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  • French 'Spiderman' denies risking lives in Sydney stunt (AFP)   - 

    Frenchman Alain Robert (centre), known as 'Spiderman,' is seen being led away by police after climbing a 150-metre (492-foot) tall apartment building in Sydney on August 30. Robert on Friday pleaded not guilty to putting lives at risk after his latest stunt.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - A French climber dubbed "Spiderman" for scaling skyscrapers without ropes or equipment pleaded not guilty Friday to putting lives at risk after his latest stunt in Australia.


  • Fishburne's porn-star daughter avoiding dark side (Reuters)   - Reuters - Before summer began, no one had heard of Montana Fishburne. But the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Laurence Fishburne, now the main guy on "CSI," was eager to make a name for herself.
  • Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)   - 

    FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.


  • Search for box promoter's missing son continues (AFP)   - 

    Searchers in the Northern Cascade mountains have found two packs belonging to the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum (pictured in 2009), but are still seeking the missing climber, authorities said.(AFP/Getty Images/Ethan Miller)AFP - Searchers in the Northern Cascade mountains have found two packs belonging to the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum, but are still seeking the missing climber, authorities said.


  • Zeta-Jones 'furious' at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas (AFP)   - 

    (From left) Kirk Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are seen here in 2009. Zeta-Jones reportedly is 'furious' that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, Michael Douglas's, throat cancer earlier.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is "furious" that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, actor Michael Douglas's throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday.


  • TV stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2010 photo, Actress Kaitlin Olson, from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia', participates in a panel discussion at the F/X Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' hit a home run with their new baby boy. A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces — and forced his parents to miss a Philadelphia Phillies victory. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.


  • Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson, and Michael Jackson's sister, LaToya Jackson, arrive to a Los Angeles courthouse for a preliminary hearing setting and motions in the trial of Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate.


  • Zsa Zsa Gabor out of hospital (Reuters)   - 

    Ailing 93-year-old Hollywood socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, seen here in 1993. The German husband of Gabor said he wanted preserve her body by plastination after she dies, the Bild newspaper reported.(AFP/File/Kim Kulish)Reuters - Hollywood fixture Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose health has been failing in recent months since she fell and broke her hip, has returned home after being hospitalized this week, her spokesman said on Thursday.


  • Oprah's Book Club back, pick coming in September (AP)   - AP - The first week of the final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will include a selection for Oprah's Book Club.
  • Judge: Paris Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 photo, Paris Hilton and Cy Waits attend the Paris Hilton fragrance launch'Tease' at MyStudio in Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Donald Traill, file) MANDATORY CREDIT; EDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO SALESAP - Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.


  • Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart (Reuters)   - Reuters - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite."
  • Letterman extortionist released from NY jail (Reuters)   - Reuters - A former television producer who tried to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman over his affairs with women was released from jail on Thursday, a city correctional department spokesman said.
  • Natalie Portman earns early awards buzz for ballet drama (Reuters)   - Reuters - Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie "Black Swan," the opening picture at this year's Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance "elevates her ... to a major star."
  • In Venice, Jewish lens focuses on Palestinians (AFP)   - 

    US director Julian Schnabel and Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal pose during a photocall for the film AFP - US filmmaker Julian Schnabel, a New York Jew, tells it like it is from the Palestinian point of view in "Miral" screening as the Venice film festival got into full swing on Thursday.


  • A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on "Broadway" (Reuters)   - Reuters - Independent filmmaker Lee Daniels got a big push for his movie "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers after the film's Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2009.
  • Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest (AP)   - 

    FILE - Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.


  • Producer eyes movie on Mexican singer Gloria Trevi (Reuters)   - 

    Singer Gloria Trevi and her husband Armando Gomez pose for photographers after getting married at the auditorium of the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Monterrey December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Tomas BravoReuters - An independent film company is developing a movie about Gloria Trevi, the fallen pop singer dubbed "Mexico's Madonna."


  • Harvey Keitel to replace Steve Carell on "Office"? (Reuters)   - Reuters - Throw another name in the hat of rumored replacements for Steve Carell on "The Office" -- Harvey Keitel.
  • US rapper T.I. arrested for drugs (AFP)   - 

    Grammy award-winning US rapper T.I., seen here in August 2010, and his wife were arrested for drugs possession overnight in Los Angeles, police said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - Grammy award-winning US rapper T.I. and his wife were arrested for drugs possession overnight in Los Angeles, police said Thursday.


  • Justin Long reclaims his acting mojo in "Distance" (Reuters)   - 

    Cast members Drew Barrymore and Justin Long pose at the premiere of Reuters - Nobody ever said Hollywood relationships were easy, and the on-again off-again affair of Justin Long and Drew Barrymore certainly proves that out.
 
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