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Where Art Thou, Eminem? VMAs too normal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_tv/mtv_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.415ee6d47bb64e7f969398eea45c512e.mtv_vma_awards_show_mtv349.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=luBARqvfWQ2cQKkjL4Q1Ig--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Beyonce accepts the award for best r&b video, for 'Check On It' from the film 'Pink Panther,' from Jack Black at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where are Eminem and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog when you need them? Despite Shakira's ever-gyrating hips, Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" and the obscured image of a naked midget, Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards had about as much spontaneity as an episode of "Cribs."</p><br clear="all"/>
Cage set to lead box office with "Wicker Man"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/en_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_09_01t020938_450x336_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=p8jbaBAfN_HrZtSs0RvojQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Nicolas Cage and Molly Parker in a scene from 'The Wicker Man' from Warner Bros. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The summer box office
season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend, during
which three wide releases will open in theaters. None is likely
to cross the $20 million mark for the four-day period.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madden video game posts record sales
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_bu/electronic_arts_madden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.9c3054123c454a91b0b8fe63a370294c.saints_chiefs_football_mocr103.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=6LQ_mMd9689R4ee06l2rFQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush (25) is brought down by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Keyaron Fox as Bush ran for a four-yard gain during the second quarter of a NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006,in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)" border="0" /></a>AP - SAN FRANCISCO — Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that sales of its latest "Madden" football video game grossed more than $100 million in its first week, the biggest launch in the franchise's 17-year history and the latest sign of an improving outlook for the industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
"90210," "Melrose" Coming to DVD
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060901/en_tv_eo/19910"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060901/capt.29c2fee7990a8d35f337a21255cf0607.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=zuYITD4wNK9cFPE5Su5VpQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Brandon, Brenda, Billy, Amanda...it's been too long." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Brandon, Brenda, Billy, Amanda...it's been too long.</p><br clear="all"/>
Filmmaker Peter Jackson to remake "Dam Busters"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/film_nm/leisure_dambusters_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t193926_450x343_us_leisure_dambusters.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=cuib6j.kbZsRjyK5PMoguw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Peter Jackson arrives at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, January 16, 2006. Jackson will remake 'The Dam Busters,' a classic British war film about a Royal Air Force mission to cripple the German steel industry, Universal Pictures said on Thursday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Lord of the Rings" director Peter
Jackson will remake "The Dam Busters," a classic British war
film about a Royal Air Force mission to cripple the German
steel industry, Universal Pictures said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sting's wife top dog for "Grk" books
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rock star Sting's wife
Trudie Styler has acquired film rights to Joshua Doder's "Grk"
children's book trilogy for her production company.
Gate-crasher livens up MTV Video Music Awards in NY
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/music_nm/mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_09_01t030531_450x298_us_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GKepsCswUXxxbWCrVhvvBw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Show host Jack Black enters the stage during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jack Black dressed as a Moon Man, a
monkey graced the red carpet, rapper Lil' Kim wore an orange
prison jumpsuit and a gate-crasher tried to steal the top prize
-- what else but MTV's Video Music Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nichols clock-watching at "24"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Marisol Nichols has
joined Fox's Emmy-winning drama "24" in a recurring role as a
Counter Terrorist Unit operative.
Greece reclaiming plundered heritage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_bu/greece_getty_antiquities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060831/capt.e6e089f861a64c44a1f29ce40d232a83.greece_getty_antiquities_xts105.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=sGw2l.eoMT.C0G57HAz6Pw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A sixth-century B.C. votive relief depicting worshippers, left, approaching an enthroned goddess in her temple is displayed at the archeological museum of Athens Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, after the J. Paul Getty Museum signed over to Greece ownership of two ancient artifacts. The private museum in Los Angeles agreed in July to return the two sculptures following intense pressure from Greece, which says they were illegally spirited out of the country. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Greece vowed Thursday to reclaim the country's plundered heritage after two sculptures were returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nixon, Frost pas de deux revived on London stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Nixon had a great
many enemies, real and imagined, but the one that finally did
him in was television as playwright Peter Morgan shows in his
insightful, entertaining new play, "Frost/Nixon," at London's
Donmar Warehouse.
