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02 Sep 10, 06:09:55

US rapper T.I. arrested for drugs (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/entertainmentusmusiccrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283451722148-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=2zFtPc9aaKxHpaWsF5oLEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Grammy award-winning US rapper T.I., seen here in August 2010, and his wife were arrested for drugs possession overnight in Los Angeles, police said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Grammy award-winning US rapper T.I. and his wife were arrested for drugs possession overnight in Los Angeles, police said Thursday.

02 Sep 10, 06:09:50
Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_en_ce/us_rapper_ti_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.84eab29aef4f481db1c380fd038dce25-84eab29aef4f481db1c380fd038dce25-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=DdwHzlAUSGMOFKuTLzfHUw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons charges. 

02 Sep 10, 05:09:41
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_en_tv/us_letterman_extortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.1dd9b09d55c84cffb901799d10514cfe-1dd9b09d55c84cffb901799d10514cfe-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=sBkuad0eyvAVh7dDYEnTQw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show. 

02 Sep 10, 05:09:42
Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/people_nm/us_ti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r3580369684.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=FcBKmu4UIX57CTwhRaN1Rw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="The rapper known as T.I. reacts at the 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York City June 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday. 

02 Sep 10, 04:09:35
Letterman extortionist released from NY jail (Reuters)
Reuters - A former television producer who tried to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman over his affairs with women was released from jail on Thursday, a city correctional department spokesman said.

02 Sep 10, 04:09:25
God did not create Universe: Hawking (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/sciencespacereligionbookshawking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283428122991-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=mo74L5K_0i14TxkSNlBnww--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking, seen here, has said in extracts published from a new book.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from a new book. 

02 Sep 10, 03:09:08
Natalie Portman earns early awards buzz for ballet drama (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/people_nm/us_venice_natalieportman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r16102251.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=wFUmPvhsM5SC_Gm3y2N1bA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Actress Natalie Portman waves during the Black Swan red carpet at the 67th Venice Film Festival September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Tony Gentile" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie Black Swan, the opening picture at this year's Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance elevates her ... to a major star. 

02 Sep 10, 03:09:42
In Venice, Jewish lens focuses on Palestinians (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/ennew_afp/entertainmentfilmvenice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283441682333-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=K7selDGMJOxMTQA9k3kg5w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US director Julian Schnabel and Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal pose during a photocall for the film Miral at the 67th Venice Film Festival. The film, based on Jebreal's autobiographical novel, traces the more than four decades from the creation of Israel until the Oslo peace accords of 1993, a moment of great hopes later to be dashed.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US filmmaker Julian Schnabel, a New York Jew, tells it like it is from the Palestinian point of view in Miral screening as the Venice film festival got into full swing on Thursday. 

02 Sep 10, 01:09:01
A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on Broadway (Reuters)
Reuters - Independent filmmaker Lee Daniels got a big push for his movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers after the film's Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2009.

02 Sep 10, 11:09:24
German bank votes to expel disputed member (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/germanyturkeybankpoliticsmigrationjews"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283427728083-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=T6EszC1xKYa77lDrCD4ajg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Germany's central bank called on Thursday on the country's president to fire one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, seen here on August 30, after he called immigrants unproductive and said that Jews had a special gene. (AFP/File/John MacDougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The German central bank has voted to seek the dismissal of board member Thilo Sarrazin, the daily Berliner Zeitung reported on Thursday, following his latest comments on immigration and Jews. 

02 Sep 10, 02:09:59
Producer eyes movie on Mexican singer Gloria Trevi (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/film_nm/us_trevi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r2821043962.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=KC11fWoO9ylKwYBgYmz9VQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Singer Gloria Trevi and her husband Armando Gomez pose for photographers after getting married at the auditorium of the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Monterrey December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An independent film company is developing a movie about Gloria Trevi, the fallen pop singer dubbed Mexico's Madonna. 

02 Sep 10, 02:09:08
Harvey Keitel to replace Steve Carell on Office ? (Reuters)
Reuters - Throw another name in the hat of rumored replacements for Steve Carell on The Office -- Harvey Keitel.

