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Supermodel Campbell threatened with arrest in NY
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/en_nm/crime_campbell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_27t145236_450x327_us_crime_campbell.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=jmdom562EEr9KjYyYlHEcg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Model Naomi Campbell (L) along with her security guard exits Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, June 27, 2006. Campbell failed to show up in court on Wednesday on charges of attacking her housekeeper and the judge said he would order her arrest if she didn't make it for her next court date. (Peter Foley/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Supermodel Naomi Campbell failed to
show up in court on Wednesday on charges of attacking her
housekeeper and the judge said he would order her arrest if she
didn't make it for her next court date.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sheen set to become highest-paid sitcom star
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/en_nm/sheen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t024750_450x304_us_sheen.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=RzyRw5LAmFaDf68mOhGcqQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actor Charlie Sheen smiles at the CBS summer press tour party at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, July 15, 2006. Sheen stars in the CBS sit-com 'Two and a Half Men'. After two months of negotiations Sheen is close to finalizing a new salary pact that would make him the highest-paid comedy star in television today. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After two months of
negotiations, "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is close
to finalizing a new salary pact that would make him the
highest-paid comedy star in television today.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Napoleon Dynamite" star tosses his moon boots
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/en_nm/heder_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t043433_202x450_us_heder.jpg?x=58&y=130&sig=cnKQWfJ1xpuEECd4NFyjCA--" align="left" height="130" width="58" alt="John Heder strikes a pose as he models at the 4th annual GM ten fashion show in Hollywood February 22, 2005. He has tossed off his moon boots and traded in his tether ball, but Heder still thinks nunchucks are 'pretty sweet.' (Michael Buckner/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - He has tossed off his moon boots
and traded in his tether ball, but actor John "Napoleon
Dynamite" Heder still thinks nunchucks are "pretty sweet."</p><br clear="all"/>
Peter Jackson buddies with Microsoft for video game studio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Peter Jackson is
expanding his relationship with Microsoft Corp. by creating a
video game studio and confirming two upcoming titles.
Johansson finds something about "Mary"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/en_nm/scarlett_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t024605_450x315_us_scarlett.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xkHJiG.Eflci3h2YKxq27Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Actress Scarlett Johansson poses during a photocall to introduce her film 'The Black Dahlia' at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, August 30, 2006. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Scarlett Johansson will
return to the past again in "Mary Queen of Scots."</p><br clear="all"/>
Johansson finds something about "Mary"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/film_nm/scarlett_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t024605_450x315_us_scarlett.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xkHJiG.Eflci3h2YKxq27Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Actress Scarlett Johansson poses during a photocall to introduce her film 'The Black Dahlia' at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, August 30, 2006. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Scarlett Johansson will
return to the past again in "Mary Queen of Scots."</p><br clear="all"/>
Tom Petty plays it safe with solid L.A. show
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/music_nm/review_music_petty_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t195214_450x300_us_review_music_petty.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9jYLilEkDTTFvZTuYodKwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singer Tom Petty performs during the 'Heineken Amsterjam' concert in New York, August 19, 2006. Petty and his Heartbreakers are celebrating 30 years together. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tom Petty seemed to have
even more strut in his stride than usual. "I've come to rock
Hollywood," he told the sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd Tuesday,
not bothering to conceal a mischievous grin.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pathologist: Drug combo killed Smith son
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_son"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.1df68770da374ae88e4ffe08e773df63.anna_nicole_smith_son_ny136.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=0uoHWjb_T3Ba0Zadgtjm_g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Anna Nicole Smith, right, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington with her son Daniel Smith in this Feb. 28, 2006 photo. Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, the U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Toxicology tests showed Daniel Smith had methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro in his system when he died Sept. 10 in a hospital room in the Bahamas where his mother was recuperating from giving birth to a daughter, according to Cyril Wecht. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sheen set to become highest-paid sitcom star
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/media_nm/sheen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t024750_450x304_us_sheen.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=RzyRw5LAmFaDf68mOhGcqQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actor Charlie Sheen smiles at the CBS summer press tour party at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, July 15, 2006. Sheen stars in the CBS sit-com 'Two and a Half Men'. After two months of negotiations Sheen is close to finalizing a new salary pact that would make him the highest-paid comedy star in television today. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After two months of
negotiations, "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is close
to finalizing a new salary pact that would make him the
highest-paid comedy star in television today.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spacey transforms "Moon" into London masterpiece
