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• Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP)
• 'Inception' kicks ahead of 'Schmucks' with $27.4M (AP)
• Charlie Sheen to plead guilty in Colo assault case (AP)
• 'True Blood' werewolf walks his canine co-star (AP)
• Fox couldn't talk DeGeneres into staying on `Idol' (AP)
• Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 (AP)
• Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP)
• Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP)
• "Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 (Reuters)
• Stereo magnate Harman to buy Newsweek (Reuters)
• David William, Former Stratford Artistic Director, Dies at 84 (Playbill)
• "Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 (Reuters)
• Stieg Larsson boxed set to be released Nov. 26 (AP)
• NJ actor who portrayed Ty-D-Bol man dies at 79 (AP)

Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - Tom Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of such James Bond films as "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die" and the first two "Superman" movies, has died in Los Angeles at 68.

'Inception' kicks ahead of 'Schmucks' with $27.4M (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - Leonardo DiCaprio's mind-bending thriller "Inception" continued to entrance moviegoers, again taking the No. 1 spot at the box office in its third weekend with $27.4 million.

Charlie Sheen to plead guilty in Colo assault case (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - Charlie Sheen is expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife in Aspen, Colo.

'True Blood' werewolf walks his canine co-star (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - "True Blood" star Joe Manganiello has bonded with the wolf that plays the canine side of his character — so much so that he recently began taking his co-star on walks.

Fox couldn't talk DeGeneres into staying on `Idol' (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - Ellen DeGeneres couldn't be talked into staying with "American Idol," a Fox executive said Monday, creating a second opening for change in the show's 10th season.

Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT AP - Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records and produced hits for Tony Bennett, Patti Page and other performers, has died at age 99.

Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - Tom Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of such James Bond films as "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die" and the first two "Superman" movies, has died in Los Angeles at 68.

Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - Tom Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of such James Bond films as "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die" and the first two "Superman" movies, has died in Los Angeles at 68.

"Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - Mitch Miller, the powerful American music executive who guided some of the biggest U.S. pop stars of the 1950s and had Americans crooning with him on the "Sing Along With Mitch" television show, has died at age 99.

Stereo magnate Harman to buy Newsweek (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:29 PM PDT Reuters - The Washington Post Co will sell Newsweek to audio equipment magnate Sidney Harman, nearly 50 years after the publisher bought the well-known U.S. weekly news magazine.

David William, Former Stratford Artistic Director, Dies at 84 (Playbill) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT Playbill - David William, who was the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's artistic director for three years, died on July 28. He died of a head injury suffered in a fall. He was 84.

"Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - Mitch Miller, the powerful American music executive who guided some of the biggest U.S. pop stars of the 1950s and had Americans crooning with him on the "Sing Along With Mitch" television show, has died at age 99.

Stieg Larsson boxed set to be released Nov. 26 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - Arriving in time for Christmas: the Stieg Larsson boxed set.

NJ actor who portrayed Ty-D-Bol man dies at 79 (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - Stage and screen actor Dan Resin, who portrayed the dapper Ty-D-Bol man in television commercials for the toilet bowl cleaner, has died. He was 79.

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