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Moore slices up health care in new film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_en_mo/film_toronto_michael_moore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060909/capt.1a61d64b68364b889114ea93e07df7fa.film_toronto_festival_xcs126.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=aAdb2.JqYx1cbH4hHZC0vQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Director Michael Moore arrives for a gala during Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. Moore will unveil two works-in-progress, 'Sicko' and 'The Great 04 Slacker Uprising.' in Toronto, Canada. ( AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - First, General Motors. Then gun control, followed by George W. Bush. Now rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore has turned his irreverent camera on health care in America.</p><br clear="all"/>
Popular Christian books spawn video game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_en_ot/games_left_behind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060910/capt.68da3748f9b0488db478df89bb0e296d.games_left_behind_coea202.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=sfBDYoyic0vXwstCF6VqJg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Left Behind Games marketing director Greg Bauman explains how 'Left Behind: Eternal Forces' a video game is played during an interview in Denver on July 12, 2006. The video game is based on the best-selling 'Left Behind' book series about the apocalypse. The setting for the game is the streets of New York City. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The streets of New York have never looked so barren.</p><br clear="all"/>
50 Cent ticketed for expired license
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_en_mu/50_cent_traffic_stop"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060908/capt.18c76db01a224339b5bf3ea96cb5e111.50_cents_traffic_stop_ny115.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=StEU53WlI64suX_Yslmofw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 file photo. The rapper was cited in New York Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 for a lane-change violation, and for having an expired license and no registration, said Detective Christopher Filippazzo, a police spokesman.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - 50 Cent may have to dig in for a lot more change than that after being pulled over by police Friday in midtown Manhattan while taking his silver Lamborghini for a spin.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chinese movie, Mirren win Venice prizes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_en_mo/venice_film_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060909/capt.3ed572cc451244738dc63a75c67eee20.italy_venice_film_festival_xlb113.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=KhYThZ9SDACEo1DGm8EMKA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="British actress Helen Mirren poses with the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for her movie 'The Queen' by director Stephen Frears, at the 63rd Venice film festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Chinese movie "Still Life," a surprise entry set against the backdrop of China's gigantic Three Gorges Dam project, on Saturday won this year's Golden Lion — the top award at the Venice Film Festival. Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck took the top acting awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gold leads metals race on N.Y. runways
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_en_ot/new_york_fashion_week"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060909/capt.ba7bfb5244e54083beec16e9ae62f430.fashion_nicole_miller_nydb126.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=h7h3SPfJy9IvxUVssOvjiA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Models parade on the runway after the Nicole Miller spring 2007 fashion show, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, at Bryant Park in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Loose, billowy dresses and short skirts are among the trends emerging in the early days of New York Fashion Week. Metallics still have a presence on the runway, and the favorite colors all seem to be a variation of sand.</p><br clear="all"/>
Venice film awards leave critics perplexed, vexed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/film_nm/leisure_venice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_09t042128_450x283_us_leisure_venice.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=Bk1SE1GSbd1EjNtNheD4ww--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Actress Helen Mirren (R) and director Stephen Frears pose for photographers at the Cinema Palace in Venice September 2, 2006. Mirren stars in 'The Queen' which is showing at the Venice film festival. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The jury at the Venice Film Festival
left critics and journalists perplexed and in some cases vexed
when it awarded top prize to China's "Still Life."</p><br clear="all"/>
Gest wants Minnelli prenup dismissed
(AP)
AP - David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, asked a judge to set aside his prenuptial agreement with the star, the latest development in their lengthy divorce battle.
Profanity concerns prompt CBS to show "9/11" on web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/tv_nm/sept11_cbs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060910/2006_09_09t125954_450x357_us_sept11_cbs.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=r4M.uuMaCBYy.iA8PxSiWw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="People stand in the windows of the burning north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, in this September 11, 2001 file photo. Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, two-thirds of New Yorkers say they are still 'very concerned' about another attack on the city, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released September 6, 2006. (Jeff Christensen/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would
broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the
airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or
forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Profanity concerns prompt CBS to show "9/11" on web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/media_nm/sept11_cbs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_09t125954_450x357_us_sept11_cbs.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=ZN8KnEfSjNm9ZaB_hKcS2g--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="People stand in the windows of the burning north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, in this September 11, 2001 file photo. Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, two-thirds of New Yorkers say they are still 'very concerned' about another attack on the city, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released September 6, 2006. (Jeff Christensen/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would
broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the
airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or
forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lorca play in Madrid canceled after death threats
(Reuters)
Reuters - A play about Spanish poet Federico
Garcia Lorca has been canceled after its proposed performance
ignited political passions still simmering over Spain's
1936-1939 civil war.
