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Madonna and Janet Jackson records topple Britney
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/en_nm/guinness_celebrities_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t231754_450x271_us_guinness_celebrities.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5N4PL0LAy8TnVkNKdTZkfg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Singer Janet Jackson performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII, February 1, 2004. Jackson turned heads on Sunday night during a half-time appearance with Justin Timberlake. Just as their came to its close, Timberlake reached for Jackson and tore part of her black leather bustier, revealing one breast. Jackson's wardrobe malfunction landed her in the Guinness World Records. (Win McNamee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Madonna's pay-packet, Janet Jackson's
malfunctioning wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and
Sigourney Weaver's height all have one thing in common --
they're world record breakers.</p><br clear="all"/>
O'Brien wins bluegrass song of the year
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_en_mu/music_bluegrass_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060929/capt.7f5aac7d65244923b534e66d72a7fbed.music_bluegrass_awards_tnmh106.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=I.ftpmZSrbxQ90zsB33J3w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Doyle Lawson, left, and his band, Quicksilver, perform at the International Bluegrass Music Awards show Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tim O'Brien won song of the year and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder earned instrumental group of the year for the eighth straight time at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miles Davis inducted into RockWalk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_en_mu/people_miles_davis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.a01beccb88af41d7aaac1d2cfa8cee68.people_miles_davis_la108.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=ICzjUb2MGWgOJNWro1ej_w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Trumpeter Chris Botti, left, and musician George Duke, right, pose for a photo with Frances Davis, former wife of late jazz musician Miles Davis, during a ceremony Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, inducting Miles posthumously into Hollywood's RockWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter, Cheryl.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis Presley fan club revived in Tupelo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_mu/elvis_club"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.45d86fb8da47433f808e7f7b239a015b.elvis_club_ny133.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=I.1v_B6NvIb2YvQ4pePa_g--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This 1958 photo provided by RCA Victor shows Elvis Presley. Fifty years after the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll' played at a fair in his birthplace, the long-defunct Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club has been revived. (AP Photo/RCA Victor)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fifty years after the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" played at a fair in his birthplace, the long-defunct Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club has been revived.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ugly Betty' promoters hit N.Y. streets
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_tv/ugly_betty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.51059f7bcb7944fda9c9e06d367b1ac1.tv_ugly_betty_nyma107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9AWWdUyQuEk77jf6frFdFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actresses dressed as the character Betty Suarez hand out resumes and compact mirrors in New York's Times Square Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. The actresses were promoting the new ABC show 'Ugly Betty' which premiers tonight Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - A hundred actresses dressed up as ABC's version of ugly descended upon New York's key tourist spots Thursday to promote "Ugly Betty," the American take take on a hit Colombian TV series that has become popular throughout the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sex film "Shortbus" steers clear of controversy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/film_nm/shortbus_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060908/i/r187744004.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=zK9RB0iwZiOII6mpfOVmGQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Canadian actress Sook-Yin Lee (L) and director John Cameron Mitchell listen to a question during a news conference discussing their new film 'Shortbus' at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 8, 2006. The festival runs from September 7-16. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It's got sex, lots of
sex. In fact, the whole movie is about sex and, from the start,
was conceived to test boundaries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Don Ho released from Honolulu hospital
(AP)
AP - Don Ho was released from a hospital Thursday following a two-week stay after having a new pacemaker installed.
Fox, Smigel share "Animals" passion
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fox is developing a
cartoon series with Robert Smigel, the comedian famed for the
foul-mouthed puppet Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.
Warner Bros. enlists "Superman" in war on piracy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros.'s home video unit and
its Chinese partner on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to
fight DVD piracy in China by selling disks earlier, at lower
prices and in more stores than before with the backing of
government officials.
Playwrights Horizons Gives Barfield Off-Broadway Debut With 'Blue Door'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tanya Barfield's two-actor play, Blue Door, about a prominent African-American mathematician in crisis, begins its New York premiere Sept. 28 at Playwrights Horizons.
