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Foxy Brown pleads guilty to assault
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mu/people_foxy_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.2053c5c5f3de44c8b9e2cedcaa3ae040.people_foxy_brown_ny116.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=71DTOYY9dDcEtt8YD7st9A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Singer Foxy Brown exits Manhattan criminal court in this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005 file photo in New York. Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office.</p><br clear="all"/>
On web, The Boss denies split from wife
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mu/people_springsteen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060829/capt.2b73b5a9c9624c6b97f3c65045221068.people_springsteen_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=122&sig=wwhYsNRA7.pfrm82_0DtFA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa are seen before their performance at New Orleans Jazzfest in this Sunday April 30, 2006 file photo. Springsteen has turned to cyberspace to refute rumors that he and wife Patti Scialfa are splitting up. In a posting on his official Web site, the New Jersey-born rocker writes that he and Scialfa are still committed to each other.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bruce Springsteen has turned to cyberspace to deny rumors that he and wife Patti Scialfa are splitting up.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruise production biz finds new backers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mo/cruise_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060829/i/r1404584156.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=gEqOoHR7IVWBmAhcyfYlgw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Tom Cruise waves during a photo session following a news conference in Tokyo June 20, 2006. Only days after the 'Mission: Impossible' star effectively was fired by Paramount Pictures, Cruise, his film partner Paula Wagner and an investment fund run by professional football team owner Daniel Snyder agreed on Monday to a financing package that puts Cruise back in business. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Cruise's production company, which broke ties with Paramount Pictures last week in an unusually public dispute, has signed a two-year financing deal with an investment partnership headed by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC expresses regret for air-crash skit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.ccf74da2521a4e49bfc86dbfffa348be.tv_emmys_crash_controversy_nyet199.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=AFmF5_FChy_IXAQjj7oDSg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="This still photo from video, supplied by NBC and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, shows Emmy Awards show host Conan O'Brien's opening gag -- a filmed comedy bit. The sequence prompted criticism that it was in bad taste following the fiery crash of a commuter jet earlier in the day in Lexington. Ky., that killed 49 people. (AP Photo/NBC-Academy of Television Arts and Sciences)" border="0" /></a>AP - NBC expressed regret Monday for an Emmy Awards comedy skit that included a mock plane crash and aired on the network the evening of a fatal Kentucky jetliner accident.</p><br clear="all"/>
Eminem, Nike deal will benefit charities
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/people_eminem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.nyet17908282304.people_eminem_nyet179.jpg?x=114&y=130&sig=lcvXseePHDBcCb943sCkRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Rapper Eminem poses at a Detroit Hip-Hop Summit at Cobo Arena in Detroit in this April 26, 2003 file photo. Eminem has collaborated with Nike Inc. to create a limited-edition collection of Air Max sneakers to be auctioned for charity. The Grammy-winning rapper designed uppers for eight shoes in the series, including the Air Max '87 and the most recent Air Max 360. His reinterpretation of the upper has been laid onto the original blueprints for each of the Air Max shoes to create a unique set of designs. (AP Photo/Rob Widdis, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eminem has collaborated with Nike Inc. to create a limited-edition collection of Air Max sneakers to be auctioned for charity.</p><br clear="all"/>
War coming to Hamptons film fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - With a recurring theme of
women and children caught in war zones, the Hamptons
International Film Festival will kick off October 18 with the
world premiere of Philip Haas' Iraq war drama "The Situation."
Anastasio begins solo tour in October
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Phish guitarist Trey
Anastasio will hit the road in October for a North American
tour in support of his upcoming album, "Bar 17."
Newcomer "Saves the World" in NBC pilot
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two pilots have cast
their title characters: newcomer Jack Carpenter is set to play
Adam Lipshitz in the NBC comedy "Lipshitz Saves the World," and
Austin Nichols will star the HBO drama "John From Cincinnati."
