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CBGB hosts last concert before eviction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_en_mu/music_cbgb_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.c8281eaf31f445198d42c0722d824233.cbgb_finale_nyar103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PFKFfIPyz8lyYzAA39JXoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="CBGB fans gather outside of the iconic New York club to attend its final concert on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in New York. A homeless advocacy group, which owns the property, is not renewing CBGB's lease. It expired in August 2005. The grungy club, which has been a fixture in downtown New York, will close October 31st. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)" border="0" /></a>AP - CBGB hosted its final concert Sunday night after a 33-year residence in downtown New York as the iconic, grungy bastion of punk.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Grudge 2' scares up $22M at box office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061012/capt.aac6bece20dd486e87731ac2f975b644.the_grudge_2_arielle_kebbel_nyr111.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=HGIyApel6VcCp.fbbAoy9w--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Planet Hollywood, actress Arielle Kebbel poses with a poster of her new film 'The Grudge 2' in New York's Planet Hollywood, on Wednesday, Oct. 11 2006. The sequel to the 2004 film opens on Friday Oct. 13th. (AP Photo/Albert Ferreira, Planet Hollywood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Early Halloween spirit gripped movie audiences as the fright flick "The Grudge 2" debuted at No. 1, taking in $22 million during its first weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>
Murray parties with Scottish students
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mo/people_murray"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061015/capt.45e900900121468ca8e690acea47c200.britain_people_murray_ny132.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=pxro5LHMqoSMeaQpC8DbmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="American actor Bill Murray arrives for the screening of 'Broken flowers' directed by American director Jim Jarmusch, at the 58th international Cannes film festival, southern France, Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Murray created a small sensation in the Scottish town of St. Andrews, joining Scandinavian students at a late-night party and even helping to wash the dishes, a newspaper reported Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bill Murray created a small sensation in the Scottish town of St. Andrews, joining Scandinavian students at a late-night party and even helping to wash the dishes, a newspaper reported Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Suicide bomb film wins Woodstock award
(AP)
AP - Actors Matt Dillon and Rosie Perez handed out Woodstock Film Festival awards Saturday night, while a story about a suicide bombing in the heart of Manhattan won Best Feature Film.
Chan: Hollywood rules impede stunt work
(AP)
AP - Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, famous for his daredevil stunts, says he's frustrated by Hollywood's safety rules.
Biblical saga "One Night" an unholy mess
(Reuters)
Reuters - "One Night With the
King" has all the trappings of a biblical epic with resplendent
Mogul palaces of Rajasthan, India, standing in for fifth
century B.C. Persia and sumptuous costumes and design elements
re-creating the Persian empire in breathtaking splendor. Yet
the heart of the matter, the story of Esther, an orphaned
Jewish girl who becomes a queen and saves her people from
annihilation, is inert.
CBGB hosts last concert before eviction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_en_mu/music_cbgb_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.c8281eaf31f445198d42c0722d824233.cbgb_finale_nyar103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PFKFfIPyz8lyYzAA39JXoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="CBGB fans gather outside of the iconic New York club to attend its final concert on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in New York. A homeless advocacy group, which owns the property, is not renewing CBGB's lease. It expired in August 2005. The grungy club, which has been a fixture in downtown New York, will close October 31st. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)" border="0" /></a>AP - CBGB hosted its final concert Sunday night after a 33-year residence in downtown New York as the iconic, grungy bastion of punk.</p><br clear="all"/>
ABC orders family drama "October Road"
(Reuters)
Reuters - ABC has ordered six
episodes of he drama "October Road."
Fledgling CW's puzzle pieces are coming together
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/media_nm/cw_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_15t205901_450x360_us_cw.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=libZ_1akqvYZsQTC3zraKQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Actors (L-R) Vincent Martella, Tyler James Williams, Tequan Richmond and Imani Hakim, stars of The CW network's program 'Everybody Hates Chris' arrive at the CW network party during the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, July 17, 2006. CW has moved 'Everybody Hates Chris' to the a Monday night air time. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The CW Network is one
month old this week. So what have we learned?</p><br clear="all"/>
Neil Simon honored with humor award
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/stage_nm/simon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_15t232533_274x450_uk_simon.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=K9Ojw3njLG1Pjd.vKq54DQ--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Heather Headley performs during a program honoring 2006 Mark Twain Prize recipient Neil Simon at the Kennedy Center in Washington, October 15, 2006. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Playwright Neil Simon, who drew on
his New York upbringing to create such Broadway hits as "The
Odd Couple," "Barefoot in the Park" and "Brighton Beach
Memoirs," was honored on Sunday night with the Kennedy Center
Mark Twain Prize as a uniquely American humorist.</p><br clear="all"/>
Biblical saga "One Night" an unholy mess
(Reuters)
Reuters - "One Night With the
King" has all the trappings of a biblical epic with resplendent
Mogul palaces of Rajasthan, India, standing in for fifth
century B.C. Persia and sumptuous costumes and design elements
re-creating the Persian empire in breathtaking splendor. Yet
the heart of the matter, the story of Esther, an orphaned
Jewish girl who becomes a queen and saves her people from
annihilation, is inert.
