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Whitney Houston files for divorce
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_ce/whitney_houston_divorce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.e22717ec4aea41a8a879077783dcf62f.whitney_houston_divorce_nyol956.jpg?x=130&y=125&sig=cZhsnpSHiusIG8a_h51.KQ--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="Whitney Houston and her husband, Bobby Brown, perform in this 2003 file photo in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)" border="0" /></a>AP - After a tumultuous 14-year marriage marked by drug arrests and stints in rehab, Whitney Houston is divorcing Bobby Brown.</p><br clear="all"/>
Evans talks about divorce, leaving show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_ce/people_evans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.3887e9ffa8af46e3b9e0cd337e98ff23.peolpe_evans__nyol955.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=l6WUWV6_2CaZWyKDkOxxRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Sara Evans arrives at the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards in this May file photo in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country singer Sara Evans said her experience as an entertainer helped carry her through her final performance last week on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>
Vince Vaughn threatens to sue tabloids
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_ce/people_vaughn_aniston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.a0334ad56e1f4600abfd6a83318a712c.glamour_reel_moments_capm108.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=kNZuF2WAx03ZcG2Ou2TC.Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actress Jennifer Aniston, who co-directed the short film 'Room 10' attends the Glamour Reel Moments event held at the Directors Guild of America Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paging all tabloids: Be careful about what you write about Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. According to statement released by a London law firm, the 36-year-old actor would be filing a "legal complaint" against a tabloid trio — the New York Post and the Britain-based Daily Mirror and The Sun — that said he was seen kissing a "mystery blonde" at an Oct. 8 charity event in London and had called it quits with Aniston.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna defends herself over adoption
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_ce/malawi_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.9d9663c8565148819e9d6ac46cf01fcf.britain_madonna_lon801.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=aPIJkg2OXNLK8.baa18ONw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="An unidentified woman is escorted by a police officer as she carries a baby through Heathrow Airport, London after arriving on an overnight flight from Johannesburg 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 as he was being taken to the pop star's home. Three armed police officers, together with airline and airport officials, accompanied David Banda through Heathrow's Terminal 1 to the baggage hall. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/ PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna forcefully defended her adoption of a 1-year-old Malawian boy after he arrived by plane in London on Tuesday, as the pop star rejected criticism of her decision to offer the infant a home and insisted she acted according to the law.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Colbert Report' marks first anniversary
(AP)
AP - "The Colbert Report" celebrated its one-year anniversary Tuesday by offering the show's devoted audience — the "Colbert Nation" — a piece of its leader.
Aniston takes "Counter Clockwise" turn
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/film_nm/aniston_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_18t024834_450x341_us_aniston.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=0Pv9RQHiH2nwHAXpATA.lg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Glamour Reels Moments event, which gives women who are usually in front of the camera a chance to direct short films about real life stories, in Los Angeles October 16, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jennifer Aniston will
produce and possibly star in the comedy-drama "Counter
Clockwise," written by "Hollywoodland" scripter Paul Bernbaum.</p><br clear="all"/>
Evans talks about divorce, leaving show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_mu/people_evans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.3887e9ffa8af46e3b9e0cd337e98ff23.peolpe_evans__nyol955.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=l6WUWV6_2CaZWyKDkOxxRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Sara Evans arrives at the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards in this May file photo in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country singer Sara Evans said her experience as an entertainer helped carry her through her final performance last week on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>
Lowry, Jackman bet on "Blackpool"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Huff" creator Bob Lowry
and actor Hugh Jackman have teamed for "Viva Blackpool," a
high-concept light drama project for CBS.
