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'Ricky Bobby' speeds past weekend rivals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060802/capt.a1c3acf44ef0439a86b48df9f37eeb06.nascar_talladega_nights__ny159.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Z6lPe6XSqR9yvrXexlVlZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Columbia Pictures, NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby, played by Will Ferrell, holds a trophy in a scene from ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.'' (AP Photo/HO,Suzanne Hanover)" border="0" /></a>AP - Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" enjoyed life in the fast lane with a No. 1 finish in the weekend box office race, taking in $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Swayze joins celebs defending Mel Gibson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mo/people_swayze"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.a13a3b010b1c40a9b7fae104004906c3.people_swayze_ny109.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=inL_LzOXzVOjIeZKENs3Kg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Patrick Swayze arrives at the Rodeo Drive Walk Of Style Awards honoring photographers Mario Testino and the late Herb Ritts held on Rodeo Drive on March 20, 2005 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patrick Swayze has joined several of Mel Gibson's celebrity friends in defending the actor, who in a drunken tirade blamed Jews for the world's wars.</p><br clear="all"/>
Housewives attend new DVD launch party
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_tv/people_desperate_housewives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.768912828e9f4bf695b1c67bce714fe5.desperate_housewives_dvd_party_cadm102.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=aPTTId0_3LC.TM4qKoujfQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Actresses Felicity Huffman, left, Eva Longoria, center, and Nicollette Sheridan, right, pose together as they arrive for the Desperate Housewives Season Two DVD launch party on the Universal Studios backlot Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in the Universal City portion of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four "Desperate Housewives" and their fellow cast members gathered on Wisteria Lane to celebrate something that fans, critics and Emmy voters had dubbed something of a disappointment: the second season of the popular ABC series.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fuse will take a hit anywhere
(AP)
AP - Not every idea has to be smart to make it on TV. Sometimes stupid works, too.
Affleck thanks Bostonians after shoot
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_mo/people_affleck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.430ec27381f244ad9146e4fca04257fc.people_affleck_ny111.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=VBudem5QtscXRMqzzBi9uA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Ben Affleck blows a bubble at Fenway Park in Boston, during the Boston Red Sox's game against the Los Angeles Angels in major league baseball Sunday, July 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ben Affleck finished shooting his film "Gone, Baby, Gone" and thanked residents for their support during the nearly three-month production in and around the city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lillard hired to be boss of "Own" indie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Matthew Lillard, famed
for his roles in the "Scooby-Doo" and "Scream" movies, has been
cast in the indie domestic drama "One of Our Own."
Game overhaul no Trivial matter for Hasbro
(Reuters)
Reuters - Trivial Pursuit is one of the most
popular brands in the Hasbro Games family. Since its
introduction 24 years ago, the game -- the original version and
its special editions -- has sold nearly 100 million units in 26
countries and 17 languages.
Youngsters captured by "Aliens" at CW network
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dan Byrd and newcomer
Adhir Kalyan have landed the two leads in the CW comedy pilot
"Aliens in America."
'Ricky Bobby' speeds past weekend rivals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_bu/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060802/capt.a1c3acf44ef0439a86b48df9f37eeb06.nascar_talladega_nights__ny159.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Z6lPe6XSqR9yvrXexlVlZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Columbia Pictures, NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby, played by Will Ferrell, holds a trophy in a scene from ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.'' (AP Photo/HO,Suzanne Hanover)" border="0" /></a>AP - Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" enjoyed life in the fast lane with a No. 1 finish in the weekend box office race, taking in $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iraqi woman's blog taken on stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Is it time to wash our hands of the
country and find a stable life somewhere else?"
Lillard hired to be boss of "Own" indie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Matthew Lillard, famed
for his roles in the "Scooby-Doo" and "Scream" movies, has been
cast in the indie domestic drama "One of Our Own."
INXS singer Hutchence set for movie resurrection
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/film_nm/hutchence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t045227_323x450_us_hutchence.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=pSDvhIlF_8zC1v6Oo1vdgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Michael Hutchence is seen in Sydney in a 1996 file photo. Two filmmakers are so worried about the handling of late INXS singer Hutchence's legacy that they are making a movie about the Australian rocker before it gets tarnished any further. (Megan Lewis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two filmmakers are so
worried about the handling of late INXS singer Michael
Hutchence's legacy that they are making a movie about the
Australian rocker before it gets tarnished any further.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ryder, Janssen, Mol join indie "Ten"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie comedy "The Ten"
now has 12.
Horrormeister Romero a "Solitary" man
(Reuters)
Reuters - George A. Romero has
signed to write and direct "Solitary Isle," a thriller about an
expedition to a deserted island that turns deadly as the
explorers face an unknown force.
Wood, Thurman "Bloom" in thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - "thirteen" star Evan Rachel
Wood will join Uma Thurman in the indie thriller "In Bloom."
