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Proposals abound for Mel Gibson healing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_ce/mel_gibson_healing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.32f42c6cc5d94a2892ace24bb9ee0f5f.mel_gibson_foster_nyet110.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=yIKXKv3c3XcT3a__oP69Vw--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="In this file photo originally provided by NBC, a bearded Mel Gibson makes a surprise appearance Sept. 22, 2005, on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' in Burbank, Calif. Gibson carried show guest Jodie Foster onto the stage. Several of Gibson's Hollywood friends defended the actor the wake of Gibson's alleged anti-Jewish tirade when he arrested for drunken driving July 28. 'Is he an anti-Semite? Absolutely not,' Foster told the Los Angeles Times for a story Friday, Aug. 4, 2006. 'But it's no secret that he has always fought a terrible battle with alcoholism.' (AP Photo/NBC, Margaret Norton)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Yom Kippur appearance at a synagogue. A trip to Washington's Holocaust museum. A circumcision? Ever since Mel Gibson said he wanted the Jewish community to help him make amends for his anti-Semitic comments, suggestions have been pouring in, some in jest and some quite serious.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some Hollywood friends back Mel Gibson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_en_ce/mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.ed6065853817480e9ad861ac9a66d87d.mel_gibson_rehab_nyet103.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=3bZBP8ik9XLAvgjF_qCuzA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Mel Gibson answers journalists' questions during a news conference in Rome's Cinecitta studios on Sept. 20, 2002. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, charged Gibson with driving under the influence of alcohol, having an elevated blood-alcohol level and an open container of liquor in his car when he was pulled over in Malibu last week. Many celebrities who have had public problems with alcohol or drugs choose residential rehab facilities as part of their recovery efforts. But Gibson is not checking into a treatment facility. Instead, his publicist says the actor is participating in an outpatient 'program of recovery,' declining to provide specifics. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several of Mel Gibson's friends say he's a "different person" when he's drinking, but they do not believe he's anti-Semitic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Academy: Oscar set for auction is a fake
(AP)
AP - An online auction of what was billed as Leo McCarey's best-director Oscar for 1944's "Going My Way" was canceled Friday after officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences deemed the trophy a fake.
'Idol' rivals compete again with albums
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_en_mu/people_aiken_studdard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.241ff65af80b472a9d04d1f6a90d812e.people_aiken_studdard_nyet109.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=N7ZEAEvpjeP_hWGtvlVOmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Ruben Studdard, from Birmingham, Ala., and Clay Aiken, from Raleigh, N.C., right, sing together during the finale of 'American Idol' on May 21, 2003, in Universal City, Calif. Two former Idol rivals -- second-season winner Studdard and runner-up Aiken -- will battle again when their new albums are released next month. Aiken's third album, 'A Thousand Different Ways,' will be in stores Sept. 19,, RCA Records announced Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. Studdard's 'The Return' will be released Sept. 26 on J Records. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two former "American Idol" rivals — second-season winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken — will battle again when their new albums are released next month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Leno to sub for film critic Roger Ebert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_tv/people_ebert_leno"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.09ca83f98b0c404ba54666fba0e2409c.ebert_leno_cx116.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1W2.BXp4IFI08NqDsaufCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo Released by NBC Photo, 'The Tonight Show' host Jay Leno, left, teams up with Richard Roeper for the movie review show 'Ebert & Roeper' which will air on Aug. 12-13, 2006. Leno is standing in for Roger Ebert who is recuperating from cancer surgery. (AP Photo/NBA Photo, Paul Drinkwater)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jay Leno's thumbs are about to get a workout. "The Tonight Show" host is filling in as a guest critic on the movie review show "Ebert & Roeper" while regular co-host Roger Ebert recuperates from cancer surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Academy: Oscar set for auction is a fake
(AP)
AP - An online auction of what was billed as Leo McCarey's best-director Oscar for 1944's "Going My Way" was canceled Friday after officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences deemed the trophy a fake.
Onstage and off, busy days ahead for Knight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Before Gladys Knight's manager
son Jimmy Newman died in 1999, he gave his mom some sage
advice.
