AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online (AP)

AP - AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.

AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online (AP)

AP - AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.

Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit Pakistan (AP)

AP - The United Nations says actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Pakistan to meet victims of the floods and highlight the need for international help.

Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit Pakistan (AP)

AP - The United Nations says actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Pakistan to meet victims of the floods and highlight the need for international help.

CAPITAL CULTURE: All the presidents' best-sellers (AP)

AP - Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author.

Artist spends decades on work in desert (AP)

AP - A new exhibit explores the works of artist James Magee, a man who has spent the last 30 years creating a monumental installation in the desert east of El Paso that he expects will take another 15 to 20 years to complete.

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.

Danielle Staub leaving 'Real Housewives' (AP)

AP - Bravo is cleaning house.

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.

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.

"Twilight" star settles $300,000 RV lawsuit (omg!)

omg! - Reuters - "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner has settled his lawsuit against a California RV dealership that failed to deliver his $300,000 trailer in time for the shoot of his latest movie.

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.

Ex-Guns N' Roses bassist leaves Jane's Addiction (Reuters)

Reuters - Rock band Jane's Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N' Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post.

French literary bad boy in Wikipedia 'plagiarism' row (AFP)

AFP - Sexist, obscene, racist were the accusations thrown at Michel Houellebecq over his previous novels. Now it's plagiarism, after France's best-known living writer allegedly cut and pasted chunks of Wikipedia into his new book.

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.

Why Apple rental plan alienated most studios (Reuters)

Reuters - Don't look for rival studios to join Disney and News Corp. for Apple's announced 99-cent TV rental offering anytime soon.

Final "Lost" season turns up at No. 1 on DVD chart (Reuters)

Reuters - Television shows on DVD may peter out after the first few seasons, but not "Lost."

Itron and Cisco to develop networking platform for grids (Reuters)

Reuters - Cisco said it would join hands with power meter maker Itron Inc to develop a communication platform for smart grids, in a move seen as the networking giant's first investment in this lucrative market.