Sex film "Shortbus" steers clear of controversy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/film_nm/shortbus_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060908/i/r187744004.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=zK9RB0iwZiOII6mpfOVmGQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Canadian actress Sook-Yin Lee (L) and director John Cameron Mitchell listen to a question during a news conference discussing their new film 'Shortbus' at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 8, 2006. The festival runs from September 7-16. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It's got sex, lots of
sex. In fact, the whole movie is about sex and, from the start,
was conceived to test boundaries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rowan Atkinson shines in English black comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Keeping Mum" takes the
position that a family in crisis does not need a Dr.
Stone: Bush has set U.S. back 10 years
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_en_mo/film_oliver_stone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.0881b658eab342158588272e8f233f9a.spain_film_festival_pw807.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=pnPBwef7xGCyjN40DU_CDQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="U.S. film director Oliver Stone speaks at the San Sebastian film festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Thursday Sept. 28, 2006. Stone is attending the film festival to promote his latest movie 'World Trade Center'. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Filmmaker Oliver Stone blasted President Bush Thursday, saying he has "set America back 10 years." Stone added that he is "ashamed for my country" over the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in response to the attacks of Sept. 11.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hamptons film fest fetes Burstyn, Altman
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Hamptons International
Film Festival will bestow a career achievement award on Ellen
Burstyn, who reunites with her "Requiem for a Dream" director
Darren Aronofsky in the upcoming release "The Fountain."
Indie producer took long path to Hollywood throne
(Reuters)
Reuters - One measure of a
producer is the movies that wouldn't have gotten made without
him. In the past decade, British-born independent producer and
international sales impresario Graham King has backed 10
movies. Since 2001, four of them -- "Traffic," "Ali," "Gangs of
New York" and "The Aviator" -- have earned 28 Oscar nominations
and nine wins.
Visual effects maven ensnared by "Spiderwick"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of menacing movie
varmints bow down before visual effects wizard Phil Tippett.
White House gates shut to "Kazakh reporter" comic
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/film_nm/life_borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t173853_450x310_us_life_borat.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=6BaSan3rITkg8uPEhZ6eBQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the role of fictitious Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev attempts to deliver an invitation for his new movie 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' to US President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, September 28, 2006. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Borat, the fictional TV reporter
from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh
officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the
White House.</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/20060929/en_movies_eo/20118"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20060929/capt.0182d6dae82e1329b5dd971fbd827949.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=AAXRPvHVUzw9k0fus8ZJ.Q--" 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"/>
`Volver' is Spain's candidate for Oscar
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_mo/people_almodovar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.bd8436a3beb147ef92117e4669c17be9.people_almodovar_can195.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=99byPirnjtiJKs4SlGXFug--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Spanish director Pedro Almodovar accepts the best screenplay award during the awards ceremony at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Almodovar's film 'Volver' _ a comic drama about women making do without men _ was chosen Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 to represent Spain among movies vying to be candidates for the Oscar for best foreign film. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" — a comic drama about women making do without men — has been chosen to represent Spain among movies vying to be candidates for the best foreign film Oscar.</p><br clear="all"/>
NY festival tie boosts Rome film competition debut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/film_nm/leisure_newyork_rome_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t200119_450x300_us_leisure_newyork_rome.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4DdPisxXWFVoca5BI9XJIQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni (L) listens as actor Robert De Niro speaks during a news conference to discuss the partnership between the Rome Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival in New York September 28, 2006. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor Robert De Niro and the growing
Tribeca Film Festival he founded gave support on Thursday to
Rome's new international film competition ahead of its debut in
mid-October.</p><br clear="all"/>
Don Ho released from Honolulu hospital
(AP)
AP - Don Ho was released from a hospital Thursday following a two-week stay after having a new pacemaker installed.
