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Bindi Irwin to star in wildlife series
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_tv/people_bindi_irwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.12e0122d11414c79abf39234ba555b98.people_bindi_irwin_nyol946.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=Q7XO5nB_MoqKKvEcnxiryw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Bindi Irwin, daughter of Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin reads out her speech for her father at a memorial service for her father at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Steve Holland, POOL, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like father, like daughter. Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, will star in a wildlife series to air on the Discovery Kids network early next year. The show's working title: "Bindi, The Jungle Girl."</p><br clear="all"/>
Willis gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mo/people_willis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.8c14aad126b84640a0dcad70d29b9af6.people_willis_camw112.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=dscliyD78yEZGw2mx4RsOw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Actor Bruce Willis smiles during a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Surrounded by family, friends and fellow A-listers, Bruce Willis received a star on the Walk of Fame Monday as scores of fans looked on.</p><br clear="all"/>
Child being adopted by Madonna in U.K.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/malawi_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.17157aa24c014f3c80e1db2cbb46a0db.britain_madonna_lmc801.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=fGxEyhG_k59_H2BysTbN.A--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="An unidentified woman believed to be a nanny carries a baby as she makes her way through London's Heathrow airport with a police escort early Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006. Armed police officers escorted the African infant being adopted by Madonna off a British Airways flight Tuesday, whisking him past photographers hoping to get a glimpse of the baby making his way to the pop star's London home. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police officers escorted the African infant being adopted by Madonna off a British Airways flight Tuesday, whisking him past photographers hoping to get a glimpse of the baby as he made his way to the pop star's home.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Fabolous shot in NYC parking garage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/fabolous_shot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061008/i/r1366908567.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=odNOo6p9G.lNsL3j2IMegQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Rapper Fabolous arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York October 7, 2006. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Fabolous was shot early Tuesday as he stood at a Manhattan parking garage, spurring a sequence of events that left him both hospitalized in stable condition and under arrest, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Appeal in Cameron Diaz case rejected
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_ce/cameron_diaz_photos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061016/capt.sge.cog62.161006225414.photo00.photo.default-420x512.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=mQCx.KZUI40.aSpod4IZTA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="A photographer jailed for trying to scam millions of dollars from actress Cameron Diaz, seen here in September 2006, by selling topless photos he took of her lost his bid for appeal.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A photographer who took topless photos of Cameron Diaz when she was 19 and tried to coerce her into buying them back for $3.5 million after she became famous lost an appeal Monday challenging his conviction.</p><br clear="all"/>
War film revives painful memories for Algerians
(Reuters)
Reuters - A French film about the poorly rewarded
sacrifices by African troops to free occupied France has drawn
praise in Algeria, but veterans say Paris has other hard truths
to confront about its record in its former colony.
Rapper Fabolous shot in NYC parking garage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/fabolous_shot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061008/i/r1366908567.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=odNOo6p9G.lNsL3j2IMegQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Rapper Fabolous arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York October 7, 2006. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Fabolous was shot early Tuesday as he stood at a Manhattan parking garage, spurring a sequence of events that left him both hospitalized in stable condition and under arrest, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Food, clothing in Bravo's digital plan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cable channel Bravo is
branching into new digital areas with an original webisode
series and an interactive news ticker allowing viewers to voice
their opinions on-air.
Quizilla in MTV's Web network
(Reuters)
Reuters - MTV Networks has
acquired Quizilla.com, adding the online community for
teen-targeted, user-generated content to its roster of recently
attained Web properties.
Cast Recording of 'Spring Awakening' to Be Released by Decca
(Playbill)
Playbill - The cast recording of the Broadway-bound musical Spring Awakening will be released by Decca on Dec. 5, according to Amazon.com.
War film revives painful memories for Algerians
(Reuters)
Reuters - A French film about the poorly rewarded
sacrifices by African troops to free occupied France has drawn
praise in Algeria, but veterans say Paris has other hard truths
to confront about its record in its former colony.
