AP - As she inspected the stage where she would later address the Democratic National Convention, a look of recognition flickered across Hillary Rodham Clinton’s face when she peered out to see who had asked how she was.
Reuters - In “The Duchess,”
actress Keira Knightley’s latest period picture, a lavish
melodrama of aristocratic foolishness and betrayal is designed
around the colorful though not always happy life of an 18th
century socialite.
Reuters - “The Dark Knight” led
the foreign box office for a third consecutive weekend — and
fourth overall — as its international sales hit $417 million.
AFP - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren admitted she loved snorting cocaine and only stopped due to the capture of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, in an magazine interview out this month.
AP - Television networks rapidly shifted focus and personnel away from the Republican national convention to Gulf Coast communities in the path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, wondering how much of their political planning will be for naught.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) Batman’s rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. “The Dark Knight” on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.
E! Online - Bachelorhood? Fuhgeddaboudit!
E! Online - “It’s news to me. He didn’t seem any more or less horny than anyone I worked with.”
AP - Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up.
E! Online - Johnny Depp returned to his musical roots Friday night, reuniting with his old band The Kids for a fund-raiser in Florida.