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Ratings tell mixed story about Couric's success
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/en_nm/couric_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061005/i/r2666932978.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=y8ly5ymNC36zTOtzrvtBsg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="News anchor Katie Couric gestures during a CBS News panel at the 'Television Critics Association' summer 2006 media tour in Pasadena, California, in this July 16, 2006 file photo. A month after Couric's heavily promoted debut as anchor of the 'CBS Evening News,' the viewership ratings presented by Nielsen Media Research offer a mixed message about the extent of her success. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File photo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A month after Katie Couric's
heavily promoted debut as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," the
viewership ratings presented by Nielsen Media Research offer a
mixed message about the extent of her success.</p><br clear="all"/>
Barbra Streisand snipes at Bush in concert
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/en_nm/leisure_streisand_tour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_05t023838_320x450_us_leisure_streisand_tour.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=.C2g9IRuJozEWPH_x_mn_A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Barbra Streisand sings the first song on the opening night of her North American tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4, 2006. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barbra Streisand opened her first
U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a show that ridiculed
her political nemesis, President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna denies adopting baby boy in Malawi
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/en_nm/madonna_malawi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061004/2006_10_04t083032_450x363_us_madonna_malawi.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=SP25ghLLBxuyDgtyGr7g0A--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Madonna performs during her 'Confessions' tour in Tokyo September 20, 2006. Madonna arrived in Malawi on Wednesday to adopt an African child and fund an orphan centre for 1,000 children, many of whom lost parents to AIDS. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A spokeswoman for Madonna on
Wednesday denied claims by officials in the African nation of
Malawi that the pop star had adopted a one-year-old orphan boy
there.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chart-topper Ludacris gets hands on "Claus"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/en_nm/ludacris_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_05t015236_302x450_us_ludacris.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=0il.iXVBubQ3ZP17h_pL6g--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Rapper Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges arrives at a record release party for Janet Jackson's new album '20 Y.O.' in New York September 26, 2006. 'Ludacris', who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy 'Fred Claus.' (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper Chris "Ludacris"
Bridges, who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined
Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy "Fred Claus."</p><br clear="all"/>
Keith Richards embarrassed about tree incident
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/en_nm/stones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_04t195331_450x335_us_stones.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=l1CcRLcxZy_cDZ.Jk7dP.Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs onstage during a concert at Twickenham stadium August 20, 2006. An embarrassed Richards says he was merely sitting on a tree stump rather than climbing up a lofty palm tree when he fell and hit his head while on vacation in Fiji in April. (Leon Neal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An embarrassed Keith Richards says
he was merely sitting on a tree stump rather than climbing up a
lofty palm tree when he fell and hit his head while on vacation
in Fiji in April.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trio sign up for "Alien vs. Predator" sequel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shareeka Epps, John
Ortiz and Johnny Lewis have been cast in "Alien vs. Predator:
Survival of the Fittest."
Barbra Streisand snipes at Bush in concert
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/music_nm/leisure_streisand_tour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_05t023838_320x450_us_leisure_streisand_tour.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=.C2g9IRuJozEWPH_x_mn_A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Barbra Streisand sings the first song on the opening night of her North American tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4, 2006. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barbra Streisand opened her first
U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a show that ridiculed
her political nemesis, President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
TBS orders pilot from Blue Collar comic
(Reuters)
Reuters - TBS has given a pilot
script order to a half-hour family comedy starring Bill
Engvall, one of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedians.
Judy Greer returns to school for ABC comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Judy Greer will star in
the ABC comedy pilot "Miss/Guided," playing a woman who returns
to her high school alma mater to become a guidance counselor.
Chemo has long-term impact on brain function: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chemotherapy causes changes in the
brain's metabolism and blood flow that can last as long as 10
years, a discovery that may explain the mental fog and
confusion that affect many cancer survivors, researchers said
on Thursday.
Trio sign up for "Alien vs. Predator" sequel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shareeka Epps, John
Ortiz and Johnny Lewis have been cast in "Alien vs. Predator:
Survival of the Fittest."
Spacek, Garrity jumping in "Lake"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity
and musician Dave Matthews are set to star in the indie family
drama "Lake City."
