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'Desperate Housewives' IDs Basement Guy (AP)
 AP - With a typical "Desperate Housewives" flourish of high drama, the man locked in a Wisteria Lane basement was revealed Sunday to be a fugitive from justice.
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Cam'ron Shot in Botched Carjacking (AP)
 AP - New York rapper Cam'ron was shot and wounded during a botched carjacking near a waterfront night spot, his manager said Sunday.
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Steve Martin Receives Twain Humor Award (AP)
 AP - Steve Martin has played a singing King Tut, a ramblin' guy with a dead woman trapped in his body, a con man and a family man. But beyond his colorful characters, Martin has become a respected writer and a comedy legend.
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'Doom' No. 1 in Another Slow Movie Weekend (AP)
 AP - The Rock did not meet his doom at the box office, but his latest action flick came in with a light pop instead of a bang during another slow weekend at movie theaters.
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Satellite radio duo tunes up for ad duel (Reuters)
Reuters - As Howard Stern has
geared up for his January arrival at Sirius Satellite Radio, so
have efforts to woo advertisers to his show.
AOL, Disney bring 'Narnia' online (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Studios and
America Online are letting fans of "The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" get a peek through those
famous closet doors in advance of the film's December 9
release.
Gwen Stefani leaves no doubt she's a solo star (Reuters)
Reuters - When Cher closed out her
farewell tour last spring at the Hollywood Bowl, she threw down
the gauntlet to the young divas to try to follow her act. We
don't know whether Gwen Stefani actually knew about the
challenge, but Cher might have met her match.
'Desperate Housewives' IDs Basement Guy (AP)
AP - With a typical "Desperate Housewives" flourish of high drama, the man locked in a Wisteria Lane basement was revealed Sunday to be a fugitive from justice.
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SAG Fires Executive Director After 6 Mo. (AP)
AP - The executive director of the Screen Actors Guild was fired by the guild's board of directors after only six months on the job.
De Haas and Hawkins Join Benefit Concert of 'Damn Yankees,' Set in Negro Leagues (Playbill)
Playbill - Darius De Haas and Ira Hawkins have joined the concert cast of the fresh take on Damn Yankees that sets the action in the Negro Baseball Leagues.
AOL, Disney bring 'Narnia' online (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Studios and
America Online are letting fans of "The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" get a peek through those
famous closet doors in advance of the film's December 9
release.
Movies.com boosting editorial coverage (Reuters)
Reuters - Movies.com, the Walt
Disney Co. online destination for movie fans that once had
ambitious plans to deliver feature films over the Internet, is
getting another makeover, boosting editorial coverage and
adding Hollywood gossip columnist Jeanne Wolf to its lineup.
Broken Lizard comics drink to 'Beerfest' (Reuters)
Reuters - "Beerfest" will be the
next film from the Broken Lizard comics, the troupe behind such
productions as "Super Troopers" and "Club Dread."
'Sopranos' trek to 'Brooklyn' for mob indie (Reuters)
Reuters - Several cast members of
HBO's "The Sopranos" have signed on to the mob-themed indie
"Made in Brooklyn," which is shooting at locations throughout
the New York borough.
Steve Martin Receives Twain Humor Award (AP)
AP - Steve Martin's character in "The Jerk" is ecstatic to find his name in print — in the phone book. "Things are going to start happening to me now!" he says. Twenty-six years later, the actor and writer is receiving a more prestigious form of recognition.
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Hollywood lobbyist concerned about protectionism (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood's top
lobbyist has fired a warning shot against countries that might
be emboldened to use the newly approved UNESCO convention on
cultural diversity as a means to block Hollywood movies.
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'Weather' blows hot and cold as midlife portrait (Reuters)
 Reuters - In "The Weather Man,"
Nicolas Cage doesn't so much play a protagonist, warts and all,
as he plays a protagonist who is all warts.
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'Wallace' hopping at overseas box office (Reuters)
Reuters - "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse
of the Were-Rabbit" held on to the top spot at the
international box office during the weekend but faced some
competition from "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" and "Flightplan."
Gloom, "Doom" at Box Office (E! Online)
 E! Online - The fall
box office continued to look bleak, with Doom appropriately
emerging as the nation's top weekend movie with $15.4 million in ticket
sales, according to estimates from Exhibitor Relations.
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'Doom' No. 1 in Another Slow Movie Weekend (AP)
AP - The Rock did not meet his doom at the box office, but his latest action flick came in with a light pop instead of a bang during another slow weekend at movie theaters.
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Gwen Stefani leaves no doubt she's a solo star (Reuters)
Reuters - When Cher closed out her
farewell tour last spring at the Hollywood Bowl, she threw down
the gauntlet to the young divas to try to follow her act. We
don't know whether Gwen Stefani actually knew about the
challenge, but Cher might have met her match.
Foo Fighters graduate with Honor at Long Beach (Reuters)
Reuters - It's hard to imagine
Dave Grohl as anything but a frontman.
New wave of teen talent energizes R&B scene (Reuters)
Reuters - Is Chris Brown the next Usher?
Satellite radio duo tunes up for ad duel (Reuters)
Reuters - As Howard Stern has
geared up for his January arrival at Sirius Satellite Radio, so
have efforts to woo advertisers to his show.
Cam'ron Shot in Botched Carjacking (AP)
AP - New York rapper Cam'ron was shot and wounded during a botched carjacking near a waterfront night spot, his manager said Sunday.
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Bluegrass drawing new, younger fans (Reuters)
Reuters - Anyone in the bluegrass business
will tell you that now is a great time to be involved with the
genre.
Eurythmics reliving Sweet Dreams with hits set (Reuters)
Reuters - Twenty-five years after forming
Eurythmics, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox admit that how they
write songs together remains a mystery.
Yolanda Perez takes traditional sounds to the street (Reuters)
Reuters - Yolanda Perez is not the first
bilingual, bicultural artist to blend traditional Mexican with
urban American sounds.
Folkie tune reborn as theme for series 'Weeds' (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the many joys of Showtime's
suburban drugs comedy "Weeds" is hearing the opening theme
song, "Little Boxes," sung by its composer, Malvina Reynolds,
who did not start writing until she was in her 50s.
Arctic Monkeys hit UK number 1 with second single (Reuters)
Reuters - Sheffield rockers Arctic Monkeys romped
straight to the top of the British singles' chart on Sunday,
with their second release knocking girl trio the Sugababes off
number one.
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