Emmy viewership slips but still beats "Pirates"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/media_nm/emmys_viewers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t144905_398x450_us_emmys_viewers.jpg?x=114&y=130&sig=X9CdN8NnftaT2pUA6zaEYg--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Emmy viewership fell 14 percent from last year to an average 16.1 million people but surpassed a competing telecast of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' to win a widely hyped battle for network ratings, according to Nielsen figures on Monday. Mary Lynn Rajskub and Kiefer Sutherland of the show '24' pose backstage with their Emmys for outstanding dramatic series at the 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles August 27, 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Emmy viewership fell 14 percent
from last year to an average 16.1 million people but surpassed
a competing telecast of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to win a
widely hyped battle for network ratings, according to Nielsen
figures on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"War of the Wagners" rumbles on in Bayreuth
(Reuters)
Reuters - As the curtain falls on this year's
Bayreuth festival, intense speculation again surrounds who will
succeed Richard Wagner's octogenarian grandson at the helm one
of Europe's most famous operatic events.
War coming to Hamptons film fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - With a recurring theme of
women and children caught in war zones, the Hamptons
International Film Festival will kick off October 18 with the
world premiere of Philip Haas' Iraq war drama "The Situation."
Teen idol Thieriot hops to "Jumper"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Max Thieriot, a staple of
the teen magazines, will play a younger version of Hayden
Christensen's title character in the sci-fi adventure "Jumper."
"Pirates" propels Disney to $1 billion overseas
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060829/2006_08_29t030956_450x340_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=fAFZ5MGEt32HEu00vnDqFg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Keira Knightley in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' from Walt Disney Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the foreign box office champ for
the past eight weekends, has helped Walt Disney Co. pass the $1
billion mark overseas for a 12th consecutive year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruise production biz finds new backers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mo/cruise_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060829/i/r1404584156.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=gEqOoHR7IVWBmAhcyfYlgw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Tom Cruise waves during a photo session following a news conference in Tokyo June 20, 2006. Only days after the 'Mission: Impossible' star effectively was fired by Paramount Pictures, Cruise, his film partner Paula Wagner and an investment fund run by professional football team owner Daniel Snyder agreed on Monday to a financing package that puts Cruise back in business. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Cruise's production company, which broke ties with Paramount Pictures last week in an unusually public dispute, has signed a two-year financing deal with an investment partnership headed by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.</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 final studio
figures Monday." 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 final studio
figures Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Invincible' rushes to top of box office
(AP)
AP - Mark Wahlberg's football tale "Invincible" debuted as the top weekend movie with $17 million. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.:
Daniel Radcliffe to star in TV movie
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mo/people_daniel_radcliffe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.93ff841d5afe494a8e58536a11653777.people_daniel_radcliffe_nyet106.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=jSMW2cLWfcQxf28vqqSp8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actor Daniel Radcliffe arrives for a film awards ceremony in London on March 13, 2006. The Harry Potter star will play the son of Rudyard Kipling in a television movie about the author, ITV said Monday, Aug. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/ Max Nash)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe will play the son of Rudyard Kipling in a television movie about the author, ITV said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Horse breaks leg of Ringo Starr's wife
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mo/people_barbara_bach"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.cc5ffcc101374da197036863a6791de3.people_barbara_bach_nyet198.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=bgDI47Oh2Gk9BAr2H716ig--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Former Beatle Ringo Starr's wife, actress Barbara Bach, poses following the premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Beatles show at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on June 30, 2006. The former Bond girl was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, an official at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, 35 miles southwest of London, said Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl and wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, a hospital official said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
`WTC' movie gives $1.3M to 9/11 memorial
(AP)
AP - The producers of "World Trade Center" are donating $1.3 million to the Sept. 11 memorial, keeping a promise to donate 5 percent of its opening weekend box receipts, the memorial foundation said Monday.
A new, old "Lassie" comes home to U.S. theaters
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/film_nm/leisure_lassie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t151645_450x298_us_leisure_lassie.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=B6KKYY_qOXd2WQGLiz30Bg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Jonathan Mason and Lassie are shown in a scene from the new film 'Lassie' in this undated publicity photograph. 'Lassie' comes home to another generation of U.S. children this week in a new film that hews closely to the original, dark tale of the loyal collie and her boy in wartime England, instead of the sunny California of the long-running television series. (Samuel Goldwyn Films/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Lassie" comes home to another
generation of U.S. children this week in a new film that hews
closely to the original, dark tale of the loyal collie and her
boy in wartime England, instead of the sunny California of the
long-running television series.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anastasio begins solo tour in October
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Phish guitarist Trey
Anastasio will hit the road in October for a North American
tour in support of his upcoming album, "Bar 17."
