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Online music holdouts give in to iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_mu/itunes_holdouts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060819/capt.nyol70108191719.itunes_holdouts_nyol701.jpg?x=130&y=118&sig=0co8neaS_YDYM.Ult0Ub_g--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="Metallica's James Hetfield performs with the band during at a party for the film 'The Darwin Awards' at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this Jan. 25, 2006, file photo. Like some other holdouts, Metallica has finally given in and released their songs on iTunes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bob Seger turned the page, and Metallica finally found justice for online fans. Now, only a few remaining big-name musical acts refuse to make their songs available on Apple Computer's popular iTunes Music Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Uncle of reality star Margera arrested
(AP)
AP - Reality television's Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, uncle of "Viva La Bam" star Bam Margera, was held without bond Saturday on a charge of sexual assault on a child.
Willard, 4 others to pinch-hit for Ebert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_mo/ebert_substitutes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.46bafd0f23a74e44a9b7989d76be8ba3.ebert_hospitalized_ny115.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=mf0qqhPvZbgLGnNsz3I7CQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Flm critic Roger Ebert is seen in this July 18, 2005, file photo in Chicago. Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, said in a statement issued Thursday Aug. 17, 2006, he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - As film critic Roger Ebert recovers from cancer surgery, five guest hosts have lined up to sit in the balcony with Richard Roeper on the movie review show "Ebert & Roeper." The substitutes, scheduled for shows airing through Sept. 24, include actor Fred Willard and screenwriter and novelist John Ridley. Actress Aisha Tyler will appear on two shows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Heidi Klum and Seal want more children
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_ce/people_klum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.e0ebe95bb67d4e45b0ab9aabca5811da.people_klum_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=ppvROuAjsSI7iiODTiC11g--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Model Heidi Klum talks to the media as she promotes, 'The Body,' a new bra named after her at the Victoria's Secret store in New York in this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 file photo. We want to have a lot of children,' the supermodel tells Life magazine in its latest issue. '(Seal) always says that he finds me the most beautiful when I'm pregnant.' (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Heidi Klum and her husband Seal, currently expecting their second child together, might not be done. "We want to have a lot of children," the supermodel tells Life magazine in its latest issue. "(Seal) always says that he finds me the most beautiful when I'm pregnant."</p><br clear="all"/>
Trump, Affleck raise money for charity
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_ce/people_jimmy_fund"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060819/capt.54ec8199224547dc9f2d532c00ddcc0c.people_trump_ny111.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=ZpISZroJ4jxFEC74H1aO_A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Donald Trump smiles before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in the second game of a day/night doubleheader in this Friday, Aug. 18, 2006 file photo, at Fenway Park in Boston. Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox. The all-day fundraiser on WEEI-AM radio and New England Sports Network cable tok will chjange elevision station passed its goal of $2.6 million by 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, and was continuing to accept online donations through the weekend. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Donald Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox.</p><br clear="all"/>
Traditional India cold to bold film on marriage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/film_nm/bollywood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060819/i/r570407492.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=2FtcLwNPi486n2J7mwiHQQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Amisha Patel speaks as she attends the inauguration of a herbal health and beauty center in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 29, 2006. An employee of state-run Air-India has complained to police that the Bollywood actress abused and threatened her for refusing to upgrade a friend on a flight, an airline spokesman and a newspaper said on Saturday. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Bollywood's latest film about troubled
marriages is showing to packed houses in India's cities, but it
has not gone down well with millions in the conservative
countryside where marital vows are still the basis of family
values.</p><br clear="all"/>
Psychic sues to get former Elvis home
(AP)
AP - Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners claim in a federal lawsuit that the former owners of Elvis Presley's first house breached an eBay contract to sell the home.
"Simpsons" beat "South Park" in early Emmy race
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/tv_nm/leisure_emmys_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r4178153267.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=Mv84PUcavWPWAn2b2XDZmg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of animated program 'The Simpsons' arrives at the 2006 Creative Arts Emmy's in Los Angeles August 19, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Simpsons" claimed U.S.
