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• Hitman Clooney's 'American' wins weekend with $16M (AP)
• Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case (AP)
• Playboy Model Threatens to Sue Spencer Pratt Over Sex Tape (omg!)
• A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing (Reuters)
• Ex-Guns N' Roses bassist leaves Jane's Addiction (Reuters)
• Brazil battles image problems amid movie boom (Reuters)
• Japanese maestro Ozawa makes brief post-cancer comeback (Reuters)
• A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing (Reuters)
• French literary bad boy in Wikipedia 'plagiarism' row (AFP)

Hitman Clooney's 'American' wins weekend with $16M (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:38 AM PDT AP - George Clooney's hitman tale "The American" has captured the top spot at the box office with a $16.4 million debut over the long Labor Day weekend.

Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:28 AM PDT AP - A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain.

Playboy Model Threatens to Sue Spencer Pratt Over Sex Tape (omg!) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:53 PM PDT omg! - Karissa Shannon claims Pratt stole footage that "contains private materials" featuring herself and boyfriend Sam Jones

A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice film festival.

Ex-Guns N' Roses bassist leaves Jane's Addiction (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:23 AM PDT Reuters - Rock band Jane's Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N' Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post.

Brazil battles image problems amid movie boom (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - It was the middle of the night in Jardim Tiradentes, one of Sao Paulo's rougher neighborhoods. A two-man crew was waiting to film a police raid when chief inspector Rafael Correa Lodi broke the bad news.

Japanese maestro Ozawa makes brief post-cancer comeback (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - Japan's most famous orchestral conductor, Seiji Ozawa, returned briefly to the stage Sunday following a nine month battle with throat cancer. Ozawa arrived to open the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto city, central Japan, to deafening applause, explaining that he was back as he took up the conductor's baton for Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings" but with a bad back.

A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice film festival.

French literary bad boy in Wikipedia 'plagiarism' row (AFP) Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:17 AM PDT AFP - Sexist, obscene, racist were the accusations thrown at Michel Houellebecq over his previous novels. Now it's plagiarism, after France's best-known living writer allegedly cut and pasted chunks of Wikipedia into his new book.

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