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Lane, Cross join 'Stand Up To Cancer' telethon
(AP)
AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.
Box Office Preview: 'Evil' to scare away others
(AP)
AP - It's going to be a particularly evil weekend as Sony-Screen Gems' "Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D" goes for the best debut in the history of the horror franchise with a 3-D powered gross that is likely to top the $25 million mark.
Britney Spears denies bodyguard harassment claims
(AP)
AP - Britney Spears denied a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children, saying Thursday in a statement on her website that authorities looked into his claims but found no reason to act.
Joaquin Phoenix not quitting acting just yet
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omg! - Reuters - Is he or isn't he? Quitting acting, that is.
Austrian kidnap victim details ordeal in new book
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AP - An Austrian woman kidnapped at age 10 says she was repeatedly beaten, starved and forced to do housework half-naked during her 8 1/2 years at the mercy of a man who admired Hitler and considered himself an Egyptian god.
Japanese cult director in Venice with samurai film
(AP)
AP - Japanese cult director Takashi Miike says he remade the 1963 classic "Thirteen Assassins" to help Japan's younger generation learn about the past.
Lane, Cross join 'Stand Up To Cancer' telethon
(AP)
AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.
Lane, Cross join 'Stand Up To Cancer' telethon
(AP)
AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.
Daily Variety sues punk rock band over logo
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood trade newspaper Daily Variety is embroiled in heated litigation with California punk rock band the Vandals, whose bass player happens to include an attorney.
Daily Variety sues punk rock band over logo
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood trade newspaper Daily Variety is embroiled in heated litigation with California punk rock band the Vandals, whose bass player happens to include an attorney.
'Elektra', With Olympia Dukakis, Pamela Reed and Annie Purcell, Opens in Malibu Sept. 9
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Playbill -
Annie Purcell, Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Drama Desk Award winner Pamela Reed and Tony Award nominee Manoel Felciano star in Getty Villa's new outdoor production of Sophocles' Elektra, as adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker, opening Sept. 9 after previews from Sept. 2 in Malibu, CA.
Lane, Cross join 'Stand Up To Cancer' telethon
(AP)
AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.
Jessica Simpson Guest Judge at "Project Runway" Finale
(Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Though the finalists of Lifetime's "Project Runway 8" are still a secret - the show is only six episodes into the season, well before the final runway challenge episode revealing the top three designers will air - the judge for that episode is no longer a secret. It will be Jessica Simpson.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
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AP - 1. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Bowersox finds out her files were checked in Ohio
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AP - More than a half-dozen public employees snooped in confidential state records for personal information on "American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox, officials said Thursday.