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Late-bloomer '24' collects big Emmy wins
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b0a5ef79d047416fb0ff4cc3402aa6c4.emmys_show_emy458.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=fi1a0z_BI835A4QXrLdi8Q--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Kiefer Sutherland accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work on '24' at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kiefer Sutherland always comes through in the end on "24." After years of being snubbed, the actor and series were finally victorious at the Emmy Awards, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dick Clark in rare appearance at Emmys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys_clark"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b219dcbfeb294e4996cddf3f8171a7d5.emmys_show_emy334.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=DfohupeUfzRaksvs28BFEw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Dick Clark speaks after receiving a special Emmy tribute at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - At 76 years old, "America's oldest teenager" made a jovial yet touching appearance during a special Emmys tribute Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Low necklines, halter tops rule at Emmys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys_fashion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060828/i/r3537989793.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=2D9NhiDRgdr5VV5oUbYysA--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Actress Lisa Kudrow arrives at the 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles August 27, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - TV's top stars showed off their assets in a big, bare way as low-cut V-necks and halter tops dominated the red carpet at Sunday's 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: O'Brien hilarious at Emmys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_re/tv_emmys_review"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.5befa616ff524fdebd7543661bbfb470.emmys_show_emy280.jpg?x=70&y=130&sig=mvZQ_9pFujJhGnTTEGRk9g--" align="left" height="130" width="70" alt="Host Conan O'Brien performs a skit with comedian Bob Newhart, right, at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Conan was a destroyer on the Emmycast.</p><br clear="all"/>
Much of Emmys action goes on backstage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmy_insider_showtime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b484923b5a084ad1bb9842df62da7af6.emmys_insider__emy439.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=f_5qEUItel4QTM38aA4HGA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott walk backstage at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - A white tent outside the back door of the Shrine Auditorium was the scene of nearly as much Emmy action as the stage.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Pirates" hits $960 million at global box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ruled the foreign box office for
an eighth weekend, grossing an estimated $17.8 million from 48
territories.
Dick Clark in rare appearance at Emmys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/tv_emmys_clark"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b219dcbfeb294e4996cddf3f8171a7d5.emmys_show_emy334.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=DfohupeUfzRaksvs28BFEw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Dick Clark speaks after receiving a special Emmy tribute at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - At 76 years old, "America's oldest teenager" made a jovial yet touching appearance during a special Emmys tribute Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Late-bloomer '24' collects big Emmy wins
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b0a5ef79d047416fb0ff4cc3402aa6c4.emmys_show_emy458.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=fi1a0z_BI835A4QXrLdi8Q--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Kiefer Sutherland accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work on '24' at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kiefer Sutherland always comes through in the end on "24." After years of being snubbed, the actor and series were finally victorious at the Emmy Awards, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
HBO, NBC lead networks in Emmy victories
(Reuters)
Reuters - The premium pay-cable channel HBO
came away again from the Emmy Awards with the biggest haul of
any network, collecting 26 prizes in all, including nine for
its historical miniseries "Elizabeth I."
Filmmaker Atom Egoyan directs Wagner
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060826/stage_nm/leisure_canada_egoyan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060825/2006_08_25t115154_450x293_us_leisure_canada_egoyan.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=GXgtyDyL3mdabiGgwyKD.w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Canadian Opera Company's production of 'Die Walkure' directed by Atom Egoyan and conducted by Richard Bradshaw, April 2004. Egoyan, renowned for award-winning movies that explore the dark sides of human behavior, is taking a turn at helming a grand opera with similar brooding features. (Michael Cooper/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Filmmaker Atom Egoyan, renowned for
award-winning movies that explore the dark sides of human
behavior, is taking a turn at helming a grand opera with
similar brooding features.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Pirates" hits $960 million at global box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ruled the foreign box office for
an eighth weekend, grossing an estimated $17.8 million from 48
territories.
