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Woody Allen Grateful for Wife Soon-Yi (AP)
 AP - Woody Allen says his relationship with wife Soon-Yi Previn, which has a "more paternal feeling," is "one of the truly lucky things that happened to me in my life."
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Pitt Narrates PBS Miniseries on Health (AP)
 AP - Brad Pitt's voice is usually identified with movies such as "Troy," "Ocean's Eleven" and "Twelve Monkeys" — not a six-hour documentary on global health.
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Ronald Isley Convicted of Tax Evasion (AP)
 AP - R&B singer Ronald Isley was convicted of multiple counts of tax evasion Monday and could face up to 26 years in prison when he is sentenced.
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Alec Baldwin, Basinger in Custody Dispute (AP)
AP - Actors Alec Baldwin and ex-wife Kim Basinger traded personal jabs through their attorneys Monday, with each claiming amid a custody dispute that the other has serious emotional problems.
Stars Wax Off (E! Online)
 E! Online - In the end, even the Olsen twins, Jennifer Lopez and Leonardo
DiCaprio couldn't save it.
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Dennis Rodman Settles Speeding Ticket (AP)
AP - Dennis Rodman has settled a speeding ticket that briefly led to a judge issuing an arrest warrant, an attorney and his agent said Monday.
Judas Priest keeping it hot and heavy (Reuters)
Reuters - "Now you're telling me
you're not nostalgic/Then give me another word for it."
Dennis Rodman Settles Speeding Ticket (AP)
AP - Dennis Rodman has settled a speeding ticket that briefly led to a judge issuing an arrest warrant, an attorney and his agent said Monday.
Fired producer slams CBS News in memoir (Reuters)
Reuters - Fired CBS News producer
Mary Mapes, who lost her job in the wake of the discredited "60
Minutes Wednesday" story about President George W. Bush's
military career, claims she was a scapegoat at the network,
according to an excerpt of her new book to be published in the
November issue of Vanity Fair.
'Ashley Montana' skit series largely flops (Reuters)
Reuters - The concept of washed-up
ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown reduced to singing for his supper
in a New Orleans gin joint is pretty amusing. Too bad little
else measures up to it in the series of skits collectively
titled "Ashley Montana Goes Ashore in the Caicos or: What Am I
Doing Here?"
Dennis Rodman Settles Speeding Ticket (AP)
AP - Dennis Rodman has settled a speeding ticket that briefly led to a judge issuing an arrest warrant, an attorney and his agent said Monday.
Alec Baldwin, Basinger in Custody Dispute (AP)
AP - Actors Alec Baldwin and ex-wife Kim Basinger traded personal jabs through their attorneys Monday, with each claiming amid a custody dispute that the other has serious emotional problems.
Jennifer Love Hewitt turns trick on 'Brains' (Reuters)
Reuters - Jennifer Love Hewitt
plans to star in and produce a fact-based feature about a
hooker housewife from Texas.
Groups decry screen-sex amendment (Reuters)
Reuters - A wide range of
organizations representing the political gamut from copyright
holders to anti-tax groups are urging lawmakers to reject
legislation that would bring some legitimate film and TV
productions under the same federal reporting requirements as
X-rated films.
Producer's Killer instinct wins her indie props (Reuters)
Reuters - It was like an updated
scene from "The Godfather," with an equally powerful mob.
Keillor, Altman bring "Prairie Home" to theaters (Reuters)
Reuters - After a heated bidding
war, arthouse distributor Picturehouse has acquired all North
American rights to "A Prairie Home Companion," an all-star
backstage musical written by radio host Garrison Keillor and
directed by Robert Altman.
De Havilland returning for Academy showcase (Reuters)
Reuters - Olivia de Havilland, the
great star of a platoon of Hollywood's finest including "Gone
With the Wind," "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "The Heiress"
and "The Snake Pit," all of which regularly and prominently
show up on "best of" and "favorite movie" lists, has certainly
had her share of prestigious awards through the years,
including Oscars in 1946 and 1949.
Disney "Pirates" Ship Takes to the Seas (E! Online)
 E! Online - Heigh-ho, me hearties. That's no ghost ship ye see on the
horizon--it's the Black Pearl.
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"Saw II" Much for Competition (E! Online)
 E! Online - Saw II promised lots of blood; it delivered lots of
bucks.
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Fiddy Billboards Removed (E! Online)
 E! Online - Paramount Pictures has
responded to public protests and has removed some controversial
billboards for the studio's forthcoming 50 Cent film, Get Rich or Die
Tryin'.
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Judas Priest keeping it hot and heavy (Reuters)
Reuters - "Now you're telling me
you're not nostalgic/Then give me another word for it."
Billie Holiday earns multimedia tribute (Reuters)
Reuters - A moment of dread might
have been felt by the more seasoned Billie Holiday fans when
Niki Harris opened the multimedia program "Billie & Me" on
Friday at Royce Hall.
Tweedy tackling Loose Fur, Golden Smog CDs (Reuters)
Reuters - In between touring and making a new
record with Wilco, the alt-country band's frontman Jeff Tweedy
is returning to two prior side projects.
Ronald Isley Convicted of Tax Evasion (AP)
AP - R&B singer Ronald Isley was convicted of multiple counts of tax evasion Monday and could face up to 26 years in prison when he is sentenced.
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Isley Bro Nailed for Tax Dodge (E! Online)
 E! Online - These are taxing times indeed for R&B legend Ronald Isley.
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Ray Davies draws inspiration from 'Thanksgiving' (Reuters)
Reuters - Kinks principal Ray Davies will
tease his upcoming solo debut with the "Thanksgiving Day" EP,
due November 22 via V2 Records.
M.C. Hammer publishing catalog up for sale (Reuters)
 Reuters - Music publishing and other copyright
assets of M.C. Hammer have been put up for sale nine years
after the multi-platinum rapper filed for bankruptcy in
California.
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The Game's Unhappy Halloween (E! Online)
 E! Online - Trying to get into the Halloween spirit, the Game showed up at
an autograph session at a North Carolina shopping mall wearing a mask.
But apparently local police weren't in a trick-or-treating mood.
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BET Celebrates 25th Birthday (AP)
AP - In a special that doubles as a retirement party for network founder Robert Johnson, BET celebrates its 25th anniversary with a music-studded party that debuts on the network Tuesday night.
Review: 'Chicken Little' (AP)
AP - The sky has been falling for the past five years at Disney's venerable animation studios, whose golden touch has turned leaden with a string of forgettable cartoon flicks.
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