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Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart Posted September 2, 2010

Singer Katy Perry performs on NBC's 'Today' show in New York

NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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." A day earlier, Perry's album, also called ...More

Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA Posted September 2, 2010

The rapper known as T.I. reacts at the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York City

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday. T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., 29, was arrested with his wife on Sunset Boulevard Wednesday night after police smelled marijuana coming from a ...More

Film brings lives of Palestinian women to Venice Posted September 2, 2010

Schnabel, director of the in-competition film Miral, poses with screenwriter Jebreal during a photoc

VENICE (Reuters) - The lives of four Arab-Israeli women spanning three generations against the backdrop of conflict are at the center of "Miral," a film by Julian Schnabel based on his Palestinian partner's biographical book. From the 1948 creation of the Jewish state to the 1993 Oslo accords that briefly ...More

Letterman extortionist released from NY jail Posted September 2, 2010

Former CBS television producer Robert Joel Halderman leaves New York State Supreme Court

NEW YORK (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. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer on the CBS news show "48 Hours", pleaded ...More

Natalie Portman earns early awards buzz for ballet drama Posted September 2, 2010

Actress Natalie Portman waves during the "Black Swan" red carpet at the 67th Venice Film Festival

By Mike Collett-White VENICE (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." The 29-year-old plays a New York ballerina whose obsession ...More

A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on "Broadway" Posted September 2, 2010

Director Daniels arrives at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - 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. "Precious" went on to be nominated ...More

Time Warner Cable, Disney yet to reach deal Posted September 2, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co ensured millions of U.S. cable customers can still watch some of their favorite TV programs while the companies kept working on a new programing deal after a midnight deadline passed. The two sides had still not reached a deal ...More

Grammer's estranged wife draws strength from Real Housewives Posted September 2, 2010

The former dancer, who split from Grammer earlier this summer (10), admits she didn't want to do the show but her then-husband persuaded her otherwise. She tells news show Access Hollywood, ""Kelsey wanted me to do the show. When we were together, he thought it would be good for ...More

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