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'Entourage' is back for atypical fall berth ... Other shows of note

By TERRY MORROW, Scripps Howard News Service

The players of "Entourage" -- usually the boys of summer -- are back for an atypical fall berth (10 p.m. EDT Sunday, HBO).

The Emmy-winning series hasn't been around with new episodes for almost a year. But the story has only moved about six months ahead since we last saw these characters.

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New to DVD: Summer hits on the way

, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Here's a look at the major movies coming to DVD this fall. Some of the blockbusters do not have dates yet.

TUESDAY

"Baby Mama": One-time "Saturday Night Live" co-stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play, respectively, a successful 37-year-old who longs for a child and her unlikely surrogate, a South Philly working girl.

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New VP candidate upstages old jokes

By BILL WARD, Minneapolis Star Tribune

The best late-night TV joke Wednesday might have been delivered by Sarah Palin.

"Do you know what the difference is between a hockey mom and a pit bull?" the Republican vice-presidential candidate asked during a speech that pushed well past prime time. "Lipstick."

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Children's thoughts about parents who go off to war

By KAREN MACPHERSON, Scripps Howard News Service

For Dahshan, 15, and his 7-year-old sister, Malia, hearing gunfire is nothing alarming. Training exercises with gunfire are a normal part of living at Fort Bragg, N.C., along with hearing taps at night and having your dad go off to fight in the war in Iraq.

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David Brenner, stuck at home

By JERRY FINK, Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS -- Somewhere between his life as an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and his career as one of the most recognizable comedians in the country, the world became complicated for David Brenner.

"I have spent 19 of the last 21 years of my life in family court or dealing with family-court matters," Brenner says.

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New DVDs: 'Boomerang' and 'The Sacred Family'

, San Francisco Chronicle

"BOOMERANG." (1947. NOT RATED. 20TH CENTURY FOX. $14.98.)

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Vince may tumble, but 'Entourage' is better for it

By TERRY MORROW, Scripps Howard News Service

Oh, how the mighty have fallen -- and in such a superb way.

Hot movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) had one major film flop during last season's "Entourage." Now, with the new season (beginning 10 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 7, HBO), Vince's career is in the toilet.

The results make for one of the best-scripted points in the history of the series.

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With humor as their weapon, Three Stooges took on Hitler

By BRUCE DANCIS, Sacramento Bee

So you think this is all there is to the Three Stooges: Moe gets mad, pokes Larry in the eye and hits Curly on the head, followed by a torrent of flying pies, nyuk-nyuk-nyuks and woo-woo-woos.

Well, how about the Three Stooges as Nazi fighters?

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HBO remembers how to attract viewers with 'True Blood'

By ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Finally! After one too many depressing snoozers (think: "Tell Me You Love Me" or "In Treatment"), HBO remembers how to attract viewers with "True Blood."

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A roundup of fall must-see movies

By RUTHE STEIN, San Francisco Chronicle

The end is near for summer movies geared to adolescent boys and grown men in arrested development. Fall movies have adult themes.

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