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- The stock market returned to its wild ride Monday, as news of a global plan for buying directly into banks sent prices surging everywhere–including the US, where the Dow posted a gigantic 932 point gain, it’s biggest one-day bump in history. Brokers everywhere celebrated by taking off their homeless person disguises…
- President Bush said he would announce new plans Tuesday that will use a portion of the $700 billion bailout money for the purchase of stock in major US banks–the same plan adopted in Great Britain and throughout Europe. It must be strange for the president to announce a policy that wasn’t dictated to him while asleep by Karl Rove or Dick Cheney…
- Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney of Florida called for a House Ethics Committee investigation into his own conduct after an ABC News report that he agreed to pay $121,000 to a former mistress and staff worker after being threatened with a sexual harassment suit. He’s either incredibly confident, insane or calculating–in other words, a politician…
 Princeton professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on international trade patterns–making Krugman the best-known American economist to win the award in decades. Krugman has been a relentless critic of the Bush administration’s economic policies, particularly the bailout package–which to much of the world would qualify him as a genius…- Canada is wrapped up in an election campaign as well, with voters going to the polls Tuesday to likely re-elect Conservative Party incumbent prime minister Stephen Harper over Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion. A native of Quebec, Dion’s struggles with the English language have been a campaign issue–you mean like Sarah Palin?
 Wildifres in Southern California are moving into suburban Los Angeles neighborhoods, fanned by the area’s legendary Santa Ana winds, forcing frantic evacuations by homeowners–some given as little as 20 minutes to escape the engulfing flames. There are those trying to put a positive spin on the tragedy–their commute just got a lot shorter…
Tags: ABC, California, Canada, financial bailout, Nobel Prize, President Bush, stock market, wildfire
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 Bad news for Janet Jackson fans–she’s postponed two more shows on her Rock Witchu tour following a mysterious illness Monday night in Montreal that sent her to the hospital briefly. I certainly hope she feels better soon–otherwise her wack-job brother might get the notion to finish the tour for her–in drag…- Maroon 5 fans can catch their band on the tube Wednesday night on CSI:NY performing their latest single Goodnight Goodnight. You should tune in early, because the performance will be at the beginning of the show–hopefully they aren’t the episode’s victims…
- Dido is set to release her new CD Safe Trip Home November 4, her first in 5 years since her hugely popular Life For Rent, and a deluxe edition is available for pre-order on iTunes that includes bonus tracks and a video for her first single Don’t Believe In Love…
- ABC has captured the first ratings week battle of the fall season, placing Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy in the top three spots last week. Meanwhile, the return of 90210 on The CW Network is on a downward spiral, with only about half as many viewers as the show’s premiere three weeks ago. So how long will it be before we see the new-and-improved Dancing With Desperate 90210’s Anatomy?
.jpg) The judge in the divorce of Sharon Stone and San Francisco newspaperman Phil Bronstein ruled that their son Roan remain in his father’s custody, largely due to what the court said was Stone’s tendency to "overreact to many medical issues"–like suggesting Botox injections for Roan’s foot odor problem and insisting he had a spinal condition when there was no evidence of it. It does appear that there’s considerable evidence of a mental condition…- The moderator of Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, PBS reporter Gwen Ifill, says she still plans to do her job there–despite breaking her ankle while carrying prep documents for the debate down the stairs in her home. She should have known better than trying to carry something as heavy as the complete text of Joe Biden’s last speech…
Tags: 90210, ABC, CSI, CW Network, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Dido, Grey's Anatomy, iTunes, Janet Jackson, Maroon 5, Sharon Stone
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 Britney Spears continues to work towards the release of her CD Circus December 2, shooting a video for the album’s first single Womanizer at a club and restaurant in downtown L.A. Wednesday and Thursday. It reportedly contains some "erotic choreography" where she straddles a guy and then sucks on cherries–in other words, she’s trying something more mature…- U2’s The Edge was a bit peeved over reports that bandmate Bono had bought himself a pricey yacht–mostly because the buyer was actually the legendary guitarist himself, telling The Irish Independent, "For years, it was a dream of mine to own a yacht but to be honest, it was a bit out of my league. So myself and a few friends got together, chipped in and bought the Cyan." He makes it sound like they were ordering a pizza–only with seven-figure toppings …
 Illusionist David Blaine’s latest stunt, featured in a two-hour ABC special Wednesday night, had a less-than-thrilling finale–he told TMZ that he blames President Bush, whose speech delayed the start of his stunt by 15 minutes. You know, I have no problem blaming Bush for any number of things, but he is definitely getting a pass from me for this…- Ed McMahon will be featured in a new ad for FreeCreditReport.Com, rapping about his financial troubles and riffing on his former gig as spokesperson for American Family Publishers by cruising through neighborhoods and asking sweepstakes winners for money. Um…I think that last part is actually true…
