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Ellen & Portia's Wedding Portrait
Ellen DeGeneres, Portia De RossiDidn't get invited to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's shindig, either? We know, it hurts. But at least now you can get a good, up-close look at the pair on their big day...
Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Dies
LeRoi MooreThe Dave Matthews Band brass has been silenced. Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, one of the founding members of the Virginia-based jam band, died Tuesday afternoon at Hollywood Presbyterian...
Miley and Mandy Turn Green
Miley CyrusThe environment just got some influential new friends. Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux posted a new episode of the "Miley and Mandy Show" on Monday night—and for this time...
Ooh, Ooh That Smell
Snoop DoggSure, life as a touring rap star seems glamorous and all, but consider the case of Snoop Dogg and his Unity Tour: Between those shows with tens of thousands of screaming fans, clamoring press and...
Nicole Kidman Prompts Olympians' Sail to Victory
Malcolm Page, Nathan WilmotNicole Kidman's got the golden touch. A phone call from the Australian actress helped spur two of her countrymen to victory Monday in the men's 470 class sailing competition at...
Trouble in Paradise for Hills Hunks?
Brody Jenner, Spencer PrattThe rekindled "bromance" between Hills stars Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt took a turn for the worse following the show's season premiere party at Paradise Cove in Malibu Monday...
Posh in a Snit Over "Blatantly Untrue" Diet Pill Story
Victoria BeckhamVictoria Beckham has had it up to here with tabloids trying to get the skinny on her figure. The glamorous Brit is reportedly gearing up to sue the U.K. magazine Now over an article that...
Afternoon Fix: A Tired Feud; Plus, Brad-Jen Dreams!
Jon Voight• Jon Voight and Roseanne Barr are worse than Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump. J.Vo responded to R.Bo's angry blog post by calling her "sick of the mind." Either settle this...
Another Pit Stop for 90210
Peach PitThe new 90210 is happening right now in 90036. As I type this, cast and crew from the CW's updated 90210 are shooting scenes a couple of miles or so outside of Beverly Hills at Los...
Burning Q's: A-List Dems & Olympic No-Shows
Kim Kardashian, Barack ObamaWhy are most stars Democrats? You would think as high wage earners, they would be Republicans. —Dawn Remember: Top-paid actors are also members of a massive...
Golden Girls Outdistance Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps, Golden Girls Mark Spitz has been vanquished. But not so Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia. Michael Phelps' Spitz-sinking swim on Saturday elevated NBC to its best ratings on the once-mighty,...
Wicked Talk About Movies, Mr. Armani and the Gays
Kristen ChenowethKristin Chenoweth wants the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked to be made pronto. Why? Because Chenoweth wants to play Glinda, the role she originated in the...
You Can Dance...and Sing, Too!
Mamma Mia, Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep, Julie WaltersWe hear that they were doing it anyway, but now audience members are actually going to be encouraged to sing and dance in the aisles while watching Mamma Mia! Universal Pictures...
Joe Francis Defends America, Self
Joe FrancisMaybe the Olympics have instilled a little patriotism in Joe Francis. How else to explain why the Girls Gone Wild founder has stepped up to take one for the team, filing a multimillion-dollar...
Gary Glitter Back on the Streets...Sort Of
Gary GlitterUPDATE: Gary Glitter isn't Britain's problem just yet. The disgraced glam rocker is reportedly refusing to complete the last leg of his journey after being released today from a...
Heidi Klum, There's Someone We'd Like You to Meet
Heidi Klum Jordache AdLast year's Jordache ads featuring Heidi Klum were so successful, the company invited her back. And since she was coming back, why not design some jeans, too? That's how a...
Funny Bunny Anna Faris Talks Outfits, Food
The House BunnyFunnylady and current Playboy cover girl Anna Faris puts it all out there in House Bunny, as both the star and a producer. She talked to me recently about where she got the idea (a Playmate is...
Aaay! Bronze Fonz Hits Brew Town
Henry WinklerFinally, a Fonzie that's incapable of jumping the shark. If only he existed 30 years ago. A statue of Arthur Fonzarelli was unveiled to a Happy Days-loving crowd on Wisconsin's...
Nicole and Joel Want You!
Nicole Richie, Joel MaddenIt may not make you Richie Rich, but it would be for a good cause. Nicole Richie and her beau, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, are seeking an intern to help them run the website for...
Rumer Willis Becoming Relevant—Wait, What?
Rumer WillisIt's been hard for Rumer Willis, aspiring actress, to try and break free from Demi Moore's MILF shadow, Bruce Willis' mega-action-star status and the Internet's "potato...