02 Sep 10, 02:09:08
Justin Long reclaims his acting mojo in Distance (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/en_nm/us_long"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100901/i/r2267765915.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=a2M5k6WhHqw.z6cCwUlP_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cast members Drew Barrymore and Justin Long pose at the premiere of Going the Distance in Hollywood, California August 23, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nobody ever said Hollywood relationships were easy, and the on-again off-again affair of Justin Long and Drew Barrymore certainly proves that out. 

02 Sep 10, 12:09:00
Tony Blair: 'I cried for Iraq war victims' (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_en_ot/eu_britain_blair_s_book"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100901/capt.7df0d9a2ea824948a95b88c11540b61d-7df0d9a2ea824948a95b88c11540b61d-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=QgaWPDASXJl1wWh9gqo8HQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="The front cover of the autobiography of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is seen which went on sale in London, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir says the former prime minister doesn't regret the Iraq war, although he wept for the victims, and carries revelations about the politician's alcohol use, his interactions with the queen and his testy relationship with his successor. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of zero emotional intelligence. He acknowledges that some find him delusional, and says he possibly drank a bit too much. 

01 Sep 10, 11:09:46
Review: Drew Barrymore's 'Going the Distance' (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_en_re/us_film_review_going_the_distance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100830/capt.5b9fcd51228b45ddab204fcfcf3a5c6d-5b9fcd51228b45ddab204fcfcf3a5c6d-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=WZjYi4DSqyibRDtv4zRvPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Drew Barrymore, left, and Justin Long are shown in a scene from 'Going the Distance.' (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Jessica Miglio)" border="0" /></a>AP - In Going the Distance, Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, Shawshank Redemption and playing the old arcade games in bars. Jason Long, on the other hand, plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, Shawshank Redemption and playing old arcade games in bars. 

02 Sep 10, 11:09:26
Senegal's Youssou N'Dour launches TV station (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/entertainmentsenegaltelevisionmusicpeoplendour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283428235329-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Y0ZNzLDyyqJNfC87SXDOuA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, pictured in 2009. N'Dour, who owns a major media group in Dakar, has launched his private television station after a difference with the authorities over its finance.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, who owns a major media group in Dakar, has launched his private television station after a difference with the authorities over its finance. 

01 Sep 10, 10:09:44
Jordin Sparks Remains Sidelined at 'In the Heights' Aug. 31 (Playbill)
Playbill -

Jordin Sparks, the American Idol finalist who recently made her Broadway debut as Nina in In the Heights, will miss a fourth performance in the hit show Aug. 31. Sparks injured her hip at the evening performance Aug. 28 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

02 Sep 10, 10:09:22
Binoche baffled by 'violence' of Depardieu criticism (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/entertainmentfrancefilmpeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283424554814-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z4pEAr7MjWdlU7DJGs1SJA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French actress Juliette Binoche poses during the photocall for the film Copie Conforme (Certified Copy) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 18 in Cannes. French film star Gerard Depardieu's public outburst against his compatriot Juliette Binoche has left her bewildered, the Oscar-winning actress said to British media.(AFP/File/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French film star Gerard Depardieu's public outburst against his compatriot Juliette Binoche has left her bewildered, the Oscar-winning actress said to British media on Thursday. 

01 Sep 10, 09:09:28
Natalie Portman takes a dark turn in Venice film (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100901/en_nm/us_venice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r242586358.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=5RVQOJnoqFKmjRMixtYgpg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Actresses Yasmine Al Masri and Ruba Blal pose during the Miral red carpet event at the 67th Venice Film Festival September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with Black Swan, a dark psychological drama starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina who finally lands the lead role but loses her grip on reality as the pressure builds. 

02 Sep 10, 09:09:43
Zsa Zsa Gabor husband wants to plastinate wife's body (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/en_afp/entertainmentgermanyusfilmpeoplegabor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283419696438-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=y8KuQdNuse13Y2MPeUZauQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Ailing 93-year-old Hollywood socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, seen here in 1993. The German husband of Gabor said he wanted preserve her body by plastination after she dies, the Bild newspaper reported.(AFP/File/Kim Kulish)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The German husband of ailing 93-year-old Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor said he wanted preserve her body by plastination after she dies, the Bild newspaper reported on Thursday. 

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