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Gibson: I haven't had a drink in 65 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mo/gibson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.d8a6f5408b6143d5a51e12cced1f1960.mel_gibson_redemption_la201.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DG0h5Ub5J.2QWdbn3UIsqA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by ABC, co-host Diane Sawyer, right, talks with actor Mel Gibson during a two-part interview that will air on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' on Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. This is the first time Gibson has talked to the media since his drunken-driving arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic tirade on July 28. (AP Photo/ABC, Rick Rowell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard." In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.</p><br clear="all"/>
Malawian claims Madonna adopted his son
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_ce/malawi_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.f1c2aeb48c0a4b8fa2794bcd66ad0810.madonna_malawi_nyol932.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=Om_QIQwbTkNaG3hfe5e_2A--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Pop star Madonna walks between cars to avoid photographers at the end of her visit to the Kondanani orphanage in Bvumbwe, on the outskirt of Malawi's commercial capital Blantyre, Thursday Oct. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna has adopted a 1-year-old Malawian boy whose mother died a month after childbirth, the baby's father claimed Tuesday, saying he was happy his son was escaping poverty.</p><br clear="all"/>
China cancels Jay-Z's Shanghai concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mu/china_jay_z"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.879fc724cedc45489cc3db9798f9c7c7.south_africa_jay_z_xth108.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=gboa45TMVCbt.0QSqPizzw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="American rapper Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, President and CEO of Def Jam Records, arrives at a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, ahead of his concert in Cape Town on Wednesday, Oct. 11. His trip to Africa is part of his collaboration with UN and MTV to raise awareness of the worldwide water crisis. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Culture Ministry has canceled rapper Jay-Z's planned debut in China, citing his "vulgar" lyrics, a state-run newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ellen DeGeneres becomes a virtual seal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_ce/people_degeneres"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.ebb7859102fb40c79220246be48ac2eb.people_degeneres_ny117.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=oakgW6eO2iB6nfHj2QHaTA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Ellen DeGeneres, host of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' is shown in Los Angeles in this, April 28, 2006, file photo. DeGeneres will become a virtual seal who heads up an environmentally conscious flock on the California Bay as part of a new Web site. She is lending her famous name to Dawn Saves Wildlife, a Web-based program to educate visitors about how they can help save the environment and protect aquatic animals from pollution. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Before she takes on the Oscars, Ellen DeGeneres is going to frolic with some coastal wildlife. The 48-year-old comedian will become a "virtual seal" who heads up an environmentally conscious flock on the California Bay as part of a new Web site. The site includes an animated seal named after DeGeneres that promotes wildlife preservation as it shimmies along a cartoon seashore.</p><br clear="all"/>
Streisand has outburst at NYC concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_en_ce/people_streisand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.da440e881c4f4301a579dc13afa1e3a2.barbra_streisand_concert_nyr109.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=eznuFAoaOG3cxj1wX.mGgg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden, Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - The most riveting moment of Barbra Streisand's Madison Square Garden concert was one of the only unscripted ones. Streisand endured jeers as she interjected a political skit into Monday night's show, exchanging zingers with a celebrity impersonator playing George Bush as a bumbling idiot.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibson: I haven't had a drink in 65 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mo/gibson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.d8a6f5408b6143d5a51e12cced1f1960.mel_gibson_redemption_la201.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DG0h5Ub5J.2QWdbn3UIsqA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by ABC, co-host Diane Sawyer, right, talks with actor Mel Gibson during a two-part interview that will air on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' on Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. This is the first time Gibson has talked to the media since his drunken-driving arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic tirade on July 28. (AP Photo/ABC, Rick Rowell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard." In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.</p><br clear="all"/>
China cancels Jay-Z's Shanghai concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mu/china_jay_z"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.879fc724cedc45489cc3db9798f9c7c7.south_africa_jay_z_xth108.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=gboa45TMVCbt.0QSqPizzw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="American rapper Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, President and CEO of Def Jam Records, arrives at a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, ahead of his concert in Cape Town on Wednesday, Oct. 11. His trip to Africa is part of his collaboration with UN and MTV to raise awareness of the worldwide water crisis. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Culture Ministry has canceled rapper Jay-Z's planned debut in China, citing his "vulgar" lyrics, a state-run newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Who's next: "CSI" role for Daltrey
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/tv_nm/csi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t035356_450x322_us_csi.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SKKzMDe2uRzc5Jmtbj7K5Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Roger Daltrey of The Who performs during the Paleo festival in Nyon, Switzerland, July 21, 2006. His voice opens every episode of the 'CSI' franchise. Now Daltrey will appear on the mothership series, 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.' (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - His voice opens every
episode of the "CSI" franchise. Now the Who lead singer Roger
Daltrey will appear on the mothership series, "CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation."</p><br clear="all"/>
News Corp. wins Times Square screen
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp. has taken over
the programming of a giant screen in Times Square and has
started offering news, sports and other content from across its
operations.
