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Los Lonely Boys bassist arrested in Texas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_mu/los_lonely_boys_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.a5d512a67f3d4ecc8e9fb0c46ffbe1bf.los_lonely_boys_arrest_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=ES2G9ZYGBtYhgE0Ril4iUg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Bass player Jojo Garza, of the Garza brothers from Texas who make up the rock band Los Lonely Boys, performs at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, R.I., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday in Austin Texas on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said. Joey 'JoJo' Sacarais Garza, 26, was in town with fellow sibling-bandmates, who were preparing for a concert. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein)" border="0" /></a>AP - The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fey, Dratch leaving 'SNL' for '30 Rock'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_tv/people_fey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.97a090229f5b4363a9a8fbf4ae7fcf0c.tv_nbc_tca_cars120.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=LrQvjnCw2K9ynMjO0IoGlg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Executive producer and actor Tina Fey appears for the upcoming NBC show '30 Rock' at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tina Fey is leaving the anchor chair at "Saturday Night Live."</p><br clear="all"/>
Family vows to battle Anna Nicole Smith
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_tv/playmate_s_battle_marshall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.nyol77907230018.playmate_s_battle_marshall_nyol779.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=3__SEdu7Shb6xDj1pE3oIw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo. A month after the death of E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with Smith over his father's oil fortune, his family says they are more committed than ever in their legal battle against the former Playboy playmate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - A month after the death of E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with Anna Nicole Smith over his father's oil fortune, his family says they are more committed than ever in their legal battle against the former Playboy playmate.</p><br clear="all"/>
Will Smith participates in Philly march
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_mo/people_will_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.0eb4b64afb2b43bab0bc4eb0371e03c8.people_will_smith_pahr103.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=n8wStmMLaUJn_OVzMqWCzA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Will Smith, center and his wife Jada Pinkett, right, make an appearance at the Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace march Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr)" border="0" /></a>AP - Will Smith returned to his hometown to participate in a march against violence Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Olbermann dons O'Reilly mask at TV meeting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_tv/tv_olbermann_s_feud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.ebc80eb153c54b778c044b08cca222db.tv_nbc_tca_cars101.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=o0dbPe1Q_jHt4PSBn65GEw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Keith Olbermann, host of the MSNBC show, 'Countdown With Keith Olbermann,' holds a mask of conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly, a frequent target of 'Countdown's' Worst Person In The World segment, at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour, Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Keith Olbermann was eagerly anticipating his first meeting with Bill O'Reilly. It didn't happen.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Superman" director sees sequel for 2009
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060723/film_nm/superman_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t095349_450x311_us_superman.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=ztoTtlXaoq.wo6NYrr5TFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Christopher Reeve as 'Superman' in a scene from the first 'Superman' film released in 1978. On the heels of 'Superman Returns' storming the box office, the four original movies starring Reeve are set to get the special DVD treatment. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If director Bryan Singer
has his way, Superman will take to the air a second time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Lonely Boys bassist arrested in Texas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_mu/los_lonely_boys_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.a5d512a67f3d4ecc8e9fb0c46ffbe1bf.los_lonely_boys_arrest_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=ES2G9ZYGBtYhgE0Ril4iUg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Bass player Jojo Garza, of the Garza brothers from Texas who make up the rock band Los Lonely Boys, performs at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, R.I., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday in Austin Texas on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said. Joey 'JoJo' Sacarais Garza, 26, was in town with fellow sibling-bandmates, who were preparing for a concert. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein)" border="0" /></a>AP - The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Olbermann dons O'Reilly mask at TV meeting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_tv/tv_olbermann_s_feud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.ebc80eb153c54b778c044b08cca222db.tv_nbc_tca_cars101.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=o0dbPe1Q_jHt4PSBn65GEw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Keith Olbermann, host of the MSNBC show, 'Countdown With Keith Olbermann,' holds a mask of conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly, a frequent target of 'Countdown's' Worst Person In The World segment, at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour, Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Keith Olbermann was eagerly anticipating his first meeting with Bill O'Reilly. It didn't happen.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft takes on Apple with Zune digital player
