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Ashlee Simpson Really Does 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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'Wallace & Gromit' Tops Live-Action Rivals (AP)
 AP - Clay paid off at the box office for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." The clay-animated family film debuted as the top weekend movie with $16.1 million.
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Some Rabbis Criticize New Madonna Song (AP)
 AP - A song on Madonna's upcoming album dedicated to a Kabbalist rabbi is drawing criticism from other rabbis, the Israeli Maariv daily reported Sunday.
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Profs Discuss Harry Potter in Salem, Mass. (AP)
 AP - Hundreds of Harry Potter fanatics have turned this historic seaport, best known for its witches and their trials, into a makeshift college campus fit for a young wizard.
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Anti-fur group cream pies American Vogue's Wintour (Reuters)
 Reuters - French anti-fur activists said they
struck Anna Wintour, editor of the U.S. edition of Vogue, in
the face with a cream pie on Saturday to protest against her
support for the use of animal fur by the fashion industry.
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'The Big White' a wan black comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - On paper, it sounds
like a carbon copy of "Fargo": A desperate man in a snow-packed
small town turns to crime in an effort to avoid bankruptcy; his
plan is thwarted by bad luck, oddball goons and an investigator
who simply won't quit.
Ashlee Simpson Really Does 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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"Housewives" Gets Lost in Translation (E! Online)
 E! Online - Gotta hand it to
those Desperate Housewives--they deliver great drama both
onscreen and off.
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'Wallace & Gromit' Tops Live-Action Rivals (AP)
AP - Clay paid off at the box office for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." The clay-animated family film debuted as the top weekend movie with $16.1 million.
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'His Eye is on the Sparrow,' Musical Bio of Ethel Waters, Premieres in Florida (Playbill)
Playbill - Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow, a new "musical biography" about the late actress and singer Ethel Waters, gets its world premiere at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota Oct. 7.
'The Big White' a wan black comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - On paper, it sounds
like a carbon copy of "Fargo": A desperate man in a snow-packed
small town turns to crime in an effort to avoid bankruptcy; his
plan is thwarted by bad luck, oddball goons and an investigator
who simply won't quit.
'Wallace' walks tall at foreign box office (Reuters)
Reuters - Domestic box office
champ "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" also led
the field overseas, grossing an estimated $9.2 million from 13
territories last weekend.
"Wallace & Gromit" Animate Box Office (E! Online)
 E! Online - Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit munched up an estimated $16.1 million
to rule an otherwise lackluster weedend at the movies.
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'Wallace & Gromit' Tops Live-Action Rivals (AP)
AP - Clay paid off at the box office for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." The clay-animated family film debuted as the top weekend movie with $16.1 million.
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Trio clocks in to crime drama '88 Minutes' (Reuters)
Reuters - Alicia Witt, Leelee
Sobieski and Neal McDonough have signed on to star opposite Al
Pacino in the crime drama "88 Minutes," which begins principal
photography Saturday in Vancouver.
'Wallace & Gromit' beat Diaz, Pacino at box office (Reuters)
Reuters - British cartoon characters Wallace
and Gromit showed more life at the North American box office
than the likes of Cameron Diaz and Al Pacino, as five new wide
releases crowded the marketplace.
Profs Discuss Harry Potter in Salem, Mass. (AP)
AP - Hundreds of Harry Potter fanatics have turned this historic seaport, best known for its witches and their trials, into a makeshift college campus fit for a young wizard.
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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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Ashlee Simpson Really Does 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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Some Rabbis Criticize New Madonna Song (AP)
AP - A song on Madonna's upcoming album dedicated to a Kabbalist rabbi is drawing criticism from other rabbis, the Israeli Maariv daily reported Sunday.
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A Franz-tastic return by Scottish rockers (Reuters)
Reuters - Franz Ferdinand kept a
full house not just standing but moving its feet throughout the
first of two nights at the Greek Theater on Friday.
Bomb Scare Halts Stones Show (E! Online)
 E! Online - This wasn't the kind of bang the Rolling Stones were thinking of
when they hit the road this year.
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Boy George Tumbles for Drug Charge (E! Online)
 E! Online - Boy George's not-so-boyish antics have landed him in trouble with
the law.
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Billboard album reviews: Ricky Martin, Alicia Keys (Reuters)
Reuters - Do not think Ricky Martin's
hip-hop-tinged single "I Don't Care" fully represents his first
English-language album in five years. "Life" is a melange of
styles, with hip-hop, reggaeton and dance ("Drop It on Me"
features Daddy Yankee and Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas) sharing
space with world beats (Middle Eastern strains in "'Til I Get
to You" and "I Won't Desert You") and straight-ahead pop (the
ballad "Stop Time Tonight"). What you will not hear is anything
that sounds remotely like "Livin' La Vida Loca." The uptempo
tracks like "This Is Good" are full of percussion but pile on
layers of instrumentation for a lusher, highly produced and
intriguing mix. "Life" grows on you while managing to be
entirely entertaining. If some of it does not sound like
Martin, it is because his singing is often too far back in the
mix, a mistake for a voice that is so distinctive, if not
extraordinary.
Ludacris May Still Perform at Tenn. School (AP)
 AP - Ludacris might perform a homecoming concert at East Tennessee State University after all, despite the city's refusal to let him perform at Freedom Hall.
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Little Richard to Return Portion of Fee (AP)
 AP - Little Richard, the self-proclaimed architect of rock 'n' roll, built some goodwill in his hometown Saturday when he donated to the city almost half of his concert fee to settle concerns over who is paying the tab for his show.
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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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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."
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