McConaughey commits to football film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061005/ap_en_mo/people_mcconaughey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061005/capt.b1f7c9756c184184bcf828bac5cf9dbb.marshall_movie_football_wvjg111.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=dFIiglUg11zhJBgqE_xiog--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Actor Matthew McConaughey hangs out on the sidelines during the Central Florida-Marshall college football game Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va. McConaughey was on hand to promote his movie 'We Are Marshall' premiering in December which tells the story of a rebuilding year after a 1970 plane crash killed much of that year's Thundering Herd football team and several community members. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Matthew McConaughey says he immediately committed to a role in the upcoming film "We Are Marshall" after reading the script.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chart-topper Ludacris gets hands on "Claus"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/film_nm/ludacris_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_05t015236_302x450_us_ludacris.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=0il.iXVBubQ3ZP17h_pL6g--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Rapper Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges arrives at a record release party for Janet Jackson's new album '20 Y.O.' in New York September 26, 2006. 'Ludacris', who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy 'Fred Claus.' (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper Chris "Ludacris"
Bridges, who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined
Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy "Fred Claus."</p><br clear="all"/>
Costner and the Supremes
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20061004/en_movies_eo/20164"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20061005/capt.8c600114d2c673a5dd261ee6e9ccd45a.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=XVS8udpH_ygeoPHY.jiDSg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Forget the buffalo, Kevin Costner is doing some legal wrangling in
South Dakota these days." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Forget the buffalo, Kevin Costner is doing some legal wrangling in
South Dakota these days.</p><br clear="all"/>
How to play the Queen: Hold your head high
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/film_nm/leisure_queen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_04t194804_450x300_us_leisure_queen.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=umFswpjPQgju2TheS1hY3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British actress Helen Mirren arrives for the British premiere of 'The Queen' at the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London September 13, 2006. Mirren has a secret that could make her a major player in the race for Oscars -- if you are going to play Britain's ruling Queen, keep your head high. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British actress Helen Mirren has a
secret that could make her a major player in the race for
Oscars -- if you are going to play Britain's ruling Queen, keep
your head high.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carrey, Diaz Don't Got "Game"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20061004/en_movies_eo/20161"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20061005/capt.bf65c4e3235cb4df261e8858aa561557.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=X4h2tiyXCVgQ.x1dOxr3iA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The A-listers, who were planning to reunite onscreen for the
first time since 1994's smash The Mask, have pulled out of Focus
Features' dramedy A Little Game Without Consequence less than a
month before filming was set to get underway, the studio confirmed
Wednesday." border="0" /></a>E! Online - The A-listers, who were planning to reunite onscreen for the
first time since 1994's smash The Mask, have pulled out of Focus
Features' dramedy A Little Game Without Consequence less than a
month before filming was set to get underway, the studio confirmed
Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson your 'normal' superstar
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_en_mo/film_jessica_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.e888b41429214eb1bdd8b82427598493.film_jessica_simpson_la105.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=sKL_CNSPznqYtbI5TIYgeA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Actress Jessica Simpson arrives for the premiere of 'Employee of the Month' Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Her role in the film as discount-store cashier is an intentional departure from her sexy stint as Daisy Duke in last year's 'Dukes of Hazzard.' (AP Photo/Chris Polk)" border="0" /></a>AP - She's a pop singer, a pinup-worthy beauty and a paparazzi favorite, but Jessica Simpson insists she's just "a normal girl."</p><br clear="all"/>
There's no faking it in `Shortbus'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_en_mo/film_porn_or_art"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.26f64a0d0d87411bacae510b85c6349f.shortbus_nyol206.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=0OBLe_cPc.mSZDPHXhF1tQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Thinkfilm, Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee) and Rob (Raphael Barker) navigate between the paths of sex and love in modern day New York City in 'Shortbus.' When the long-married couple bounces all over the bed in every imaginable position that's all real sex, not simulated. But writer-director John Cameron Mitchell says his intention is to educate, not titillate. (AP Photo/ThinkFilm)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a longtime married couple bounces all over the bed in every imaginable position in "Shortbus," or when a particularly limber character bends into a yoga pose that proves he, um, never has to leave the house, that's all real sex, not simulated. But writer-director John Cameron Mitchell says his intention is to educate, not titillate.</p><br clear="all"/>
Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Paramount Vantage has
purchased the horror script "Details" from writer Dan Kay.
