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Hope springs eternal at 'Idol' auditions
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_tv/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.83b9a93f11f643cf98f2f47c88d87741.tv_american_idol_camw108.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=52w7b4PhH6NP._Etxu8e4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Biagio Scarpello, 18, of Tustin, Calif. plays his guitar inside the Rose Bowl before the Los Angeles area auditions for the 'American Idol' television talent competition in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 10,000 "American Idol" hopefuls showed up at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday with wide-eyed dreams of becoming the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood.</p><br clear="all"/>
County refuses to release Gibson tapes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson_tapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.3e3a4b23e78a44489b4db39047e8118b.mel_gibson_tapes_nyol908.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=coPBewkuBNxJZXY4nO9FiA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This booking photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, shows actor-director Mel Gibson taken after he was arrested Friday, July 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Audio and video tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest are exempt from the California Public Records Act and won't be released, authorities said, despite requests from a celebrity news Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Police called to Paul McCartney's home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_en_ce/people_mccartneys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.4e649296dac54058be815446314e9fb5.people_mcartneys_nyet124.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=jXMAulVTAjGx1A_.1iisfg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Former Beatle Paul McCartney arrives at the premier of 'The Beatles' Love' by Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, on June 30, 2006. A security guard atMcCartney's London home called police when one of his estranged wife's guards climbed a wall to let her in, a spokesman for Heather Mills McCartney said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006.(AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - A security guard at Paul McCartney's home called police when one of his estranged wife's guards climbed a wall to let her in, a spokesman for Heather Mills McCartney said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bruce Willis sues former friend
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_ce/people_willis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060809/capt.a9b4f5663015489186bdbf991e776704.people_willis_ny120.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=rrIrN8xJa_gw1y1W7StCRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Bruce Willis poses in Cologne, Germany, in this Wednesday, June 28, 2006 file photo. Willis has sued a childhood friend, claiming he tried to extort at least $100,000 from him by threatening to release private photos of the action star. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bruce Willis has sued a childhood friend, claiming he tried to extort at least $100,000 from him by threatening to release private photos of the action star.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lohan wants to visit U.S. troops in Iraq
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_en_ce/people_lindsay_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.95985ef03ea64ef59312ade47a39f22d.people_lindsay_lohan_nyet123.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=HI1GIKMoo_uKFqeRASAnDA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Actress and singer Lindsay Lohan appears on stage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square studios, in a Nov. 11, 2005 photo, in New York. Lohan says she wants to go to Iraq with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and entertain American troops there. 'I've been trying to go to Iraq with Hillary Clinton for so long. Hillary was trying to work it out, but it seemed too dangerous,' the 20-year-old actress says in an interview in the September issue of Elle magazine, on newsstands Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan says she wants to go to Iraq with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and entertain American troops there.</p><br clear="all"/>
Edinburgh Fringe puts faith in religious satire
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/arts_fringe_religion_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t062502_450x311_us_arts_fringe_religion.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=DOWFnWRcdCaJdagu46k3tA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A street artist performs during the Fringe festival on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in this, August 11, 2005 file photo. Playwrights and comedians at the world's largest arts festival have boldly marched into the minefield of religious extremism this year to explode myths and destroy taboos. (Jeff J Mitchell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Playwrights and comedians at the
world's largest arts festival have boldly marched into the
minefield of religious extremism this year to explode myths and
destroy taboos.</p><br clear="all"/>
New York's famed Hit Factory to be sold as condos
(Reuters)
Reuters - New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into condominiums worth more than $1 million.
Broadcasters to discuss 2008 schedule in Beijing
(Reuters)
Reuters - Heated discussions can be expected when
the controversial competition schedule for the 2008 Olympics is
hammered out at a meeting of broadcasters in Beijing this week.
Fox, Walden Media to make family films
(AP)
AP - Movie studio 20th Century Fox and Walden Media, the company behind "The Chronicles of Narnia" films, have formed a joint venture to produce and market family friendly films, the companies said Tuesday.
Reality TV show seeks stars for Broadway "Grease"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The T-Birds and the Pink Ladies of
"Grease" are coming back to Broadway, where producers are
turning to a reality television show to cast the lead roles.
