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Today's Entertainment News: Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard As Emmys host, Jimmy Fallon aims not to offend Christopher Innvar, Robert Petkoff, Henny Russell Cast in 'Absurd Person' at Barrington Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town One For Me, One For You: A New Approach to Holiday Giving at Gap Indie band One Ring Zero explores the universe Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:04 pm PDT AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip. Full Story Top Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:48 pm PDT AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. Full Story Top Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Full Story Top Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:55 pm PDT AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia's top role model for young Muslims. Full Story Top Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:58 am PDT AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner. Full Story Top Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:12 am PDT AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," died Saturday at age 96. Full Story Top Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Full Story Top Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:23 pm PDT AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip. Full Story Top Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:58 am PDT AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner. Full Story Top As Emmys host, Jimmy Fallon aims not to offend Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50 pm PDT Reuters - Conan O'Brien and David Letterman have provided a valuable lesson for Jimmy Fallon, the comedian told journalists Friday. "The one thing I've learned from (O'Brien and Letterman) is (that) hosting 'Late Night' is a one-way ticket to not hosting 'The Tonight Show," the comedian quipped. Full Story Top Christopher Innvar, Robert Petkoff, Henny Russell Cast in 'Absurd Person' at Barrington Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:17 pm PDT Playbill - Barrington Stage Company's new production of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular, the comedy of three British couples in three kitchens on three successive Christmas eves, will feature Julia Coffey, BSC regular Christopher Innvar, Graeme Malcolm, Robert Petkoff, Henny Russell and Finnerty Steeves. Performances play BSC's mainstage in Pittsfield, MA, Aug. 12-29. Full Story Top Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Full Story Top One For Me, One For You: A New Approach to Holiday Giving at Gap Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:12 am PDT Fashion Wire Daily - In a technology-obsessed world, where new gadgets top everyone's holiday gift wish-lists, it's up to clothing retailers to come up with new ways to entice customers to give wearable items as gifts. Gone are the days when a new pair of socks or pajamas can hold their own against a video game console or smartphone, which is something that Gap's creative director Patrick Robinson had in mind when he designed the Holiday 2010 collection. Full Story Top Indie band One Ring Zero explores the universe Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:52 pm PDT Reuters - Making an album about such seemingly simple concepts as food or ice cream trucks might seem like a fool's errand, but for Brooklyn indie duo One Ring Zero, those concepts have led to opportunities to perform at events including book award ceremonies and children's festivals. Full Story Top Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:15 am PDT AP - Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival. Full Story Top

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