"Scissors" sacrifices subtlety for broad laughs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/film_nm/film_running_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_16t015256_450x315_us_film_running.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=KexF0dsWWE1Y3UZELvDlvA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Ryan Murphy, writer,director and producer of the film 'Running with Scissors,' arrives at the premiere of the film in Beverly Hills, October 10, 2006. The maxim that truth is stranger than fiction is carried to the nth degree in this adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir of his dysfunctional childhood and adolescence. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The maxim that truth is
stranger than fiction is carried to the nth degree in this
adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir of his
dysfunctional childhood and adolescence.</p><br clear="all"/>
Neil Simon honored with humor award
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/film_nm/simon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_15t232533_274x450_uk_simon.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=K9Ojw3njLG1Pjd.vKq54DQ--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Heather Headley performs during a program honoring 2006 Mark Twain Prize recipient Neil Simon at the Kennedy Center in Washington, October 15, 2006. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Playwright Neil Simon, who drew on
his New York upbringing to create such Broadway hits as "The
Odd Couple," "Barefoot in the Park" and "Brighton Beach
Memoirs," was honored on Sunday night with the Kennedy Center
Mark Twain Prize as a uniquely American humorist.</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Prestige" a great magic act, soon forgotten
(Reuters)
Reuters - Christopher Nolan's
movies zero in on men in the throes of obsession, characters
who desperately search for that one thing that will make their
existence less compromised. From the great backward-moving
thriller "Memento" to the sun-blinded film noir "Insomnia" and
the philosophical epic "Batman Begins," Nolan has arrived quite
naturally at "The Prestige," a movie totally dominated by
obsession.
'Grudge 2' scares up $22M at box office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061012/capt.aac6bece20dd486e87731ac2f975b644.the_grudge_2_arielle_kebbel_nyr111.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=HGIyApel6VcCp.fbbAoy9w--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Planet Hollywood, actress Arielle Kebbel poses with a poster of her new film 'The Grudge 2' in New York's Planet Hollywood, on Wednesday, Oct. 11 2006. The sequel to the 2004 film opens on Friday Oct. 13th. (AP Photo/Albert Ferreira, Planet Hollywood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Early Halloween spirit gripped movie audiences as the fright flick "The Grudge 2" debuted at No. 1, taking in $22 million during its first weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Grudge 2" makes little sense
(Reuters)
Reuters - The last time we saw
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Karen Davis, the spooked American
exchange student was being hospitalized after trying to burn
down the Tokyo house believed to be the source of a horrible
curse.
Murray parties with Scottish students
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mo/people_murray"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061015/capt.45e900900121468ca8e690acea47c200.britain_people_murray_ny132.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=pxro5LHMqoSMeaQpC8DbmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="American actor Bill Murray arrives for the screening of 'Broken flowers' directed by American director Jim Jarmusch, at the 58th international Cannes film festival, southern France, Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Murray created a small sensation in the Scottish town of St. Andrews, joining Scandinavian students at a late-night party and even helping to wash the dishes, a newspaper reported Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bill Murray created a small sensation in the Scottish town of St. Andrews, joining Scandinavian students at a late-night party and even helping to wash the dishes, a newspaper reported Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Grudge 2" thrills box office, Williams doesn't
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061015/film_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061015/capt.sge.cfm22.151006222252.photo00.photo.default-331x512.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=DVljmZKYVz.Z4diM8WF7Kg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Actress Arielle Kebbel makes an appreance to promote her new movie "The Grudge 2" on 11 October 2006 in New York City. The horror film "The Grudge 2" by director Takashi Shimizu debuted at number one at the North American box office over the weekend, leaving Robin Williams' new comedy in the dust, early figures showed.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The horror sequel "The Grudge 2"
easily scared up the most business at the weekend box office in
North America, while Robin Williams got a fright of his own as
his new comedy bombed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kidman takes on U.N. Kosovo envoy role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mo/people_kidman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061015/capt.08038925fccd4ddbab3ff704af418d03.kosovo_nicole_kidman__pri106.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=FiaDcjCDCiaEV_.qt6m1uA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Australian actress Nicole Kidman waves to locals as she visits western Kosovo town of Djakovica on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, during her two day visit to Kosovo as ambassador of good will for the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). (AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nicole Kidman is playing a role that has nothing to do with movies, touring Kosovo as a United Nations goodwill ambassador to the tense province.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scorsese says he wants a break from Hollywood