Edinburgh Fringe puts faith in religious satire
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/arts_fringe_religion_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t062502_450x311_us_arts_fringe_religion.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=DOWFnWRcdCaJdagu46k3tA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A street artist performs during the Fringe festival on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in this, August 11, 2005 file photo. Playwrights and comedians at the world's largest arts festival have boldly marched into the minefield of religious extremism this year to explode myths and destroy taboos. (Jeff J Mitchell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Playwrights and comedians at the
world's largest arts festival have boldly marched into the
minefield of religious extremism this year to explode myths and
destroy taboos.</p><br clear="all"/>
McDonough cast in "Hitcher," rugby movies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neal McDonough, whose
credits include "Minority Report" and "Band of Brothers," has
booked back-to-back features.
County refuses to release Gibson tapes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson_tapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.3e3a4b23e78a44489b4db39047e8118b.mel_gibson_tapes_nyol908.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=coPBewkuBNxJZXY4nO9FiA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This booking photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, shows actor-director Mel Gibson taken after he was arrested Friday, July 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Audio and video tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest are exempt from the California Public Records Act and won't be released, authorities said, despite requests from a celebrity news Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
McConaughey, Hudson dig up 'Fool's Gold'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/hudson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t031721_337x450_us_hudson.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=526RkYu07mTpXjbjgJp00Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey are seen in this January 27, 2003 file photo. McConaughey and Hudson, who starred together in the 2003 hit 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,' are reuniting for the adventure comedy 'Fool's Gold.' (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Matthew McConaughey and
Kate Hudson, who starred together in the 2003 hit "How to Lose
a Guy in 10 Days," are reuniting for the adventure comedy
"Fool's Gold."</p><br clear="all"/>
New Bollywood movie dares to probe marriage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/bollywood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060806/i/r3527268920.jpg?x=130&y=55&sig=TmEKtkxl6xW72Y1H2X6ULQ--" align="left" height="55" width="130" alt="An Indian labourer stands in front of a billboard of a bollywood movie after the days work in New Delhi August 6, 2006. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Bollywood is set to take a big leap this
week with the opening of a blockbuster set around marital
tensions, a brave departure by an industry known more for
showcasing marriage as the heart of Indian family values.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Clerks" director Smith applauded on NJ home turf
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/leisure_clerks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t030123_450x327_us_leisure_clerks.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=23.UuiJBD1E.QBYLxmfW3w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Director Kevin Smith is seen in this April 12, 2006 file photo. Smith chatted with fans, dispensed wry career advice to aspiring filmmakers and flat-out refused to sign a woman's rear end on Tuesday night when he came home to New Jersey for an outdoor screening of his breakthrough film 'Clerks.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Indie film director Kevin
Smith chatted with fans, dispensed wry career advice to
aspiring filmmakers and flat-out refused to sign a woman's rear
end on Tuesday night when he came home to New Jersey for an
outdoor screening of his breakthrough film "Clerks."</p><br clear="all"/>
Stone's new September 11 film opens, hailing courage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/film_nm/stone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t025803_413x450_us_stone.jpg?x=119&y=130&sig=BVBkhyL94gvb8GfqQR6Yiw--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="Nicolas Cage (L) and director Oliver Stone laugh on the set of Paramount Pictures' World Trade Center, in New York October 30, 2005. Reviewers are hailing often-provocative director Oliver Stone for the respect, restraint and patriotism he displays in his new movie 'World Trade Center,' while wondering whether Americans are ready for a film about a national wound that has hardly healed -- the disaster of 9/11. (Albert Ferreira/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - This time there's no controversy
over the director -- just the movie.</p><br clear="all"/>
US films snubbed by Montreal film fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Montreal World Film
Festival on Tuesday announced a European-heavy competition
lineup that includes no U.S. titles, though American entries
have been booked for out-of-competition screenings.
Fox, Walden Media to make family films
(AP)
AP - Movie studio 20th Century Fox and Walden Media, the company behind "The Chronicles of Narnia" films, have formed a joint venture to produce and market family friendly films, the companies said Tuesday.
Herzog drama set for world premiere at Toronto
(Reuters)
Reuters - Werner Herzog's Vietnam War
drama "Rescue Dawn," starring Christian Bale, will make its
world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next
month, organizers said.
