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'West Wing' Hopefuls Clash in Live Debate (AP)
AP - It was a debate both startlingly realistic and straight out of fantasyland on NBC's "The West Wing" Sunday night.
Harry Potter Cast Attends London Premiere (AP)
 AP - A sense of magic and excitement was in the air in London's Leicester Square on Sunday as Harry Potter fans waited in the rain to greet cast members attending the premiere of the latest Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
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'Chicken Little' Can't Save Box Office (AP)
 AP - The sky is still falling in Hollywood, even though Chicken Little and the Marines have landed.
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Jay Leno Increasing Lead in Late-Night (AP)
 AP - In a TV season when NBC is starved for good news at night, Jay Leno is providing some.
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Biographer Guralnick tackles soul icon Cooke (Reuters)
Reuters - Legendary singer/songwriter Sam
Cooke had a dream. So did biographer Peter Guralnick. Their
visions intertwine in Guralnick's new book, "Dream Boogie: The
Triumph of Sam Cooke."
Movies heavily shape teen smoking: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly 40 percent of U.S. adolescents
who give cigarette smoking a try do so because they saw it in
movies, a study said on Monday.
Penning lyrics for 1st time, Bacharach gets topical (Reuters)
 Reuters - Bacharach and ... Bacharach?
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'West Wing' Hopefuls Clash in Live Debate (AP)
AP - It was a debate both startlingly realistic and straight out of fantasyland on NBC's "The West Wing" Sunday night.
CBS wins Friday, Saturday ratings (Reuters)
 Reuters - CBS cruised to victory
on the first Friday of the November sweep with 8 p.m. freshman
drama "Ghost Whisperer" drawing another good-sized crowd to
start off the night.
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'Bollywood Bride' rings true for moviemaking pair (Reuters)
Reuters - They met on the Internet
-- a Palm Springs, Calif., investment banker and a Mumbai-based
Indian film star. They fell in love, they married. Their first
child -- a screenplay.
Movies heavily shape teen smoking: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly 40 percent of U.S. adolescents
who give cigarette smoking a try do so because they saw it in
movies, a study said on Monday.
Harry Potter Cast Attends London Premiere (AP)
AP - A sense of magic and excitement was in the air in London's Leicester Square on Sunday as Harry Potter fans waited in the rain to greet cast members attending the premiere of the latest Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
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Aniston Says She's Been Wrongly Pegged (AP)
 AP - Jennifer Aniston says she's been wrongly pegged as a crier since splitting with Brad Pitt.
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Producer, Attorney Maurice Rosenfield Dies (AP)
AP - Maurice Rosenfield, an attorney and Broadway and film producer who introduced a young Robert De Niro to a wide audience, has died. He was 91.
"Chicken Little," Marines Can't Save Day (E! Online)
 E! Online - The nation's multiplexes were a moviehouse divided this weekend.
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'Chicken Little' Can't Save Box Office (AP)
AP - The sky is still falling in Hollywood, even though Chicken Little and the Marines have landed.
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'Chicken Little' opens big at U.S. box office (Reuters)
Reuters - "Chicken Little," Walt Disney Co.'s
first fully computer-animated movie, opened to a
better-than-expected $40.1 million at the North American box
office, the company said on Sunday.
'Bollywood Bride' rings true for moviemaking pair (Reuters)
Reuters - They met on the Internet
-- a Palm Springs, Calif., investment banker and a Mumbai-based
Indian film star. They fell in love, they married. Their first
child -- a screenplay.
Lohan Imagines Lennon Flick (E! Online)
 E! Online - Just days after signing on to Bobby, Emilio Estevez's low-budget
ensemble drama about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the
erstwhile Mean Girl is now set to star opposite Jared Leto in Chapter
27, an indie film centering on the 1980 murder of John Lennon.
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Peter Jackson leads NZ film biz to new heights (Reuters)
Reuters - When Peter Jackson
unveiled the first "Lord of the Rings" movie in 2001, it
ushered in a torrent of attention on New Zealand and its film
industry, kicking it into high gear and showing that the
country was a viable place for Hollywood to make its movies.
Penning lyrics for 1st time, Bacharach gets topical (Reuters)
Reuters - Bacharach and ... Bacharach?
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Biographer Guralnick tackles soul icon Cooke (Reuters)
Reuters - Legendary singer/songwriter Sam
Cooke had a dream. So did biographer Peter Guralnick. Their
visions intertwine in Guralnick's new book, "Dream Boogie: The
Triumph of Sam Cooke."
Neo-soul duo Floetry back in the flow (Reuters)
Reuters - Two years have elapsed since the
release of Floetry's live album, "Floacism," and three years
since debut "Floetic." That seems like an eternity considering
the industry's prevailing what's-next attitude. But the London
duo welcomed the respite.
Kate Bush reemerges -- sort of -- with 'Aerial' (Reuters)
 Reuters - How does a label market
the first release in a dozen years from a revered artist when
her promotional participation is at an absolute minimum?
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Jason Mraz makes a play for credibility (Reuters)
Reuters - When Jason Mraz began
his set at the Wiltern Saturday night with a cover of Bob
Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," you couldn't help but
think that the young singer/songwriter was attempting to
challenge himself and his audience, as well as trying to up his
credibility quotient.
Opeth turns death metal into dark, seductive embrace (Reuters)
Reuters - When you look at it on
paper, it is bizarre that Swedish band Opeth is becoming as
popular as it is in the United States.
Fab Four uncovered in hefty tome (Reuters)
Reuters - In the beginning there
was John, the scruffy rebel who dazzled the good burghers of
Liverpool with song and story. Then came Paul, the doe-eyed
champion of all things bright and chirpy. Then there were
George, the quiet one, and Ringo, who was -- well, Ringo.
Yale Makes Graduate Music School Free (AP)
 AP - In most of America's top conservatories, the world's most promising musicians are often deep in debt and giving music lessons just to cover the rent and close the gap between their scholarships and graduate school tuition.
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Phil Collins says open to Genesis reunion (Reuters)
 Reuters - British singer and songwriter
Phil Collins said on Sunday he would be open to a reunion of
his old band Genesis, a day before he is set to perform in
Israel as part of his what he calls his final tour.
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Billboard single reviews: Stewart/Ross, Etheridge (Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rod Stewart's appeal as a standards
singer confounds most critics, but the public continues to
respond:
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