Which Stars Are Affected By The New Terror Threat?

Americans are on edge at the movies, watching TV, and most of all, at the airport.

With the fifth anniversary of 9/11 approaching, and dramatic news and images coming at us from every angle, times are tense once again.

Thursday began with every morning show pushing all other stories aside for wall-to-wall coverage of the foiled terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up planes headed from England to the United States.

?There were US targets involved,? NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory reported.

?This operation is in some respects suggestive of an Al Qaeda plot,? said Michael Chertoff, the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary.

At Heathrow airport in London, hundreds of flights were canceled. In the U.S., the terror threat was elevated to red. Nearly all liquids have been banned from carry-on luggage in both countries due to the nature of the threat.

President Bush interrupted programming to say:

?This nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom.?

Many celebrities are currently in London and their travel plans could be affected.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is in London shooting a movie and husband Michael Douglas has joined her, luckily, just ahead of the threat.

The whole family is doing fine.

Madonna is busy performing her ?Confessions? tour in London, and Diddy is scheduled to fly there Monday.

The timing is eerie. Oliver Stone?s drama ?World Trade Center? opened Wednesday with a solid box office showing of $4.5 million.

For New Yorkers especially, Tim Vincent discovered that the movie resonates even more deeply in light of Thursday?s events.

New Yorker Todd Thurston saw the film and said:

?It’s life. It’s what it is now. We wake up every morning waiting for something to happen I suppose.?

We are just one month away from the five-year anniversary of 9/11 and television will mark the occasion as well.

CBS will air an updated version of its Emmy-winning documentary, ?9/11,? on September 10, with no cuts to its gritty language.

Since potential FCC fines are now in the hundreds of thousands, CBS has courageously decided to let the story stand and inform viewers with warnings during the broadcast.

But there?s more.

ABC?s miniseries, the ?The Path To 9-11,? and many shows from cable channels as well.

Next week, the History Channel will air ?Countdown to Ground Zero,? a compilation of archival footage, dramatic reenactments and personal interviews from people who lived through 9/11.