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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.
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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 horror-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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Stevie Wonder ends 10-year absence just in 'Time' (Reuters)
 Reuters - After several well-publicized
delays, Stevie Wonder's first studio album in 10 years, "A Time
to Love," is due in stores October 18.
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Wu-Tang Clan checks in with hip-hop underground (Reuters)
Reuters - Compilations rarely get labels or
retailers excited these days. Yet when Babygrande Records
founder Chuck Wilson received a pitch on an album that combines
the production talents of Wu-Tang Clan members with hip-hop's
underground stars, he could not resist.
Norton: Latest Character Is Like the U.S. (AP)
 AP - Edward Norton says his latest role as an arrogant British doctor out to change the world is a little like today's America.
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Biloxi down but not out after bout with Katrina (Reuters)
Reuters - Bill Holmes, executive director of
the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi,
says his city, his entertainment market and his arena are badly
bent but not broken.
UMG takes direct route with infomercial deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Music Group is launching a
joint venture with music direct-response pioneer Ira Pittelman
that will bring the major into the infomercial business.
In a flash, hard-drive memory fading (Reuters)
 Reuters - When Apple Computer CEO Steve
Jobs introduced the iPod Nano on September 7, he predicted it
would be the best-selling iPod model ever.
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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.
Norton: Latest Character Is Like the U.S. (AP)
AP - Edward Norton says his latest role as an arrogant British doctor out to change the world is a little like today's America.
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Manson film lets 'Freak' flag fly (Reuters)
Reuters - It is a war-torn 3069: Tattered
survivors are hungry, ravaged, neglected. Enter Charles Manson,
played by Billie Joe Armstrong, as the messiah.
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.
Biloxi down but not out after bout with Katrina (Reuters)
Reuters - Bill Holmes, executive director of
the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi,
says his city, his entertainment market and his arena are badly
bent but not broken.
Wu-Tang Clan checks in with hip-hop underground (Reuters)
Reuters - Compilations rarely get labels or
retailers excited these days. Yet when Babygrande Records
founder Chuck Wilson received a pitch on an album that combines
the production talents of Wu-Tang Clan members with hip-hop's
underground stars, he could not resist.
Touring country acts keep kickin' up cash (Reuters)
Reuters - For country music touring, these
are the best of times. And the good news is, the times are
getting better.
My Morning Jacket makes alterations (Reuters)
Reuters - The January 2004 departure of My
Morning Jacket members Johnny Quaid and Danny Cash presented
more than just a hole in the lineup: The Louisville, Ky.-based
band's longtime recording studio was located on Quaid's
grandparents' Indiana farm.
Gospel star Franklin opens new chapter with 'Hero' (Reuters)
Reuters - Since debuting in 1993 with "Kirk
Franklin and the Family," which spent 36 weeks at the summit of
the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, Kirk Franklin has
developed a reputation as the pied piper of gospel music.
Q&A: NIKKI SIXX (Reuters)
Reuters - It is 2:30 in the afternoon and
Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx is just getting up. He
lights his first cigarette of the day. Telephones are ringing
in the background.
UMG takes direct route with infomercial deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Music Group is launching a
joint venture with music direct-response pioneer Ira Pittelman
that will bring the major into the infomercial business.
TV tunes prove successful as partners in crime (Reuters)
Reuters - First it was teens. Now it's the
adults' turn to discover tunes on TV, as a new breed of
musically sophisticated crime and drama programming emerges in
prime time.
Stevie Wonder ends 10-year absence just in 'Time' (Reuters)
Reuters - After several well-publicized
delays, Stevie Wonder's first studio album in 10 years, "A Time
to Love," is due in stores October 18.
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Gospel artist Caesar launches label with 41st album (Reuters)
Reuters - No one can accuse Shirley Caesar of
taking it easy, as a recent weekend in the life of the Gospel
Music Hall of Famer proves.
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