television's highest honor for a prime-time cartoon on Saturday
as Emmy voters shied away from giving the prize to "South Park"
for an episode lampooning Scientology and Tom Cruise.</p><br clear="all"/>
EchoStar wins temporary reprieve in TiVo fight
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060819/media_nm/echostar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060818/i/r3093692658.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=CbEhU6uxogXiymPRRbcMJA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="EchoStar's Dish network navigation page. A judge has ordered EchoStar to disable the digital video recorders used by several million subscribers to its Dish satellite TV service because they infringe on patents held by TiVo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - EchoStar Communications Corp. won a
temporary reprieve on Friday when an appeals court said it
could still sell digital video recorders that a lower court had
ruled infringed on a TiVo Inc. patent.</p><br clear="all"/>
When it works, "Fame" becoming to Short's comic talent
(Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -The quality of Martin
Short's musical revue is well encapsulated by what has become
his trademark pose. Hands on hips, staring off into the
distance, he embraces the adulation of his audience while at
the same time slyly mocking his need for it.
Traditional India cold to bold film on marriage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/film_nm/bollywood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060819/i/r570407492.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=2FtcLwNPi486n2J7mwiHQQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Amisha Patel speaks as she attends the inauguration of a herbal health and beauty center in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 29, 2006. An employee of state-run Air-India has complained to police that the Bollywood actress abused and threatened her for refusing to upgrade a friend on a flight, an airline spokesman and a newspaper said on Saturday. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Bollywood's latest film about troubled
marriages is showing to packed houses in India's cities, but it
has not gone down well with millions in the conservative
countryside where marital vows are still the basis of family
values.</p><br clear="all"/>
Willard, 4 others to pinch-hit for Ebert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_mo/ebert_substitutes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.46bafd0f23a74e44a9b7989d76be8ba3.ebert_hospitalized_ny115.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=mf0qqhPvZbgLGnNsz3I7CQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Flm critic Roger Ebert is seen in this July 18, 2005, file photo in Chicago. Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, said in a statement issued Thursday Aug. 17, 2006, he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - As film critic Roger Ebert recovers from cancer surgery, five guest hosts have lined up to sit in the balcony with Richard Roeper on the movie review show "Ebert & Roeper." The substitutes, scheduled for shows airing through Sept. 24, include actor Fred Willard and screenwriter and novelist John Ridley. Actress Aisha Tyler will appear on two shows.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Snakes" takes top spot at Friday boxoffice
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/film_nm/boxoffice_snakes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r762484490.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=HOJnGTYXD4YqqvygJURFRg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Cast member Sunny Mabrey smiles at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood August 17, 2006. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 18. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New Line Cinema's
"Snakes on a Plane" took a bite out of the Friday boxoffice by
grossing an estimated $6.1 million according to the boxoffice
tracking site BoxofficeMojo.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Suzanne" tells a graceful tale of mature love
(Reuters)
Reuters - An aging writer
loses his lifelong partner but finds that a last love can be as
sweet as the first in French filmmaker Viviane Candas' elegiac
feature "Suzanne," which had its world premiere in competition
at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Philbin competes for 'Best Regis' award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_mo/people_regis_philbin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.82f7a94e85c94bf7966754540d9c7150.people_regis_philbin_ny120.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=2lUKOuhFeMAOrbxJR7Sa.A--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Regis Philbin attends a film premiere in this Oct. 30, 2005 file photo in New York. For the past two years, Philbin has been snubbed on his own show for the 'Best Regis' award. On Friday's 'Live with Regis and Kelly,' his latest challengers were announced for the fourth annual Relly Awards on Sept. 22. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Poor Reege. For the past two years, Regis Philbin has been snubbed on his own show for the "Best Regis" award. On Friday's "Live with Regis and Kelly," his latest challengers were announced for the fourth annual Relly Awards on Sept. 22.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Snakes on a Plane' opens in Hollywood
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_mo/film_snakes_premiere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.9d5427a7da3b4ee2868399d851b1fe51.snakes_on_a_plane_premiere_cjp101.jpg?x=121&y=130&sig=Z4WtST42KaFuuiNw.bFpsA--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="Snake wrangler Jules Sylvester, left, helps actor Samuel L. Jackson with a snake at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Polk)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scrappy little horror movie got first-class Tinseltown treatment as "Snakes on a Plane" had its world premiere at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ebert looks forward to return to work