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Maddow gets own MSNBC show
Web Exclusive: Commentator takes over 9 p.m. slot next month -- Liberal political commentator Rachel Maddow is set to take the reins of her own nightly MSNBC show as of next month.

'Dark Knight' tops Korean box office
Web Exclusive: Pic's gross is $15 million to date -- "The Dark Knight" topped the Korean box office for the second consecutive weekend. Pic added 760,000 admissions for three weekend days on 463 screens, lifting its gross to $15 million to date.

MTV Japan, Korea ups Greenberg
Web Exclusive: Exec named VP and GM, Digital Media -- Viacom's MTV Networks Japan & Korea, has hired Paul Greenberg as VP and GM, Digital Media for MTVN Japan.

StarHub launches Demand TV
TV News: On-demand package available by PPV -- Singapore cable network operator StarHub Digital Cable has launched a 'true on-demand' package, Demand TV.

FX to lower 'Shield' in fall
TV Renewals & Rejections: Final episode to air on Nov. 25 -- Vic Mackey will beat up his last bad guy on Nov. 25. FX has set an air date for the final episode of "The Shield," which begins its seventh and final season Sept. 2.

MGM gets graphic for return to TV
Technology News: 'Jonas Moore' to be developed as series -- MGM Domestic Television Distribution has optioned U.K.-based online graphic novel "The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore" for development as a series. MGM execs say the move is part of a burgeoning effort to put the Lion back into the TV production biz in a significant way.

Valerie Bertinelli set for TBS sitcom
Pilot Watch: Actress to star as single mother of two -- Valerie Bertinelli is plotting a return to the sitcom biz, this time playing a single mother of two.

Church, Shue, Leo to star in 'McKay'
Exclusives: Goldberger to write, direct Animus' indie drama -- Thomas Haden Church is starring in Animus Films' indie drama "Don McKay" with Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, M. Emmet Walsh and Keith David.

Fassbender in talks for 'Bastards'
Exclusives: German actor eyes role in Tarantino film -- Teutonic thesp Michael Fassbender is in final negotiations to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglorious Bastards."

Paris Hilton set to light up London
Reality TV: Actress will seek 'New Best Friend' on ITV -- Paris Hilton's next BFF will be sporting a British accent. U.K.'s ITV has pacted with Lionsgate and Ish Entertainment to produce "Paris Hilton's New Best Friend," which is set to air sometime in 2009 on ITV2.

DGA defends new-media deal
Labor Issues: Members will receive missive today -- In a slap at SAG and its stalled contract talks, the DGA's issued a staunch defense of its new-media deal with the majors and its exemption for low-budget productions.

'Lord' fellowship signs on for 'Hobbit'
Inside Moves: Jackson, Walsh, Boyens onboard for film -- Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have officially signed on to collaborate on "The Hobbit" and its sequel with director Guillermo del Toro.

Slamball scores nets
Los Angeles: Sport heads to CBS, Versus -- Nascent sport SlamBall is getting a big push from its owners IMG Sports Media and Tollin Prods.

Saxophonist LeRoi Moore dies at 46
Music News: Was founding member of Dave Matthews Band -- Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group's founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from sudden complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June.

Reliance ADA launches Big TV
Web Exclusive: Operation offers 202 networks, 50 VOD channels -- Reliance ADA Group, the Indian conglom that is negotiating with DreamWorks, has launched its direct to home satellite TV operation, Big TV.

SF film group links with FAF
Web Exclusive: Society will take over some of org's services -- As part of a massive expansion, the San Francisco Film Society will become stewards of the Film Arts Foundation, a move which pushes the film society toward filmmaker services and doubles its membership.

Adam Sher shifts to Seacrest
Exec Shuffle: Agent named CEO of production company -- Longtime William Morris agent Adam Sher has been named CEO of Ryan Seacrest Prods.

Tambourine (Dayereh hamzi)
Film Reviews: Southside Tehran meets northside Tehran in Parisa Bakhtavar's uneven but periodically clever comedy debut, "Tambourine," which observes the lives of condo dwellers upturned by the entry of a young woman and her friendly but gullible new pal.

The Fortress (La Forteresse)
Film Reviews: Using a pure docu style unencumbered by direct-to-camera interviews, Fernand Melgar takes his observational but still impassioned eye into a Swiss detention center for asylum seekers.

A Road to Mecca –The Journey of Muhammad Asad
Film Reviews: An Ashkenazi Jew's transformation into one of the most influential thinkers of modern Islam is explored in Austrian helmer Georg Misch's provocative docu.

