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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_tv/obit_irwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060904/i/r102415269.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=zY3Edh865W.1HHhuSgdQJg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Australia's 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin holds a pure bred Sumatran tiger cub at Mogo Zoo, south of Sydney in this April 27, 2004 file photo. Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, has died in a marine accident off Australia's northeast coast, local media reported on September 4, 2006. Sky Television reported that Irwin, whose television show 'The Crocodile Hunter' won international acclaim and popularised the phrase 'Crikey', had been stung by a sting ray. Australian emergency officials could not immediately confirm the reports. REUTERS/Will Burgess/Files (AUSTRALIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition. He was 44.</p><br clear="all"/>
Burning Man festival climaxes in Nevada
(AP)
AP - Thousands of celebrants danced, hugged and cheered as the annual Burning Man counterculture festival climaxed with the traditional torching of its namesake object on the northern Nevada desert.
'Pirates' helps fill Hollywood war chest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_en_mo/film_hollywood_s_summer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.286c5b098b2843e38680fb41f592c210.hollywoods_summer_la101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wWCwAyOlkm10syFozh9R7g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Walt Disney Pictures actor Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is shown in a scene from 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.' (AP Photo/Walt Disney Pictures, Peter Mountain)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Hollywood hand-wringing of 2005 has been forgotten. After a dismal box-office year and gloomy prophecies about its future, the movie business has rebounded with a solid — though far from spectacular — summer season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some stations want cursing out of '9/11'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_tv/cbs9_11_film"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.45bab85e164344829952ab57944ea005.cbs_9_11_film_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=z8PWvRlrabc4T8S5kNa_Ww--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Manhattan skyline and the site of the World Trade Center disaster are shown from Jersey City, N.J., in this Oct. 12, 2001, file photo. Broadcasters say the hesitancy of some CBS affiliates to air a powerful Sept. 11 documentary to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks proves there's been a chilling effect on the First Amendment since federal regulators boosted penalties for television obscenities after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at a Super Bowl halftime show. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Broadcasters say the hesitancy of some CBS affiliates to air a powerful Sept. 11 documentary next week proves there's been a chilling effect on the First Amendment since federal regulators boosted penalties for television obscenities after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at a Super Bowl halftime show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vieira's 'Today' arrival changes a.m. TV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_en_tv/tv_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.nyol70109031743.tvtoday_nyol701.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=vfHL3fgiE6K_zTPHvunIDw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Meredith Vieira listens to a question at a New York news conference in this April 6, 2006 file photo. Vieira joins NBC's 'Today' show this month, replacing Katie Couric, who is becoming news anchor at CBS. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first part of the "Today" show summer mystery has been answered affirmatively: viewers did not abandon morning television's pacesetter because Katie Couric left after 15 years. Now comes the second, more important question. Will those same viewers embrace Meredith Vieira?</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Queen" rules as Venice film fest hits half way
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Queen," a superbly acted
reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused
by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to
land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
Irish rockers Ash relocate to U.S. for new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Northern Irish rockers Ash have
swapped Guinness for Brooklyn lager and relocated to New York
to craft their fifth album, due next spring.
