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The cast of Broadway’s American Idiot will appear on the Sept. 8 episode of “America’s Got Talent,” the NBC reality TV series.

AP - George Clooney’s hitman tale “The American” took down Robert Rodriguez’s revenge romp “Machete” at the box office over the long U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend.

AP - A nanny who worked for Anna Nicole Smith in the last months of her life said Tuesday that she found bloody syringes and cotton balls, and sometimes a spoon with liquid, inside a bathroom that the celebrity model, her lawyer-boyfriend and her psychiatrist emerged from.

omg! - AP - A nanny who worked for Anna Nicole Smith in the last months of her life said Tuesday that she found bloody syringes and cotton balls, and sometimes a spoon with liquid, inside a bathroom that the celebrity model, her lawyer-boyfriend and her psychiatrist emerged from.

Reuters - A dearth of big Hollywood stars, Venice’s notoriously high costs, fierce competition from Toronto — this year’s film festival on the Lido is fighting to keep its place on the map as one of cinema’s most prestigious events.

AP - Stone Sour, “Audio Secrecy” (Roadrunner)

Reuters - Veteran actress Betty White is the latest Hollywood star to get the comic book treatment.

AP - CNN is unveiling the title and premiere date of its new prime-time talk show pairing former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and conservative columnist Kathleen Parker.

AP - A new documentary being shown out of competition at the Venice Film Festival explores the trauma of three U.S. war veterans who served in Iraq and how the military handled their cases.

AP - Barbara Walters is feeling wonderful after heart surgery in May — and has practically no scar, she added proudly Tuesday as she returned to active duty on “The View” after taking the summer off for recovery.