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'Kiss Me' singer launches solo career
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_mu/people_nash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060812/capt.845310ad77a64b18b89e05b5575a9d73.people_nash_caoh103.jpg?x=130&y=120&sig=IKKXLYm2aWRp466sfuOmBA--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="Leigh Nash, performs between tennis matches in Carson, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Two years after Sixpence None the Richer split up, singer Leigh Nash is pursuing a solo career. (AP Photo/Oscar Hidalgo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two years after Sixpence None the Richer split, singer Leigh Nash is pursuing a solo career, though she can't quite escape the band's hit "Kiss Me."</p><br clear="all"/>
Paris Hilton bitten by pet kinkajou
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_ce/people_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060812/capt.f29b013bb8444d688a70e4535bff4961.people_hilton_nyol919.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=yxg96aaiaXi7IeTFG7th6A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Paris Hilton poses backstage after appearing on MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at MTV Times Square Studios, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton got no love this week from her pet kinkajou Baby Luv — in fact, the racoon-like animal bit her. The heiress was not badly hurt but did visit a hospital emergency room to receive a tetanus shot, her publicist, Elliot Mintz, told The Associated Press on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pleshette treated for lung cancer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_en_ce/people_pleshette"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.a3644a5aada041259fde9e5a712895be.people_pleshette_nyol916.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=wAujhgWZlLTjrL6lktTZKA--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actress Suzanne Pleshette, from 'The Bob Newheart Show,' arrives at CBS's 75th anniversary celebration in this 2003 file photo in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actress Suzanne Pleshette is undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer that was caught at an early stage, her agent said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mike Douglas, former TV show host, dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_tv/obit_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.ae1088ed83a8410c8bdee4fb9abf8319.mike_douglas_nyol200.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=4ADRStsqYJnVtnGiLiOnNA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Mike Douglas poses at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this Dec. 6, 1999 file photo. Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mike Douglas, whose affable personality and singing talent earned him 21 years as a television talk show host, died Friday on his 81st birthday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Phillips released in domestic case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_ce/people_phillips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.2ec6b0b515e94d5c80afebed4ee6eb5d.people_lou_diamond_phillips_la112.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=NX9pMP3R4D_rEsasYzwUQw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is seen at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, in this Feb. 22, 2004 file photo in Los Angeles. Phillips was released from jail, after being arrested Friday Aug. 11, 2006, on his own recognizance following his arrest in Los Angeles for allegedly physically abusing his live-in girlfriend. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Lou Diamond Phillips was released from jail on his own recognizance Friday following his arrest for allegedly physically abusing his live-in girlfriend.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bad News for "World Trade Center"?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060812/en_movies_eo/19747"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060812/capt.985cdce64cdfb11f6efff0b71b3c50da.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=w7JQk.tXMSmHYVQrqplnUA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Business for Oliver Stone's World Trade Center was off
nearly 25 percent Thursday from its Wednesday opening." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Business for Oliver Stone's World Trade Center was off
nearly 25 percent Thursday from its Wednesday opening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard singles reviews: Rihanna, Evanescence
(Reuters)
Reuters - The third single from Rihanna's
sophomore set, "A Girl Like Me," packs a much better radio
punch than her preceding solemn ballad, "Unfaithful."
Mike Douglas, former TV show host, dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_tv/obit_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.ae1088ed83a8410c8bdee4fb9abf8319.mike_douglas_nyol200.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=4ADRStsqYJnVtnGiLiOnNA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Mike Douglas poses at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this Dec. 6, 1999 file photo. Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mike Douglas, whose affable personality and singing talent earned him 21 years as a television talk show host, died Friday on his 81st birthday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Hands" a good-natured what-not-to-do guide to Hollywood
(Reuters)
Reuters - A shlimazl is someone
who winds a clock only to have the spring break. A shlimazl can
bring on a drought by buying an umbrella. If it weren't for bad
luck, as the country song has it, a shlimazl wouldn't have any
luck at all.
