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• Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize (AP)
• Ted Hughes poem on Sylvia Plath published (AP)
• Report: Illegal labor worked at Lou Dobbs' homes (AP)
• Citi ordered to pay actor Larry Hagman $11.5 million (omg!)
• Toni Braxton files for second bankruptcy in LA (AP)
• 'Tigers Be Still' treats depression with wry humor (AP)
• Beverly Hills adds star power to TV's "Real Housewives" (Reuters)
• Slumdog movie star turns defiant Palestinian girl (AP)
• Toni Braxton files for second bankruptcy in LA (AP)
• Dish slams Fox for programming dispute ads (Reuters)
• Peruvian Vargas Llosa wins literature Nobel (Reuters)
• Slumdog movie star turns defiant Palestinian girl (AP)
• Miu Miu's Glitzy Irony (Fashion Wire Daily)
• PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS (AP)
• Lawrence Wright brings Mideast conflict to stage (AP)
• Box Office Preview: a horse race (AP)

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:26 PM PDT AP - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland.

Ted Hughes poem on Sylvia Plath published (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - The late British poet laureate Ted Hughes repeatedly tried to perfect a poem describing the night his wife Sylvia Plath killed herself, drafts of a work published for the first time Thursday show.

Report: Illegal labor worked at Lou Dobbs' homes (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:53 PM PDT AP - The Nation magazine is reporting that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs relied on illegal immigrants to help maintain his homes even as he spoke out on the air against them.

Citi ordered to pay actor Larry Hagman $11.5 million (omg!) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:25 PM PDT omg! - Reuters - Larry Hagman, the actor who played the villainous J.R. Ewing in the 1980s TV show "Dallas," has won his case that he was victimized by Citigroup Inc, and the bank was ordered to pay over $11 million in damages.

Toni Braxton files for second bankruptcy in LA (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - Toni Braxton has filed for bankruptcy a second time, citing millions of dollars in debt and financial problems exacerbated by a heart condition that forced her to cancel a series of Las Vegas shows.

'Tigers Be Still' treats depression with wry humor (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:43 PM PDT AP - Sometimes it helps to tackle uncomfortable subjects with humor, and so emerging playwright Kim Rosenstock has written "Tigers Be Still," a wry, dark comedy that looks at two families coping with grief, anger and paralyzing depression.

Beverly Hills adds star power to TV's "Real Housewives" (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - New York had its countess, New Jersey brought cat fights, Washington DC showcased the White House gate-crashers, but for sheer opulence and star power, the upcoming "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" takes top billing.

Slumdog movie star turns defiant Palestinian girl (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - The Indian actress who starred in "Slumdog Millionaire" has moved from the slums of Mumbai to the squalid refugee camps of the West Bank in a new film: the story of a defiant Palestinian girl who wants to fight against Israel in a coming of age story with a Mideast twists.

Toni Braxton files for second bankruptcy in LA (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - Toni Braxton has filed for bankruptcy a second time, citing millions of dollars in debt and financial problems exacerbated by a heart condition that forced her to cancel a series of Las Vegas shows.

Dish slams Fox for programming dispute ads (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - Dish Network Corp has criticized Fox Networks for trying to scare customers with an advert linking its ongoing dispute over the loss of Fox's sports channels on September 30 with a separate dispute that could see Dish lose Fox local stations by month end.

Peruvian Vargas Llosa wins literature Nobel (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - Peruvian writer and one-time presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, a chronicler of human struggles against authoritarian power in Latin America, won the 2010 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday.

Slumdog movie star turns defiant Palestinian girl (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - The Indian actress who starred in "Slumdog Millionaire" has moved from the slums of Mumbai to the squalid refugee camps of the West Bank in a new film: the story of a defiant Palestinian girl who wants to fight against Israel in a coming of age story with a Mideast twists.

Miu Miu's Glitzy Irony (Fashion Wire Daily) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:26 PM PDT Fashion Wire Daily - With Rihanna appearing with fiery red hair and sitting front row at the latest runway show of Miu Miu in Paris on Wednesday, Oct. 6, it came as something of a surprise that the entire thrust of the collection was a commentary on the vapidity of contemporary celebrity culture and the emptiness of the global media star system.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - 1. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett (Dutton)

Lawrence Wright brings Mideast conflict to stage (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT AP - Exploring al-Qaida with a one-man stage show apparently wasn't enough for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright. Now he takes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the stage performance "The Human Scale," which has its premiere at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in Manhattan on Thursday night.

Box Office Preview: a horse race (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT AP - It's likely to be a real horse race at the box office this weekend as "Secretariat" and "Life as We Know It" join "The Social Network" and other films to vie for first place.

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