AP - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.
AP - Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
AP - In a Sept. 2 obituary of former CBS television newsman Ike Pappas, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of Pappas' daughter. She is Sara Thomason, not Sarah. -- read full article
Reuters - It's too easy to compare
the harrowing new FX original drama "Sons of Anarchy" to "The
Sopranos," with leather jackets and Harley-Davidsons replacing
the tailored suits and pasta. -- read full article
AP - The pregnancy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's unwed daughter was fair game for late-night comics on Monday, but they tread lightly. -- read full article
E! Online - • Quentin Tarantino is swapping muses. Uma Thurman is out and Diane Kruger (Troy) is in as the femme fatale in the Pulpmeister's highly anticipated World War II drama, Inglorious Bastards.
Reuters - TV Land, the cable
channel that airs reruns of veteran shows for baby boomers, is
launching a primetime programming block intended to pull in
younger viewers. -- read full article