Venice film awards leave critics perplexed, vexed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/film_nm/leisure_venice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_09t042128_450x283_us_leisure_venice.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=Bk1SE1GSbd1EjNtNheD4ww--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Actress Helen Mirren (R) and director Stephen Frears pose for photographers at the Cinema Palace in Venice September 2, 2006. Mirren stars in 'The Queen' which is showing at the Venice film festival. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The jury at the Venice Film Festival
left critics and journalists perplexed and in some cases vexed
when it awarded top prize to China's "Still Life."</p><br clear="all"/>
All eyes on Rome rival as Venice film fest ends
(Reuters)
Reuters - Italians are bracing themselves for
blood on the red carpet as Rome launches its own film festival
next month in what many see as a challenge to Venice.
"Pirates" sequel third-biggest film of all time
(Reuters)
Reuters - The swashbuckler epic "Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has become the third film to
pass $1 billion at the worldwide box office, distributor Walt
Disney Co. said on Saturday.
China's "Still Life" surprise winner in Venice
(Reuters)
Reuters - On a night of surprises at the Venice
Film Festival, China's "Still Life," about the giant Three
Gorges Dam project and its impact on ordinary people, won the
top award, while Ben Affleck was named best actor for his role
as ill-fated "Superman" actor George Reeves.
Penelope Cruz proud of false bottom in new film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/film_nm/toronto_cruz_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060910/2006_09_10t042848_450x300_us_toronto_cruz.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=cFbbmbOz5XZ6a3locc0pWg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cast member Penelope Cruz smiles at a news conference for the movie 'Volver' during the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 8, 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Penelope Cruz says that when she
finished six months of work on "Volver," the new movie directed
by Spain's Pedro Almodovar, she was so wrapped up in her
character that she faced an emotional crisis.</p><br clear="all"/>
Moore slices up health care in new film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_en_mo/film_toronto_michael_moore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060909/capt.1a61d64b68364b889114ea93e07df7fa.film_toronto_festival_xcs126.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=aAdb2.JqYx1cbH4hHZC0vQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Director Michael Moore arrives for a gala during Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. Moore will unveil two works-in-progress, 'Sicko' and 'The Great 04 Slacker Uprising.' in Toronto, Canada. ( AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - First, General Motors. Then gun control, followed by George W. Bush. Now rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore has turned his irreverent camera on health care in America.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Moore speaks out on Iraq, health care
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/film_nm/toronto_moore_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060910/2006_09_10t015018_450x322_us_toronto_moore.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=hgZZZFi0LNyqRBY2DiwnbA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Documentary film maker Michael Moore laughs as he arrives unannounced for the screening of 'U.S. vs. John Lennon' during the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 9, 2006. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Maverick U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore
steered the Toronto International Film Festival firmly toward
politics with a scathing denunciation of the Iraq war and a
preview of his next film, "Sicko," which slams a patchwork U.S.
health care system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sex film "Shortbus" finds distributors world-wide
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hard core sex in a mainstream movie? No
problem.
Chinese movie, Mirren win Venice prizes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_en_mo/venice_film_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060909/capt.3ed572cc451244738dc63a75c67eee20.italy_venice_film_festival_xlb113.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=KhYThZ9SDACEo1DGm8EMKA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="British actress Helen Mirren poses with the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for her movie 'The Queen' by director Stephen Frears, at the 63rd Venice film festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Chinese movie "Still Life," a surprise entry set against the backdrop of China's gigantic Three Gorges Dam project, on Saturday won this year's Golden Lion — the top award at the Venice Film Festival. Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck took the top acting awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
'The Rock' giving $2M to alma mater
(AP)
AP - Wrestling champ Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his wife are giving $2 million to the University of Miami, school officials said.
Gest wants Minnelli prenup dismissed
(AP)
AP - David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, asked a judge to set aside his prenuptial agreement with the star, the latest development in their lengthy divorce battle.
