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Keillor opening bookstore

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Garrison Keillor, the 64-year-old humorist, plans to open a bookstore in the St. Paul, Minn., Blair Arcade building in November, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Thursday.

In an e-mail to the Associated Press, Keillor said he's doing it "because I am fond of independent bookstores, like to walk into them and sit and read in them, and it's time I make some contribution to my neighborhood."

Bounty hunter makes bail

HONOLULU - TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on the popular A&E show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" are accused of illegal detention and conspiracy stemming from the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

On Friday, Chapman, his son, Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman, no relation, posted bail after serving a night in a federal detention center in Honolulu.

Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico, and charges have been pending against the three since they were arrested by local police in Mexico after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned for their court hearing in July 2003, officials said.

Luster, serving a 124-year prison term, fled the United States during his trial for the rape of three women. His capture shot the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on A&E.

`Kong' director films in U.S.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Peter Jackson recreated 1930s downtown New York on a back lot in New Zealand, but says northeast Pennsylvania is too distinctive to replicate for his new movie.

After a visit to the Philadelphia area, Jackson, 44, decided to film part of the movie where the book "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold is set. It tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who speaks from heaven about her rape and murder and tells of how her loved ones cope with the crime.

Jackson transformed a back lot near New Zealand's capital, Wellington, into 1930s New York for his remake of "King Kong" and New Zealand's countryside into Middle Earth for the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings." Studio shooting will be done in New Zealand, Jackson said.

London event brings in stars

LONDON - Dustin Hoffman, Tim Burton and Forest Whitaker are among the celluloid celebs lined up to attend the 50th London Film Festival. They plan to discuss their work with attendees.

The festival opens Oct. 18 with Kevin Macdonald's "The Last King of Scotland," which stars Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. It closes Nov. 2 with Alejandro Gonzalez I¤arritu's multistranded saga "Babel," starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal.

Singer Faithfull cancels tour

LONDON - Marianne Faithfull has postponed a world tour at least a month. She was told she has breast cancer, her London publicist said Thursday.

Doctors in France, where Faithfull, 59, was diagnosed with the illness, say the cancer is in its earliest stages, said publicist Rob Partridge.

Faithfull gained fame in the 1960s as the girlfriend of Mick Jagger and as the pure-voiced singer of "As Tears Go By." After battling drug addiction, she re-emerged in 1979 with the raw album "Broken English" and has since found a new audience as a sophisticated chanteuse.