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/stage_nm/stage_moon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t175346_450x298_us_stage_moon.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RBnlxZEj4rXBNyPpurIftg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Kevin Spacey (C) greets patrons at a gala in Washington May 13, 2006. Spacey stars in the Old Vic's revival of Eugene O'Neill's 1947 drama 'A Moon for the Misbegotten'. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Old Vic's revival of
Eugene O'Neill's 1947 drama "A Moon for the Misbegotten" is a
powerful demonstration of how superlative acting -- in this
case by Kevin Spacey, Eve Best and Colm Meaney -- can elevate a
flawed play so that the whole thing resembles a masterpiece.</p><br clear="all"/>
Johansson finds something about "Mary"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/film_nm/scarlett_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_28t024605_450x315_us_scarlett.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xkHJiG.Eflci3h2YKxq27Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Actress Scarlett Johansson poses during a photocall to introduce her film 'The Black Dahlia' at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, August 30, 2006. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Scarlett Johansson will
return to the past again in "Mary Queen of Scots."</p><br clear="all"/>
Marsters joins Swank in "P.S., I Love You"
(Reuters)
Reuters - James Marsters, best
known for playing vampire Spike on TV's "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer" and "Angel," has joined Hilary Swank in the romantic
drama "P.S., I Love You."
"Napoleon Dynamite" star tosses his moon boots
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/film_nm/heder_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.9add6b591dab4b2dac6b5215cadd7477.mtv_trl_jon_heder_nyph112.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=__jZB1fq_uLA7p6W6p.6gw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actor Jon Heder makes an appearance on MTV's 'Total Request Live', Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - He has tossed off his moon boots
and traded in his tether ball, but actor John "Napoleon
Dynamite" Heder still thinks nunchucks are "pretty sweet."</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood script deals favor horrors
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dimension Films is
getting a double shot of horror.
"Wild," "Slevin" top DVD charts
(Reuters)
Reuters - With studios holding on
to their big DVD titles for fourth-quarter release, the third
quarter is ending with a whimper.
Arquette's "Tripper" set to premiere at Screamfest
(Reuters)
Reuters - David Arquette's feature
directorial debut "The Tripper" will make its world premiere as
the opening selection at the sixth annual Screamfest Horror
Film Festival, which runs October 13-22 at the Mann Chinese
Theaters in Hollywood.
Beatty film gets "Reds" carpet for DVD debut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/film_nm/reds_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t225218_450x364_us_reds.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=YunS1Nov0kNZFlMS6_5LaA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Hollywood couple Warren Beatty and wife actress Annette Bening arrive for the Premiere Women in Hollywood dinner in Beverly Hills, California, September 2-0, 2006. Beatty's political epic 'Reds' will debut on DVD on October 17 following a limited theatrical release in New York, Los Angeles and Washington. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Just in time for its
25th anniversary, Warren Beatty's political epic "Reds" will
debut on DVD on October 17 following a limited theatrical
release in New York, Los Angeles and Washington.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Drug Link in Daniel Smith's Death
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060928/en_movies_eo/20118"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060928/capt.0182d6dae82e1329b5dd971fbd827949.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=F8DFPaj6DLHllAnGYmpd.w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A new suspect has been named in the Daniel Smith case:
methadone." border="0" /></a>E! Online - A new suspect has been named in the Daniel Smith case:
methadone.</p><br clear="all"/>
Actor Edward Albert dies at 55
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_en_mo/obit_albert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.dac85f5a24e34411a07d7ceedc7e8211.obit_albert_la105.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=ckD.m9sRfX.3yFte22P89w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Actor and activist Edward Albert is shown in 1983. Albert, who starred opposite Goldie Hawn in the 1972 comedy 'Butterflies Are Free' and was the son of film and TV star Eddie Albert, has died. He was 55. Albert died Friday Sept. 22, 2006, from lung cancer at his home in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/files)" border="0" /></a>AP - Edward Albert, who starred opposite Goldie Hawn in the 1972 comedy "Butterflies Are Free" and was the son of film and TV star Eddie Albert, has died. He was 55.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Tom Petty plays it safe with solid L.A. show
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/music_nm/review_music_petty_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t195214_450x300_us_review_music_petty.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9jYLilEkDTTFvZTuYodKwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singer Tom Petty performs during the 'Heineken Amsterjam' concert in New York, August 19, 2006. Petty and his Heartbreakers are celebrating 30 years together. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tom Petty seemed to have
even more strut in his stride than usual. "I've come to rock
Hollywood," he told the sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd Tuesday,
not bothering to conceal a mischievous grin.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Idol's" JPL Tells "Stories"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060928/en_music_eo/20120"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060928/capt.a60237ff3fe98b0f9f2609685bf87061.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=VTfQPI._3J4WWSJRENzzUg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Life after not winning American Idol may not be
all Grammy Awards and People magazine covers, but the show's
also-rans seem to be holding their own." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Life after not winning American Idol may not be
all Grammy Awards and People magazine covers, but the show's
also-rans seem to be holding their own.</p><br clear="all"/>
Americana fans -- touch of punk, touch of gray
(Reuters)
Reuters - You could say Americana,
that indefinable roots music, is the new punk rock. But the
punks in question are older and make a lot of money.
