A Warren, Mich., juror was fined $250 and ordered to write a five-page essay on the Sixth Amendment after a Macomb County judge found her in contempt of court for declaring a defendant guilty on Facebook before the trial ended.

Hadley Jons , 20, has to pay the fine and write the essay on a defendant's right to a jury trial by Oct. 1, Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski ordered Thursday. If Jons complies, the civil contempt will be purged.

Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.

The dolphin hunt at Taiji, documented in "The Cove," begins Sept. 1 every year. The boats returned empty Wednesday. But on Thursday, some dolphins were corralled into the inlet, according to anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd and a fishing official in Taiji.

Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.

A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces - and forced his parents to miss a Philadelphia Phillies victory.

Opening Friday and running through Labor Day, the Telluride Film Festival is best known for its eclectic programming philosophy, which not only keeps its film schedule secret until hours before the first screenings but also will pick some movies that require such audience fortitude (such as this year's 11-language, 51/2-hour "Carlos") that, no matter how acclaimed, likely will not travel far past a festival setting.

But when Telluride's programmers select a certain kind of director-driven movie for a world premiere - not that the Colorado festival would ever use the p-word to describe a first screening - the audience reaction can be a particularly accurate predictor of how the film will be received in the rest of the country's art houses.

A federal jury weighing whether a Mexican-born actress committed marriage fraud has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching any verdicts and has expressed discord in its ranks.

The jury weighing whether to convict Fernanda Romero and her U.S-born husband reported that one of its members was "hostile" Thursday afternoon. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real instructed the panel to continue deliberation after defense attorneys said they thought the jury could reach some verdicts.

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" designed to draw older adults, studios expect that the weekend's ticket sales will be divided up nicely among that trio of low-budget releases.

"A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" is Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou's whimsical and witty homage to "Blood Simple," the Coen brothers' 1985 feature debut, itself a satire as much as murderous thriller. This version ratchets up the farce, tones down the blood, piles up the bodies and conjures up a very different experience in the process.

In short, you won't feel as if you're watching a remake so much as a comical re-imagining that taps into Chinese operatic humor in that Larry, Curly and Moe sort of way. The result of Zhang's experimental theater will be a rich brew for some, weak tea for others - a divide that will largely depend on your taste for a blend that is lighter on the subtext and heavier on the slapstick.

"Soul Kitchen" is a lively, easygoing farce filled with high-energy music and amusing complications. It sounds like the least likely film to be written and directed by Fatih Akin. Or does it?

Akin, born in Germany of Turkish parents, is best known for way-serious films such as the devastating "Head-On" and the somber "The Edge of Heaven." Though he'd written this film before those two, he admits in a director's statement that after their success, "I didn't find 'Soul Kitchen' important enough." He soon changed his mind and, aside from the desire to remind himself "that life is not only about pain and introspection," it is easy to see why he did.