O'Brien wins bluegrass song of the year
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_en_mu/music_bluegrass_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060929/capt.7f5aac7d65244923b534e66d72a7fbed.music_bluegrass_awards_tnmh106.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=I.ftpmZSrbxQ90zsB33J3w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Doyle Lawson, left, and his band, Quicksilver, perform at the International Bluegrass Music Awards show Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tim O'Brien won song of the year and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder earned instrumental group of the year for the eighth straight time at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna and Janet Jackson records topple Britney
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/music_nm/guinness_celebrities_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t231754_450x271_us_guinness_celebrities.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5N4PL0LAy8TnVkNKdTZkfg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Singer Janet Jackson performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII, February 1, 2004. Jackson turned heads on Sunday night during a half-time appearance with Justin Timberlake. Just as their came to its close, Timberlake reached for Jackson and tore part of her black leather bustier, revealing one breast. Jackson's wardrobe malfunction landed her in the Guinness World Records. (Win McNamee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Madonna's pay-packet, Janet Jackson's
malfunctioning wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and
Sigourney Weaver's height all have one thing in common --
they're world record breakers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Songwriter P.F. Sloan in rare hometown gig
(Reuters)
Reuters - P.F. Sloan secured his
place in pop history just by writing Barry McGuire's "Eve of
Destruction" and Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man," two
different yet iconic 1960s hits. His checkered and often
mysterious career also included founding the Grass Roots, plus
writing-producing with Steve Barri for numerous other acts.
John Mayer one of music's premier talents
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/music_nm/review_music_mayer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060916/i/r1835791662.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=ZbYsR094BiaYtcOHwsRx4w--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Singer John Mayer performs during a free outdoor concert to promote his new album 'Continuum' in Toronto September 16, 2006. REUTERS/Mike Cassese (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When John Mayer
accepted the Grammy for best male pop vocal performance in 2003
for "Your Body Is a Wonderland," he promised to someday "catch
up" to the award, which he won over the likes of Sting and
Elton John. During a near-capacity show at the Verizon
Amphitheater on Wednesday night, he not only caught up to the
recognition but left it in his rearview mirror as he delivered
a set that would have left his fellow nominees proud.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Manilow DVD showcases first, last shows
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/music_nm/manilow_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t210007_450x330_us_manilow.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=jfjo1oAnwW4jgDFBeY1VLA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Musician Barry Manilow waits to enter the Governors Ball after the 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles August 27, 2006. Two very different milestones in Manilow's performing career have been joined for the DVD 'First and Farewell,' due in stores October 31. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two very different milestones in
Barry Manilow's performing career have been joined for the DVD
"First & Farewell," due in stores October 31.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sets $250 price for Zune, songs for 99 cents
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/music_nm/zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_28t201612_450x296_us_zune.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Ro9lCgxWmgCOq48pZ.96RQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its
new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple
Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose
money this holiday season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miles Davis inducted into RockWalk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_en_mu/people_miles_davis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.a01beccb88af41d7aaac1d2cfa8cee68.people_miles_davis_la108.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=ICzjUb2MGWgOJNWro1ej_w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Trumpeter Chris Botti, left, and musician George Duke, right, pose for a photo with Frances Davis, former wife of late jazz musician Miles Davis, during a ceremony Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, inducting Miles posthumously into Hollywood's RockWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter, Cheryl.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stones tix going for a song in Montana
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_mu/rolling_stones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.64eaaeb4b4454a86b29e4bfac896b651.aptopix_rolling_stones_njbk102.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=YIWe_IYO5ZRmdf7earflzQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Mick Jagger, left, and guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform, Wednesday night, Sept. 27, 2006 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /></a>AP - You can't always get what you want when the Rolling Stones are set to play a small Montana city and you're trying to unload your concert tickets.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis Presley fan club revived in Tupelo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_en_mu/elvis_club"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.45d86fb8da47433f808e7f7b239a015b.elvis_club_ny133.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=I.1v_B6NvIb2YvQ4pePa_g--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This 1958 photo provided by RCA Victor shows Elvis Presley. Fifty years after the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll' played at a fair in his birthplace, the long-defunct Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club has been revived. (AP Photo/RCA Victor)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fifty years after the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" played at a fair in his birthplace, the long-defunct Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club has been revived.</p><br clear="all"/>
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