Another Side of Dylan for Sale
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060928/en_music_eo/20119"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060928/capt.526b38616fd48ca07303c0db49c6a72b.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=RUfVzrHrGRluTqPc4viGDA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Back
when Bob Dylan was a teenager named Robert Zimmerman growing up in
Hibbing, Minnesota, he and his guitar-playing pal Ric Kangas laid down a
few tracks in 1959 using Kangas' reel-to-reel tape recorder." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Back
when Bob Dylan was a teenager named Robert Zimmerman growing up in
Hibbing, Minnesota, he and his guitar-playing pal Ric Kangas laid down a
few tracks in 1959 using Kangas' reel-to-reel tape recorder.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cher cleans out closets for Sotheby's, Julien's
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/music_nm/cher_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t183641_450x404_us_cher.jpg?x=130&y=116&sig=iOECwgI.R42bQq3KpjRKdA--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Cher (L) and Christina Aguilera pose backstage at the Agent Provocateur fashion show of the fall 2006 collection at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, California, March 20, 2006. Cher is auctioning hundreds of personal items. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - We love you Cher. But do we love
you enough to spend $800 for your high school yearbook or $700
for a pair of Sonny's brown fur boots or up to $6,000 for one
of your many Bob Mackie-designed gowns?</p><br clear="all"/>
Elton John gives advice to Whitney, Clay
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_en_mu/people_john"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.c8effd8184fd4969973cfff8da7adda5.people_elton_john_ny135.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=OoS7UQ5.n_hLIXnE6swlpg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Elton John arrives at the Fashion Rocks concert, in this Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006 file photo at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The ever-opinionated popster weighs in on a variety of subjects in a two-part 'Access Hollywood' interview, including Whitney Houston and Clay Aiken. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - How wonderful celeb news is when Elton John's in the world. The ever-opinionated popster weighs in on a variety of subjects in a two-part "Access Hollywood" interview, including Whitney Houston and Clay Aiken.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin Holds Off Clay, Fergie
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060927/en_music_eo/20117"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060928/capt.0e12060731e3316a9572dc650722a614.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=j5g4i85Fp7kdCjTJr8MTqg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Clay Aiken just got another dose of the runner-up blues." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Clay Aiken just got another dose of the runner-up blues.</p><br clear="all"/>
Real `Itsy Bitsy' songwriter still alive
(AP)
AP - The man who co-wrote the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary — the result of an impostor who went through life claiming to be the author of the 1960s smash hit.
Snow Patrol basks in acclaim on delayed tour
(Reuters)
Reuters - During numerous points
in Snow Patrol's 80-minute set Tuesday, frontman Gary Lightbody
raved about the California sunshine. Yet in the first of two
shows at the Wiltern, it wasn't the sunshine but a hero's
welcome that Lightbody and his four bandmates basked in.
Timberlake, Aiken lead U.S. pop album charts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Amid debuts by several major new
releases this week, Justin Timberlake narrowly managed to hold
on to the top spot on the U.S. pop album charts, according to
sales data published by Billboard Wednesday.
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