NBC ad gold adds up
Business News: Network brings in over $1 billion -- NBC is spinning financial gold out of its spectacular Nielsen ratings for the Olympics, harvesting $25 million in ad sales since the Games began Aug. 8 on top of the $1 billion from Madison Avenue already pocketed by the network.

The Eternity Man
Film Reviews: Julien Temple, visual high priest of both rock and punk ("Absolute Beginners," "The Filth and the Fury," "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten"), ventures into thornier ground in adapting Jonathan Mills and Dorothy Porter's contemporary hour-plus opera about sublime repetition Down Under.

Smart People
DVD Reviews: Noam Murro's "Smart People" passed through theaters this April with little fanfare; its DVD sales should find a similar reception. A dysfunctional-family dramedy about emotionally stunted academics who can't seem to escape their own misery, "Smart People" features one sharp supporting performance from Thomas Haden Church and a bunch of unlikable characters that we've seen before in other, better movies.

Screen Australia splashes cash
Web Exclusive: Paul Hogan to star in 'Charlie & Boots' -- Oz's new super federal funder Screen Australia has announced its first slate with 25 projects sharing $A86 million ($75 million) in coin.

Corsini may leave KCBS for KTLA
Exec Shuffle: Station vet under contract through end of year -- Don Corsini is poised to resign as prexy and g.m. of CBS' Los Angeles O&Os KCBS/KCAL.

Khamsa
Film Reviews: "Khamsa" marks a welcome return to form for director Karim Dridi, largely thanks to a superlative perf by non-pro juve lead Marc Cortes. In this "400 Blows"-type walkabout, the impetus is not flight but a desperate desire to go home again, home being a Gypsy encampment in Marseilles.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
DVD Reviews: Taking advantage of the many gaps in the timeline of the widely popular "Terminator" franchise, the first season of Fox's "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" jumps to and from the future, delivering moments of pure sci-fi action while also using the hourlong format to delve into character reflection.

33 Scenes From Life (33 szeny z zycia)
Film Reviews: Rising helmer Malgoska Szumowska continues to mine semiautobiographical material with "33 Scenes From Life," but the results develop across emotional arcs in less than satisfactory ways.

Caesar and Cleopatra
Legit Reviews: It may have taken this year's initial production, "Romeo and Juliet," to help the new artistic director find his footing, but the confident, assured and entertaining version of Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" that Des McAnuff has mounted as the final show of this year's Stratford Shakespeare Festival season proves not only that he deserves the job but that it would be in everyone's best interests if he hangs around a long time.

The Cho Show
TV Reviews: Margaret Cho has spent years rehashing the compromises demanded of her on the 1994 ABC sitcom "All-American Girl" -- the first to feature an Asian-American family. Yet rehabilitating her stand-up credentials apparently hasn't advanced her mastery of television -- at least, not based on this "reality sitcom," which arguably traffics in more stereotypes than her old series did.

Too Human
Videogames News: Nothing can live up to almost a decade of hype, but "Too Human" is a disappointingly sub-standard role playing game buried under the debris of a thousand forgettable robots slain in a hundred vacant hallways by one man in a silly outfit.

Tabatha's Salon Takeover
TV Reviews: Like any niche cable network, Bravo has been hammering at its brand, with the net cranking out one fashion-lifestyle showcase after another. Step back, though, and there's a mind-numbing sameness to Bravo's lineup -- one exemplified by this vehicle for Tabatha Coffey. Casting the "Shear Genius" hair maven as the equivalent of food-throwing chef Gordon Ramsay, "Salon Takeover" is another "diva to the rescue" exercise, destined to be followed in September by "The Rachel Zoe Project," a tiresome red-carpet saunter peering over the celebrity stylist's shoulder. Despite recent successes, it may be high time for Bravo to consider a facelift of its own.

Once and for All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen
Legit Reviews: Once we reach adulthood our concept of teen culture tends to oscillate between "High School Musical" and "Rebel Without a Cause." In most cases, our idea of youth theater is similarly narrow.

Project Runway: Season 5 - Episode 4 (Going for the gold. Kind of. )
TV Reviews: Apparently, many designers have no idea what the term "sportswear" means. The folks on this season believe that athletes would wear purple cocktail attire and that patriotic means gold and white stripped girlie wear.

Paula's Secret (Paulas geheimnis)
Film Reviews: Nifty kidpic "Paula's Secret" handles strong stuff within a clever, frequently humorous tale.





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