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Christian Bale arrested, released; denies assault
(AP)
AP - The darkness around Batman has deepened: While audiences were shattering weekend box-office records in the U.S., Christian Bale was in London, where his mother and sister reportedly leveled assault allegations against the star of "The Dark Knight" that have yet to become clear.
'Gossip Girl' will launch new racy promos (OMG)
(AP)
AP - "Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap.
What's in a Name? Nas No. 1
(E! Online)
E! Online - The ABBA-channeling Meryl Streep apparently doesn't have the same street cred as Nas and Lil Wayne.
New Pink Primed for Release
(E! Online)
E! Online - Pink has garnered her fair share of headlines over the past year, none of which have been for her music. Until now.
Casting Couch: Carrie, Billy Dee Do the Robot Chicken Dance; Mad Man Star on B'way
(E! Online)
E! Online - The Force is still with Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams.
Film explores tensions after 2005 London bombings
(Reuters)
Reuters - A film inspired by the 2005 London
suicide bombings that killed 52 people explores the mistrust
they stoked between communities and how Islamist radicals
threatened to drown out the voice of moderate Muslims.
Rapper DMX indicted on felony charges in Arizona
(AP)
AP - Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill.
Nice guy Tom Cavanagh offers an unappealing side
(AP)
AP - Tom Cavanagh is the kind of guy who holds doors open for strangers.
FCC chief closes in on deal for XM-Sirius approval
(Reuters)
Reuters - The chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission is close to securing the final vote
needed to get majority support for giving conditional approval
to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's purchase of XM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc, a source familiar with the merger review said on
Wednesday.
Larry Haines, Broadway Actor, Dies at 89
(Playbill)
Playbill - Larry Haines, a stage and television actor who gave a Tony Award-nominated performance as the humane Dr. Dreyfuss in Promises, Promises, a 1968 musical version of the Billy Wilder film "The Apartment," died July 17 in Delray Beach, FL. He was 89.
Nice guy Tom Cavanagh offers an unappealing side
(AP)
AP - Tom Cavanagh is the kind of guy who holds doors open for strangers.
Yves Saint Laurent's art collection up for auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - The private art collection of French
fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre
Berge has been put up for auction and will be sold in February
2009, auction house Christie's said on Wednesday.
Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell'
(AP)
AP - "My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
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