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David Arquette takes break from 'Scream 4' to plug new film at Montreal fest

MONTREAL - David Arquette took a break from filming the latest instalment of the "Scream" horror franchise to make a rocket-fast trip to Montreal to plug his new film "The Land of the Astronauts."

German court rules against YouTube in copyright dispute over Brightman videos

BERLIN - A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.

Witness recants, says he didn't see Anna Nicole's boyfriend force drugs on her

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A South Carolina man whose family became involved with Anna Nicole Smith has recanted statements critical of the former model's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern.

Want your 'Bad Romance'? Carillon chimes Lady Gaga hit across school campus

AMES, Iowa - An Iowa State University music professor says the Lady Gaga club anthem "Bad Romance" translates better than you might think into the 33-metre-tall, organ-like instrument known as a carillon.

Super Mario, former PM Campbell and Guess Who else run back to Rideau Hall

OTTAWA - Super Mario, former prime minister Kim Campbell and Burton Cummings had them running back to Rideau Hall on Friday as Gov.-Gen. Michael Jean presided over her final Order of Canada ceremony.

Creepy collecting people: A&E's 'Hoarders' returns for third season

NEW YORK, N.Y. - From the mixture of hurt, anger and embarrassment on his face, Gordon seems like one of the last people who would want to open his life to cameras for a reality television show.

Workers at host hotel for Toronto film festival stage 1-day walkout

TORONTO - Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have more than red carpets and galas to worry about as the host hotel deals with a labour dispute.

BBM Canada: 'Big Brother 12' top TV program in Canada for the week of Aug. 23-29

TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Aug. 23-29:

Yoko Ono visits John Lennon's childhood home, school in UK to mark his birthday

LONDON - Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday.

John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his next career phase

VENICE, Italy - John Woo built his reputation with stylish Hong Kong action thrillers, then moved to Hollywood where he directed such big-budget blockbusters as "Mission Impossible II."

Ne-Yo says T.I. 'makes a lot of poor decisions'; has had many chances

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances - and it's time he gets his act together.

A tale of two cousins: Jane Urquhart releases new novel, 'Sanctuary Line'

TORONTO - Jane Urquhart always wanted to write a book about the bond between cousins.

Sofia Coppola provides insider's look at Hollywood and hotels in "Somewhere"

VENICE, Italy - Sofia Coppola gives audiences an insider's look into two worlds she knows intimately in her latest film: hotels and Hollywood.

BBM Canada: 'Big Brother 12' top TV program in Canada for the week of Aug. 23-29

TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Aug. 23-29:

Montreal Symphony Orchestra renews contract of music director Kent Nagano

MONTREAL - The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has renewed the contract of music director Kent Nagano.

Brooks & Dunn come full circle during last concert together in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

Snoop Dogg debuts as 1st hip-hop artist to be featured in hit video game 'Rock Band'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rap and rock will collide once again - this time in a video game.

Chicago author Sara Paretsky publishes 14th mystery with V.I. Warshawski

CHICAGO - Sara Paretsky's latest installment in her series about feisty, female private detective V.I. Warshawski opens with the heroine outside a Chicago nightclub, the bloody body of a woman who was just shot to death in her arms.

Hotel workers launch strike at Toronto's Hyatt Regency

TORONTO - Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, have started a one-day walkout.

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends fans home after bottles hit stage

DUBLIN - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience - and a much louder alarm clock.

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.

After drug arrest, questions emerge over whether TI will return to music charts

After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.

Box Office Preview: 'Machete' and 'The American' expected to win holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Twentieth Century Fox's "Machete" is set to slice up the competition as director Robert Rodriguez's star-studded extravaganza will likely dominate the weekend with a Friday through Monday total of around $16 million.

Appeals court sets hearing for Joe Jackson's appeal involving Michael's estate

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate.

Md. fire chief: Crews detonate 4 explosives devices linked to Discovery Channel hostage-taker

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A fire chief says crews detonated four explosives linked to a gunman who took three hostages at Discovery Communications headquarters in Maryland.

Cammie King Conlon, who played Bonnie Blue Butler in 'Gone WIth the Wind', dies at 76

FORT BRAGG, Calif. - Cammie King Conlon, the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," has died at 76.

Funk band War tells PepsiCo they can't be friends

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo.

Judge: Paris Hilton may owe investors $160K in lawsuit over promotion of movie

MIAMI - Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

New NFB film examines stress on children of soldiers in Afghanistan

MONTREAL - Stress. Worry their dad will be killed by the Taliban. Long absences. More responsibilities. Coping with their father's post-traumatic stress disorder.

Chris Brown's career back on track with 'Deuces,' No. 1 on the R&B charts

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chris Brown is back to a familiar place - the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

'Selling New York' explores multi-million dollar real estate in Manhattan

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Back in the day on "Green Acres," Lisa Douglas used to sing, "I just adore a penthouse view." She'd really adore "Selling New York," the high-end real estate reality show premiering Sept. 8 on HGTV Canada.

Ex-CBS producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman released after 4 months

NEW YORK, N.Y. - 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.