UMG sues file-sharing sites over music videos
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/media_nm/universal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061017/i/r3441361237.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xZ6Z_E.bVKyDjMtyPdYpRw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="U2's lead singer Bono (R) performs during their Vertigo Tour 2006 concert in Santiago February 26, 2006. Universal Music Group said on Tuesday it filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its musicians' videos. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Universal Music Group is
suing a pair of file-sharing Web sites over rights to music
videos uploaded by users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pythons reunite for London premiere of "Spamalot"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/stage_nm/arts_spamalot_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t223417_450x293_us_arts_spamalot.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=GzFva1V8FKsNCvPq7AHRtQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The cast of 'Spamalot' in New York, June 5, 2005. Four members of Monty Python reunited briefly on Tuesday to attend the London premiere of the musical. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Four members of the British cult comedy
team Monty Python reunited briefly on Tuesday to attend the
London premiere of "Spamalot," a musical version of the 1974
classic comedy film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."</p><br clear="all"/>
Aniston takes "Counter Clockwise" turn
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/film_nm/aniston_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_18t024834_450x341_us_aniston.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=0Pv9RQHiH2nwHAXpATA.lg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Glamour Reels Moments event, which gives women who are usually in front of the camera a chance to direct short films about real life stories, in Los Angeles October 16, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jennifer Aniston will
produce and possibly star in the comedy-drama "Counter
Clockwise," written by "Hollywoodland" scripter Paul Bernbaum.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hounsou tapped for lead role in "Trunk"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Djimon Hounsou, who
received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in "In
America," is attached to star in the drama "The Trunk."
"Break-Up" writers fashion "Tux"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jeremy Garelick and Jay
Lavender, the screenwriters behind "The Break-Up," will make
their directorial debut on "The Golden Tux," a comedy for
Dimension Films that will star Don Fogler.
Shepard puts "Heaven" in sights
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sam Shepard is attached
to star in the period biopic "Descending From Heaven: The
Strange and Extraordinary Tale of Claude Eatherly, A-Bomb
Pilot."
Small is big in Paris, Europe's cinema capital
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/film_nm/france_paris_cinemas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t224400_450x320_us_france_paris_cinemas.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=DpL6AcDrPhyubDommKFUlQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="British actress Kelly Brook poses in front of the Eiffel Tower during a photo call of lingerie designed by Brook for New Look fashion house in Paris October 16, 2006. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When Jean-Luc Godard was a young and
passionate cinephile searching for a silver screen fix, he'd
easily find it in the array of off-beat theatres and movie
clubs of Paris's post-war film scene.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lawyer says Aniston and Vaughn a happy couple
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/film_nm/vaughn_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t214153_450x310_us_vaughn.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=Jb5xkfzdrgX4VUHKF2S5Cg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of 'The Break-Up' in Los Angeles, May 22, 2006. Vince Vaughn and Aniston are still a couple despite tabloid press reports to the contrary and recent photographs showing the comic actor kissing a mystery blonde, a London lawyer said on Tuesday. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston
are still a couple despite tabloid press reports to the
contrary and recent photographs showing the comic actor kissing
a mystery blonde, a London lawyer said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film depicts action against North Korea
(AP)
AP - As the world wonders what to do about North Korea's nuclear ambitions, a new movie released Tuesday explores what might happen if the totalitarian state had a missile armed with an atomic bomb capable of reaching New York.
Dunst sees kindred spirit in "Marie Antoinette"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/film_nm/leisure_dunst_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t213842_450x299_us_leisure_dunst.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PSDmN2deaInFKoLpvg2A8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actress Kirsten Dunst in a scene from the film 'Marie Antoinette' from director Sofia Coppola. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Kirsten Dunst has gone from child
vampire to Spider-Man's love interest and now doomed French
queen Marie Antoinette, whose rise in the aristocracy could
mirror the actress' own climb to Hollywood stardom.</p><br clear="all"/>
Matt Damon helps form African charity
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mo/people_damon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060927/i/r266226018.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=PpqZ_wuCT8EkREyQttFcIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Actor Matt Damon arrives at the premiere of 'The Departed' in New York September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Matt Damon went to the Sahara Desert to scout locations for a movie about long-distance runners. But when he got there, he took on another project: helping bring clean water to Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>
Protecting celebs takes mind over muscle
(AP)
AP - For effective celebrity security, brains are better than brawn.