"Borat" star honored in Germany
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/film_nm/borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_17t040402_450x397_us_borat.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=yHuH7sDmIDVoagdTAKgThQ--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, in the role of fictitious Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, speaks in front of the Kazakh Embassy in Washington September 28, 2006. He might be persona non grata in Kazakhstan, but Borat -- the crazed Central Asian TV reporter created by Cohen -- is a hero to the German comedy scene. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - He might be persona
non grata in Kazakhstan, but Borat -- the crazed Central Asian
TV reporter created by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen -- is a
hero to the German comedy scene.</p><br clear="all"/>
Witherspoon produces deal for 'Penelope'
(Reuters)
Reuters - Reese Witherspoon's first
film as a producer, "Penelope," has been picked up for
theatrical release in 2007 by IFC Films.
"Silence" is golden for indie Zeitgeist
(Reuters)
Reuters - Zeitgeist Films has
acquired all U.S. rights to "Into Great Silence," a rare look
behind the walls of a French Alps monastery.
"Prada,"" World" spin atop foreign box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t051817_450x277_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=k6iGvTf_SzKqVfFf8wyFpQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Anne Hathaway poses during a photocall to promote her latest movie 'The Devil Wears Prada' in Berlin, September 13, 2006. Fueled by strong openings in Germany, Italy and Taiwan, 'The Devil Wears Prada' logged a second consecutive weekend as the No. 1 film internationally, grossing an estimated $22.7 million from 42 markets. (Andrea Warnecke/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Films geared to the
over-25 audience often do well at this time of year, as
indicated by the one-two punch of reigning champs "The Devil
Wears Prada" and "World Trade Center" at the weekend foreign
box office.</p><br clear="all"/>
DiCaprio going green with "E-topia" TV series
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/film_nm/dicaprio_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_17t020851_450x281_us_dicaprio.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=r0oYOGCOLRyuaz_WdOS4TQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Leonardo DiCaprio poses during the first Rome International Film Festival to present his new movie 'The Departed' at the Auditorium in Rome, October 15, 2006. DiCaprio is helping to develop a reality TV series focusing on the environment. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio is
helping to develop a reality TV series focusing on the
environment.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vampire comic draws movie "Blood"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rogue Pictures has
pre-emptively bought film rights to an upcoming vampire comic
book titled "Blood on the Tracks."
Diane Lane logs on to cyber thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Diane Lane is set to
play an FBI agent who must track down a ruthless online
predator in "Untraceable," a thriller that begins shooting in
February.
Willis gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mo/people_willis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.8c14aad126b84640a0dcad70d29b9af6.people_willis_camw112.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=dscliyD78yEZGw2mx4RsOw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Actor Bruce Willis smiles during a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Surrounded by family, friends and fellow A-listers, Bruce Willis received a star on the Walk of Fame Monday as scores of fans looked on.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Grudge 2" tops box office, fans underwhelmed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t223403_450x324_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=oMDFz2xQiBZO1mj7t_ekGw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A scene from 'The Grudge 2' from Columbia Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Grudge 2" earned
less than initially forecast, according to final weekend box
office data issued Monday, but still managed to take the top
spot with a $20.83 million opening. A day earlier, the film's
distributor, Sony Pictures, had estimated a $22 million bow.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Fabolous shot in NYC parking garage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/fabolous_shot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061008/i/r1366908567.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=odNOo6p9G.lNsL3j2IMegQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Rapper Fabolous arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York October 7, 2006. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Fabolous was shot early Tuesday as he stood at a Manhattan parking garage, spurring a sequence of events that left him both hospitalized in stable condition and under arrest, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Child being adopted by Madonna in U.K.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/malawi_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.17157aa24c014f3c80e1db2cbb46a0db.britain_madonna_lmc801.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=fGxEyhG_k59_H2BysTbN.A--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="An unidentified woman believed to be a nanny carries a baby as she makes her way through London's Heathrow airport with a police escort early Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006. Armed police officers escorted the African infant being adopted by Madonna off a British Airways flight Tuesday, whisking him past photographers hoping to get a glimpse of the baby making his way to the pop star's London home. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police officers escorted the African infant being adopted by Madonna off a British Airways flight Tuesday, whisking him past photographers hoping to get a glimpse of the baby as he made his way to the pop star's home.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Lobos in extraordinary L.A. homecoming
