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Federline raps, and he's not half bad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_en_tv/teen_choice_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060821/capt.dbf1ed2ca3ed4b86ae9fe7143559e419.teen_choice_awards_press_room_xtc146.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=_nQkdYmDHVfvMa_perLfUw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Kevin Federline arrives at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - He danced, he clutched his bling, but could he rap? Apparently the answer is yes. Britney Spears' hubby Kevin Federline capped off the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards on Sunday with an enthusiastic version of his single "Lose Control" — his first time performing on network television.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Snakes' has little bite at box office
(AP)
AP - The Internet buzz over "Snakes on a Plane" turned out to be nothing to hiss about. The high-flying thriller preceded by months of unprecedented Web buildup technically debuted as the No. 1 movie, but with a modest $15.25 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Busta Rhymes arraigned on assault charge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_en_mu/busta_rhymes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060819/capt.f82d691048e2428c9d7bd8ec0f037e9b.amsterjam_new_york_nyjd109.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=m6.PP2riWRzXTEgzmyiyvA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Busta Rhymes performs on the main stage at AmsterJam Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006 on Randall's Island in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Busta Rhymes was arraigned Sunday on an assault charge after he was reportedly accused of attacking a man for spitting on his car.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis pal's book shows King's human side
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_ce/books_me_and_elvis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060820/capt.ed8aeb18a0a14baf920bb851195d6277.books_me_and_elvis_nyol461.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=dEFzBu1NUqzJzJQN17ek3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Jerry Schilling, second from left, meets President Richard Nixon at the White House with Elvis Presley, left, and Sonny West, third from left, on December 21, 1970. Schilling first met Presley in 1954 at the age of 12, and later went to work for Presley, starting out as a gofer and working his way up to the producer of several of Presley's movies. Schilling has co-written the book 'Me and a Guy Named Elvis,' based on his 23-year friendship with the King. (AP Photo/The White House, Ollie Atkins)" border="0" /></a>AP - When he was 12, Jerry Schilling couldn't believe the voice he heard on the radio singing "That's All Right" belonged to a teenager from his own north Memphis neighborhood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spike Lee's Katrina film will air on HBO
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_tv/people_spike_lee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060817/capt.7d2bb244a99142df85d504b94f9af738.tv_spike_lee_nyet349.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=73cPth3osjjBdP9JYrjztg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Movie director Spike Lee poses in New York Aug. 7, 2006, next to rolling footage from his latest project, 'When The Levees Broke,' an HBO documentary about the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The film premieres Monday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of the most poignant interviews in the Hurricane Katrina documentary "When the Levees Broke" is given by a man who lost his mother in the aftermath of the storm, filmmaker Spike Lee said Sunday. In the interview, Herbert Freeman recalls his mother's death at New Orleans Convention Center and the moment he had to leave her body there as he and other evacuees were taken out of the city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wayans suffers "Ugly" curse in comedy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/film_nm/wayans_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060821/i/r3779320031.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=o4hLojpQR.49mZGE3TTW_w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Marlon Wayans arrives at the premiere of 'Little Man' in Los Angeles July 7, 2006. Wayans is set to develop, produce and star in 'Pretty Ugly,' a comedy about a handsome lifestyle mogul who wakes up looking hideous because of a curse. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Marlon Wayans is set to
develop, produce and star in "Pretty Ugly," a comedy about a
handsome lifestyle mogul who wakes up looking hideous because
of a curse. As a result he must discover his inner beauty to
save his company and win over the woman he loves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bismillah Khan, India's "shehnai" maestro, dies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bismillah Khan, one of India's
best-known musicians and a master exponent of the wind
instrument "shehnai," died of heart failure at the age of 90
early on Monday, doctors and his personal secretary said.
"Harold & Kumar" star high on "24" role
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Harold & Kumar" star
Kal Penn has joined the cast of Fox's action drama "24" in a
recurring role.
