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Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss Universe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_en_ot/miss_universe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060724/capt.b55cd354988e4fd392d08789b7819602.miss_universe_2006_cadb124.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=PmEzaBhtnCI0uQt3.MPzsA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, Miss Puerto Rico 2006, is congratulated by fellow contestants after winning the Miss Universe 2006 pageant on Sunday, July 23, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Benjamin Sklar)" border="0" /></a>AP - An 18-year-old from Puerto Rico who hopes to someday star in U.S. and Latin American films was crowned Sunday night as Miss Universe 2006.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lonely Boys: Arrest was misunderstanding
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/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 arrest of the bassist for Los Lonely Boys on allegations he assaulted his fiancee was all a misunderstanding, the band's publicist said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fans get first look at 'Spider-Man 3'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_en_mo/comic_con_spider_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.d9902d4d02394a29b4adcb7016e3d97b.comic_con_spiderman_3_cadp102.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=5tChWuUnR1ZVpxgLUmasiA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Actress Kirsten Dunst smiles as she talks about the movie 'Spider-Man 3' during a presentation held at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center Saturday, July 22, 2006, in San Diego, Calif. The annual comic book and popular arts convention, which attracts over 100,000 people, runs through Sunday July 23. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" isn't due until next summer, but about 5,000 fans got an early look at the film Saturday at Comic-Con, the country's largest comic book convention.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Pirates' out-earns predecessor in 17 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.nyol70207231743.box_office_nyol702.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=M67G.RsB4bmOSiRdGjJ3Yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Walt Disney Pictures, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) appears in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.' The film remained atop the box office for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35 million and lifting its total to $321.7 million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates. (AP Photo/Walt Disney Pictures/Peter Mountain, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Johnny Depp and his pirate friends are keeping all the box-office treasure for themselves. Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" remained the top movie for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35 million and lifting its total to $321.7 million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Watch your back when Fox News wishes well
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_en_tv/tv_wishing_well"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060722/capt.142b1159b35e47da98b665255f79f0ee.tv_nbc_tca_cars103.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=46pvzitf2Dxr1ATTPNWxCg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Keith Olbermann, host of the MSNBC show, 'Countdown With Keith Olbermann,' talks about his show at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour, Saturday, July 22, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - If someone at Fox News Channel wishes you well, watch your back. The seemingly benign sentiment is a creative signature of Fox's public relations, usually accompanied by a kneecapping. It's something like a kiss from a Mafia don.</p><br clear="all"/>
Diesel in deal for "Hannibal" cartoon at BET
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060724/film_nm/diesel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060724/2006_07_24t015909_450x316_us_diesel.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=uuX.vDHA2gT8vagojFuIWg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Vin Diesel is seen at the 56th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 16, 2006. Diesel will take on the Roman Empire in a new BET Networks cartoon series about military leader Hannibal. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vin Diesel will take on
the Roman Empire in a new BET Networks cartoon series about
military leader Hannibal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie Web site offers new fix for rock geeks
(Reuters)
Reuters - There is plenty of new indie and
mainstream music available on legal download sites, but the
obscure, the out-of-print and the experimental often remain
relegated to used vinyl bins at small retailers.
"Top Model" writer-producers on strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - Joined by dozens of
supporters, the 12 writer-producers on the hit reality series
"America's Next Top Model" have gone on strike to protest the
refusal by the show's executive producer to let them unionize.
MAMA says made all-share bid proposal to Sanctuary
(Reuters)
Reuters - British music company MAMA Group Plc
said on Monday it made an all-share offer proposal for larger
rival Sanctuary Group Plc on July 14.
"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:
Diesel in deal for "Hannibal" cartoon at BET
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060724/film_nm/diesel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060724/2006_07_24t015909_450x316_us_diesel.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=uuX.vDHA2gT8vagojFuIWg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Vin Diesel is seen at the 56th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 16, 2006. Diesel will take on the Roman Empire in a new BET Networks cartoon series about military leader Hannibal. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vin Diesel will take on
the Roman Empire in a new BET Networks cartoon series about
military leader Hannibal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blanchard emerges from "Shadows" for "Girl"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tammy Blanchard, best known
for her Emmy-winning turn in the ABC miniseries "Life With Judy
Garland: Me and My Shadows," is in talks to star opposite
Brittany Murphy in the romantic comedy drama "The Ramen Girl."
