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Documentary a Nail-Biter for Madonna (AP)
 AP - Madonna is worried that her secret wasn't juicy enough. When her new documentary, "I'm Going to Tell You A Secret," premiered in New York, she said she was nervous the audience wouldn't like it.
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Spears Says Web Photos of Baby Are Stolen (AP)
 AP - Britney Spears threatened to take legal action after pictures of her newborn son popped up on the Internet, apparently stolen from a private photo shoot. At least two Web sites showed photos of Spears embracing her child, as well as a family portrait.
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'Calvin and Hobbes' Creator Keeps Privacy (AP)
 AP - Maybe someday, officials will put up a statue marking this quaint village as the birthplace of "Calvin and Hobbes."
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Sizemore Lawyers Want Conviction Tossed (AP)
 AP - A judge wants the city attorney's office to show why Tom Sizemore's conviction for beating former girlfriend and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss should not be thrown out, according to the actor's attorneys.
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Stars sign on for Johnny Cash special (Reuters)
 Reuters - U2, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones and
Jerry Lee Lewis are among the luminaries set to perform at "I
Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash." The CBS special will
air November 16, two days before the theatrical release of the
Cash biopic "Walk the Line," starring Joaquin Phoenix as the
legendary musician.
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Review: Hard-Core Fans Will Love 'Doom' (AP)
 AP - From "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" to "Super Mario Bros.," I've seen enough video game-to-movie conversions to know just how painful they can be to watch.
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Documentary a Nail-Biter for Madonna (AP)
AP - Madonna is worried that her secret wasn't juicy enough. When her new documentary, "I'm Going to Tell You A Secret," premiered in New York, she said she was nervous the audience wouldn't like it.
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Documentary a Nail-Biter for Madonna (AP)
AP - Madonna is worried that her secret wasn't juicy enough. When her new documentary, "I'm Going to Tell You A Secret," premiered in New York, she said she was nervous the audience wouldn't like it.
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Prosecutors Want to Use Spector's Comment (AP)
 AP - Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case asked a judge to allow statements the music producer made shortly after an actress was shot to death at his home in 2003 to be used at his trial.
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'Einstein's Dreams', the Musical, Makes European Premiere in Lisbon (Playbill)
Playbill - The European premiere of the musical Einstein's Dreams, inspired by the spare fiction book of the same name, opens Oct. 21 at the Teatro da Trindade, Lisbon's oldest theatre.
Review: Hard-Core Fans Will Love 'Doom' (AP)
AP - From "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" to "Super Mario Bros.," I've seen enough video game-to-movie conversions to know just how painful they can be to watch.
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Sizemore Lawyers Want Conviction Tossed (AP)
AP - A judge wants the city attorney's office to show why Tom Sizemore's conviction for beating former girlfriend and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss should not be thrown out, according to the actor's attorneys.
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Sequel offers a tamer, family-friendly 'Zorro' (Reuters)
 Reuters - What have they done to
the "Zorro" movie series? It's turned into "Spy Kids!" Instead
of a lone masked champion of justice and freedom, the sequel to
Amblin's 1998 "The Mask of Zorro" is now a family act.
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Italy selects 'Don't Tell' for Oscar race (Reuters)
 Reuters - Despite a chorus of voices
calling for a boycott, Italy's Oscar selection committee picked
Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" ("Don't Tell") to
represent Italy in the race for the best foreign-language
Oscar.
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Gordon Lee, Porky on 'Our Gang,' dead at 71 (Reuters)
Reuters - Eugene "Gordon" Lee, who played the
chunky tag-a-long "Porky" in the 1930s-era "Our Gang" movie
shorts, has died, a friend said on Friday.
Hindu Monkey God Stars in India Animation (AP)
 AP - It's a bird. It's a plane. It's ... the superhero monkey god?
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PluggedIn: DVD format war brews even as videos go off-disk (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood is gearing up for an ugly
war over rival DVD formats, but the real battle may be in
keeping customers hooked on physical discs at all.
'Little Rascals' Actor Gordon Lee Dies (AP)
 AP - Gordon Lee, the chubby child actor who played Spanky McFarland's little brother Porky in the "Little Rascals" comedies, has died. He was 71.
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Spielberg's Holocaust Archive in USC (AP)
AP - Steven Spielberg's voluminous archive documenting the lives of Holocaust survivors has merged with the University of Southern California.
Cameron Diaz Surprises Stanford Class (AP)
 AP - Cameron Diaz surprised a class at Stanford University when the "Charlie's Angels" star helped lead a lecture on environmentally friendly design.
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Documentary a Nail-Biter for Madonna (AP)
AP - Madonna is worried that her secret wasn't juicy enough. When her new documentary, "I'm Going to Tell You A Secret," premiered in New York, she said she was nervous the audience wouldn't like it.
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Spears Says Web Photos of Baby Are Stolen (AP)
AP - Britney Spears threatened to take legal action after pictures of her newborn son popped up on the Internet, apparently stolen from a private photo shoot. At least two Web sites showed photos of Spears embracing her child, as well as a family portrait.
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Shirley Horn, jazz pianist and singer, dies at 71 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Shirley Horn, the jazz pianist and
singer whose unhurried, breathy style captured the attention of
two generations of listeners, has died at age 71, her record
company said in a statement.
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Moby Shows Off Illustrations in Conn. (AP)
 AP - Seems even kids like Moby. The electronic music artist and Connecticut native was in Stamford last week to showcase illustrated prints and clothing from his "Little Idiot" line.
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Met Celebrates Mozart With Splendid 'Cosi' (AP)
AP - Back in 1991, the classical music world threw itself into a virtual frenzy to honor the 200th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death. In New York, Lincoln Center committed to performing each of his 835 compositions, and the Metropolitan Opera staged all his mature operas over a couple of seasons.
European dance act singer "Captain Jack" dies at 43 (Reuters)
Reuters - Cuban-born dance music artist Franky
Gee, better-known to his European fans as "Captain Jack," has
died of a brain haemorrhage while in Spain, German media
reported on Saturday. He was 43.
Polish pianist Blechacz wins Chopin competition (Reuters)
 Reuters - Twenty-year-old Rafal Blechacz has
become the first Pole in 30 years to win the Chopin
International Piano Competition, one of the world's most
prestigious contests of its kind, organizers said on Saturday.
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Prosecutors Want to Use Spector's Comment (AP)
AP - Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case asked a judge to allow statements the music producer made to police shortly after an actress was shot to death at his home in 2003 to be used at his trial.
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Carole King to Testify Against Idaho Bill (AP)
 AP - Singer and environmental activist Carole King, one of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's campaign trail troubadours last year, is heading to Washington, D.C., next week at the invitation of Republican lawmakers to testify before Congress against a bill creating more protected wilderness in Idaho.
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Cowell Not As Nasty to Male 'Popera' Group (AP)
 AP - Simon Cowell can be brutal when he judges contestants on Fox's "American Idol," but he has withheld his caustic criticism from his "popera" group.
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