Much of Emmys action goes on backstage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mo/tv_emmy_insider_showtime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b484923b5a084ad1bb9842df62da7af6.emmys_insider__emy439.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=f_5qEUItel4QTM38aA4HGA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott walk backstage at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - A white tent outside the back door of the Shrine Auditorium was the scene of nearly as much Emmy action as the stage.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Invincible' Wahlberg movie earns $17M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.60b28b8a3d244acda04a88f8f5d24a48.invincible_nysr102.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=s3c5fptfhkASG5Ug8ZdE5Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Actors Mark Wahlberg, right, and Elizabeth Banks arrive at the world premiere of their film 'Invincible', Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Football season started early as Mark Wahlberg's "Invincible," a Walt Disney tale about a real-life walk-on who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970s, debuted as the top weekend movie with $17 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Invincible" Lives Up to Name
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060828/en_movies_eo/19864"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060828/capt.f238eb1dc8fe9a58723cfd525048e83e.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=KgC5FWExelx7MgVyTYAklw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Disney's latest
real-life-inspired uplifting sports saga, this one about a schoolteacher
who winds up on the Philadelphia Eagles, scored at the megaplex, leading
the weekend box office with $17 million, according to preliminary studio
figures Sunday." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Disney's latest
real-life-inspired uplifting sports saga, this one about a schoolteacher
who winds up on the Philadelphia Eagles, scored at the megaplex, leading
the weekend box office with $17 million, according to preliminary studio
figures Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film to show doomed love of Spanish matador
(Reuters)
Reuters - The triumphs of the bullfighter Manolete
and his tragic early death in 1947 have become legendary in
Spain, but his eyebrow-raising relationship with actress Lupe
Sino has been largely ignored.
Swiss film wins top award at Sarajevo festival
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060827/film_nm/leisure_bosnia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060827/2006_08_27t141213_450x300_us_leisure_bosnia.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dUbtVnkIqXjrS3IWKT8gvQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An organiser walks past seats at the open air cinema for the 12th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo August 20, 2006. While the Sarajevo festival's organisers aim to promote young directors from the region, international stars are also expected to grace the red carpet in Sarajevo. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Das Fraulein" (The Young Lady), a
debut feature film by Swiss-born Andrea Staka, has won the
Heart of Sarajevo award at the annual film festival in the
Bosnian capital.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Invincible" scores touchdown at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060827/film_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t055722_450x352_us_leisure_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=ii8qGzUuZJ_MkCcIizv4jQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Mark Wahlberg in 'Invincible' from Walt Disney Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The new Mark Wahlberg football
drama "Invincible" lived up to its immodest name at the weekend
box office in North America but overall ticket sales resumed
their decline as the lucrative summer moviegoing period drew to
a close.</p><br clear="all"/>
5 hours of Welty footage discovered
(AP)
AP - Five hours of color footage of writer Eudora Welty has been found in the National Endowment for the Arts media archives and returned to Mississippi.
Review: Praise 'Idlewild' for ambition
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mo/film_review_idlewild"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060822/capt.ef231a37ab8e4f6b9b5ee6ab905e6e9a.idlewild_nyr113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=jJDUR0tg1WpVvRGf.rP.9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Universal Pictures, Andre Benjamin, left, Terrence Howard, center, and Big Boi pose for a photograph, at the premiere of the film 'Idlewild,' Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in New York. All three men appear in the film, which is a musical set in the prohibition era in the American South. The premiere benefitted the Hinton Battle theater laboratory. (AP Photo/ Universal Pictures, Dave Allocca)" border="0" /></a>AP - The duo OutKast has tried to do something unique with "Idlewild," a musical drama set in the 1930s. It wildly blends genres and eras, featuring a high-class cast and heavy visual tricks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Old film noirs shine in parade of DVDs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_en_mo/film_noir_renaissance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060824/capt.161e8b6be29840ed94b30936e3708d71.film_noir_renaissance_nyet355.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=d.4Cbim6rqW3eQLbd2gQ9w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="This undated publicity photo, provided by Warner Home Video, shows actors Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum in the 1947 noir movie 'Out of the Past,' which was released on DVD, part of a boxed set, in 2004. (AP Photo/Warner Home Video)" border="0" /></a>AP - The doomed, dame-loving, fast-talking gumshoe has never seen such sunny days.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dick Clark in rare appearance at Emmys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/tv_emmys_clark"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.b219dcbfeb294e4996cddf3f8171a7d5.emmys_show_emy334.