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_mo/ebert_hospitalized"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.46bafd0f23a74e44a9b7989d76be8ba3.ebert_hospitalized_ny115.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=mf0qqhPvZbgLGnNsz3I7CQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Flm critic Roger Ebert is seen in this July 18, 2005, file photo in Chicago. Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, said in a statement issued Thursday Aug. 17, 2006, he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, says he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery that has kept him hospitalized for two months.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Snakes" Is Off and Slinking
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060819/en_movies_eo/19803"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060819/capt.93e69141c049cff9157f00c5b5975aad.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=DFGzYhYCh4XvyAfVLQTbGw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="If blogger
Stephanie Wasek's assessment is on the money, Snakes on a Plane
might be taking in the money at the weekend box office." border="0" /></a>E! Online - If blogger
Stephanie Wasek's assessment is on the money, Snakes on a Plane
might be taking in the money at the weekend box office.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Snakes on a Plane" slithers into audience embrace
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/film_nm/leisure_snakes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r762484490.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=HOJnGTYXD4YqqvygJURFRg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Cast member Sunny Mabrey smiles at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood August 17, 2006. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 18. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Early audiences lured to "Snakes on a
Plane" by its sensational title and Internet hype said the film
lived up to their expectations for an over-the-top thriller.</p><br clear="all"/>
Julianne Moore stays close to home in new movie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/film_nm/moore_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060818/i/r1350398856.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=vppYXH_iw6QsZULbdtmG7Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. actress Julianne Moore is seen in Oslo December 11, 2005. Moore plays an actress whose husband cheats on her and is a self-confessed sex addict in her new film 'Trust the Man,' which was written and directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich. REUTERS/Alex Grimm" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Julianne Moore plays an actress whose
husband cheats on her and is a self-confessed sex addict in her
new film "Trust the Man," which was written and directed by her
husband, Bart Freundlich.</p><br clear="all"/>
Psychic sues to get former Elvis home
(AP)
AP - Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners claim in a federal lawsuit that the former owners of Elvis Presley's first house breached an eBay contract to sell the home.
R&B artist Legend strives to keep it real
(Reuters)
Reuters - No one recognizes R&B
singer/songwriter John Legend when he walks around his
neighborhood in New York's East Village.
Canada sets key hearings on online music sales
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hearings that could dramatically
alter the way labels and publishers share online music revenue
in Canada begin September 6.
Duran Duran moving along on new album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/music_nm/duran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r2435310705.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=B8rAZVeNLP_Mzw_8a4lkKg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="British singer Simon Le Bon (L) and bassist John Taylor of pop group Duran Duran perform during a medal ceremony at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy February 15, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Veteran British pop/rock outfit Duran
Duran has no desire to slow down.</p><br clear="all"/>
Punk, metal acts hit the road with Radio Rebellion
(Reuters)
Reuters - As opposed to large summer outings
like Vans Warped tour and Ozzfest, this fall's inaugural Radio
Rebellion tour will give all-ages punk and metal fans a more
intimate club experience, co-founder Graham Day says.
Leto's Mission to Mars blasts off again
(Reuters)
Reuters - With Jared Leto as its frontman, it
was easy to dismiss 30 Seconds to Mars as just another actor's
vanity project -- until a new single, a new video and a new
confidence in the band's legitimacy resurrected its sophomore
album, "A Beautiful Lie."
Jazz artist's latest metamorphosis reimagines Ovid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Inspired by playwright Mary
Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's classic book of myths,
"Metamorphoses," pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber imagined what
she might be able to do in the jazz realm.
French novelty song a head-butting hit
(Reuters)
Reuters - On July 9, when France's national
soccer team lost the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, the ejection
from the game of star player Zinedine Zidane for head-butting
an Italian defender drew more global headlines than the result
itself.
Calderon moves beyond reggaeton as "The Underdog"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tego Calderon has dropped the bling. A
few weeks ago, after much soul searching, the Puerto Rican
rapper took off his trademark chains, rings, diamonds and
anything remotely ostentatious and continued making music as he
has always done: quietly and with little fanfare.
Online music holdouts give in to iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_en_mu/itunes_holdouts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060819/capt.nyol70108191719.itunes_holdouts_nyol701.jpg?x=130&y=118&sig=0co8neaS_YDYM.Ult0Ub_g--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="Metallica's James Hetfield performs with the band during at a party for the film 'The Darwin Awards' at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this Jan. 25, 2006, file photo. Like some other holdouts, Metallica has finally given in and released their songs on iTunes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bob Seger turned the page, and Metallica finally found justice for online fans. Now, only a few remaining big-name musical acts refuse to make their songs available on Apple Computer's popular iTunes Music Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
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