Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year _ and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

Q. 1 • Both vulnerable, as South you hold:

Food, eating and architecture are explored in new books.

Address • 830 Springs-Fireplace Road, East Hampton, N.Y.

You can feel his presence in the East Hampton country house.

By Sara Gruen

What • Readings from "Compass of Affection" and "Recovered Body" at the St. Louis Poetry Center

By Philip Dray

Here are the premiere dates for this fall's new and returning network series.

Something's not quite right in Kazuo Ishiguro's parallel world. Director Mark Romanek suggests just enough to leave you vaguely unsettled. Finally able to take his big shot, he opts for subtlety.

The dystopian drama "Never Let Me Go" wasn't supposed to be the movie Mark Romanek directed this year.

Many tears were shed at the world premiere of "127 Hours," but few in the audience cried harder than Aron Ralston, the hiker who famously cut off his right forearm.

Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died.

As Weezer prepares for the release of its new album, 'Hurley,' frontman Rivers Cuomo ponders rebirth, growing up (or not) and connecting with fans.

Rivers Cuomo has no problem admitting that he sometimes still feels like a teenager. "Maybe I haven't matured in some ways that other 40-year-olds have," the Weezer frontman said in a recent interview. "Or maybe I'm more willing to honor those immature voices inside myself that other 40-year-olds aren't."

Ex-addict, foul-mouthed, hot-tempered, he's also the driving force behind the respected drama.

For a guy who has outlaw biker gangs rumbling around in his head, Kurt Sutter is fairly …. well, "nice" doesn't seem the right word, but he's literate and reflective and usually quite reasonable. The times when he gets riled up, though, are what everyone talks about.

As it marks its 50th anniversary, the film is worth watching for its sharp one-liners and Everyman corporate ladder climber played by Jack Lemmon.

The list of writers able to express themselves in a language not their mother tongue is short. One thinks of Vladimir Nabokov, mastering English after publishing a number of well-regarded novels in Russian, and Joseph Conrad, of course. But what about Billy Wilder, who came to the United States in the 1930s, knowing hardly a word of English, and became one of America's great stylists of vernacular prose?

Feds and civilian groups patrol the international border on the National Geographic show.

From both sides, the stretch of the Rio Grande that paints the border between southeast Texas and northern Mexico doesn't look that wide. To those trying to make it to the United States, either in search of opportunity or to sell illegal goods, it's a hop worth attempting, even if it takes multiple times to achieve success. To those trying to keep those crossers at bay, it's barely an obstacle at all, not even wide enough to obscure the activities of those on the other side.

The father's coming out in the film is similar to what happened in the writer-director's life. It's a personal story with plenty of fiction added.

For actors Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer, the film "Beginners" presented the odd challenge of being a fictionalized retelling of a few emotionally tumultuous years in the life of its writer-director Mike Mills. With a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts, the performers have brought to vivid life Mills' unusual story.

Also 'Killers,' 'MacGruber,' the complete 'Prime Suspect' and 'That Evening Sun.'

Also out this week: "Killers," "MacGruber," the complete "Prime Suspect" and "That Evening Sun."

Jon Healey at our sister Technology blog writes: It's bad enough for the major record companies that CD sales are plummeting. Now, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is threatening to make digital downloads less profitable too. A three-judge panel...

Film financier David Molner has been hit with a lawsuit by investors who've accused of him fraud and breach of contract. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, investors alleged that Molner plundered a Cayman Islands-based...

Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes, who is finalizing a management succession plan at the media giant's Warner Bros. film studio, said Friday that his decision would involve the input of the studio's chairman and CEO, Barry Meyer, and...

Netflix won't have the online movie subscription business to itself for long. Two of the biggest players in DVD sales and rentals, kiosk company Redbox and online retailer Amazon.com, have told Hollywood studios that they are looking to launch streaming...

After the coffee. Before figuring out how much my Time Warner Cable bill will go up! Disney and Time Warner Cable cut new deal. For all the months of talk about how intense the next contract talks between Disney and...

After several weeks of tense negotiations, Walt Disney Co. struck a new deal to keep its broadcast and cable channels on Time Warner Cable, one of the nation's largest pay-TV distributors with more than 14 million subscribers nationwide with markets...

For nearly a decade, the biggest problem facing video game publisher Take-Two Interactive has been its inability to turn a profit in years when it didn't release a new Grand Theft Auto game. Now a game described by many as...

