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Congrats to Usher
The R&B star won all four of his nominations at the American Music Awards that aired Sunday.

R.I.P.
Apparently his wild lifestyle caught up to him as O.D.B.-otherwise known as rapper Old Dirty Bastard-collapsed and died in the recording studio on Saturday. He was 35. An original member of the Wu Tang Clan, he will be greatly missed.

Hanks stars…
Starring against himself in the Christmas flick The Polar Express, Tom Hanks is rumored to play Professor Langdon, the professor who unravels the mystery of the Holy Grail in the film version of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Columbia Pictures hopes to start filming next year with director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer.

It’s National Novel Writing Month, participate and pen your own story.