New York's famed Hit Factory to be sold as condos
(Reuters)
Reuters - New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into condominiums worth more than $1 million.
Country music award nominees to be named August 30
(Reuters)
Reuters - The nominees for this
year's Country Music Association Awards will be announced live
on August 30 on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" show, CMA
officials said on Tuesday.
Springsteen tacks five songs onto "Seeger" reissue
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/music_nm/springsteen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_08t230245_450x320_us_springsteen.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=0Du1MbeMiX6zwpG2Et3VGA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Bruce Springsteen gestures to the crowd during a performance with the Seeger Sessions Band at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, in this May 27, 2006 file photo. (William B. Plowman/File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An expanded edition of Bruce
Springsteen's latest album, "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger
Sessions," will arrive in stores October 3, a month later than
originally planned.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hope springs eternal at 'Idol' auditions
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.83b9a93f11f643cf98f2f47c88d87741.tv_american_idol_camw108.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=52w7b4PhH6NP._Etxu8e4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Biagio Scarpello, 18, of Tustin, Calif. plays his guitar inside the Rose Bowl before the Los Angeles area auditions for the 'American Idol' television talent competition in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 10,000 "American Idol" hopefuls showed up at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday with wide-eyed dreams of becoming the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood.</p><br clear="all"/>
McCartney Puts Mills on Lockdown?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060808/en_music_eo/19704"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060809/capt.14c359006ef7d2043f448629a335c898.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=4M5oV99MBqVSeMWAHFzNKg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Love isn't all you need. Sometimes keys help, too." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Love isn't all you need. Sometimes keys help, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canada Hearts Dixie Chicks, U.S. Not So Much
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060808/en_music_eo/19706"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060809/capt.f0945426a27c0cf69fd5e710ac533ff8.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=jwnZjkPtm2bvqfQOLjUFXg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The Dixie Chicks
have been forced to cancel, postpone and otherwise finagle several
concert dates on the North American leg of their Accidents & Accusations
tour, citing the desire to 'accommodate demand,' though the group's
waning ticket sales appear to be the more likely culprit." border="0" /></a>E! Online - The Dixie Chicks
have been forced to cancel, postpone and otherwise finagle several
concert dates on the North American leg of their Accidents & Accusations
tour, citing the desire to "accommodate demand," though the group's
waning ticket sales appear to be the more likely culprit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duran Duran Gets a Virtual "Life"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060808/en_music_eo/19702"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060808/capt.594a4ca4530da04a70827a1155b303e5.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=e2WCoJUdOq7SUAYdPeG.aA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="First there was Dungeons & Dragons. Then came The Sims. And
now, there's Duran Duran." border="0" /></a>E! Online - First there was Dungeons & Dragons. Then came The Sims. And
now, there's Duran Duran.</p><br clear="all"/>
Police called to Paul McCartney's home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_en_mu/people_mccartneys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060808/capt.4e649296dac54058be815446314e9fb5.people_mcartneys_nyet124.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=jXMAulVTAjGx1A_.1iisfg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Former Beatle Paul McCartney arrives at the premier of 'The Beatles' Love' by Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, on June 30, 2006. A security guard atMcCartney's London home called police when one of his estranged wife's guards climbed a wall to let her in, a spokesman for Heather Mills McCartney said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006.(AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - A security guard at Paul McCartney's home called police when one of his estranged wife's guards climbed a wall to let her in, a spokesman for Heather Mills McCartney said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rolling Stones will play Churchill Downs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_en_mu/the_rolling_stones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.66e6bbefaa8641378293c25cadcd531b.switzerland_rolling_stones_due317.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=G7orUHOO2yB1CaElIOsFOw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger, left, and guitarist Ronnie Wood, right, perform on stage during a concert at the military airport base in Duebendorf, Switzerland, as part of the band's 'A Bigger Bang' tour on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Keystone, Eddy Risch)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mick Jagger will strut at the home of the Kentucky Derby when the Rolling Stones perform at the famed Churchill Downs racetrack Sept. 29.</p><br clear="all"/>
Past 'Idol' finalists advise hopefuls
(AP)
AP - The sharpest advice columnists might be stumped, even sage Dr. Phil. But past "American Idol" finalists know what to tell those yearning to follow them to stardom.
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