Reggaeton superstar launches U.S. theater tour
(Reuters)
Reuters - With the kickoff of his King of Kings
tour October 13 in Atlanta, Don Omar will become the first
reggaeton artist since Daddy Yankee to headline an extensive,
expensive U.S. trek.
Gibson: I haven't had a drink in 65 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mo/gibson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.d8a6f5408b6143d5a51e12cced1f1960.mel_gibson_redemption_la201.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DG0h5Ub5J.2QWdbn3UIsqA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by ABC, co-host Diane Sawyer, right, talks with actor Mel Gibson during a two-part interview that will air on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' on Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. This is the first time Gibson has talked to the media since his drunken-driving arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic tirade on July 28. (AP Photo/ABC, Rick Rowell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard." In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.</p><br clear="all"/>
Speedman talking with "Strangers"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Scott Speedman is starring
opposite Liv Tyler in the suspense thriller "Strangers."
China spurns Hollywood in hunt for red October
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/film_nm/china_film_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t035059_450x349_us_china_film.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=qEXFHAvxZ5F084kd2YK6tA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Actors Jamie Foxx (L) and Colin Farrell, stars of the action film 'Miami Vice,' pose together at the film's premiere in Los Angeles July 20, 2006. China's 'October Golden Autumn Excellent Domestic Film Exhibition Month', a campaign launched by several state-backed film organisations showcasing 10 local films, has delayed releases of blockbuster 'Miami Vice' and Oliver Stone's 'World Trade Center', local media reported. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China's Ministry of Culture has
movie-goers seeing red this month, after launching a campaign
to promote home-made films celebrating China's revolutionary
past and heroic figures at the expense of Hollywood movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amy Adams joins "Cleaning" crew
(Reuters)
Reuters - Academy Award-nominated
actress Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in "Sunshine
Cleaning," an indie feature about two sisters who start a crime
scene cleanup business.
Carradine, Romijn dive into "Lake"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rebecca Romijn and Keith
Carradine are joining Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity and Dave
Matthews in the drama "Lake City."
Weisz pulls off "Brothers" con
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/film_nm/weisz_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t014041_450x295_us_weisz.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=wv3CWzEIMAOKr7aqNBtvbQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Rachel Weisz poses at the premiere of 'The Fountain' at the Elgin theatre during the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 12, 2006. Weisz will star in 'The Brothers Bloom,' an international con man adventure scheduled to start production across 12 countries in Europe and Asia next February. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar winner Rachel
Weisz will star in "The Brothers Bloom," an international con
man adventure scheduled to start production across 12 countries
in Europe and Asia next February.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Mermaid" DVD sells 4 million copies in week
(Reuters)
Reuters - Seventeen years after
its theatrical debut, Walt Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is
making a big splash on DVD.