'Snakes' crawls in box office debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_bu/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060818/capt.573a3d906aa94c35bbfd32611e12bcaa.aptopix_snakes_on_a_plane_premiere_cjp105.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=iuXGT4fJ._rN5.QxSBEtoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Samuel L. Jackson holds a snake on the red carpet at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' in Los Angeles on Thurdsay, Aug. 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Polk)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Internet buzz over "Snakes on a Plane" turned out to be nothing to hiss about. The high-flying thriller preceded by months of unprecedented Web buildup technically debuted as the No. 1 movie, but with a modest $15.25 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Martin Short satirical stage show wildly uneven
(Reuters)
Reuters - 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.
Wayans suffers "Ugly" curse in comedy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/film_nm/wayans_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060821/i/r3779320031.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=o4hLojpQR.49mZGE3TTW_w--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Marlon Wayans arrives at the premiere of 'Little Man' in Los Angeles July 7, 2006. Wayans is set to develop, produce and star in 'Pretty Ugly,' a comedy about a handsome lifestyle mogul who wakes up looking hideous because of a curse. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Marlon Wayans is set to
develop, produce and star in "Pretty Ugly," a comedy about a
handsome lifestyle mogul who wakes up looking hideous because
of a curse. As a result he must discover his inner beauty to
save his company and win over the woman he loves.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Snakes' has little bite at box office
(AP)
AP - The Internet buzz over "Snakes on a Plane" turned out to be nothing to hiss about. The high-flying thriller preceded by months of unprecedented Web buildup technically debuted as the No. 1 movie, but with a modest $15.25 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"Pirates" nears $1 billion at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060821/i/r713823745.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=OBDUSkm17iJ54O82fVencg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Johnny Depp portrays character 'Captain Jack Sparrow' in a scene from the film 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in this undated publicity photograph. REUTERS/Peter Mountain/Disney Enterprises/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In its seventh weekend
as the No. 1 film at the foreign box office, "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" notched more records, and now
ranks as the sixth-biggest worldwide release of all time.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Idlewild's" mash-up is odd but enjoyable
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Idlewild" is an
entertaining mess. It blends musical styles and dances,
historical periods with howling anachronisms, coy, almost
childish gimmicks with R-rated sex and violence and "The Cotton
Club" with "Six Feet Under."
"Snakes" Down the Drain?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060821/en_movies_eo/19807"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060821/capt.27ea68a698d7b2caef7d716c844de945.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Tjgy7T3A8eqHN2WN1xsypA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Apparently moviegoers had enough of all the mother-bleepin' hype
about the mother-bleepin' snakes on that mother-bleepin' plane." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Apparently moviegoers had enough of all the mother-bleepin' hype
about the mother-bleepin' snakes on that mother-bleepin' plane.</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/20060820/en_movies_eo/19803"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060821/capt.93e69141c049cff9157f00c5b5975aad.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=EHt6.JyMrxSn7lagDuLy9Q--" 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" fails to charm moviegoers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r3883485501.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=r9sbhxTw0nwlzD.VFqAVHQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Cast member Samuel L. Jackson holds Kitty Jr., a Burmese python, at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood August 17, 2006. The camp thriller that generated unprecedented online hysteria crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its distributor said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So much for the Internet hype.
"Snakes on a Plane," a camp thriller that generated an
unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year,
crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box
office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its
distributor said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Snakes on a Plane" fails to charm
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060820/film_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060820/i/r2631386501.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ubtZvEVA5lIWA8wAFUX28g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Cast member Samuel L. Jackson holds Kitty Jr., a Burmese python, at the premiere of 'Snakes on a Plane' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood August 17, 2006. The camp thriller that generated an unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year, crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its distributor said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So much for the Internet hype.
"Snakes on a Plane," a camp thriller that generated an
unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year,
crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box
office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its
distributor said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Romania's bloody 1989 revolution fuels new films
(Reuters)
Reuters - Romania's bloody 1989 revolution has
hit the screen in three films telling the stories of people
directly involved and others barely touched by 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/20060820/i/r861711343.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=._m16gwrQOZRi56KVTYuNA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A veiled Muslim woman stands in front of the posters of Bollywood actors in the old quarters of Delhi August 20, 2006. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA)" 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"/>
Bismillah Khan, India's "shehnai" maestro, dies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bismillah Khan, one of India's
best-known musicians and a master exponent of the wind
instrument "shehnai," died of heart failure at the age of 90
early on Monday, doctors and his personal secretary said.
