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Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.

Kara DioGuardi out at "American Idol" (Reuters)

September 4, 2010

Reuters - Fox announced Friday what media reports have speculated for weeks: Kara DioGuardi is leaving "American Idol."

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Jury deadlocks in US marriage fraud case (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors told him deliberations had grown hostile in the marriage fraud case of Mexican-born actress Fernanda Romero and her husband.

Hit `Hoarders' returns for third season (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - From the mixture of hurt, anger and embarrassment on his face, Gordon seems like one of the last people who would want to open his life to cameras for a reality television show.

Oprah's Book Club back, pick coming in September (AP)

September 4, 2010

AP - The first week of the final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will include a selection for Oprah's Book Club.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Aug. 28-Sept. 3: 'Yank!,' Brendan Fraser, Denis O'Hare and RSC's Second Act (Playbil

September 4, 2010

Playbill -

It's Labor Day weekend. The last hurrah of summer is upon us, and most theatre folk are less bent on practicing the business of show than they are squeezing whatever remaining hours of relaxation that Hurricane Earl will permit them. (Precious few, I'm guessing, if they are owners of Long Island beach properties. On the plus side, traffic to the Hamptons should be light this weekend.)