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  • In her new memoir The Legs Are The Last To Go, actress Diahann Carroll talks about her glamorous career and lifestyle — and simplifying. But she says, "Stepping away from glamour is not an easy thing to do."
  • In the ABC series, Pushing Daises, co-executive producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Bryan Fuller combine romance, fantasy and mystery to tell the story of a man who can bring the dead back to life. The first season of the show is now out on DVD.
  • The housing crisis may not be over, but the curtain has gone down on one story about trying to keep a roof overhead. The Broadway musical Rent ended its 12-year run Sunday, after 5,124 performances. Rent is a modern day version of La Boheme, Puccini's opera about starving artists in Paris.
  • Best known for her role as Detective Kay Howard on the 1990s TV show Homicide: Life on the Street, actress Melissa Leo takes on cross-border smuggling in her new movie.
  • Lost creator J.J. Abrams discusses his latest television show, Fringe. The show, which Abrams describes as having a "a slight 'Twilight Zone' vibe," focuses on the unnatural occurrences in the world of a brilliant but mentally-unstable research scientist.
  • Author Maurice Sendak celebrates his 80th year on Sept. 15 with a benefit in Manhattan. In addition to penning the children's classics, Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen, Sendak has written, designed and produced several operas and ballets.
  • The presidential election has drawn intense media attention and much satire — none cutting closer to the bone than Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live as Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. SNL is riding high in the ratings with its political spoofs.
  • Two weeks ago, Terrence Howard's mother died. In the wake of her death, he is considering his family, his music and his career. He says it was not until two weeks ago that he became a grown man.
  • With your help, Mo Willems turns his hand at radio cartooning. This time, he looks at a very symmetrical pirate.
  • Emmy-winning director and producer Larry Charles has a penchant for the ridiculous — witness his credits, which include Borat, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Now, Charles wants to turn his latest film, Religulous, into an HBO series.
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