Sting's wife top dog for "Grk" books
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rock star Sting's wife
Trudie Styler has acquired film rights to Joshua Doder's "Grk"
children's book trilogy for her production company.
Aussie model Ward no "Stranger" to thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian supermodel
Gemma Ward will make her feature debut opposite Liv Tyler in
the suspense thriller "The Strangers."
Lennon cast as anti-war hero in new documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. conservatives were outraged when
country music band the Dixie Chicks criticized President George
W. Bush.
Where Art Thou, Eminem? VMAs too normal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mo/mtv_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.415ee6d47bb64e7f969398eea45c512e.mtv_vma_awards_show_mtv349.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=luBARqvfWQ2cQKkjL4Q1Ig--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Beyonce accepts the award for best r&b video, for 'Check On It' from the film 'Pink Panther,' from Jack Black at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where are Eminem and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog when you need them? Despite Shakira's ever-gyrating hips, Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" and the obscured image of a naked midget, Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards had about as much spontaneity as an episode of "Cribs."</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV Awards uncut, live on the Net
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mo/mtv_awards_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060830/capt.0c953d451c6644e188151ca88d0ee61f.aptopix_mtv_awards_nydg109.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=LHVcG_Iy7GKILQ7IAjqr8w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Rihanna performs at the MTV Video Music Awards kickoff concert in Battery Park, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)" border="0" /></a>AP - MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scenes from the MTV Awards: Jessica wins
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mo/mtv_awards_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.1c4f841fb3c44e05a1796c77f85f7267.mtv_vma_awards_arrivals_mtv316.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=2Pki0Eb0OIUT5A0FnNjYtw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Jessica Simpson arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)" border="0" /></a>AP - This week's example of "The Rich Just Get Richer": Jessica Simpson.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cage set to lead box office with "Wicker Man"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_09_01t020938_450x336_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=p8jbaBAfN_HrZtSs0RvojQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Nicolas Cage and Molly Parker in a scene from 'The Wicker Man' from Warner Bros. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The summer box office
season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend, during
which three wide releases will open in theaters. None is likely
to cross the $20 million mark for the four-day period.</p><br clear="all"/>
Filmmaker Peter Jackson to remake "Dam Busters"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/film_nm/leisure_dambusters_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t193926_450x343_us_leisure_dambusters.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=cuib6j.kbZsRjyK5PMoguw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Peter Jackson arrives at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, January 16, 2006. Jackson will remake 'The Dam Busters,' a classic British war film about a Royal Air Force mission to cripple the German steel industry, Universal Pictures said on Thursday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Lord of the Rings" director Peter
Jackson will remake "The Dam Busters," a classic British war
film about a Royal Air Force mission to cripple the German
steel industry, Universal Pictures said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Literary dramas lead Telluride fest lineup
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/film_nm/telluride_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t162958_450x350_us_telluride.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=kkGq4ThyF1AC6gnk0OzaQA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Sandra Bullock, who stars in director Douglas McGrath's latest movie 'Infamous', attends a photocall in Venice, August 31, 2006. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Telluride Film Festival
officials, who always keep their four days of Labor Day weekend
programming under wraps until the last possible minute,
revealed the lineup Thursday for their 33rd annual event in the
Colorado Rockies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Glenn Ford: No Oscar, but a great career
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/ap_en_mo/glenn_ford_appreciation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060831/capt.43c37017285a43d4a6e0cd98822185af.obit_ford_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=GTMxS94G_t4ZBm3Dzv_Qgg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Actor Glenn Ford is seen in this 1981 photo taken by his wife Cynthia Hayward. Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as 'The Blackboard Jungle,' 'Gilda' and 'The Big Heat,' died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006 police said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Cynthia Hayward)" border="0" /></a>AP - He never won an Academy Award_ in fact, was never nominated. He never earned the big bucks that stars of his stature enjoyed. Yet for 52 years Glenn Ford remained an in-demand actor whose name above the title could attract movie ticket buyers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gate-crasher livens up MTV Video Music Awards in NY