Google is finding willing listeners among record labels as it makes the rounds to negotiate the rights to launch its digital music service.

Hollywood is targeting three distinct audience segments on the traditionally slow Labor Day weekend at the box office. With action film "Machete" aimed at men, romantic comedy "Going the Distance" directed toward women and the George Clooney drama "The American"...

To tweak "La Nouba" requires more than a hop, skip and a jump.

Gatorland is holding a coloring contest for kids, and there are 60 annual passes on the line.

Hasn't this summer had more "fresh" activity in the our theme parks and attractions? If you've braved the heat, you've been able to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure, watched the Main Street Electrical Parade and listened to the new soundtrack for Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom, revisited "Captain EO" and eaten at Via Napoli at Epcot, checked out "Star Trek Live" at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, watched "Family Feud" tapings at Universal Studios and splashed through Omaka Rocka at Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park.

The Florida Museum for Women Artists only opened last year in DeLand (100 N. Woodland Blvd., 386-873-2976) yet it has consistently managed to present interesting and high-quality exhibitions. Today (5-7 p.m.) the museum is staying open a little later than normal for the opening of "Women Painting Florida: Images of the State 1880-1960." The works are on loan from the private collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown and encompass works created by noted female artists, featuring images of Florida's people, places and flora. This show hangs until Nov. 14.

Edward Kean has died at age 85. Que? OK, I didn't know who he was either, but I know a patch of lyrics he wrote: the theme song for the "Howdy Doody" TV kids show. He also invented the word "cowabunga," later usurped by one Bart Simpson .

WHAT: Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner returns to Central Florida for his annual Labor Day weekend tradition, the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. Weekend packages and tickets for tonight's "Best of Funk and Blues Show," featuring a Michael Jackson tribute with Tito Jackson, are sold-out. At press time, however, there were still concert tickets available for a night of "old-school R&B and hip-hop" on Saturday with Robin Thicke, Fantasia (pictured) and Doug E. Fresh, a Saturday youth jam and Sunday's Gospel Explosion with Dr. Bobby Jones, Tye Tribbett and an "in-studio jam" by Vickie Winans. In addition to the music, the weekend will include theme-park visits and an assortment of lifestyle seminars and children's activities.

WHAT : Has Carlos Mencia lost his mind? In one very real sense, yes: "Mind of Mencia," the one-time cash cow of Comedy Central, finally dropped off the air in 2008. He certainly hasn't lost his guts, though. Insert the obligatory fat joke here (Carlos certainly would), but it does take some fortitude to try and live down his joke-thief rep by hitting the live comedy circuit again. Original or no, the things we've heard coming out of Mencia's mind lately (takes on the Ground Zero mosque, Hurricane Katrina) haven't lost their offensive edge. But is he funny? The good news is, it's a lot cheaper to find out these days.

This is the nightlife spotlight in tomorrow's Calendar section:

WHAT: Pinocchio's Marionette Theater at the Altamonte Mall is going down the yellow brick road to kick off its 2010 fall season with children's classic "The Wizard of Oz." Based on the beloved American tale by L. Frank Baum, Pinocchio's 45-minute version has been staged by the theater's longtime puppet master, Richard Hudnall, with elaborate string marionettes made by Central Florida artists John Corbitt and Tom Blasco. Kent Smith composed the musical score.

Jarett Wieselman dishes on this weekend's flicks: "Machete," "The American" and "Going The Distance."

Meat Loaf said he's supremely confident in his new album Hang Cool Teddy Bear thanks to Green Day producer Rob Cavallo.

Madonna casts her daughter for a role in her new movie. (Splash News)

The Post's Kyle Smith says this film is over the top and extremely violent with witty lines scattered about.

The biggest celebrity and entertainment headlines for the week ending on September 3 including Venice Film Fest opens, Paris Hilton and T.I. get busted, and Emmy winners.

The latest celebrity news including rapper T.I. busted, Wynn bars Paris and Natalie Portman earns Oscar Buzz.

Uproar tour features Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Halestorm, Hellyeah, Stone Sour, Airbourne and a few others, and all are required to party for the aftershow.

Slash was honored by Lemmy Kilmister, Fergie and others at the Sunset Strip Music Festival, and he talked about the honor.

Grateful Dead songwriter Jim Lauderdale has released his latest album, Patchwork River, and he talks about the collection.