Pierce & Co. raise stylish 'Curtains'
(Reuters)
Reuters - With his slight physique
and lack of conventional good looks, David Hyde Pierce might
not be a likely leading man or dramatic linchpin.
Bad News for "World Trade Center"?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060812/en_movies_eo/19747"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060812/capt.985cdce64cdfb11f6efff0b71b3c50da.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=w7JQk.tXMSmHYVQrqplnUA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Business for Oliver Stone's World Trade Center was off
nearly 25 percent Thursday from its Wednesday opening." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Business for Oliver Stone's World Trade Center was off
nearly 25 percent Thursday from its Wednesday opening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fear factor underwhelming in "Pulse"
(Reuters)
Reuters - A horror film dealing with
the terrors lurking via our computers, cell phones and other
electronic devices, "Pulse" isn't nearly as scary as watching
your hard drive crash or having your BlackBerry conk out in the
middle of a vital call.
"Zoom" never achieves velocity
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Zoom" is a movie that
would make Dr. Frankenstein proud. Put together with parts from
so many other movies, the thing positively clanks.
"El Benny" a vivid biopic of Cuban music star
(Reuters)
Reuters - Music and
dancing were like drugs in Cuba in the 1950s, and Benny More
was the most intoxicating entertainer of that time, according
to Jorge Luis Sanchez' colorfully entertaining new biopic "El
Benny."
'War Tapes' doc features soldier footage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_mo/the_war_tapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.ce560f09c8d94f90a66725f8c9c666de.film__war_tapes_nyet147.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=oYG_o5RnwasqDh8Zy2bYtw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An image from video released by SenArt Films/Scranton-Lacy Films shows Sgt. Zack Bazzi in Iraq's deadly Sunni Triangle during his tour, from March 2004 to February 2005. Bazzi was one of several members of the New Hampshire National Guard members who shot video in Iraq for a documentary, 'The War Tapes.' (AP Photo/SenArt Films/Scranton-Lacy Films)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Humvee hits an Iraqi woman crossing a busy road at night. The driver pulls over and turret gunner Spc. Mike Moriarty watches helplessly as supply trucks run over her, spreading her body parts across the road — and we watch with him.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dunst poses as Marie Antoinette in Vogue
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_en_mo/people_dunst"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.59999662f19b46c9aef72c20077d93a6.kirsten_dunst_nyol240.jpg?x=130&y=117&sig=jvSZ8zJcldU50t7mR9bm_w--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="From left, British actor Steve Coogan, French singer Thomas Mars, American director Sofia Coppola, American actress Kirsten Dunst, and American actor Jason Schwartzman arrive for the screening of the film 'Marie-Antoinette,' at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, in this Wednesday, May 24, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna struck a pose as Marie Antoinette in a performance of her "Vogue" video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. Now, Kirsten Dunst is doing it — in the pages of Vogue magazine.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stone's "WTC" bows as terror claims headlines
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060811/film_nm/weekend_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060811/2006_08_11t082549_450x319_us_weekend.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=mm5yFI6oT6nkOKTohkIVOg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Michael Pena in 'World Trade Center' from Paramount Pictures. With the thwarted terrorism plot and intense Mideast fighting in the headlines, Hollywood is testing the public mood by releasing a realistic depiction of some of the events of September 11. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With the thwarted
terrorism plot and intense Mideast fighting in the headlines,
Hollywood is testing the public mood by releasing a realistic
depiction of some of the events of September 11.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney confirms distribution of Gibson film
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Walt Disney Co. will distribute
"Apocalypto," a Mayan-language film by actor-director Mel
Gibson, as planned on December 8, a Walt Disney Studios
spokeswoman said on Friday.