Barbra Streisand snipes at Bush in concert
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061005/music_nm/leisure_streisand_tour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061005/2006_10_05t023838_320x450_us_leisure_streisand_tour.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=.C2g9IRuJozEWPH_x_mn_A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Barbra Streisand sings the first song on the opening night of her North American tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4, 2006. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barbra Streisand opened her first
U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a show that ridiculed
her political nemesis, President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna Makes Like Angelina?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20061005/en_music_eo/20162"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20061005/capt.2a2847e6f93f37c48af45feb53bd224e.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=1_zpzSn__G8cCfOmZEgq5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Most people return home from trips abroad with snow globes and
Toblerone. Needless to say, Madonna is not most people." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Most people return home from trips abroad with snow globes and
Toblerone. Needless to say, Madonna is not most people.</p><br clear="all"/>
Killers, Tool, Jet booked for Down Under fest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/music_nm/bigdayout_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060923/i/r4260391455.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=j4sLmR.FnTTHJf57_t_6Kg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="David Keuning (L) and Brandon Flowers (R) of the Killers perform at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Killers, Tool, Jet, Muse and My
Chemical Romance are among the first acts confirmed for the
15th annual Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New
Zealand, which begins January 19 in Auckland.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ludacris Controls Janet
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20061004/en_music_eo/20165"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eo/20061005/capt.4a6724e724cb40745aa9ced77caab479.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=zEqTmi1AfcPCDZDSMxFU.A--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Something funny happened on Janet Jackson's way back to number one.
Make that something Ludacris..." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Something funny happened on Janet Jackson's way back to number one.
Make that something Ludacris...</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna visits Malawi, may adopt child
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.ec1e7fdd9e514990ac24e6f1425b2311.madonna_and_child_nyol200.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=.DnzqD8RsjRSmFwYY4wt2A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Madonna appears backstage at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo taken in Los Angeles. Malawi government officials say the popstar has arrived in the African country and intends to adopt a child there. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna arrived in Malawi on Wednesday on a mission to help AIDS orphans — and may leave with a child adopted in this impoverished southern African country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chart-toppers Ludacris, Janet suffer lower sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/music_nm/sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061004/2006_10_04t163731_450x331_us_sales.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=aFYt6phZfeeNGUY6Rf_dbg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges smiles at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while Janet Jackson's new release opened with her lowest numbers in almost a decade, Billboard reported. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper Ludacris scored his third
No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while Janet
Jackson's new release opened with her lowest numbers in almost
a decade, Billboard reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Review: Strait a 'Natural' on CD
(AP)
AP - George Strait, "It Just Comes Natural" (MCA)
Paris Hilton says Shanna Moakler hit her
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_en_mu/people_hilton_moakler"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.2d614c7f3bfe4d0c8cc6a1249afe9fad.people_hilton_moakler_ny119.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=2L8P2BB7UWo_NomYj51kfw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker arriving at the 33rd Annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in a November 22, 2005 file photo in Los Angeles, Ca. Moakler, who's husband Barker filed for divorce in August of 2006, was involved in a nightclub fracas in Hollywood with Paris Hilton early Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, 2006 morning. In September, Barker was apparently videotaped kissing Hilton. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton claimed former beauty queen Shanna Moakler punched her in the face at a Hollywood nightclub early Wednesday, police and Hilton's publicist said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson your `normal' superstar
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_en_mu/film_jessica_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.e888b41429214eb1bdd8b82427598493.film_jessica_simpson_la105.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=sKL_CNSPznqYtbI5TIYgeA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Actress Jessica Simpson arrives for the premiere of 'Employee of the Month' Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Her role in the film as discount-store cashier is an intentional departure from her sexy stint as Daisy Duke in last year's 'Dukes of Hazzard.' (AP Photo/Chris Polk)" border="0" /></a>AP - She's a pop singer, a pinup-worthy beauty and a paparazzi favorite, but Jessica Simpson insists she's just "a normal girl."</p><br clear="all"/>
Bob Seger touring for first time since 1996
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bob Seger will launch his first
tour in 10 years on November 8 in his home state of Michigan,
his representatives said on Tuesday.
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