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/media_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.nyol77807222314.laundry_of_the_future_nyol778.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=x0wqtePXTy__2BH_dvdYtA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Microsoft programed computer and a washer dryer are networked at the Whirlpool Corporatiton Insperience Studio in Atlanta, Thursday, July 6, 2006. The project hooks a consumers Whirlpool Duet Sport washer/dryer, to a Microsoft programed computer, a Panasonic tv screen, and a cellphone together to allow the consumer to keep up with their laundry remotely. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. officials for the
first time have confirmed that the software giant is readying a
portable music player and integrated service, shedding new
light on a topic that has fueled rampant speculation in news
reports and blog postings for weeks.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Rent" road tour passes through LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - In addition to
high-octane energy and a dazzling level of professionalism, the
new national tour of "Rent" (making its first appearance at the
Pantages) is guided by a relentless aesthetic that might be
described as:
"Superman" director sees sequel for 2009
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060723/film_nm/superman_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t095349_450x311_us_superman.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=ztoTtlXaoq.wo6NYrr5TFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Christopher Reeve as 'Superman' in a scene from the first 'Superman' film released in 1978. On the heels of 'Superman Returns' storming the box office, the four original movies starring Reeve are set to get the special DVD treatment. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If director Bryan Singer
has his way, Superman will take to the air a second time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Will Smith participates in Philly march
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_mo/people_will_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.0eb4b64afb2b43bab0bc4eb0371e03c8.people_will_smith_pahr103.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=n8wStmMLaUJn_OVzMqWCzA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Will Smith, center and his wife Jada Pinkett, right, make an appearance at the Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace march Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr)" border="0" /></a>AP - Will Smith returned to his hometown to participate in a march against violence Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Miami Vice" a drab affair
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060723/film_nm/film_miami_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060723/2006_07_22t201608_450x349_us_film_miami.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=hHMpUuSSNW_UdKGa3WsHuQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Actors Jamie Foxx (L) and Colin Farrell, stars of the action film 'Miami Vice', pose together at the film's premiere in Los Angeles July 20, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Substance places a
distant second to style in the big-screen version of "Miami
Vice," which sees respected filmmaker Michael Mann returning to
the scene of the crime series that so effectively defined a
decade.</p><br clear="all"/>
Toby Keith makes movie debut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/film_nm/keith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_22t153716_450x358_us_keith.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Ubqf6YhfakBXGk9_Cuu5wg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Country musician Toby Keith performs for troops during his fourth USO tour of Germany and the Persian Gulf region, in Schweinhurt, Germany May 25, 2006. (Dave Gatley/USO/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country superstar Toby Keith tries
on a new hat this fall by appearing in his first film, "Broken
Bridges." The movie opens nationally on September 8 via
Paramount Pictures.</p><br clear="all"/>
Woman granted court order against Cusack
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_en_mo/people_cusack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060718/capt.1cc7ca2c2c2d407f927769846512c6c8.people_cusack_ny118.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=iXpnDonL_IGD8z5A1J2MEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Actor John Cusack is photographed during filming in this May 10, 2006 file photo, in Chicago. Cusack won a temporary restraining order Tuesday, July 18, 2006 against a woman he claims has been stalking him for more than 18 months. (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman John Cusack claims is stalking him has taken out a court order barring the actor from coming near her.</p><br clear="all"/>
Box office success of UK films draw in cinema goers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/film_nm/leisure_britain_film_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_22t100332_450x292_us_leisure_britain_film.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=YR70BpTeZOwWZw8pUsA4Gg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A thirty foot (9 metres) inflatable model of the animated film character 'Gromit' is displayed in Trafalgar Square in London, February 20, 2006. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - One in four Britons went to the cinema
at least once a week last year, making British film fans
amongst the keenest in the world and defying a global decline
in ticket sales, the UK Film Council said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Director McCary's '44 Oscar up for auction
(AP)
AP - The best director Oscar for the 1944 Bing Crosby film "Going My Way" is going on the auction block.
Emmy-winning actor Jack Warden dead at 85
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_en_mo/obit_warden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060721/capt.56c32b9e80f94869b6100ada99ee3ce1.obit_warden_ny124.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=Aa8i69_Q5I3k.w2tBbpjgA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Actor Jack Warden is shown in character as Washington Post editor Harry M. Rosenfeld in 'All the President's Men', in this 1975 file photo. Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85. Warden, who lived in Manhattan, died Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at a hospital in New York, Sidney Pazoff, his longtime business manager, said here Friday. (AP Photo/HO, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indian film does not need Oscars, says Bachchan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indian film icon Amitabh Bachchan on
Friday dismissed the notion that his country's films should
aspire to win Oscars, saying that the Indian film industry was
more creative than Hollywood.
