On a roll, AMC developing political thriller (Reuters)
Reuters - Cable channel AMC, on a red-hot streak with Emmy-nominated dramas “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” is developing a political thriller.
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Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash (AP)
AP - Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times.
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Designers sashay from the catwalk to the stadium (Reuters)
Reuters - The fashion world has finally cottoned on that sportswear is big business with designers competing to make their mark on the Olympics and win a place in the huge Chinese market.
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The gang’s back: Werewolves, vampires and all (AP)
AP - “Breaking Dawn” (Little, Brown and Company, 754 pages, $22.99) by Stephanie Meyer: The heartbreakingly beautiful vampires, loyal werewolves and emotionally torn humans are back for one last round in “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth and last installment in the fanatically loved “Twilight Saga” series.
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Official: Olsen seeks immunity in Ledger probe (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Federal investigators want to question Mary-Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death, but she’s refusing to talk without immunity, a law enforcement official said Monday.
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Hopkins, Epstein, Bolger Join Cast of ‘Dirty Dancing’’s U.S. Tour (Playbill)
Playbill - Complete casting has been announced for the pre-Broadway U.S. premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, the London and Toronto hit, which begins Sept. 28 at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre.
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Co-founder of Dallas Opera dies at 92 in Italy (AP)
AP - The co-founder of the Dallas Opera has died at a hospital in Viterbo, Italy. Nicola Rescigno was 92.
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Court rules in favor of Cablevision network DVR (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled that Cablevision Systems Corp may go forward with its plan to introduce a new digital video recorder service that film studios and television networks had said violated their copyrights.
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People publishes first photos of Brangelina twins (AP)
AP - People magazine has published the $14 million photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s weeks-old twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon.
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BMI to honor the Jacksons at annual Urban Awards (AP)
AP - There’s a possibility for a Jacksons reunion of sorts the brothers are set to be honored as BMI Icons at its annual Urban Awards next month.
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