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=DfohupeUfzRaksvs28BFEw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Dick Clark speaks after receiving a special Emmy tribute at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - At 76 years old, "America's oldest teenager" made a jovial yet touching appearance during a special Emmys tribute Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canadian opera singer Simoneau dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/obit_simoneau"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.aa59f2b397754afe826d4ef44b9520dc.obit_simoneau_cpt107.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=Wt1ViZfm6le2xSlsMd98bA--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Gov.-Gen. Romeo LeBlanc, left, chats with soprano Pierrette Alarie and tenor Leopold Simoneau, both of whom received the Companion of the Order of Canada from LeBlanc at Governme nt House in Victoria, B.C. in this Oct. 8, 1996 file photo. Simoneau, one of Canada's most acclaimed opera singers, has died at age 90. Simoneau died peacefully Thursday night, Aug. 24, 2006 in the Victoria home where he had lived for the past 20 years with his wife, soprano Pierrette Alaire. (AP Photo/CP, Diana Nethercott, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Leopold Simoneau, one of Canada's most acclaimed opera singers who performed with many of the world's major orchestras, has died. He was 90.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manilow taking his Emmy into surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/emmys_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.a13a899ff0d5494297a39ae682a809ab.emmys_show_emy338.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Tu12erf5fbCCfJ.cm6aaSg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Barry Manilow performs at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barry Manilow's pre-surgery routine included picking up an Emmy Sunday night. Monday he's having hip surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Laryngitis forces John Mayer to cancel
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_en_mu/people_john_mayer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060825/capt.ff2a16fba61f4e8480c4e7f062df0f17.music_john_mayer_nyrd109.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=dnoAfU68e.5r2XrDCdzL5g--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Singer John Mayer appears on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York's Rockefeller Center, Friday Aug. 25, 2006. Mayer began a concert tour with Sheryl Crow in Pittsburgh Thursday Aug. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Laryngitis forced pop singer John Mayer to back out of a performance Saturday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
(Reuters)
Reuters - You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album shares a title with Chaplin's 1936 classic about
automation, big business and the overreaching intrusion of the
state into private lives.
Classical singers celebrate Mozart milestone
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060827/music_nm/mozart_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060827/2006_08_25t224420_367x450_us_mozart.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=I31LOrfZB8rv7N4G_HcNiA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="An employee of the Maggini-Foundation shows a rare double miniature with the portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart painted on ivory in Zurich, December 9, 2005. The march of albums marking Mozart's 250th anniversary continues unabated into the fall with vocal releases that range from recitals to operas, the singers running the gamut from operatic superstars to early-music authorities. (Siggi Bucher/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The march of albums marking Mozart's
250th anniversary continues unabated into the fall with vocal
releases that range from recitals to operas, the singers
running the gamut from operatic superstars to early-music
authorities.</p><br clear="all"/>
Q&A: Anastasio plans October tour after label launch
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060827/music_nm/anastasio_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060827/2006_08_25t213728_300x450_us_anastasio.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=hKIeKu0uYCCij93b72PbdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Trey Anastasio plays at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1, 2005. A year after signing a high-profile major-label deal, the former Phish guitarist already has moved on to form his own indie label. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A year after signing a high-profile
major-label deal, former Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio already
has moved on to form his own indie label.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ricky Martin debuts new tracks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060827/music_nm/martin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060827/2006_08_25t220132_450x347_us_martin.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=WEuOSvy41luyC1yhvGAgmA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Pop star Ricky Martin takes a picture with his fan during a press conference held at a hotel in Beirut, Lebanon May 25, 2006. Martin is known for his romantic ballads and uptempo, tropical dance fare, and during the recent taping of his first 'MTV Unplugged' set in Miami, he offered both. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ricky Martin is known for his romantic
ballads and uptempo, tropical dance fare, and during the recent
taping of his first "MTV Unplugged" set in Miami, he offered
both.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aguilera leads strong Top 10
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's the same old song: Flashy
news in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 while album sales
continue to sag, a pattern that even a career-best opener by
Christina Aguilera cannot bend.
Music gets personal as games turn up the interaction
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the spring, music executives at
the E3 videogame convention predicted music would take on a
greater future role as the game market grows more
sophisticated. This fall, that prediction seems poised to
become reality.
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