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_tv/obit_irwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060904/i/r102415269.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=zY3Edh865W.1HHhuSgdQJg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Australia's 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin holds a pure bred Sumatran tiger cub at Mogo Zoo, south of Sydney in this April 27, 2004 file photo. Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, has died in a marine accident off Australia's northeast coast, local media reported on September 4, 2006. Sky Television reported that Irwin, whose television show 'The Crocodile Hunter' won international acclaim and popularised the phrase 'Crikey', had been stung by a sting ray. Australian emergency officials could not immediately confirm the reports. REUTERS/Will Burgess/Files (AUSTRALIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition. He was 44.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some stations want cursing out of '9/11'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_bu/cbs9_11_film"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.45bab85e164344829952ab57944ea005.cbs_9_11_film_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=z8PWvRlrabc4T8S5kNa_Ww--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Manhattan skyline and the site of the World Trade Center disaster are shown from Jersey City, N.J., in this Oct. 12, 2001, file photo. Broadcasters say the hesitancy of some CBS affiliates to air a powerful Sept. 11 documentary to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks proves there's been a chilling effect on the First Amendment since federal regulators boosted penalties for television obscenities after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at a Super Bowl halftime show. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Broadcasters say the hesitancy of some CBS affiliates to air a powerful Sept. 11 documentary next week proves there's been a chilling effect on the First Amendment since federal regulators boosted penalties for television obscenities after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at a Super Bowl halftime show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nixon, Frost pas de deux revived on London stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Nixon had a great
many enemies, real and imagined, but the one that finally did
him in was television as playwright Peter Morgan shows in his
insightful, entertaining new play, "Frost/Nixon," at London's
Donmar Warehouse.
"The Queen" rules as Venice film fest hits half way
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Queen," a superbly acted
reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused
by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to
land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
Shakira may shake a leg for Bollywood film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/film_nm/shakira_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060904/2006_09_04t033929_450x311_us_shakira.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=4AIXrXvnRzFQV3qjTug1ag--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Shakira (C) performs with dancers on stage at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Latino pop singer Shakira is interested
in dancing for a Bollywood film that her Indian
choreographer-filmmaker friend will begin shooting this year, a
newspaper reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bollywood action hero escapes unhurt in car crash
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/film_nm/bollywood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060904/2006_09_04t032215_450x339_us_bollywood.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=Jxn7bUSmWrVvjL0jB7sViw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Top Bollywood action hero Suniel Shetty in an undated publicity image. Shetty had a miraculous escape when his car skidded and slammed into a roadside railing at the weekend, leaving him with just a minor neck injury, according to newspaper reports on Monday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Top Bollywood action hero Suniel Shetty
had a miraculous escape when his car skidded and slammed into a
roadside railing at the weekend, leaving him with just a minor
neck injury, according to newspaper reports on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Crank" a worthy piece of escapist fun
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 2006 summer movie
season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of "Crank," a
jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed
escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise.
"Black Book" an old-fashioned wartime epic
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/film_nm/film_blackbook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060904/2006_09_03t214340_450x278_us_film_blackbook.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=EGH747uoTD069ZOBy21VvQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Director Paul Verhoeven poses during a photocall to introduce his film 'Zwartboek' at the Venice Film Festival September 1, 2006. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paul Verhoeven's World
War II drama "Black Book" is an ambitious throwback to the days
of rousing all-action wartime pictures in which an intrepid
loner risks everything to fight a clearly defined enemy.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Invincible" leads U.S. holiday box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060904/2006_09_01t020938_450x336_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=seaado_8Zy1xtGr5RKgPAw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Nicolas Cage and Molly Parker in a scene from 'The Wicker Man' from Warner Bros. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Walt Disney Pictures' feel-good
football movie "Invincible" led the North American holiday box
office for a second weekend, ahead of new releases "Crank" and
"Wicker Man," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film maker swaps Harry Potter for childless world
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060903/film_nm/leisure_venice_children_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060904/2006_09_03t205041_450x282_us_leisure_venice_children.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=uJ4_chb3LfQ19JJ_u4Goyg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Actor Clive Owen attends a photocall in Venice September 3, 2006. Owen is starring in Alfonso Cuaron's movie 'Children of Men' which is showing at the Venice film festival. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron leaves
the adventures of young wizard Harry Potter behind him with his
new film "Children of Men," a bleak tale of an apocalyptic
world in which humans can no longer have babies.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Pirates' helps fill Hollywood war chest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_en_mo/film_hollywood_s_summer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.286c5b098b2843e38680fb41f592c210.hollywoods_summer_la101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wWCwAyOlkm10syFozh9R7g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Walt Disney Pictures actor Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is shown in a scene from 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.' (AP Photo/Walt Disney Pictures, Peter Mountain)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Hollywood hand-wringing of 2005 has been forgotten. After a dismal box-office year and gloomy prophecies about its future, the movie business has rebounded with a solid — though far from spectacular — summer season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ex-secret agent helps Binoche with role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_en_mo/people_binoche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.3672fbb4e3a34c6296bbd179fc429b94.italy_venice_film_festival_xlb122.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=v0YPmglv3F5TLlTKPDO4lg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="French actress Juliette Binoche waves to fans prior to the screening of the movie 'Quelque jours en Septembre' by director Santiago Amigorena of Argentina, at the 63rd edition of the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept.1, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Juliette Binoche got some insight for her role in the thriller "A Few Days in September" from an acquaintance who, as it turned out, was a secret agent. In the film, directed by Argentinian Santiago Amigorena, Binoche plays a French secret service agent whose mission goes wrong.</p><br clear="all"/>
New fall films bring Iraq war to home to U.S.