XTC set to release nine-disc box of rarities
(Reuters)
Reuters - XTC guitarist Andy Partridge
recently combed his vaults and discovered an exorbitant amount
of rarities and outtakes recorded by the defunct English
art-rock combo, resulting in a nine-disc boxed set that will
come out on October 16.
Black Crowes fire keyboardist for "issues"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Black Crowes have "released"
keyboardist Eddie Hawrysch due to unspecified "personal
issues," the rock band's publicist said on Monday.
Smokey Robinson shares the love at L.A. gig
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Smokey Robinson
segued into a traditional pop segment at Saturday's Greek
Theater concert, it was natural to expect a letdown. So many
performers -- including Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart -- have
covered pre-rock standards that the move usually seems like a
way to mark time until a better idea comes along.
Dave Matthews Band: Don't worry, be happy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dave Matthews walked
onstage in front of the sold-out crowd at Verizon Amphitheater
on Friday night as if he didn't have a worry in the world.
Foxy Brown pleads guilty to assault
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mu/people_foxy_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.2053c5c5f3de44c8b9e2cedcaa3ae040.people_foxy_brown_ny116.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=71DTOYY9dDcEtt8YD7st9A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Singer Foxy Brown exits Manhattan criminal court in this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005 file photo in New York. Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office.</p><br clear="all"/>
On web, The Boss denies split from wife
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mu/people_springsteen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060829/capt.2b73b5a9c9624c6b97f3c65045221068.people_springsteen_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=122&sig=wwhYsNRA7.pfrm82_0DtFA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa are seen before their performance at New Orleans Jazzfest in this Sunday April 30, 2006 file photo. Springsteen has turned to cyberspace to refute rumors that he and wife Patti Scialfa are splitting up. In a posting on his official Web site, the New Jersey-born rocker writes that he and Scialfa are still committed to each other.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bruce Springsteen has turned to cyberspace to deny rumors that he and wife Patti Scialfa are splitting up.</p><br clear="all"/>
Emmy good-luck charm for Manilow surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_en_mu/people_manilow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.9874eafb39dc4374986ff4deee3867dc.people_barry_manilow_ny114.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=Sb1Zx7kK98xYptISGvIEww--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Barry Manilow performs during the opening night of his show 'Manilow: Music and Passion,' in this Feb. 24, 2005 file photo at the Las Vegas Hilton. Manilow wanted more than a good doctor in the operating room where he had hip surgery Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, he wanted his hard-earned Emmy Award in there too. Hours after Manilow won the Emmy for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music program, he underwent hip surgery at an undisclosed Southern California hospital. He said he figured the Emmy would be a good luck charm. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hours after telling a national TV audience he would, Barry Manilow took his newly won Emmy into the hospital with him on Monday as a good-luck charm for his hip surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Springsteen posts message denying marital split
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/music_nm/springsteen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060829/2006_08_28t184533_450x302_us_springsteen.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=o.EU5J.TgbxT5teInI6beQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Bruce Springsteen performs with his wife Patti Scialfa and the Seeger Sessions Band at Palau Olimpic de Badalona, near Barcelona May 14, 2006. Springsteen on Monday said he remains committed to his wife, denying reports the pair have split. (Bea Martinez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rock star Bruce Springsteen on Monday
said he remains committed to his wife, singer Patti Scialfa,
denying reports the pair have split.</p><br clear="all"/>
Eminem, Nike deal will benefit charities
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_en_mu/people_eminem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060828/capt.nyet17908282304.people_eminem_nyet179.jpg?x=114&y=130&sig=lcvXseePHDBcCb943sCkRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Rapper Eminem poses at a Detroit Hip-Hop Summit at Cobo Arena in Detroit in this April 26, 2003 file photo. Eminem has collaborated with Nike Inc. to create a limited-edition collection of Air Max sneakers to be auctioned for charity. The Grammy-winning rapper designed uppers for eight shoes in the series, including the Air Max '87 and the most recent Air Max 360. His reinterpretation of the upper has been laid onto the original blueprints for each of the Air Max shoes to create a unique set of designs. (AP Photo/Rob Widdis, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eminem has collaborated with Nike Inc. to create a limited-edition collection of Air Max sneakers to be auctioned for charity.</p><br clear="all"/>
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