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A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on "Broadway"
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:33:01 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - 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.

Murray turns up heat as Roddick loses his cool
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:28:35 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to his U.S. Open rivals when he breezed through his first match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday before home hope Andy Roddick made an undignified exit in the last match of the day.

"Sandman" comic book being adapted as a TV show
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:17:28 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Sandman," the Neil Gaiman-written comic book series considered a seminal work in the medium, is in the early stages of being developed into a TV series.

Kelsey Grammer's ex among new "Housewives" cast
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:41:25 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The soon to be ex-wife of "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and a pair of Paris Hilton's aunts are among the women who make up the cast of the "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

Venus flies flag for Williams family at Open
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:36 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis' most famous family at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when she beat Canada's Rebecca Marino 7-6 6-3 in the second round.

Champagne, flowers and dogfood fill Stanley Cup
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:46:09 -0400
TORONTO (Reuters) - Though it is the National Hockey League's (NHL) ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup has been left at the bottom of a swimming pool, used as a flower pot and a popcorn bucket and carried into a Finnish sauna.

Venus flies flag for Williams family at Open
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:19:47 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis' most famous family at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when she beat Canada's Rebecca Marino 7-6 6-3 in the second round.

No bouquet for South African "White Wedding"
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:18:33 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For her feature debut, South African director Jann Turner has made an ambitious social comedy titled "White Wedding."

Azarenka collapse dominates talk at steamy U.S. Open
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:29:38 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the hottest summers New York has experienced claimed its first victim at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when Victoria Azarenka fainted on court and was taken to the hospital.

Kelsey Grammer's ex-wife among new "Housewives" cast
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:27:39 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The soon to be ex-wife of "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and a pair of Paris Hilton's aunts are among the women who make up the cast of the "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

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