Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees (AP)

AP - Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she'll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honors.

Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees (AP)

AP - Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she'll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honors.

Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees (AP)

AP - Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she'll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honors.

PIC: Bikini-Clad Rihanna Shows Off Gun Tattoo on Thigh (omg!)

omg! - The star frolics in a two-piece in Hawaii

Time capsule for Beatles fans (AP)

AP - A new DVD about the Beatles' initial appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" is like cracking open a time capsule.

'Mike & Molly' moves beyond weighty issues (AP)

AP - Here's the skinny.

Vanessa Paradis brings "Heartbreaker" act to U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters - She is known as the significant other to one of Hollywood's biggest stars, but Vanessa Paradis is a triple threat in France, where she has been singing, modeling and acting since her teenage years.

America Ferrera to host 'Independent Lens' on PBS (AP)

AP - The PBS series "Independent Lens" says actress America Ferrera will host its ninth season of documentary films.

Danielle Staub leaving 'Real Housewives' (AP)

AP - Bravo is cleaning house.

Woodward book to be called 'Obama's Wars' (AP)

AP - Less than three weeks before publication, Bob Woodward's new book finally has a cover design and a title: "Obama's Wars."

Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room.

Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room.

Woodward book to be called 'Obama's Wars' (AP)

AP - Less than three weeks before publication, Bob Woodward's new book finally has a cover design and a title: "Obama's Wars."

Playboy board hires advisers to weigh Hefner bid (Reuters)

Reuters - The Playboy Enterprises Inc special board committee tapped to evaluate Hugh Hefner's offer to take the company private said on Tuesday it retained Raine Securities LLC and Kaye Scholer LLP as its financial and legal advisors, respectively.

Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan (AP)

AP - American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster.

David Westin resigning as news head at Disney's ABC (Reuters)

Reuters - ABC News President David Westin said on Monday he was resigning after 13 years, according to a memo he sent to employees that was released on the network's website.

Venice film fest fights its corner as crisis bites (Reuters)

Reuters - A dearth of big Hollywood stars, Venice's notoriously high costs, fierce competition from Toronto -- this year's film festival on the Lido is fighting to keep its place on the map as one of cinema's most prestigious events.

Get the celebrity scent with UK tabloid's perfume (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain's tabloid Sun newspaper launched its own celebrity perfume on Monday to provide readers with the scent of showbiz.

Jerry Hall to auction Freud portrait, Warhol (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. model Jerry Hall is selling several works of art from her private collection, including a portrait by Lucian Freud, as a way of letting go of a past she shared with Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.

Brazil battles image problems amid movie boom (Reuters)

Reuters - It was the middle of the night in Jardim Tiradentes, one of Sao Paulo's rougher neighborhoods. A two-man crew was waiting to film a police raid when chief inspector Rafael Correa Lodi broke the bad news.

Clooney outdraws "Machete" at holiday box office (Reuters)

Reuters - In the battle of the box office assassins, A-lister George Clooney barely mustered more firepower with his new chart-topper "The American" than the relatively unknown star of "Machete," as the summer moviegoing season wrapped feebly during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Apple's jump into social networking not a slam-dunk (Reuters)

Reuters - For all the innovations Apple has brought to the market through the years, it's also a pretty good follower.

Katy Perry's chart-topper sparks new sales worries (Reuters)

Reuters - The Capitol release bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, thanks to first-week sales of 192,000 units in the United States, the ninth-best debut week so far this year, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Jay Leno ratings dip below Conan O'Brien's (Reuters)

Reuters - NBC might have summer's most-watched show in "America's Got Talent," but the network's late-night ratings aren't so hot.

Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn (Reuters)

Reuters - If the new "Date Night" DVD had sold only 25,000 copies, there would have been hell to pay for studio executives. But for Steven Hirsch -- or anyone else in the adult entertainment business, for that matter -- that figure represents a blockbuster.

Time Warner Cable, Disney reach program deal (Reuters)

Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc and Walt Disney Co said on Thursday they finally reached a new expanded programing deal, ending a dispute that threatened to black out some of TV's favorite shows and channels from millions of homes.

Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Apple and TV networks clash over 99 cent rentals (Reuters)

Reuters - Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs.

Apple TV a first step for more ambitious plans? (Reuters)

Reuters - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.

Time Warner struggling to find new studio boss (Reuters)

Reuters - Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes might have gotten a bit ahead of himself when it comes to planning succession at the industry's dominant film and television studio. Now he seems to be resetting the clock.