50 Cent ticketed for expired license
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_en_mu/50_cent_traffic_stop"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060908/capt.18c76db01a224339b5bf3ea96cb5e111.50_cents_traffic_stop_ny115.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=StEU53WlI64suX_Yslmofw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 file photo. The rapper was cited in New York Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 for a lane-change violation, and for having an expired license and no registration, said Detective Christopher Filippazzo, a police spokesman.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - 50 Cent may have to dig in for a lot more change than that after being pulled over by police Friday in midtown Manhattan while taking his silver Lamborghini for a spin.</p><br clear="all"/>
NYC institutions unite to celebrate Reich's 70th
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060909/music_nm/reich_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060907/capt.71a1561a51324dc68ffeb433418c27c9.arts_prizes_nyet157.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=c29vPTuQUQ8ztiIrbRzVKA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="This photo, supplied by the Japan Art Association, shows composer Stephen Sondheim, left, with American composer Steve Reich after ceremonies at which Reich and four others were awarded the 2006 Praemium Imperiale arts awards for lifetime achievements, in New York Thursday, Sept.7, 2006. Sondheim is a previous winner of the award.(AP Photo/Japan Art Association,Michael Ian)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To mark the occasion of composer
Steve Reich's 70th birthday, three of New York's heaviest
hitters -- Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) -- are collaborating on programming for
the first time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Webcast success story Thom stands her ground
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060909/music_nm/thom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_08t210338_450x325_us_thom.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=x_JcKzRS9XdX5ANAALFZkg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Musician Sandi Thom performs at a book store in Glasgow, Scotland June 5, 2006. An Internet-made sensation in the United Kingdom, Thom scored a five-album deal with RCA/Sony BMG and topped the charts after streaming a series of live concerts from her London flat. (David Moir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The singer who toured the world
without leaving her basement is finally crossing the Atlantic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Portable content not connecting with consumers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060909/music_nm/mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_08t210649_450x268_us_mobile.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=kjTwPzwHykeEGO8O6poMEw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="A model presents a TV service on a Motorola RAZR V3x phone at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany, March 7, 2006. Despite all the dramatic advancements that the mobile entertainment industry has made, there is a still one important ingredient it has not obtained: customers. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Despite all the dramatic
advancements that the mobile entertainment industry has made,
there is a still one important ingredient it has not obtained:
customers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fiddy's Bad Driving Rap
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060909/en_music_eo/19970"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060909/capt.ca893b8796e47596522b5fa18ac501d8.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=sQiLf5hWUMCYR1kqfSODsA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Forget da club--50 Cent might soon be in da traffic court." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Forget da club--50 Cent might soon be in da traffic court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Priest Confesses to Madonna Threat
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060908/en_music_eo/19967"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060909/capt.9affa85697134332f9305e3a7450f6ec.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=IjrkxrQnve16m6itv4jWrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A
63-year-old Dutch priest has confessed to calling in a phony bomb threat
last week before a pair of Madonna concerts in Amsterdam in a last-ditch
effort to stop the singer from staging her mock-crucifixion act,
officials said Friday." border="0" /></a>E! Online - A
63-year-old Dutch priest has confessed to calling in a phony bomb threat
last week before a pair of Madonna concerts in Amsterdam in a last-ditch
effort to stop the singer from staging her mock-crucifixion act,
officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper 50 Cent arrested in New York
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060908/music_nm/crime_rapper_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060909/2006_09_08t165513_450x334_us_crime_rapper.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=I204McbTE3nZptFdItoTTg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Rapper 50 Cent (L) is frisked by a plainclothes policeman after being apprehended for dangerous driving in New York in this video grab September 8, 2006. (Reuters TV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper 50 Cent was arrested for
traffic offenses while driving a silver, open-topped
Lamborghini on Friday, generating a crowd that cheered the
recording artist and jeered police as they handcuffed him.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton says DUI arrest was 'nothing'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_en_mu/hilton_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060907/capt.58cf0d6e58d24510817af455c2b9cbb7.hilton_arrest_ny120.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=CRZmwkFmL8A3Triq9.MkNA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Heiress Paris Hilton dances during the Blender Sessions party in Park City Utah, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006. Police said Thursday Sept. 7, 2006 Paris Hilton has been arrested in Hollywood for investigation of driving under the influence. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - For once, Paris Hilton wasn't happy to be the center of attention. Hours after paparazzi swarmed the Hollywood police station where the celebutante was booked for investigation of drunk driving, she told radio host Ryan Seacrest people were making too big a deal out of her arrest.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cat's Musical Comeback
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060908/en_music_eo/19966"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060909/capt.9066449ed080820b8340d72bf59185e7.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=kgcZFb0pLNYTPHXxK7.bQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Yusuf Islam is hoping fans will remember him with a smile. And
an open wallet." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Yusuf Islam is hoping fans will remember him with a smile. And
an open wallet.</p><br clear="all"/>
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