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061015/film_nm/leisure_rome_scorsese_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061015/2006_10_15t145827_450x294_us_leisure_rome_scorsese.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=3i46JP0A_XBui6vE5oL4Rw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Movie director Martin Scorsese signs autographs for his fans as he arrives at the premiere of his new movie 'The Departed' at Rome's first international film festival in Rome October 15, 2006. (Dario Pignatelli - ITALY/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Despite the big early success of his new
film "The Departed," Martin Scorsese plans to take a break from
Hollywood blockbusters and focus on the adaptation of a
Japanese novel for his next work, he said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBGB hosts last concert before eviction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_en_mu/music_cbgb_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.c8281eaf31f445198d42c0722d824233.cbgb_finale_nyar103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PFKFfIPyz8lyYzAA39JXoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="CBGB fans gather outside of the iconic New York club to attend its final concert on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in New York. A homeless advocacy group, which owns the property, is not renewing CBGB's lease. It expired in August 2005. The grungy club, which has been a fixture in downtown New York, will close October 31st. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)" border="0" /></a>AP - CBGB hosted its final concert Sunday night after a 33-year residence in downtown New York as the iconic, grungy bastion of punk.</p><br clear="all"/>
Country music enters era of record-breaking tours
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061015/music_nm/country_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_16t022159_302x450_us_country.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=UJdII.G5KwH9AQ7wxAUGMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Country singer Kenny Chesney holds up his Entertainer of the Year award during the 41st annual Academy of Country Music Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 23, 2006. No act in country is selling more tickets than Chesney himself. For the fourth consecutive year, he will move more than 1 million tickets, a feat not even Garth Brooks has matched. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To lift the title of a hit Kenny
Chesney song, for country music touring, this is the good
stuff. These are the best of times for country road work, with
superstars breaking records, newly established headliners
gaining momentum and plenty of acts still in the pipeline.</p><br clear="all"/>
Digital rights in question as business model
(Reuters)
Reuters - If the music industry truly
wants to loosen Apple's iron grip on digital music sales, it
should start allowing music to be sold without digital rights
management protection.
Boy band Menudo set for multimedia update
(Reuters)
Reuters - In its heyday, Menudo caused
stampedes, played stadiums around the world and sold millions
of records.
Indie retailer Insound takes download plunge
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a move that seems a long time
coming, popular indie-focused Web retailer Insound.com will
roll out a digital download store this month.
Latin Academy honors Martin for charitable work
(Reuters)
Reuters - Even as he prepares to release a new
album, Latin superstar Ricky Martin is marshaling his stardom
to help the world's poor and exploited children.
NYC staging citywide celebrations for Latin Grammys
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Latin Grammy Awards' road to New
York has been a lengthy one, stretching back at least three
years. As the award show prepares for its seventh edition on
November 2 at Madison Square Garden, city officials are
promising to give it a "New York-size welcome."
Tex-Mex singer Freddy Fender dies at 69
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061015/ap_en_mu/obit_fender"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061014/capt.9a7eb3900a5c415592d6886d160529ff.obit_fender_ny121.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=qPmOLcoH8eCQPPwSKEZpPw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Grammy-winning musician Freddy Fender salutes the crowd as he holds his 'Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award' at the 2002 ALMA Awards in Los Angeles, in this file photo taken, May 18, 2002. Fender, the 'Bebop Kid' of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad 'Before the Next Teardrop Falls,' died Saturday. He was 69. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was 69.</p><br clear="all"/>
Deborah Harry plays last gig at CBGB
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061015/music_nm/life_cbgb_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061015/2006_10_15t033248_450x336_us_leisure_cbgb.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=pTOK0lLnD1y7igwqAkW.2w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Deborah Harry of the band 'Blondie' acknowledges the crowd after performing an acoustic set at the venue CBGB in New York October 14, 2006. CBGB is closing on October 15 after 33 years as a music venue. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In a vibrant farewell to the legendary
punk-rock venue CBGB, Blondie singer Deborah Harry played a
final show on Saturday in a tribute to the club that was a
launching pad for her career, but is due to close at the end of
the month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin Timberlake plays 'Jimmy Kimmel' parking lot concert
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - It may have been Friday the 13th, but it was a lucky day for the small group of Justin Timberlake fans--including actor Rick Schroeder--who were treated to an intimate seven-song Timberlake performance that evening in the parking lot behind the set of The Jimmy Kimmel Show.
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