News For Monday Sep 8, 2008 News For Monday Sep 8, 2008

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Coen brothers to begin shooting new film in Minn. - Added 1 hour ago

Oscar-winning Coen brothers are returning to their home state of Minnesota to shoot their next movie. Joel and Ethan Coen (pronounced cone) are scheduled on Monday to start shooting "A Serious Man" in the...

Famous names on Mass. unclaimed property list - Added 1 hour ago

New Kids on the Block, your check is ready. The recently reunited band, former Red Sox player Nomar Garciaparra and celebrity chef Todd English are among 40,000 people, businesses and charities on Massachusetts' latest...

MTV VMAs find few surprises as Britney steals show - Added 3 hours ago

LOS ANGELES _ No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum. MTV has set a high standard for the unexpected at its Video Music Awards, but on the show's 25th anniversary,...

Stephen Colbert to have his DNA sent into space - Added 3 hours ago

Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday. In October, video game...

MSNBC says Olbermann, Matthews won't anchor - Added 9 hours ago

MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators. The change reflects tensions between the...

Russell Simmons, T.I. get political at MTV Awards - Added 10 hours ago

The MTV Video Music Awards are all about unique collaborations and blowout performances, but a few show guests Sunday added a touch of politics in this hot election year. Host Russell Brand drew hearty applause when he...

Review: Russell Brand hosts the VMAs with candor - Added 11 hours ago

Russell Brand seemed a little out of place as the host at the MTV Video Music Awards. Not because he's British or relatively unknown in America, as most of the chatter was about before Sunday night's show from Los...

NY Fashion Week turns celebrity central - Added 11 hours ago

The stars descended on New York Fashion Week on Sunday, with Olympian Dara Torres hitting the catwalk, Justin Timberlake putting on a runway show and the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman lining the front rows. ...

Winners of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards - Added 11 hours ago

A complete list of winners of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards: _ Video of the year: Britney Spears, "Piece of Me." _ Female video: Britney Spears, "Piece of Me." _ Male video: Chris Brown, "With You." _ Rock video:...

Justin Timberlake goes for 'Mr. Sexy Backwoods' - Added 11 hours ago

Justin Timberlake is shaking his "Mr. Sexy Back" reputation for something more like "Mr. Sexy Backwoods." Timberlake took an A-list New York Fashion Week crowd to Tennessee for his William Rast show on Sunday, treating...

Eva Longoria Parker talks fashion at Fashion Week - Added 11 hours ago

Eva Longoria Parker is running a tight schedule. The "Desperate Housewives" actress hopped on a red-eye flight from California to help launch the new M&M's Premiums candy collection at New York Fashion Week on...

'Rent' brings down the curtain on Broadway run - Added 12 hours ago

They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung. Broadway said goodbye Sunday to "Rent," 12 years and 5,124 performances after it first became a rock musical with a...

Chris Brown busy writing songs for Britney Spears - Added 12 hours ago

Chris Brown was tied to two of the hottest women at the MTV Video Music Awards: Rihanna and Britney Spears. Brown, who won best male video for "With You," wrote, "Disturbia," the song his rumored girlfriend Rihanna...

Olympic swimmer Dara Torres models at Fashion Week - Added 15 hours ago

After winning three silver medals in Beijing, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has mastered another daunting challenge: walking the runway at New York Fashion Week. The 41-year-old modeled two looks for the Sunday afternoon...

'Bangkok Dangerous' reaches No. 1 in slow weekend - Added 16 hours ago

The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in seven years, according to studio estimates released Sunday. ...

Police: Gary Coleman hit man with truck in Utah - Added 18 hours ago

Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a local bowling alley, police said. Payson police Lt. Bill Wright said Colt Rushton and Coleman got into an argument in the early morning...

Woody Allen makes opera directing debut in LA - Added 19 hours ago

Woody Allen would take no bows. He had just made his successful debut as an opera director Saturday, creating a hilarious and memorable production of "Gianni Schicchi," the third of the one-act presentations in...

Multi-network cancer telethon donations top $100M - Added 19 hours ago

Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark. That dollar figure reflects contributions from viewers...

Side events bring out celebs in advance of VMAs - Added 19 hours ago

Though the MTV Video Music Awards are the main event in town this weekend, some celebrities are satisfied enough with the side activities connected to the extravaganza. "I'm not going to go to the awards, but I'm going...

Jessica Simpson sings at Tenn.'s Grand Ole Opry - Added 22 hours ago

Pop star turned country singer Jessica Simpson told a crowd during her Grand Ole Opry debut that she burst into tears the first times she heard the song "Remember That" and knew God wanted her to sing it. "It's a very...

One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs - Added 23 hours ago

Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards. The rebounding pop queen is hoping to complete a do-ever of sorts as she kicks off Sunday's awards ceremony, not with a...

Malkovich gets mad in Coens' 'Burn After Reading' - Added 1 day ago

The Coen brothers' new movie gave John Malkovich a chance to blow off some steam. Malkovich's seething character in "Burn After Reading" bursts out in perpetual tantrums, a nice exercise in anger management, according...

Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in 'No Country' lawsuit - Added 1 day ago

Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller. The lawsuit against Paramount...

London calling at New York Fashion Week - Added 1 day ago

Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling _ from 1975. The looks of the London youth movment in the years when mod morphed into punk dominated runways Saturday in the second day of spring previews. Short...

Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98 - Added 1 day ago

Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was 98. Page died in her sleep early Saturday morning...

Lindsay and Samantha rock the runway crowd - Added 1 day ago

Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday morning presentation of Ronson's sister Charlotte's spring collection at New York Fashion Week, where...

'40-Year-Old Virgin' actor faces new charges - Added 1 day ago

Prosecutors have brought additional charges against Hollywood actor accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times. Shelley Malil, 43, who played a supporting role in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," was charged Friday with...

Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in 'No Country' lawsuit - Added 1 day ago

Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller. The lawsuit against Paramount...

'The Wrestler' wins Venice Film Fest top award - Added 1 day ago

Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" has won the top award at the Venice Film Festival. The film awarded the Golden Lion on Saturday stars Mickey Rourke as a wrestler forced into retirement who strikes up a romance with...

Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading' - Added 1 day ago

Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play. "I've been knocking on the brothers' door for a few years, so I was really happy when...

Ron Reagan, son of late president, back on radio - Added 1 day ago

Ron Reagan, the liberal son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is going back on the radio. Starting Monday, "The Ron Reagan Show" is scheduled for live broadcast from Seattle's KPTK-AM, Monday through Friday, with...

Jermaine Dupri party helps kick of MTV VMA bashes - Added 1 day ago

Don't let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonishment from the host himself. "At Jermaine Dupri parties, (people) don't stand around taking pictures," he said,...

Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV - Added 2 days ago

Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS. Jack Black,...

Timberlake, Cyrus among the stars at Fashion Rocks - Added 2 days ago

Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship between music and fashion. They walked the red carpet...

Divorce papers reveal Hulk Hogan's net worth - Added 2 days ago

Thousands of dollars spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the average monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan's wife, according to financial affidavits filed in the couple's impending divorce case near Tampa. ...

McCain, Obama tied in TV audiences - Added 2 days ago

As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama. The GOP presidential candidate attracted roughly the same number of viewers to his convention acceptance speech Thursday as Obama did before...

Soprano Anna Netrebko gives birth to baby boy - Added 2 days ago

Anna Netrebko has a new tenor in her life. The soprano gave birth to a 7-pound, 13-ounce boy Friday in Vienna, Austria, New York-based publicist Glenn Petry said. Her fiance, bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, attended the...

Hootie frontman Rucker a hit with country radio - Added 2 days ago

Darius Rucker says he's always been a sucker for a country shuffle. The lead singer for the rock/pop group Hootie & the Blowfish has a Top 5 country hit with his solo single "Don't Think I Don't Think About It." ...

Olmi wins lifetime award at Venice film festival - Added 2 days ago

Italian director Ermanno Olmi received the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement on Friday. The 77-year-old director won the Golden Lion at Venice for "La Leggenda Del Santo Bevitore (The Legend...

Before there was Hollywood, there was Jacksonville - Added 2 days ago

Before there was Hollywood, there was Jacksonville. Oliver Hardy made his debut film there in 1913's "Outwitting Daddy." The first feature-length color film produced in the U.S. _ the 1917 release "The Gulf Between" _...

New Seinfeld ad draws negative reviews online - Added 2 days ago

No soup for Microsoft? The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season...

Jamie-Lynn Sigler praises purple - Added 2 days ago

Many stylish women worship the color black, but not Jamie-Lynn Sigler. The 27-year-old actress, also known as Meadow from "The Sopranos," talked about her taste for bright clothing before taking in the Friday morning...

2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned in for Olympics - Added 2 days ago

More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics. Nielsen Media Research says 4.7 billion viewers globally saw at least some of the 17 days of TV coverage last month. This audience was...

Publisher of O.J. book to handle Muhammad novel - Added 2 days ago

The publisher that took on O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" after it was dropped in the face of public outrage has signed up another rejected project: Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," a novel about a wife of the prophet...

Pavarotti to be remembered around the world - Added 2 days ago

The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his family announced Friday. Among the tributes planned for the...

Rogen shows some skin in Smith's `Zack and Miri' - Added 3 days ago

All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith. His dream came true, and more: Rogen got to make a dirty movie with Smith. Rogen stars with Elizabeth Banks in Smith's "Zack...

Greek rural postmen top odd book title list - Added 3 days ago

It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years. The book topped a poll to find the weirdest-ever winner of...

Ritchie rocks again with crime romp `RocknRolla' - Added 3 days ago

Crime just never stops paying for Guy Ritchie. With "RocknRolla," writer-director Ritchie returns to the sort of gangster tale that shot him to fame with "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch," presenting a...

Michael Moore to release new film online for free - Added 3 days ago

Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be...

Man gets prison for crime at Dunst's NYC hotel - Added 3 days ago

A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Jarrod Beinerman was arrested on burglary and larceny charges...