First parking, now towing: Philadelphia's notorious tow truck drivers get show

PHILADELPHIA - The mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love are once again coming to television.

Brendan Fraser, Denis O'Hare to star in 'Elling' on Broadway

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Brendan Fraser and Denis O'Hare will star in the comedy "Elling."

Capsule reviews of 'The American,' 'Machete' and 'Going the Distance'

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Turned down by mom, Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood is 'in the hunt' for CMA date

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lady Antebellum guitarist Dave Haywood still needs a plus-one for the CMA Awards.

Imaginative writer needs to grow up, save career in comedy, 'It Must Be Him'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The spectacle of a morose Hollywood writer who is down on his luck shouldn't really be funny. But Kenny Solms, himself a successful, longtime Hollywood writer, takes the concept and runs with it in his amusing new comedy, "It Must Be Him."

'Asylum' tops HMV Canada CD sales chart; 'Place Called Love' top country CD

TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Sept. 4.

Schnabel's 'Miral' seeks to highlight values shared by Israelis and Palestinians

VENICE, Italy - The latest movie by Julian Schnabel couldn't have been more timely.

Vietnamese-French director crosses linguistic borders with 'Norwegian Wood'

VENICE, Italy - Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, "Norwegian Wood," based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel.

Scientist Stephen Hawking asserts that God not needed to create the universe

LONDON - Did creation need a creator?

Bob Dylan's acrylic 'Brazil Series' on display in Denmark National Gallery

COPENHAGEN - Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public.

Katy Perry proves initial success was not a 'lottery' with hit album, shows different sides

NEW YORK, N.Y. - To some, the most surprising part of Katy Perry's sophomore success is that it exists.

Samsung unveils new tablet PC Galaxy Tab, meant to rival Apple's iPad

BERLIN - Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.

Nearly 200 int'l, Cdn films set to be screened at 30th Atlantic Film Festival

HALIFAX - The Atlantic Film Festival has revealed a lengthy lineup of Canadian and international flicks as the annual event celebrates its 30th year.

'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' tops Amazon.ca fiction list for the week ending August 30

TORONTO - Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Aug. 30 rom Amazon.ca. Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week.

'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending Aug. 31

TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of Aug. 31 compiled by Maclean's magazine.

Hockey musical 'Score' to kick off 5 Canadian film festivals this month

TORONTO - "Score: A Hockey Musical" will kick off five film festivals across Canada this month.

6-month project ends to clean up damage to Van Gogh's 'Bedroom' dating to artist's own studio

AMSTERDAM - Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favourite paintings damaged by moisture.

Skype becoming popular tool for network news telecasts

NEW YORK, N.Y. - When he wanted to interview a source in Connecticut for a recent "World News" story on technology, ABC reporter Pierre Thomas didn't even leave the office. ABC's cameras showed him sitting in front of a computer screen, talking to Michael Coppolla through Skype.

Mobile gambling growth, led by China, to exceed $48 billion by 2015: report

It's a huge pot, and analysts are betting it will only get bigger.

True stories invented: Tao Lin keeps it real, and unreal

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Tao Lin's new novel is based on a true story, his own.

Indiana State Police say 'Transformer 3' movie extra seriously injured during action shoot

HAMMOND, Ind. - Indiana State Police say an extra at a "Transformers 3" production site was seriously injured during the filming of a stunt.

NY woman says 'Diddy' Combs fired her after hip surgery, claims age discrimination

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York woman has sued rapper-producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying he fired her because of her age two decades after she helped launch his career.

Nicolas Cage lawsuit blaming former business manager for financial woes is dismissed

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Court records show a lawsuit in which Nicolas Cage accused a former business manager of mismanagement has been dismissed.

Portrait of confusion: NYC woman says co-owner of missing $1.3M painting is admitted art thief

NEW YORK, N.Y. - First it was a curious tale of a $1.3 million painting a middleman said he drunkenly lost while trying to help a friend sell it.

Among fall's TV frosh, these 10 new series just might bring you back for a second look

NEW YORK, N.Y. - So many shows! So little time!

Apple refreshes iTunes software with social features to recommend music, updates iPods

SAN FRANCISCO - Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favourite bands are playing next.

US art museum exhibits more than 100 prints from James McNeill Whistler collection

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An exhibition of more than 100 prints by James McNeill Whistler at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is the largest collection of the 19th century American artist's work to be displayed there in more than 15 years.

Summary Box: Apple refreshes iTunes with social features to recommend music, updates iPods

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS: People who use Apple Inc.'s new iTunes 10 will be able to see what songs friends and music celebrities are buying.

Movie review: Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in 'Going the Distance'

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.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces new iPods, iTunes, Apple TV, iPhone update

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. announced a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room. It also unveiled a new line of iPods, including a touch-screen Nano model.

Rapper Young Buck files for bankruptcy after IRS raid on his Tennessee home

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rapper Young Buck has filed for bankruptcy after an Internal Revenue Service raid on his Hendersonville, Tenn., home.