Busta Rhymes arraigned on assault charge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_en_mu/busta_rhymes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060819/capt.f82d691048e2428c9d7bd8ec0f037e9b.amsterjam_new_york_nyjd109.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=m6.PP2riWRzXTEgzmyiyvA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Busta Rhymes performs on the main stage at AmsterJam Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006 on Randall's Island in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Busta Rhymes was arraigned Sunday on an assault charge after he was reportedly accused of attacking a man for spitting on his car.</p><br clear="all"/>
Federline raps, and he's not half bad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_en_mu/teen_choice_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060821/capt.dbf1ed2ca3ed4b86ae9fe7143559e419.teen_choice_awards_press_room_xtc146.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=_nQkdYmDHVfvMa_perLfUw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Kevin Federline arrives at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - He danced, he clutched his bling, but could he rap? Apparently the answer is yes. Britney Spears' hubby Kevin Federline capped off the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards on Sunday with an enthusiastic version of his single "Lose Control" — his first time performing on network television.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Lonely Boys deliver heavenly rock 'n' roll
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Los Lonely Boys
emerged nationally in 2003, the trio's so-called "Texican rock
'n' roll" show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood suggested
the Garza brothers hadn't yet come to grips with their rising
stature.
Def Leppard, Journey dig up oldies for radio fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - You can almost visualize
the guy who provides the voice of Jack FM -- and when he crows
about the station "playing what we want," you want to smack
that smug smile off his face.
Iranian orchestra opens tour in Germany
(AP)
AP - The Tehran Symphony Orchestra played Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Frank Zappa Sunday at the start of a weeklong visit embraced by Germany and Iran as an exercise in cultural diplomacy.
Doherty and Drugs: Together Again
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060820/en_music_eo/19799"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060821/capt.54bc2ada4e37c94194e6e9e8dfaeed57.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=TEgQAqOefIl2gJNrHnSo2g--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The legally
challenged Babyshambles frontman has once again pleaded guilty to
possessing drugs, stemming from an arrest last week in London, plus two
other drug-related incidents from earlier this year." border="0" /></a>E! Online - The legally
challenged Babyshambles frontman has once again pleaded guilty to
possessing drugs, stemming from an arrest last week in London, plus two
other drug-related incidents from earlier this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis pal's book shows King's human side
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_mu/books_me_and_elvis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060820/capt.ed8aeb18a0a14baf920bb851195d6277.books_me_and_elvis_nyol461.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=dEFzBu1NUqzJzJQN17ek3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Jerry Schilling, second from left, meets President Richard Nixon at the White House with Elvis Presley, left, and Sonny West, third from left, on December 21, 1970. Schilling first met Presley in 1954 at the age of 12, and later went to work for Presley, starting out as a gofer and working his way up to the producer of several of Presley's movies. Schilling has co-written the book 'Me and a Guy Named Elvis,' based on his 23-year friendship with the King. (AP Photo/The White House, Ollie Atkins)" border="0" /></a>AP - When he was 12, Jerry Schilling couldn't believe the voice he heard on the radio singing "That's All Right" belonged to a teenager from his own north Memphis neighborhood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stones back on track
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Rolling Stones got their world tour
back on track on Sunday, with lead singer Mick Jagger showing
no obvious signs of the laryngitis that forced the band to
cancel two gigs last week in Spain.
MTV wants to take VMA viewers backstage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_en_mu/tv_backstage_with_mtv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060820/capt.nyol70508201659.backstage_with_mtv_nyol705.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=9ffyK1IOb.tlnhgRizhdsA--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="The band 'Green Day' poses on the white carpet of the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena in Miami in this Aug. 28, 2005, file photo. MTV wants to take viewers backstage via broadband program at this year's VMAs. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - For fans who want to see more of Beyonce or Ludacris at next week's Video Music Awards, MTV is offering a trip backstage at Radio City Music Hall.</p><br clear="all"/>
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