Woody Allen gets $95,000 in legal fees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_en_mo/people_woody_allen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.0abf626416924aba9141800423a22030.woody_allen_nyol210.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=1OJv1SwHYXGPCuz7jMG2gg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Director and actor Woody Allen walks in downtown Milan, Italy, in this Dec. 22, 2005 file photo. Allen was in Italy to present his film 'Match Point'. He has been awarded $95,000 in legal fees in a dispute with his former producer.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Woody Allen has been awarded $95,000 in legal fees in a dispute with his former producer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge awards $95,000 to Woody Allen
(AP)
AP - Woody Allen has been awarded $95,000 in legal fees in a dispute with his former producer.
Billboard singles reviews: Rihanna, Evanescence
(Reuters)
Reuters - The third single from Rihanna's
sophomore set, "A Girl Like Me," packs a much better radio
punch than her preceding solemn ballad, "Unfaithful."
'Kiss Me' singer launches solo career
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_en_mu/people_nash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060812/capt.845310ad77a64b18b89e05b5575a9d73.people_nash_caoh103.jpg?x=130&y=120&sig=IKKXLYm2aWRp466sfuOmBA--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="Leigh Nash, performs between tennis matches in Carson, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. Two years after Sixpence None the Richer split up, singer Leigh Nash is pursuing a solo career. (AP Photo/Oscar Hidalgo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two years after Sixpence None the Richer split, singer Leigh Nash is pursuing a solo career, though she can't quite escape the band's hit "Kiss Me."</p><br clear="all"/>
The Fed-eration of Kevin
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060812/en_music_eo/19748"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060812/capt.85abb7696d756c05a7a1618ed0faf0fa.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=3QZYB3jOa5O1nYkppxWY9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="If you build ityou can release your own music on it." border="0" /></a>E! Online - If you build ityou can release your own music on it.</p><br clear="all"/>
'80s hits, custom mixing spark "Scarface" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Johnny Cash, Debbie
Harry, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C are among the
artists contributing hit tracks to Vivendi Games' Sierra
Entertainment division's "Scarface: The World Is Yours," due in
October for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC platforms.
Nick Rosen takes easygoing stance on jazz frontier
(Reuters)
Reuters - This was not your
mother's avant-garde sound; no Mingus ravings, no Ornette
spacewalks, no Sun Ra boundary jumping -- nothing like that at
all.
Magazine says Kanye West engaged
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060811/music_nm/west_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060812/2006_08_11t191609_450x309_us_west.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=L3xgzLPD817qBOJYZg1vmw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Music artist Kanye West performs on the main stage during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, in this April 29, 2006 file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Superstar rapper Kanye West is
engaged to marry his girlfriend, People magazine reported on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard album reviews: Lyfe Jennings, Leigh Nash
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lyfe Jennings is definitely making
the most of his second chance.
Kanye West Engaged
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060811/en_music_eo/19742"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060812/capt.68f957a2be37a9e98a1f95d4e76c12ea.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=HzRHv98_kOxqWgWL8SgzoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="We ain't saying she's a gold digger, but Kanye West is
far from broke." border="0" /></a>E! Online - We ain't saying she's a gold digger, but Kanye West is
far from broke.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elton John's "Captain" to set sail in September
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060811/music_nm/elton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060812/2006_08_11t174353_277x450_us_elton.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=tVBhmcWURaZ5NSWf4clhog--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Elton John attends the opening of the Broadway play 'Lestat' at the Palace Theatre in Manhattan April 25, 2006. Elton John has set a September 19 release date for his new studio album, 'The Captain and the Kid.' (Robert Caplin/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Elton John has set a September 19
release date for his new studio album, "The Captain and the
Kid."</p><br clear="all"/>
Nugent ready to raise hell on new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ted Nugent lit up VH1 this summer
with the "Supergroup" reality show. But the Motor City Madman
says not to expect to hear much more from Damnocracy, his
12-day collaboration with ex-Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach,
Antrhax's Scott Ian, Biohazard's Even Seinfeld and Jason
Bonham.
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