- Nickelback returns with a new CD November 18 titled Dark Horse, and will offer fans a free download of the track Gotta Be Somebody from the album starting Monday at 6AM Eastern time on the band’s website. Frontman Chad Kroeger says, "there’s a lot of truly filthy subject matter and adult themes" on the new album–i guess he just wanted to make sure that kids would know not to buy it…
- September isn’t even over and we already have our first TV casualty, as Fox has dumped the Jerry O’Connell sitcom Do Not Disturb–the official line is that the show is being put on hiatus for a week, but gossip says that’s when the show will get the official ax. That’s pretty depressing–although not as depressing as being cancelled from The CW Network…
Tags: ABC, Britney Spears, David Blaine, Ed McMahon, Fox, Nickelback, U2
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 Rumors of real-life drama from the set of Hannah Montana over the weekend caused Miley Cyrus to tell People magazine, "I am fully committed to Hannah Montana. It’s what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people," and that she’s very excited about the upcoming new season, which begins in November. Besides, it’s probably a lot easier to be Hannah these days than Miley…- Fellow musicians are reaching out to Travis Barker and DJ A.M., both recovering from critical injuries in a weekend plane crash, with Fall Out Boy and Gavin DeGraw–who both toured with Barker–issuing statements of sympathy and concern. I know they feel that if it can happen to those two, it could happen to them as well…
- Taylor Swift is very excited that her song White Horse will be used in the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, saying, "This is my life’s goal, to have a song on Grey’s Anatomy. My love of Grey’s Anatomy has never wavered. It’s my longest relationship to date." Just in case you hadn’t figured it out yet, she is indeed just 18…
- More season premieres on the tube for Tuesday, with NBC launching Law And Order: SVU’s 10th season and ABC debuting an Ashton Kutcher-produced family game show called Opportunity Knocks. CBS will again debut its entire primetime lineup–their new series The Mentalist has by now already figured out what the other networks’ weaknesses are…
- Charlie Sheen’s new pregnant wife Brooke Mueller discovered that pains she thought were related to her condition required a risky emergency gallbladder surgery just over a week ago–which was such a success that she was able to attend Sunday’s Emmy Awards with Sheen. Considering his track record, she probably wasn’t willing to risk letting him out alone…
 Despite legal pressure from Harry Potter studio Warner Brothers, the Indian film Hari Puttar: A Comedy Of Terrors will be released this weekend, as a judge disagreed with studio arguments that their titles were too similar. Odds are that people will hate it so much that they’ll rush out and buy all the Harry movies…
Tags: ABC, Ashton Kutcher, Brooke Mueller, CBS, Charlie Sheen, DJ A.M., Fall Out Boy, Gavin DeGraw, Grey's Anatomy, Hannah Montana, Harry Potter, Law And Order, Miley Cyrus, NBC, Taylor Swift, Travis Barker
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- Sunday’s Emmys made more history, with a first-ever basic cable series winning Best Drama–AMC’s Mad Men–plus more love showered on NBC’s 30 Rock with its second Best Comedy trophy as well as wins for Alec Baldwin plus star and creator Tina Fey. But once again the night belonged to HBO, winning a total of 26 awards, and proving once again that the best things in life are free–for the first 3 months anyway…
 Good news for ex-Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker–both he and and club owner DJ A.M.are expected to recover from injuries in a Friday plane crash that left them in critical condition, as well as the only two survivors of the accident. I’m just guessing, but I figure Travis won’t be as interested in keeping his new third degree tattoos…- Chris Daughtry will whet his acting chops with a guest starring role on CSI: NY this fall, playing a character in danger because a serial killer is targeting people whose names are Mac Taylor–the character played by star Gary Sinise. Maybe they should have Now all they need to do is to get Idol winner Taylor Hicks to play the killer…
- With Sex And The City author Candice Bushnell at work on a prequel to her celebrated book focusing on main character Carrie Bradshaw’s teenage years, Miley Cyrus may get her wish–she told TV Guide in she’d like to star in a "younger, cleaner" version of the hit HBO series. I guess that she wouldn’t want to play young Charlotte then…
 Jessica Simpson told People magazine recently that, "I’m seriously proud of myself for letting (Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo) into my life. Though all the chaos and torment and everything I go through, I can lay in his arms and finally rest." That’s nice–just as long as it’s not when he’s trying to get his team into the Super Bowl…- Monday officially begins the network TV fall series, with season premieres of ABC’s Boston Legal, NBC’s Heroes, and CBS’ entire primetime lineup for the night–including the series premiere of Worst Week. That’s actually the name of a show–not the description of what premiere week will be for The CW Network…
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Tags: 30 Rock, ABC, Alec Baldwin, Chris Daughtry, CSI, CW Network, Dallas Cowboys, Emmy, HBO, Heroes, Jessica Simpson, Miley Cyrus, NBC, Sex And The City, Tina Fey, Tony Romo
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