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/music_nm/mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_09_01t030531_450x298_us_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GKepsCswUXxxbWCrVhvvBw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Show host Jack Black enters the stage during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jack Black dressed as a Moon Man, a
monkey graced the red carpet, rapper Lil' Kim wore an orange
prison jumpsuit and a gate-crasher tried to steal the top prize
-- what else but MTV's Video Music Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gate-crasher livens up MTV awards
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/music_nm/leisure_mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_09_01t013852_450x324_us_leisure_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=UoaNDz.onbuSjegamuDtDA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jennifer Lopez and Brendan Urie (C) of Panic! at the Disco as a man who identified himself as Six takes over the microphone after emerging from the crowd at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jack Black dressed as a Moon Man, a
monkey graced the red carpet, rapper Lil' Kim wore an orange
prison jumpsuit and a gate-crasher tried to steal the top prize
-- what else but MTV's Video Music Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Where Art Thou, Eminem? VMAs too normal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mu/mtv_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.415ee6d47bb64e7f969398eea45c512e.mtv_vma_awards_show_mtv349.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=luBARqvfWQ2cQKkjL4Q1Ig--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Beyonce accepts the award for best r&b video, for 'Check On It' from the film 'Pink Panther,' from Jack Black at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where are Eminem and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog when you need them? Despite Shakira's ever-gyrating hips, Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" and the obscured image of a naked midget, Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards had about as much spontaneity as an episode of "Cribs."</p><br clear="all"/>
VMAs go "Crazy" and Panic!
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060901/en_music_eo/19913"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060901/capt.f4027453202807560cb5b02f9c710a37.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=bENeM7TMoH1HIy57Xhn01w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Blood was shed, people were electrocuted, lobsters ran amok--and
that was just when the Jackass crew was on-camera reminding
people to cast their votes for the Viewers' Choice award." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Blood was shed, people were electrocuted, lobsters ran amok--and
that was just when the Jackass crew was on-camera reminding
people to cast their votes for the Viewers' Choice award.</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV Awards uncut, live on the Net
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mu/mtv_awards_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060830/capt.0c953d451c6644e188151ca88d0ee61f.aptopix_mtv_awards_nydg109.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=LHVcG_Iy7GKILQ7IAjqr8w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Rihanna performs at the MTV Video Music Awards kickoff concert in Battery Park, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)" border="0" /></a>AP - MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scenes from the MTV Awards: Jessica wins
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mu/mtv_awards_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.1c4f841fb3c44e05a1796c77f85f7267.mtv_vma_awards_arrivals_mtv316.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=2Pki0Eb0OIUT5A0FnNjYtw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Jessica Simpson arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)" border="0" /></a>AP - This week's example of "The Rich Just Get Richer": Jessica Simpson.</p><br clear="all"/>
Winners of 2006 MTV Video Music Awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_en_mu/mtv_awards_list"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060901/i/r1639308932.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=z372B0xzRm6TL5RZI8eWQw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Rapper Saigon arrives for an after party for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Winners of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards:</p><br clear="all"/>
Lil' Kim sports prison suit at MTV awards show
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/music_nm/lilkim_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t215059_450x303_us_lilkim.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=_VFBHbgNXilayiuXXBFjAA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Rap singer Lil' Kim (C), in a prison suit costume, is escorted on stage at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rap diva Lil' Kim made a triumphant
return to the music world on Thursday after nearly a year in
prison, appearing at the MTV Video Music Awards in an orange
jumpsuit and flanked by men dressed as prison guards.</p><br clear="all"/>
CORRECTED: Lil' Kim sports prison suit at MTV awards show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Corrects description of outfit to pantsuit from evening
dress in third paragraph.
Brazil's musical minister says he's happy in govt
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/music_nm/gil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t222559_450x309_us_gil.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=8c3EinKN2qBAtcbhU5h9Ow--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Brazilian singer and Culture Minister Gilberto Gil smiles during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro August 31, 2006. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grammy-winning musician
Gilberto Gil said on Thursday he likes his job as Brazil's
Minister of Culture and would like to keep it, but his days as
a composer are coming to an end.</p><br clear="all"/>
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