(Reuters)
Reuters - It took years for the Vietnam war
to "come home" to U.S. moviegoers, but a series of fall films
will soon test the appetite for cinematic tales about U.S.
politics and the human toll of the war in Iraq.
Irish rockers Ash relocate to U.S. for new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Northern Irish rockers Ash have
swapped Guinness for Brooklyn lager and relocated to New York
to craft their fifth album, due next spring.
VMAs go "Crazy" and Panic!
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060904/en_music_eo/19913"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060904/capt.28792b16a9ef8a030901c2b725e50f79.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=VqOewsc0oxp_sKzEOucfOg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Blood was shed, people were electrocuted, lobsters ran
amok--and that was just when the Jackass crew was on camera,
reminding people to cast their votes for the Viewer's Choice award." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Blood was shed, people were electrocuted, lobsters ran
amok--and that was just when the Jackass crew was on camera,
reminding people to cast their votes for the Viewer's Choice award.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reggaeton strikes chord with advertisers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like no other Latin genre before it,
reggaeton is a magnet for sponsors and brands looking to target
a specific youth market.
Rock stars lend tunes to covers album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tori Amos' radical reworking of
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the camp rendering of "Dancing in
the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger are among the tracks
collected for a covers compilation CD that will benefit a
medical charity.
TV exposure powers new album releases
(Reuters)
Reuters - In case you missed lessons
learned in recent years from "American Idol," awards shows and
the career path of Josh Groban, the top 10 of the latest
Billboard 200 albums chart makes an obvious marketing mantra
abundantly clear: TV exposure sells music.
Goth rocker Betty Curse thrills young fans
(Reuters)
Reuters - In Danny Boyle's acclaimed 2002 horror
film "28 Days Later," teenage UK actress Megan Burns took on a
population of British zombies.
Australian band Butterfly Effect flying high
(Reuters)
Reuters - Having achieved gold certification
(35,000 units) for two separate albums in recent weeks, the
Butterfly Effect's popularity has clearly taken wing in
Australia.
Red Hot Chili Peppers triumph in homecoming
(Reuters)
Reuters - "I had some of the best
times of my life in this building," rubber-spined bassist Flea
said of the crusty but trusty Forum. And judging from the wild
response to Red Hot Chili Peppers' homecoming show Thursday,
many in the sold-out house would count this among theirs.
Billboard album reviews: Beyonce, Iron Maiden
(Reuters)
Reuters - Beyonce plays up both her naughty
and nice sides on the follow-up to her multiplatinum solo
debut, "Dangerously in Love.
Ginger Spice says her child was abused
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_mu/people_halliwell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060903/capt.04a427e1e59943f482496c97feb691be.people_halliwell_ny112.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=GGNpUkiN0q6chc7TUAtoKw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell arrives for the traditional Opera Ball on Feb. 3, 2005 at Vienna's State Opera. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Geri Halliwell has complained to police that her 3-month-old daughter was physically abused, the singer's assistant said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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