(Reuters)
Reuters - Most bands would push a
new album early in a show. But Los Lobos has never been an
ordinary band. The group didn't even get to the material from
its new release "The Town and the City" (Mammoth/Hollywood)
until the latter half of Friday's richly rewarding performance
at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Rolling Stones sideman steps into solo spotlight
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/music_nm/chaplin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_16t164707_450x338_us_chaplin.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=L978TK_95nag_Rb8emlLQg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Blondie Chaplin in an undated handout photo. Chaplin is stepping out from the giant shadow cast by the Rolling Stones, who have employed him as a backing singer and guitarist since 1997, to release a solo album. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - He's performed in front of millions
of people, but few of them know his name or his distinguished
rock 'n' roll history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kiss rocker promotes scents at Army base
(AP)
AP - Kiss rocker Gene Simmons appeared at a North Carolina Army base Monday to promote a new line of cosmetic fragrances.
Nashville's inaugural "Walk of Fame" stars named
(Reuters)
Reuters - Reba McEntire, Ronnie
Milsap and the Fisk Jubilee Singers were among those chosen as
the first inductees for a "Music City Walk of Fame" in
Nashville, Tennessee, the walk's sponsors said on Monday.
UK buzz act Lily Allen comes up short in L.A.
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/music_nm/review_music_lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_17t021248_278x450_us_review_music_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=c5i.vaBOXelyapIueB_IEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen arrives at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London September 5, 2006. In the UK -- where her debut album, 'Alright, Still,' was released in July -- Allen is already a star with two hit singles to her credit. In the U.S., however, Capitol hasn't scheduled the album for release until January -- a curious move that Allen bemoaned Saturday. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sometimes the buzz
surrounding a new act can be a double-edged sword. Sure, it's
great if a new artist generates a lot of excitement before the
release of an album. Yet sometimes the hoopla can become so
enormous that it's impossible for an artist to match the
expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Universal Music archives bring Christmas in July
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/music_nm/media_universal_vaults_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_17t021727_450x362_us_media_universal_vaults.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=2qGqAXlcNbIp7L3cTADjXg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="The new iPod nano is displayed at the Paris Apple Expo at Porte de Versailles exhibition hall in southern Paris September 13, 2006. A catalogue of older songs no longer sold in stores, including a Greek singer's 2000 Christmas album, have been downloaded 250,000 times since February as part of a broad initiative by Universal Music to exhume its archives. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A catalog of older songs no longer sold
in stores, including a Greek singer's 2000 Christmas album,
have been downloaded 250,000 times since February as part of a
broad initiative by Universal Music to exhume its archives.</p><br clear="all"/>
McGraw bucks conservative country image
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_en_mu/people_tim_mcgraw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.493f14485c4c4f088b614edcd42f899f.people_mcgraw_ny107.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=M9ISPPLDhJ6E4l58gx83aA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Country singer Tim McGraw performs in New York in this Friday March 31, 2006 file photo. Country music might seem like a pretty conservative medium, but McGraw is bucking the trend. 'It's innate in me to be a Democrat, a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore,' McGraw tells Time magazine in its Oct. 23, 2006 issue.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country music might seem like a pretty conservative medium, but Tim McGraw is bucking the trend. "It's innate in me to be a Democrat — a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore," McGraw tells Time magazine in its Oct. 23 issue.</p><br clear="all"/>
People in the News
(AP)
AP - BUSAN, South Korea — It's that time of the year when South Korea's entertainment elite descend upon a southern beach resort town for the country's flagship film event, the Pusan International Film Festival.
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