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Wilson's Mark on Black Culture Remembered (AP)
 AP - Admirers of playwright August Wilson vowed Saturday at his funeral to ensure that future generations are exposed to Wilson's tales of black struggle in 20th century America.
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Photog Charged Over Witherspoon Incident (AP)
 AP - A photographer was charged with child endangerment and battery for allegedly striking a 5-year-old child with his camera and shoving another out of the way to take pictures of Reese Witherspoon and her children.
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Lawyer Denies Drugs Belong to Boy George (AP)
 AP - A lawyer for Boy George is denying that drugs found in the British singer's apartment belonged to him. Authorities said the singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was arraigned on drug charges early Saturday.
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Jackson Falls in Throng Outside Theater (AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson fell to the ground as he tried to make his way through a throng of hundreds of fans outside the Victoria Palace theater, where he watched the stage version of the movie "Billy Elliot."
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New sounds redefine tropical music (Reuters)
Reuters - If you judge the landscape of tropical
music in the United States by what you hear on the radio, you
might conclude that traditional tropical music like salsa and
merengue has been killed off by reggaeton.
Photog Charged Over Witherspoon Incident (AP)
AP - A photographer was charged with child endangerment and battery for allegedly striking a 5-year-old child with his camera and shoving another out of the way to take pictures of Reese Witherspoon and her children.
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Ashlee Simpson Returns to Sing on 'SNL' (AP)
 AP - Ashlee Simpson sang — really, she did — without incident on "Saturday Night Live" in her return to the scene of last year's lip-synch fiasco.
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Ashlee Simpson Returns to Sing on 'SNL' (AP)
AP - Ashlee Simpson sang — really, she did — without incident on "Saturday Night Live" in her return to the scene of last year's lip-synch fiasco.
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Recording studios offer luxury packages (Reuters)
Reuters - To paraphrase Mark
Twain, rumors of the death of the big music-recording studios
are greatly exaggerated.
Theater looms large in Paris fashion shows (Reuters)
 Reuters - Birdsong sounds over a catwalk. Church
bells chime near another. Models with fruits and flowers in
their hair stride over straw as if on a Sunday stroll through
the countryside.
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Photog Charged Over Witherspoon Incident (AP)
AP - A photographer was charged with child endangerment and battery for allegedly striking a 5-year-old child with his camera and shoving another out of the way to take pictures of Reese Witherspoon and her children.
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Esquire Names Jessica Biel Sexiest Woman (AP)
 AP - Jessica Biel has been proclaimed "the sexiest woman alive" by Esquire magazine. The actress is featured on the cover of Esquire's November issue, following last year's honoree, Angelina Jolie.
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Chan Denies Reports He's Anti-South Korea (AP)
 AP - Jackie Chan hit back at reports he is anti-South Korea, and accused the media of distorting his comments, according to reports.
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Bening Calls for More Calif. Arts Funding (AP)
 AP - Annette Bening appeared on the Capitol steps to make an appeal for increased funding for the arts in California's public schools.
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J-Lo plays reporter probing Mexican border murders (Reuters)
 Reuters - Pop diva and actress Jennifer
Lopez has put aside her usual glamour and is filming in a
hilltop shantytown this week for a gritty movie about the
murders of hundreds of women on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Brightness of 'Rings' pays off big for some (Reuters)
![Actor Viggo Mortensen laughs during a news conference for 'A History of Violence' at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2005. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni [Photo via NewsCom]](http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051007/i/r3602909311.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=A3BYNPs4BF4XNlQqjXplDw--) Reuters - Landing a blockbuster is
every actor's dream. Especially when an actor hasn't
established himself as a marquee movie star. But like many
things in Hollywood, one person's opportunity is another's
downfall.
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Modest 'Voices' sings of a boy and his war (Reuters)
 Reuters - Mexican filmmaker Luis
Mandoki's "Innocent Voices," which is opening next Friday in
Los Angeles, is modest by design.
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Twisted 'Domino' should recover box office bounty (Reuters)
![British actress Keira Knightley arrives at the North American premiere gala for 'Pride and Prejudice' at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 11, 2005. REUTERS/Mike Cassese [Photo via NewsCom]](http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051007/i/r3239020005.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=Eb6f2hnMRtto09eSQyEhAQ--) Reuters - Hyperkinetic
cinematography, staccato editing, saturated colors and
hipster-cool characters aren't enough to put across this
twisted tale of real-life people in a fictionalized crime
caper. What's missing from this trickster's Reality Show called
"Domino" is any sense of reality. It looks and acts like
"Ocean's Thirteen," as director Tony Scott borrows freely and
unashamedly from Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Quentin
Tarantino, Elmore Leonard and Guy Ritchie.
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Sundance May View Home Depot Documentary (AP)
AP - A documentary born of some Miami residents' fight to keep a Home Depot store out of their tree-lined stylish neighborhood is being considered for viewing at the Sundance Film Festival.
Review: Clay-Animated Film W&G a Delight (AP)
AP - Mind-bogglingly elaborate yet undeniably cute, five years in the making yet utterly timeless, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" finally comes to the big screen, and it's a complete delight.
Ashlee Simpson Returns to Sing on 'SNL' (AP)
AP - Ashlee Simpson sang — really, she did — without incident on "Saturday Night Live" in her return to the scene of last year's lip-synch fiasco.
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Reunion tour nearly complete, Pixies ponder album (Reuters)
Reuters - With the first phase of their
reunion nearly complete, the Pixies hope to begin gathering
potential material for their first studio album since 1991's
"Trompe le Monde."
Martin's music takes on new 'Life' (Reuters)
Reuters - It would be a misstatement to call
"Life" the return of Ricky Martin; the Puerto Rican star's last
studio album was 2003's Spanish-language "Almas Del Silencio."
But "Life" is a departure in sound for an artist who many
mainstream listeners still associate with "Livin' La Vida
Loca," from his self-titled English-language debut in 1999.
New sounds redefine tropical music (Reuters)
Reuters - If you judge the landscape of tropical
music in the United States by what you hear on the radio, you
might conclude that traditional tropical music like salsa and
merengue has been killed off by reggaeton.
Worship-music Crowder Band finds happy 'Collision' (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the things that has made
worship music such a phenomenon in the Christian genre in the
past few years is that worship leaders come in a variety of
musical shapes, styles and packages. Among the more unique
worship music outfits is the David Crowder Band.
Recording studios offer luxury packages (Reuters)
Reuters - To paraphrase Mark
Twain, rumors of the death of the big music-recording studios
are greatly exaggerated.
Houston heats up as hip-hop mecca (Reuters)
Reuters - When it comes to filling the
pipeline for hip-hop hits, Houston does not have a problem.
Vibe Awards creators say the show must go on (Reuters)
Reuters - For the chief executives at Vibe
magazine, the answer was obvious. The show must go on.
Fellow rockers pen tribute to murdered guitarist (Reuters)
Reuters - The onstage shooting of Damageplan
guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by a psychotic fan last
December in Columbus, Ohio, still resonates in the minds of
many who make their living performing concerts.
Old Hat compilation spotlights medicine shows (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the fall's more curious
and enlightening CD sets comes from acclaimed reissue label Old
Hat Records. The 48-song collection "Good for What Ails You:
Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937," released October 4,
documents the banjo-pickers and bluesmen who performed during
the shows' latter years, humorously drawing from folk, blues
and advertising traditions.
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