"Superman II" 2.0
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060722/en_movies_eo/19563"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060722/capt.4e29e583d49124318926cfac5c4ee933.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=1381mUwDHp1G0iDePMWNnw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Superman Returns sequel or no, Man of Steel fans are
getting a new movie. Make that, a new old movie." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Superman Returns sequel or no, Man of Steel fans are
getting a new movie. Make that, a new old movie.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Lonely Boys bassist arrested in Texas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_mu/los_lonely_boys_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.a5d512a67f3d4ecc8e9fb0c46ffbe1bf.los_lonely_boys_arrest_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=ES2G9ZYGBtYhgE0Ril4iUg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Bass player Jojo Garza, of the Garza brothers from Texas who make up the rock band Los Lonely Boys, performs at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, R.I., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday in Austin Texas on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said. Joey 'JoJo' Sacarais Garza, 26, was in town with fellow sibling-bandmates, who were preparing for a concert. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein)" border="0" /></a>AP - The bassist for the Los Lonely Boys was arrested Saturday on charges of marijuana possession and assault, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rod Stewart returns to rock on new album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060723/music_nm/stewart_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060723/2006_07_22t211906_450x337_us_stewart.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=FT3hQjEunrPAE2lG80ohXg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="File photo of Singer Rod Stewart (L) gesturing to onlookers as he leaves the South Leith Parish Church in Edinburgh, Scotland with his partner Penny Lancaster (R) after the christening of their baby son Alastair June 25, 2006. ewart is retiring his series of standards albums and returning to the rock and roll of his roots. (David Moir - BRITAIN/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rod Stewart is retiring his series
of standards albums and returning to the rock and roll of his
roots.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reunited Brazilian band Os Mutantes starts US tour
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was a big fan,
while Beck and David Byrne have paid homage. Nearly 30 years
after it broke up, Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes
launched its first U.S. tour on Friday in New York.
Hendrix handbags a new fashion experience
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the "Foxey Lady" who has
everything: the Jimi Hendrix handbag.
Concert, rehearsal venues get wired
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's 9 p.m. at The Gig
in Hollywood and a crowd of L.A. hipsters is trickling in to
catch the evening's act.
Billboard album reviews
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Petty's new album is a
surprisingly moody affair. Showing a growing disillusionment
with the promise of freedom, "Highway Companion," Petty's first
solo effort in 12 years, is also his most personal and
heartfelt to date.
Toby Keith makes movie debut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/music_nm/keith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_22t153716_450x358_us_keith.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Ubqf6YhfakBXGk9_Cuu5wg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Country musician Toby Keith performs for troops during his fourth USO tour of Germany and the Persian Gulf region, in Schweinhurt, Germany May 25, 2006. (Dave Gatley/USO/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country superstar Toby Keith tries
on a new hat this fall by appearing in his first film, "Broken
Bridges." The movie opens nationally on September 8 via
Paramount Pictures.</p><br clear="all"/>
Europe loves Hasselhoff's singing talents
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_en_mu/people_hasselhoff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.58a5e1deccec4b3b822f13e812585b4e.tv_nbc_tca_cars120.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=nQLIgWi6dSSnEEb2Ggcu5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Judge David Hasselhoff talks about the NBC show 'America's Got Talent'at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour Friday, July 21, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - David Hasselhoff's superstar status as a singer in Europe hasn't carried over to America but he says "if it happens, it happens." "I'm a big punching bag," he told the Television Critics Association's summer meeting Friday. "I just kind of go with the flow. I never really desperately tried to break this market."</p><br clear="all"/>
Aguilera "Back" with ambitious album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/music_nm/aguilera_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_22t142953_450x275_us_aguilera.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=UgWdsWnK7LRdrTGzeaYgSA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives at the Entertainment Weekly 'Must List' Event at the Buddha Bar in New York City June 23, 2006. Aguilera was a featured performer at the event. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While recording her upcoming
album "Back to Basics," a project inspired by music and images
from the '20s, '30s and '40s, Christina Aguilera had a secret
weapon -- bright red lipstick as shiny as a fire engine.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rolling Stones lead mid-year concert sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060722/music_nm/touring_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_22t142538_450x252_us_touring.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=hzQ90T72MSWZjfRH43kDEw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger performs during a concert as part of the band's 'A Bigger Bang' tour in Munich July 16, 2006. (Alexandra Winkler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Rolling Stones, who have just
started their delayed European concert trek, are the top
touring band in the world for the first half of 2006.</p><br clear="all"/>
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