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LOS ANGELES - He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Bonnie Hunt had been pursued for 15 years to host a talk show before she agreed to enter the daytime arena with "The Bonnie Hunt Show," which debuts September 8.

LAS VEGAS - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Swimmer Michael Phelps' victory lap on NBC continues, with the Olympian champion booked to make his acting debut on the 34th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6:

LOS ANGELES - He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Bonnie Hunt had been pursued for 15 years to host a talk show before she agreed to enter the daytime arena with "The Bonnie Hunt Show," which debuts September 8.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC has renewed "America's Got Talent" for a fourth season.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Swimmer Michael Phelps' victory lap on NBC continues, with the Olympian champion booked to make his acting debut on the 34th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6:

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - George Clooney is in talks to star in "Up in the Air," an adaptation of the 2001 Walter Kirn novel, with Oscar-nominated "Juno" director Jason Reitman behind the camera.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A family of serial killers has drawn "Twilight" star Ashley Greene into their web in the edgy indie thriller "Summer."

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In "Burn After Reading," the Coen brothers have taken some of cinema's highest-profile and most expensive actors and chucked them into looney-tunes roles in a thriller set in and about Washington.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6:

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook.

LOS ANGELES - He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?

HOUSTON - A judge in Texas has ordered the father of actress and singer Hilary Duff to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court.

LAS VEGAS - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6:

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Two Disney DVD releases with tween appeal, "Camp Rock" and "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," debuted at Nos. 1 and 3, respectively, on the national home video sales chart for the week ended August 24.

The Venice Film Festival kicks off with the arrival of George Clooney and Brad Pitt by water taxi on Wednesday. They star in the Coen Brothers' latest comedy, 'Burn After Reading.' (Aug. 27)

Showbiz Tonight tells us whether or not Britney Spears will perform at the VMAs.

Showbiz Tonight's Brooke Anderson talks to a panel about "American Idol" adding a fourth judge to the show.

Award winning indie film 'The Wackness' harks back to '90s New York for an offbeat, druggy tale of two lost souls. (Aug. 27)

Kiefer Sutherland on actors and their money

(Reuters) - Struggling tabloid publisher American Media Inc has secured the backing of many of its creditors for a new bond offering to refinance $570 million in existing debt, the Wall Street Journal said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal approved an advertisement by T. Boone Pickens entitled "Iran" which questions U.S. dependence on foreign oil, after the oil tycoon complained that the network had rejected it.

LOS ANGELES - Two actors unions and the U.S. advertising industry said Monday they agreed to extend a contract covering commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and other new media by six months through March.

DEAR ABBY: For the past 25 years, my husband, "Don," has had his hair cut by a woman I'll call "Barber-Ella." She's slim, attractive and full of energy. Don has mentioned that she often pats him on the leg and kind of flirts with him.

DEAR ABBY: Would you please tell your readers that not reciting or participating in the Pledge of Allegiance does NOT mean that someone is a "bad American"?

DEAR ABBY: My husband's best friend of 40 years, "Nick," started dating a woman about a month ago. Nick has been down on his luck personally and financially for several years. He called and asked if he could bring "Hattie" to our home for dinner. We agreed, hoping it would be a good relationship for him.

08/28/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I think my husband of 20 years had an affair.

08/22/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My friend has been writing, e-mailing and web-camming a man located in China who is from Africa.

08/21/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I have been with my fiance for almost a year and am deeply in love with him.

DARWIN, Australia - An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband.

HOSCHTON, Ga. - This small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town.

BUNOL, Spain - Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates back to the 1940s.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse.

HICKMAN, Neb. - This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in which the 67-year-old singer's voice sounded raspy.

LAS VEGAS - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Saturday Night Live is looking to make a splash this season.

LOS ANGELES - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.