie Hall's 115th season.
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Omaha's Nightlife in Eye of Concertgoer (AP)
AP - Omaha is not a city teeming with hipsters.
Crow: 'Wildflower' Marks Change in Life (AP)
AP - As Lance Armstrong pedaled to another Tour de France victory, Sheryl Crow found herself in an unfamiliar position: on the sidelines.
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