Superman, DC Comics pals headed for DVD series
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060724/film_nm/dccomics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060724/2006_07_24t031935_450x369_us_dccomics.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=fCo6C.NQwMHk_pm299JB0w--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="A page from a Superman comic book is displayed. Warner Bros. is launching a series of feature-length animated movies, created exclusively for DVD, featuring such DC Comics characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warner Bros. is launching
a series of feature-length animated movies, created exclusively
for DVD, featuring such DC Comics characters as Superman,
Batman and Wonder Woman.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Kramer" director, actress reunite for "Feast"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jane Alexander will
reunite with her "Kramer vs. Kramer" director Robert Benton in
the ensemble drama "The Feast of Love," whose cast already
includes Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear and Radha Mitchell.
Fans get first look at 'Spider-Man 3'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_en_mo/comic_con_spider_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.d9902d4d02394a29b4adcb7016e3d97b.comic_con_spiderman_3_cadp102.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=5tChWuUnR1ZVpxgLUmasiA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Actress Kirsten Dunst smiles as she talks about the movie 'Spider-Man 3' during a presentation held at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center Saturday, July 22, 2006, in San Diego, Calif. The annual comic book and popular arts convention, which attracts over 100,000 people, runs through Sunday July 23. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" isn't due until next summer, but about 5,000 fans got an early look at the film Saturday at Comic-Con, the country's largest comic book convention.</p><br clear="all"/>
Love, tolerance temper life for Cairo street girls
(Reuters)
Reuters - Film-maker Tahani Rached, returning to
Egypt after almost 40 years in Canada, has revealed the hidden
lives of girls who live, beg, cheat, sniff glue, pop pills and
give birth on the streets of Cairo.
"Pirates" passes $200 million overseas
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060724/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060724/2006_07_23t213714_450x346_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=6UFunVCPeIt6wQTPwn0gLw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Actors Johnny Depp (R) and Orlando Bloom pose at a premiere event for their film 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in Tokyo July 10, 2006. The film opens in Japan on July 22. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In virtual
vacuum-cleaner fashion, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest" drew the bulk of international business during the
weekend, garnering an estimated $62 million from 35
territories.</p><br clear="all"/>
Highmore, Bolger cast in 'Spiderwick' fantasy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Youngsters Freddie
Highmore ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") and Sarah Bolger
("In America") have been cast as the Grace children in the
fantasy film "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
'Pirates' out-earns predecessor in 17 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060723/capt.nyol70207231743.box_office_nyol702.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=M67G.RsB4bmOSiRdGjJ3Yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Walt Disney Pictures, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) appears in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.' The film remained atop the box office for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35 million and lifting its total to $321.7 million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates. (AP Photo/Walt Disney Pictures/Peter Mountain, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Johnny Depp and his pirate friends are keeping all the box-office treasure for themselves. Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" remained the top movie for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35 million and lifting its total to $321.7 million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Ant Bully" a garden-variety cartoon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Adapted by director John
A. Davis from a Scholastic book Tom Hanks used to read to his
son, "The Ant Bully' tells the story of a bored, lonely
10-year-old boy who takes his frustrations out on ant hills --
that is, until members of the colony figure out a way to cut
him down to size both literally and figuratively.
Indie Web site offers new fix for rock geeks
(Reuters)
Reuters - There is plenty of new indie and
mainstream music available on legal download sites, but the
obscure, the out-of-print and the experimental often remain
relegated to used vinyl bins at small retailers.
Lonely Boys: Arrest was misunderstanding
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/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 arrest of the bassist for Los Lonely Boys on allegations he assaulted his fiancee was all a misunderstanding, the band's publicist said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Idol" remains touring superpower
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060723/music_nm/idol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060721/capt.52536cc2bb6d4b01b274de7469b57dc4.music_taylor_hicks_nyph103.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=US1FOS67lKuGPdBfq30eAQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Taylor Hicks, winner of the most recent 'American Idol' television talent competion, performs on stage during ABC's 'Good Morning America' summer concert series in New York, Friday, July 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Anyone who ever doubted that the
"American Idol" TV phenomenon would not have legs as a touring
entity was wrong as 60 sellouts for the 2006 American Idols
Live tour attest.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online firms facilitate music licensing
(Reuters)
Reuters - The process of licensing music
for a TV commercial, show or movie is notorious for being a
time-consuming and often hair-pulling exercise in frustration.
There's no uniformity of rates, it requires extensive
negotiations at times and, with the explosion of new media
formats, is entering a new era of pricing uncertainty.
The Fray leads indistinct light-rock charge
(Reuters)
Reuters - Loud, female-led cheers
greeted the Fray as the band took the stage Thursday at the
House of Blues. With a top 10 pop single, a huge MySpace
following and the No. 3 album on iTunes, that was no surprise.
But the opening number was.
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.
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