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PARIS - Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones isn't a big fan of where the genre has moved in recent years.

LONDON - Elton John has been hospitalized after suffering from a case of E. coli bacterial infection and the flu, his spokesman said Monday.

As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who's left to make great American movies?

LONDON (AFP) - Police Tuesday released an Internet video of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two years ago in Portugal at the age of three, with tanned skin and darker hair which she might have if held captive in a warmer climate.

NEW YORK - It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham.

LOS ANGELES - The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown's assault on her is airing this week on ABC.

LOS ANGELES - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" danced to the head of the box office, debuting with $23.2 million domestically in its first weekend.

LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson and his girlfriend are welcoming the birth of the couple's first child — making the Oscar-winner a father for the eighth time.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

NEW YORK - Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.

NEW YORK - The abrupt closing Sunday of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" after only nine performances has cast a brief, uneasy shadow over Broadway's fall season, ironically one of the busiest in years.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Pop-country has made superstars out of acts like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

LONDON (Reuters) - Elton John is recovering in hospital from a serious case of e-coli bacterial infection and influenza that forced him to cancel a string of concerts, but he hoped to return to the stage soon, a spokesman said on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - One of "24's" favorite villains, former President Charles Logan, is coming back.

NEW YORK - It was a weird day in the book price wars.

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

LOS ANGELES - When Adam Arkin signed on for "Sons of Anarchy," he didn't have reservations about his role as a slick white separatist or the FX drama's dark heart.

LOS ANGELES - Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Flight of the Conchords" star Jemaine Clement has said his offbeat HBO comedy series may not continue for a third season because it requires so much work, but a final decision will be made within a month.

DEAR ABBY: Thank you for your response to "Alarmed in Apple Valley" (Aug. 28), who was concerned because her teenage nephew shows so much affection toward his mother.

LOS ANGELES - Kirstie Alley is going to star in a new A&E reality "docu-series" about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight. The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the untitled series from "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America. The show will follow the actress at home with her teenage children, at work and as she launches a new weight-loss program.

NEW YORK - Mark-Paul Gosselaar is a self-professed theater novice and not afraid to admit it.

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

NEW YORK - Cable network TNT says it has rescued the shot-down NBC cop drama "Southland" and will bring it back in the new year.

WASHINGTON - From his home and on a friendly network, Rush Limbaugh lobbed pot shots across the airwaves Sunday at President Barack Obama — "immature, inexperienced, in over his head," offering the country "radical leadership" and laying siege to the economy.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Hollywood icon Mel Gibson has become a father for the eighth time after partner Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to a baby girl, People magazine reported on its website Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Foodies, get ready for a culinary "American Idol."

NEW YORK - Prime-time newcomer Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at "The Tonight Show" — and if NBC offered him that job again, he'd take it.