Columbus Day holiday boosts box office leaders
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t003433_450x326_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=I4BzdDxDke5VvDAUJmXr.g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Cast member Leonardo DiCaprio attends an industry screening of 'The Departed' at the Director's Guild theatre in Los Angeles October 5, 2006. Columbus Day delivered about $4 million to Martin Scorsese's 'Departed,' bringing the Warner Bros. crime drama's four-day weekend gross to an impressive $30.7 million. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Columbus Day was very
good to new box office champ "The Departed" and the film it
replaced last weekend, "Open Season."</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibson sorry for anti-Semitic "stupid rambling"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/film_nm/gibson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_10t155743_450x325_us_gibson.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=bsPf5BsikPfrGbkZkIgMvg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Actor Mel Gibson is interviewed by ABC's 'Good Morning America' host Diane Sawyer in a photo released to Reuters October 10, 2006. (Rick Rowell/ABC/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor Mel Gibson says his
anti-Semitic outburst when stopped by police over the summer
was "just the stupid rambling of a drunkard," and he does not
want the public to think of him as a monster.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google seen inheriting YouTube's legal challenges
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/film_nm/media_google_legal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_10t202251_450x326_us_media_google_legal.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=qR8ZL30epURhq8MZcU8tOw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="The youtube.com website, which grew in 19 months from a start-up in a garage to serving 100 million videos daily. (Youtube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc., no stranger to lawsuits,
may find a whole new class of complainers lining up for a check
after the Web search leader buys video entertainment site
YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>
China cancels Jay-Z's Shanghai concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_en_mu/china_jay_z"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061010/capt.879fc724cedc45489cc3db9798f9c7c7.south_africa_jay_z_xth108.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=gboa45TMVCbt.0QSqPizzw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="American rapper Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, President and CEO of Def Jam Records, arrives at a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, ahead of his concert in Cape Town on Wednesday, Oct. 11. His trip to Africa is part of his collaboration with UN and MTV to raise awareness of the worldwide water crisis. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Culture Ministry has canceled rapper Jay-Z's planned debut in China, citing his "vulgar" lyrics, a state-run newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
India.Arie's "Hair" returns to original color
(Reuters)
Reuters - Soul diva India.Arie says a
previously unreleased version of her song "I Am Not My Hair"
will finally be heard -- in a new Lifetime Television movie,
"Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy."
Best Buy making music with RealNetworks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/music_nm/bestbuy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061005/i/r3059389694.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=.aWNRRrPI3YGFdT_ZxRMiQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A Best Buy store in an undated image. The company on Thursday said it will introduce a new music service with digital music player maker SanDisk and music software company RealNetworks to create the latest competing service to Apple's iPod and iTunes combination. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CD retail giant Best Buy is getting
into the digital music business. But unlike other
brick-and-mortar merchants building their own solutions, Best
Buy is partnering with an established brand in the digital
space, RealNetworks, to launch its store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie labels thrive in the Great White North
(Reuters)
Reuters - From the windswept island of
Newfoundland across the rolling prairies to the northern Yukon
province, flourishing Canadian labels are offering an outlet to
local traditional and folk-styled artists.
Reggaeton superstar launches U.S. theater tour
(Reuters)
Reuters - With the kickoff of his King of Kings
tour October 13 in Atlanta, Don Omar will become the first
reggaeton artist since Daddy Yankee to headline an extensive,
expensive U.S. trek.
Fray's "Anatomy"; TV exposure boosts band
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" have
been given a crash course in rock band the Fray, thanks to a
pair of videos produced by the broadcast network and the
group's Epic Records label.
My Chemical Romance graduates to platinum stardom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Four years ago, My Chemical
Romance was playing in New Jersey dives, churning out
metal-laced punk anthems about murder and vampires. Eyeball
Records founder Alex Saavedra signed the band to his small
independent label, but felt from the start that the group
wouldn't be sticking around.
Classic rock driving ringtone growth
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/music_nm/mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_10t221129_450x336_us_mobile.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=PC5o3fBZG.g8pKcq4HNDnQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="(L-R) Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore, members of the music group 'The Doors' in an undated publicity photo. Rhino in the coming weeks will begin airing TV commercials supported by viral Internet ads promoting mobile content from the band -- currently its best-selling mobile catalogue act. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While hip-hop acts may rule
today's ringtone charts, yesterday's stars are introducing the
format to a broader audience and drive tomorrow's growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Want tunes with those fries?
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/music_nm/mcdonalds_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060929/capt.sge.sdi73.290906022559.photo00.photo.default-413x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=cHKdfugmMSqs2k.ylIYAIg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="A customer enters McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. A US doctors' group has sued seven leading fast-food chains including McDonald's and Burger King over their use of a "dangerous carcinogenic" in grilled chicken.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - McDonald's has begun testing an
in-store digital media service called m-Venue, offering music
and video content from Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and
others.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sirius straps on Stiletto for portable use
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/music_nm/sirius_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060922/2006_09_20t114309_450x260_us_media_sirius_opera.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=eI0RWtRsjOhTrgoKqsMZ5g--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="A Sirius Satellite Radio device is seen in an undated publicity photo. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Wednesday said it will launch a channel programmed primarily by New York's Metropolitan Opera, which will feature live and archived broadcasts. (PRNewsFoto/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. has
stepped into the portable live radio ring with the introduction
of the Stiletto 100.</p><br clear="all"/>
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