Satirists poke fun at Israel, Hezbollah
(AP)
AP - Satirists are pouring their energies into the war effort, helping Israelis blow off steam by poking fun at their politicians and generals, and of course at Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
ABC prime-time Webcasts here to stay: Disney
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060805/media_nm/media_disney_webtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060805/2006_08_05t013350_450x300_us_media_disney_webtv.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=G2HZ3tBizFeCjhXBxY6SBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cast members from the ABC comedy series 'Desperate Housewives' are shown posing with the award they won at the 12th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, in this January 29, 2006 file photo. The Walt Disney Co. is making ad-supported Webcasts of its ABC prime-time TV shows permanently available this fall, following a successful two-month test that drew a younger, more educated audience, a Disney official said on Friday. (Mario/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Walt Disney Co. is making
ad-supported Webcasts of its ABC prime-time TV shows
permanently available this fall, following a successful
two-month test that drew a younger, more educated audience, a
Disney official said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Renowned soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf dies at 90
(Reuters)
Reuters - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, among the most
renowned opera and concert sopranos of the 20th century, died
at her Austrian home on Thursday at the age of 90, local media
reported.
Academy: Oscar set for auction is a fake
(AP)
AP - An online auction of what was billed as Leo McCarey's best-director Oscar for 1944's "Going My Way" was canceled Friday after officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences deemed the trophy a fake.
Leno to sub for film critic Roger Ebert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_mo/people_ebert_leno"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.09ca83f98b0c404ba54666fba0e2409c.ebert_leno_cx116.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1W2.BXp4IFI08NqDsaufCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo Released by NBC Photo, 'The Tonight Show' host Jay Leno, left, teams up with Richard Roeper for the movie review show 'Ebert & Roeper' which will air on Aug. 12-13, 2006. Leno is standing in for Roger Ebert who is recuperating from cancer surgery. (AP Photo/NBA Photo, Paul Drinkwater)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jay Leno's thumbs are about to get a workout. "The Tonight Show" host is filling in as a guest critic on the movie review show "Ebert & Roeper" while regular co-host Roger Ebert recuperates from cancer surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
OutKast finally settles on soundtrack tunes
(Reuters)
Reuters - With just a few weeks left to spare,
hip-hop duo OutKast has finalized the track list for the
long-awaited soundtrack to its film, "Idlewild."
Moore film fest screens "Jesus" despite objection
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060804/film_nm/moore_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060804/2006_08_04t032706_450x357_us_moore.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=.Bp1caGCapvPJfmzhg_brA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Michael Moore is seen in New York, April 25, 2006. Ignoring a request to remove the documentary 'Jesus Camp' from its lineup, Moore's Traverse City (Mich.) Film Festival plans two screenings of the film, one Friday and one Saturday. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ignoring a request to
remove the documentary "Jesus Camp" from its lineup, Michael
Moore's Traverse City (Mich.) Film Festival went ahead Friday
with the first of two screenings of the film.</p><br clear="all"/>
Counterfeit Oscar withdrawn from online auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - An online auction of an Oscar
statuette expected to sell for more than $100,000 was cancelled
on Friday after investigators discovered it was a "high
quality" counterfeit, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences said.
Proposals abound for Mel Gibson healing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson_healing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060805/2006_08_04t232617_360x450_us_gibson.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=5ppSx4QgVyWg4G0BZGbmuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson is pictured in this Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking photograph taken July 28, 2006 after he was arrested on suspicion of Driving Under the Infuence (DUI) in Malibu, California. Gibson was charged on Wednesday with driving under the influence of alcohol. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Los Angeles County Sheriff Department/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Yom Kippur appearance at a synagogue. A trip to Washington's Holocaust museum. A circumcision? Ever since Mel Gibson said he wanted the Jewish community to help him make amends for his anti-Semitic comments, suggestions have been pouring in, some in jest and some quite serious.</p><br clear="all"/>
J.Lo Ditches "Dallas"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060804/en_movies_eo/19672"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060804/capt.cba5836bdd0f9b9a8b5fe5121933b995.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=53_I8sIxE9GP5tXGcYaSPg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The Enough star has pulled out of the now slightly
less star-studded big screen remake of the '80s TV hit, with nary an
explanation regarding her departure." border="0" /></a>E! Online - The Enough star has pulled out of the now slightly
less star-studded big screen remake of the '80s TV hit, with nary an
explanation regarding her departure.</p><br clear="all"/>
