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  • MGM Mirage credit line amended, shares fall (Reuters) - Reuters - MGM Mirage said on Monday its senior credit facility has been amended and it has finalized $1.8 billion of the $3 billion in financing needed to complete its joint venture CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip.
  • Pink's "So What" tops British pop charts (Reuters) -

    U.S. singer Pink performs on main stage during Budapest's Sziget Music Festival on an island in the Danube River August 10, 2007. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)Reuters - American singer Pink has toppled Kings of Leon from the peak of the British pop charts with her single "So What," the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.


  • Politics and Palin lure viewers to "SNL" (Reuters) -

    Actress Tina Fey arrives to attend the Council of Fashion Designers of America annual awards ceremony in New York June 2, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - The politics-fueled ratings train of "Saturday Night Live" keeps rolling along this election season with Tina Fey's impersonations of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin luring viewers.


  • Lin TV dark on Time Warner (Reuters) -

    Glenn A. Britt, President and CEO of Time Warner Cable, talks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York May 16, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - In a possible preview of similar battles to come, TV station group Lin TV yanked the signals of 15 stations in 11 markets from Time Warner Cable systems, affecting about 2.7 million of the cable giant's subscribers.


  • DreamWorks, Paramount finalize separation (Reuters) -

    U.S. director Steven Spielberg smiles during a media conference at the launch of 'Catch me If You Can' ahead of the film's premiere in London in this file photo fromJanuary 27, 2003. (Michael Crabtree MC/NMB/Reuters)Reuters - The principals behind DreamWorks SKG and Paramount Pictures sealed their parting of ways on Sunday, allowing the DreamWorks studio to tie up with Reliance ADA Group of India to start a new film company.


  • Designers play it safe as economy sours (AP) -

    A model wears a creation by U.S. fashion designer Marc Jacobs for the Louis Vuitton fashion house during his spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.


  • "Chihuahua" best in show at box office (Reuters) -

    Cast member Jamie Lee Curtis (R), holding Chihuahuas Angel, and comedian George Lopez holding Rusco, pose at the world premiere of 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, September 18, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Canine comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was top dog at the North American box offices, digging up $29 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


  • Fashion house Valentino names 2 new designers (AP) -

    Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti walks on the runway following the presentation of her spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection for the Valentino fashion house, in Paris, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Italian fashion house Valentino said on Saturday it had named its in-house accessories designers as joint creative directors of the brand. Outgoing designer Alessandra Facchinetti said she learned about her dismissal from press reports.


  • Joe Biden, Sarah Palin draw huge ratings in debate (AP) -

    Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, and Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, shake hands at the end their debate with at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)AP - Who's running for president, anyway?


  • Time Warner Cable loses broadcast TV in some areas (Reuters) - Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc said on Friday it lost the right to carry some broadcast channels on its cable systems in 13 U.S. cities after it failed to reach an agreement with broadcaster LIN TV Corp.
  • Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: CBS Wins; Massive Erosion for ABC's Returning Slate (Mediaweek.com) - Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Bones (Fox), Criminal Minds (CBS), America's Got Talent (NBC), CSI: NY (CBS)
  • Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com) - Mediaweek.com - The long-awaited returns of NBC dramas Chuck and Life were left out in the cold on Monday, Sept. 29, with their second season-openers as follows:
  • TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com) - Mediaweek.com - Fox has picked-up recently introduced drama Fringe for the remainder of the season, with a back-end order for nine additional episodes. Fringe is now the second freshman series to be renewed for the full season, with the CW's 90210 the first.
  • Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: Solid Victory for CBS; Fox Poised for Dominance Among Adults 18-49 (Mediaweek.com) - Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), House (Fox), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), The Mentalist (CBS), Without a Trace (CBS)
  • Bertelsmann wraps sale of stake in Sony BMG (AP) -

    This Sept. 28, 2007 file photo shows Bruce Springsteen as he  appears with his band on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York's Rockefeller Center.  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night Sept. 28, 2008.    (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Bertelsmann AG said Thursday that it had completed the sale to Sony Corp. of its 50 percent stake in music venture Sony BMG in a $900 million deal.