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'Dark Knight' Swings Past $500 Million at Box Office
AP - Sun Aug 31, 1:43 PM ETLOS ANGELES - "The Dark Knight" crossed the $500 million mark at the North American box office this weekend, becoming only the second film in history to reach that figure — and it isn't done yet.
» Full Story- TV Networks Shift From Politics to Storm as Gustav Takes Over AP - Sun Aug 31, 5:36 PM ET
The television networks tore up their convention-week playbooks Sunday, pulling anchors from St. Paul and dispatching them to the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav muscled the Republican convention off the air. - NBC's Beijing Gamble Pays Off With Record Olympic Audiences AP - Sat Aug 30, 9:34 AM ET
NBC's coverage of the Beijing Games became the most-watched television event in U.S. history, the network said — a vindication of its billion-dollar bet on the Olympics and its experiments in online streaming. - Tina Fey's 'SNL' Return as Palin Buzz Builds for New Season AP - Sun Aug 31, 11:20 AM ET
Tina Fey hasn't even appeared as Sarah Palin yet, but the clamor for it has already made the former "Saturday Night Live" head writer the most talked-about casting decision of the fall TV season. - Michael Phelps to Host 'SNL' Season Premiere Sept. 13 AP - Fri Aug 29, 2:11 PM ET
Fresh from winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, swimmer Michael Phelps will test his comic timing as host of the "Saturday Night Live" season premiere on Sept. 13. - Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour on Pace for Solo Record AP - Sat Aug 30, 7:49 AM ET
Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour rolled into Zurich this weekend on pace to become the highest-grossing concert tour ever by a solo artist, adding one more record to a career that turned 50 this month. - Britney Spears Set for VMA Return as Comeback Builds AP - Fri Aug 29, 5:52 PM ET
A year after her dazed, disastrous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards became an instant cautionary tale, Britney Spears is returning to the VMA stage next weekend — this time, her camp says, on her own terms. - DVD Sales Slump Forces Hollywood to Rethink Its Cash Cow AP - Thu Aug 28, 3:40 PM ET
For a decade, the DVD was Hollywood's golden goose, a $16 billion-a-year business that turned flops into hits and libraries into gold mines. Now the goose is sick, and the studios are scrambling for what comes next.
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