Several Hollywood friends back Mel Gibson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.ed6065853817480e9ad861ac9a66d87d.mel_gibson_rehab_nyet103.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=3bZBP8ik9XLAvgjF_qCuzA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Mel Gibson answers journalists' questions during a news conference in Rome's Cinecitta studios on Sept. 20, 2002. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, charged Gibson with driving under the influence of alcohol, having an elevated blood-alcohol level and an open container of liquor in his car when he was pulled over in Malibu last week. Many celebrities who have had public problems with alcohol or drugs choose residential rehab facilities as part of their recovery efforts. But Gibson is not checking into a treatment facility. Instead, his publicist says the actor is participating in an outpatient 'program of recovery,' declining to provide specifics. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several of Mel Gibson's friends say he's a "different person" when he's drinking, but they do not believe he's anti-Semitic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Art museum site for Rocky statue takes hit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_en_mo/roaming_rocky_balboa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.bab0106e188044a2a85773746d7f6302.roaming_rocky_balboa_nyet108.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=P9TXd5x8q4.fIyzC0480zg--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="The statue of a triumphant Rocky Balboa is shown across the street from Veterans Stadium in South Philadelphia on May 14, 2002. A push to move the bronze statue to the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps is on the ropes. The statue, now in storage, was donated by Sylvester Stallone in 1982. The statue is of Stallone in his role as the boxer from the film 'Rocky III.' Veterans Stadium has been torn down since this photo was taken. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)" border="0" /></a>AP - A push to move the bronze statue of a triumphant Rocky Balboa to the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps is on the ropes.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Four Weddings" star MacDowell happy as mother-hen
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060804/film_nm/leisure_macdowell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060804/2006_08_04t101127_450x295_us_leisure_macdowell.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=P5gQZ9u7m0HeTFSKzvK6bg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Actress Andie MacDowell poses for photographs in New York's Central Park, August 3, 2006, before the release of her new animated children's film 'Barnyard'. Model-turned-actress MacDowell still looks like a Hollywood star but these days she seems to see herself more as a mother hen -- and in her latest movie she was cast as exactly that. The animated family movie 'Barnyard,' which opened on Friday, is about farm animals who, when the farmer's back is turned, start walking, talking, eating pizza and partying like humans. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Model-turned-actress Andie MacDowell
still looks like a Hollywood star but these days she seems to
see herself more as a mother hen -- and in her latest movie she
was cast as exactly that.</p><br clear="all"/>
Onstage and off, busy days ahead for Knight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Before Gladys Knight's manager
son Jimmy Newman died in 1999, he gave his mom some sage
advice.
High-profile fans "Standing" with Jerry Lee Lewis
(Reuters)
Reuters - It only took five years and four
record labels, but Jerry Lee Lewis' "Last Man Standing" is set
for release.
Actress Gainsbourg teams with Air on her 2nd album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two decades after releasing her first
album, French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is issuing a
follow-up.
Quebec's Deja Musique expands into France
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a period of industry uncertainty,
Montreal-based Deja Musique owner Janie Duquette is
refreshingly enthusiastic about the record business.
Taylor Hicks on Write Track
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060805/en_music_eo/19682"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060805/capt.905ce891e98f2a652ba0b47764a4bfcd.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=ax7hlqk6JFMe8C12ySkXPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The Soul Patrol is getting ready to mobilize, and this time the
record store is not the destination--the bookstore is." border="0" /></a>E! Online - The Soul Patrol is getting ready to mobilize, and this time the
record store is not the destination--the bookstore is.</p><br clear="all"/>
Q&A: Tony Bennett marks 80th birthday with set of duets
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tony Bennett is a rebel. He has
walked away from recording contracts to keep his integrity and
won't sing a song he does not believe in. He adheres to the
philosophy of art for art's sake -- whether he's recording an
album or painting a portrait.
Billboard album reviews: Ali Farka Toure
(Reuters)
Reuters - Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure was
one of the giants of West African music.
Billboard singles reviews: John Legend, LeAnn Rimes
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Legend has collaborated with
the likes of Kanye West, Snoop, Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys
and even Fort Minor, but the man needs no help selling his
old-soul vocal abilities.
Strokes' guitarist Hammond readies solo debut
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond
Jr. will release his solo debut, "Yours To Keep," October 9 in
the United Kingdom. There are currently no plans to release the
set in the United States.
Gabriel preps long-in-the-works set for fall release
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's taken 15 years, but Peter Gabriel
has finally completed the "Big Blue Ball" album, a multi-artist
project that started during a series of sessions at his Real
World studios in the early 1990s.
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