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Paris Hilton to magazine: I'm celibate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_tv/people_paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.71ed215e7cb040cda5aad6debdb0e39f.people__paris_hilton_ny112.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=N0xmvDiqSvaVQgg3bMt1VQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Paris Hilton poses backstage after appearing on MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at MTV Times Square Studios, in this file photo from July 13, 2006, in New York. In the new British edition of GQ magazine, the Hilton Hotels heir and uber-socialite denies leading a promiscuous lifestyle and insists she is 'very shy,' describes how easy it is for her to make money, and says she relates to the photographer-hunted Princess Diana. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton says she is sick of boyfriends and is celibate.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manuscript pits dealer vs. Christie's
(AP)
AP - It's an antiquities lover's triangle, pitting France and a London-based auction house against a New York City art dealer — over a Jewish manuscript created eight centuries ago.
Kiss fans protest Rock Hall of Fame snub
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_mu/rock_hall_kiss_fans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.874b19157e8d43c48af895dfbd7b3f6d.rock_hall_kiss_fans_nyol799.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=5loGggXEwEOeG4G.Ky1iDQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Kiss members Gene Simmons, left, and Ace Frehley perform at Tiger Stadium in Detroit in this June 28, 1996, file photo. About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall. (AP Photo/Tom Pidgeon)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lau mum on drug use for 'Protege' role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_mo/people_lau"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.xkc10608030922.hong_kong_lau_xkc106.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=9Fjq0ERZh6PMFKCT1bBcZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="Hong Kong actor Andy Lau attends a news conference to promote his upcoming movie 'Protege' in Hong Kong Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>AP - Andy Lau may play a major narcotic dealer in the upcoming movie "Protege," but the Hong Kong star had little to say when asked if he had tried drugs to prepare for the role.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reports: 2 arrested in Hermitage thefts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_ot/russia_hermitage_thefts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060801/capt.bb59643ec46c4fe9a76b6b7fb469913e.russia_hermitage_thefts_mosb107.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=k9OI79wz_asdW26tgbsqZA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Visitors mount the main front staircase of the Winter Palace, the main building of Russia's famed State Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. Russia's famed State Hermitage Museum said Tuesday that it had not insured more than 220 stolen museum pieces, including jewelry and enameled objects, worth about US$5 million (4 million), whose theft it reported a day earlier. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police arrested two men accused of stealing more than 220 pieces of jewelry, silverware and other items worth a combined $5 million from Russia's famed State Hermitage Museum, news reports said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lau mum on drug use for 'Protege' role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_mo/people_lau"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.xkc10608030922.hong_kong_lau_xkc106.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=9Fjq0ERZh6PMFKCT1bBcZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="Hong Kong actor Andy Lau attends a news conference to promote his upcoming movie 'Protege' in Hong Kong Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>AP - Andy Lau may play a major narcotic dealer in the upcoming movie "Protege," but the Hong Kong star had little to say when asked if he had tried drugs to prepare for the role.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kiss fans protest Rock Hall of Fame snub
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_mu/rock_hall_kiss_fans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.874b19157e8d43c48af895dfbd7b3f6d.rock_hall_kiss_fans_nyol799.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=5loGggXEwEOeG4G.Ky1iDQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Kiss members Gene Simmons, left, and Ace Frehley perform at Tiger Stadium in Detroit in this June 28, 1996, file photo. About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall. (AP Photo/Tom Pidgeon)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.</p><br clear="all"/>
Satirists help Israelis blow off steam
(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.
Lau mum on drug use for 'Protege' role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_en_mo/people_lau"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.xkc10608030922.hong_kong_lau_xkc106.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=9Fjq0ERZh6PMFKCT1bBcZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="Hong Kong actor Andy Lau attends a news conference to promote his upcoming movie 'Protege' in Hong Kong Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>AP - Andy Lau may play a major narcotic dealer in the upcoming movie "Protege," but the Hong Kong star had little to say when asked if he had tried drugs to prepare for the role.</p><br clear="all"/>
Academy: '44 Oscar up for auction 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"/>
Kiss fans protest Rock Hall of Fame snub
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_mu/rock_hall_kiss_fans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.874b19157e8d43c48af895dfbd7b3f6d.rock_hall_kiss_fans_nyol799.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=5loGggXEwEOeG4G.Ky1iDQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Kiss members Gene Simmons, left, and Ace Frehley perform at Tiger Stadium in Detroit in this June 28, 1996, file photo. About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall. (AP Photo/Tom Pidgeon)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lollapalooza in Chicago packs in a big crowd
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060805/music_nm/leisure_lollapalooza_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060806/2006_08_05t173034_314x450_us_leisure_lollapalooza.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=AZ_dQgU8s211IuCy.VRq0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this file photo Michael 'Flea' Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performs at the Rock in Rio festival held in Lisbon June 3, 2006. Thousands of concert-goers returned to Chicago's lakefront Grant Park on Saturday as the three-day music festival Lollapalooza, where the Chilli Peppers will perform, resumed after drawing more than 50,000 people on Friday night. (Marcos Borga/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of concert-goers, mostly in
their 20s, returned to Chicago's lakefront Grant Park on
Saturday as the three-day music festival Lollapalooza resumed
after drawing more than 50,000 people on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cash strummer Wootton plays Tenn. fest
(AP)
AP - Fans of early rock 'n' roll gathered in Jackson this weekend for the annual International Rockabilly Festival. Musicians in town for the three-day festival that ended Saturday included Bob Wootton, lead guitarist with Johnny Cash's longtime backup band The Tennessee Three.
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.
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