Miranda Lambert sparks 'Revolution' with record 9 CMA nominations; Lady A gets 5

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist.

Paste music mag, which asked for donations to stay afloat, halts print edition

ATLANTA - The music monthly Paste has printed its last magazine after struggling financially for more than a year.

Met opera expands to 1,500 theatres in 46 countries with live high-definition performances

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The close-ups were so tight you could see a tear slowly trickling down the tenor's face - and that the soprano's fingernail polish didn't match the colour on her toes, though she did nail the high C.

September 2nd celebrated as '90210 Day,' an ode to 'Beverly Hills, 90210'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - OMG, it's like one of those freaky Mayan calendar things or something.

Christopher Plummer to reprise Tony-winning role in 'Barrymore' in Toronto

TORONTO - Canadian actor Christopher Plummer will start the new year reprising his Tony Award-winning role in the play "Barrymore" in Toronto.

Celebrity chef Chuck Hughes aims for fun in new season of 'Chuck's Day Off'

MONTREAL - There's no question about how much celebrity chef Chuck Hughes loves food. All you have to do is look at his arms.

Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' opens Venice

VENICE, Italy - Darren Aronofsky sees his newest film "Black Swan" as the companion piece to "The Wrestler."

Paris Hilton banned, boyfriend dismissed from Wynn resorts in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Paris Hilton was banned Wednesday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that police said reeked of marijuana.

Movie review: Revenge romp 'Machete' cuts Trejo loose to serve up relentless, bloody action

Certainly, "Machete" is the best feature-length extension of a fake movie trailer in Hollywood history.

Gunman holding 'small number of hostages' at Discovery Channel headquarters

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programming took several people hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said.

Actor Patrick Wayne to receive Harvey Awards from Jimmy Stewart museum

INDIANA, Pa. - Actor Patrick Wayne is being honoured later this year by a western Pennsylvania museum dedicated to actor Jimmy Stewart.

Ontario premier to pop star Justin Bieber: Follow me on Twitter!

TORONTO - The premier of Justin Bieber's home province may not be among the baby-faced pop phenom's legions of fans, but like them he's hoping his Twitter feed will catch the singer's eye.

Tony Blair says he cried for victims of Iraq war but does not regret invasion

LONDON - 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.

Rogers Media partners with Warner Music Canada for digital ad content

TORONTO - Rogers Media (TSX:RCI.B) will partner with Warner Music Canada to sell ads around Warner's music video content across a variety of digital platforms.

Review: 'Brazil on the Rise' finds country poised to attain long-sought status as world power

"Brazil on the Rise" (Palgrave Macmillan, $27) by Larry Rohter: When Larry Rohter stepped down as The New York Times' Brazil bureau chief in 2008, he was easily the most reviled foreign correspondent in the country.

Conan O'Brien takes simple approach in naming his new show: It's 'Conan'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - There's Madonna, Oprah and now ... "Conan."

The Stig's identity is 'Top Gear' secret no more after British court refuses injunction

LONDON - The opaque visor of one of Britain's most famous helmets has been lifted.

Summary Box: Sony betting on love for swiping screens, adds touch to cheapest e-reader

NEW READER: Sony Corp. is adding a touch-screen to its cheapest electronic-book reader, the Reader Pocket Edition. While other e-reader makers have been cutting prices, Sony is increasing the price of the new model by US$29, to $179.

Michael Douglas says he's treating throat tumour as 'curable disease'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Michael Douglas is vowing to beat cancer.

Melodrama, madness churn up sibling rivalry of Booth brothers in 'An Error of the Moon'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - What can you do when your younger brother shoots his way into the history books for all the wrong reasons?

Cdn star shared junk food knowledge with Jonas Brothers on 'Camp Rock 2' set

TORONTO - On the Ontario set of the sequel to Disney mega-hit "Camp Rock," a Canadian cast member gave teen fan favourites the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato a lesson in Canuck cuisine.

Sony, betting on love for swiping screens, adds touch to cheapest e-reader and raises price

SAN FRANCISCO - Lately, the electronic-reader market has been a race to the bottom, with major players such as Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. tussling over which can offer consumers the best, cheapest e-reader.

Upon the opening of 'The American,' 5 most favourite movies with 'American' in the title

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - George Clooney, all hunky, mysterious and frequently shirtless, plays an assassin in "The American."

House of Blues Studio D moving from Memphis, Tenn., to Nashville

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis' House of Blues Studio D, where artists including Isaac Hayes and Three 6 Mafia have recorded, is moving to Nashville.

Veteran of many fest juries, Tarantino calls Venice lineup 'cool, eclectic'

VENICE, Italy - Quentin Tarantino says the Venice Film Festival lineup is "one of the most wildest, cool, eclectic lineups" he's ever seen.

Jennifer Esposito to play Donnie Wahlberg's partner on cop drama 'Blue Bloods'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jennifer Esposito is joining the force.

Fall's broadcast season has some fine new series, none of them a talk show hosted by Leno

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Let's all marvel at the bumper crop of new shows about cops and courtrooms!