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       *Tonight at 7:30 p.m., BET News premieres its 30-minute primetime special “S.O.S – Saving Ourselves: One Year Later,” which re-visits the catastrophe that sparked the largest displacement of black people in America since the Civil War.  One year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. gulf coast, BET offers stories of survivors who lived through the nightmare as well as the stories of prominent personalities who traveled to the Gulf Coast to witness the devastation first-hand. Ludacris, David Banner, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and actress Holly Robinson-Peete are among those featured in the special.

      *Choreographer Shane Sparks, most recently seen crafting and judging routines on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” will make an appearance in South Florida, Sunday Sept. 10 at the Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood, Fla. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. where he will teach aspiring dancers the choreography seen on the show. The workshop, hosted by hip hop company Pop Starz, is for dancers from beginners to professional, ages 8 to adults. Pre-registration forms can be found on www.popstarzinc.com or by calling Pop Starz at 305-531-7224.

      *Actor/comedian Mike Epps has partnered with UrbanWorld Wireless to host the company’s UrbanWorld Order mixtape, which features exclusive new music from Tony Yayo, Sean Paul, Li'l Scrappy and 50 Cent, as well as emerging artists Swing, Chedda Boy, and “106 & Park” Freestyle Friday champ Twilight. Both the mixatpe (titled “Mike Epps Presents The UrbanWorld Order - Part III”) and the featured ringtones can be downloaded directly from UrbanWorld's mobile storefront at www.urbanworldwireless.com. Epps can also be seen as the new host of Def Comedy Jam, which returns to HBO with new shows starting Sept. 10.      

       *“Def Jam Fight For NY: The Takeover” is in stores now for PlayStationPortable. Featuring a whole new story mode, the videogame allows users to create a fighter from the ground up, choosing from thousands of unlockable licensed gear to personalize your hip hop character. Master over 180 new moves and five different fighting styles to rise through the ranks and gain respect amongst your crew to ultimately rule the streets of New York City. “The Takeover” also includes over 40 hip hop artists, including Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes.

       *Australia has chosen the groundbreaking Aboriginal-language film "Ten Canoes" as its official entry for the 2007 best foreign-language film Oscar. The movie, the first ever to be filmed entirely in one of Australia's indigenous languages, tells a fictional story set in the distant past in which the lead character is attracted to one of the wives of his older brother. In order to teach his brother tribal law, the older sibling tells a mythical story of love, kidnapping, sorcery and revenge. Nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards will be unveiled on Jan. 23 next year. The ceremony will take place at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on Feb. 25.

The late Steve Irwin, 'The Crododile Hunter,' shown with a baby tiger

       *Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns. He was 44. While shooting a segment for a series called “Ocean's Deadliest,” a stingray jabbed one of its poisonous barbs into Irwin’s chest and “put a hole into his heart,” said his friend and colleague John Stainton. When a stingray is frightened by people swimming too close, it uses its serrated, toxin-loaded barb, or spine, which can measure up to 25 centimeters long. The sting can be excruciatingly painful but is rarely fatal, said University of Queensland marine neuroscientist Shaun Collin. Irwin is survived by his American-born wife Terri, from Eugene, Ore., their daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and 2-year-old son Bob.