Swayze joins celebs defending Mel Gibson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mo/people_swayze"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.a13a3b010b1c40a9b7fae104004906c3.people_swayze_ny109.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=inL_LzOXzVOjIeZKENs3Kg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Patrick Swayze arrives at the Rodeo Drive Walk Of Style Awards honoring photographers Mario Testino and the late Herb Ritts held on Rodeo Drive on March 20, 2005 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patrick Swayze has joined several of Mel Gibson's celebrity friends in defending the actor, who in a drunken tirade blamed Jews for the world's wars.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ricky Bobby' speeds past weekend rivals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060802/capt.a1c3acf44ef0439a86b48df9f37eeb06.nascar_talladega_nights__ny159.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Z6lPe6XSqR9yvrXexlVlZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Columbia Pictures, NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby, played by Will Ferrell, holds a trophy in a scene from ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.'' (AP Photo/HO,Suzanne Hanover)" border="0" /></a>AP - Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" enjoyed life in the fast lane with a No. 1 finish in the weekend box office race, taking in $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Swiss film director Daniel Schmid dies
(AP)
AP - Daniel Schmid, one of Switzerland's best-known film and opera directors, has died after a battle with cancer, a producer said Sunday. He was 64.
Fast Bucks for Ferrell's "Talladega"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060807/en_movies_eo/19691"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060807/capt.b33eeb4ada3aa3f5ad185a8239fd1d2b.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=S.qjvYkWk.tDTNFZrxpL8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Like the man say, Ricky Bobby can only count to one. Feeding off
favorable reviews, Will Ferrell's appeal and a desire for good laughs,
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby took the checkered
flag by a mile." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Like the man say, Ricky Bobby can only count to one. Feeding off
favorable reviews, Will Ferrell's appeal and a desire for good laughs,
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby took the checkered
flag by a mile.</p><br clear="all"/>
Affleck thanks Bostonians after shoot
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_en_mo/people_affleck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.430ec27381f244ad9146e4fca04257fc.people_affleck_ny111.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=VBudem5QtscXRMqzzBi9uA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Ben Affleck blows a bubble at Fenway Park in Boston, during the Boston Red Sox's game against the Los Angeles Angels in major league baseball Sunday, July 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ben Affleck finished shooting his film "Gone, Baby, Gone" and thanked residents for their support during the nearly three-month production in and around the city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Game overhaul no Trivial matter for Hasbro
(Reuters)
Reuters - Trivial Pursuit is one of the most
popular brands in the Hasbro Games family. Since its
introduction 24 years ago, the game -- the original version and
its special editions -- has sold nearly 100 million units in 26
countries and 17 languages.
INXS singer Hutchence set for movie resurrection
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/music_nm/hutchence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t045227_323x450_us_hutchence.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=pSDvhIlF_8zC1v6Oo1vdgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Michael Hutchence is seen in Sydney in a 1996 file photo. Two filmmakers are so worried about the handling of late INXS singer Hutchence's legacy that they are making a movie about the Australian rocker before it gets tarnished any further. (Megan Lewis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two filmmakers are so
worried about the handling of late INXS singer Michael
Hutchence's legacy that they are making a movie about the
Australian rocker before it gets tarnished any further.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ramblin' Jack Elliott spins tales, even sings
(Reuters)
Reuters - "I don't have a set
list," Ramblin' Jack Elliott said, "But I feel 'em comin' --
it's just 90 seconds before they hit."
Madonna "crucified" in Rome, Vatican protests
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/music_nm/madonna_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_06t221346_450x250_us_madonna.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=p3309hoctf0OyFPBFhCbbw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Madonna performs during her concert in Rome August 6, 2006. (Chris Helgren - /Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Madonna staged a mock-crucifixion in the
Italian capital on Sunday, ignoring a storm of protest and
accusations of blasphemy from the Roman Catholic Church.</p><br clear="all"/>
Italians go wild over Madonna in Rome
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.nyol70908061627.people_madonna_nyol709.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=Q_PtO4zZLWXXrfHzZ8uisg--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Madonna performs at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, Calif., in this April 30, 2006, file photo. The pop star is to perform in Rome on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Desperately seeking Madonna. Hundreds of Italians gathered in front of her hotel and rushed to Rome's most chic street in hopes of getting a glimpse of the American pop star, who was to perform in a concert Sunday night at the Olympic stadium.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tony Bennett's paintings a hit in art circles
(Reuters)
Reuters - Many recording artists paint, more
or less as a hobby. But for Tony Bennett, painting has become a
bona fide second career.
Taylor Hicks on Write Track
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060806/en_music_eo/19682"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060807/capt.905ce891e98f2a652ba0b47764a4bfcd.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Ospd86mxiSsOWQ81i5Irsw--" 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"/>
New Orleans prays for musicians on Armstrong 'birthday'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060806/music_nm/weather_hurricanes_musicians_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t044752_450x301_us_weather_hurricanes_musicians.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=q0fAIS271qFGKNju3s4T7g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Young musicians await the start of the Satchmo Summerfest Second Line in New Orleans August 6, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Trumpets wailed and tubas boomed as
New Orleanians danced in the streets on Sunday, on a weekend
celebrating jazz great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong's birthday and
praying for the return of musicians displaced by Hurricane
Katrina.</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"/>
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