Evans talks about divorce, leaving show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_mu/people_evans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.3887e9ffa8af46e3b9e0cd337e98ff23.peolpe_evans__nyol955.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=l6WUWV6_2CaZWyKDkOxxRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Sara Evans arrives at the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards in this May file photo in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country singer Sara Evans said her experience as an entertainer helped carry her through her final performance last week on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>
Wounded rapper Fabolous arrested in NYC
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/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 - A Manhattan parking lot shooting early Tuesday left rapper Fabolous wounded and under arrest after police found two loaded weapons in a car carrying him and his entourage, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tim McGraw gets a Hollywood star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_en_mu/people_mcgraw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061017/i/r1101088445.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=aK0LKp8uks6HzEe5s7FOGw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Country music singer Tim McGraw poses with wife, singer Faith Hill (L) , before his star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood October 17, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tim McGraw, the country entertainer whose many hats include recording star, concert performer and movie actor, was enshrined in concrete Tuesday with a star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pythons reunite for London premiere of "Spamalot"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/music_nm/arts_spamalot_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t223417_450x293_us_arts_spamalot.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=GzFva1V8FKsNCvPq7AHRtQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The cast of 'Spamalot' in New York, June 5, 2005. Four members of Monty Python reunited briefly on Tuesday to attend the London premiere of the musical. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Four members of the British cult comedy
team Monty Python reunited briefly on Tuesday to attend the
London premiere of "Spamalot," a musical version of the 1974
classic comedy film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."</p><br clear="all"/>
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club plugs in for 4th album
(Reuters)
Reuters - After a musical detour toward
acoustic blues and country on its 2005 set "Howl," California
trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is veering back into electric
guitar-driven rock for its fourth album.
Bon Jovi, James Brown set for U.K. honors
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/music_nm/bonjovi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t223306_450x362_us_bonjovi.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=Ik87ruMrc1Yrg6x8QQ7NLw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Jon Bon Jovi performs at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, February 19, 2006. American stadium rockers Bon Jovi and soul legend James Brown will be inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame on November 14. (Marc Serota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - American stadium rockers Bon Jovi and
soul legend James Brown will be inducted into the U.K. Music
Hall of Fame on November 14.</p><br clear="all"/>
Metallica rounds up classic videos for DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/music_nm/metallica_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_18t032907_450x300_us_metallica.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NY0vkao7NO2GXQkD7x6bvA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of Metallica Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hamett, Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield (L-R) pose backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York March 13, 2006. Metallica will on December 5 release a DVD rounding up all its music videos, including the entirety of the 1991 VHS '2 of One.' (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Metallica will on December 5 release
a DVD rounding up all its music videos, including the entirety
of the 1991 VHS "2 of One."</p><br clear="all"/>
Gorillaz goes ape with book, EPs, DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cartoon band Gorillaz has a busy
autumn in store, with plans to release a series of EPs, a book
and a DVD.
Vince Gill releases four-CD set
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_en_mu/music_vince_gill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.3279dead920d4d3aac6660627eea4803.music_vince_gill_tncb105.jpg?x=130&y=112&sig=WQZiqYtET0VNgmuZkecmUg--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Vince Gill, left, with guitarist Jeff White, right, performs music off his new 4 CD set on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at the Grand Ole Opry show in Nashville, Tenn. Gill approached his record label last summer with 31 new songs and a wild idea. Instead of releasing one album of new material, why not three albums staggered over a year? Luke Lewis, chief of Universal Music Group Nashville, did listen, then did Gill one better: He told him to record a fourth album and MCA Records would put it all out as a four-disc set. The result, 'These Days,' comes out Tuesday and is a throwback in an industry increasingly driven by singles and sensitive about pricing. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vince Gill approached his record label last summer with 31 new songs and a wild idea. Instead of releasing one album of new material, why not three albums staggered over a year?</p><br clear="all"/>
French crooner Charles Aznavour taps Cuban rhythms
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/music_nm/cuba_aznavour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_17t181051_319x450_us_cuba_aznavour.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=PopyESFLktjjpMQaDlMw0A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="French singer Charles Aznavour talks to reporters during a news conference in Havana October 17, 2006. Aznavour is in Cuba recording an album with Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdes. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - At the age of 82, French crooner Charles
Aznavour is still looking for new ways to capture an audience
and has turned to the hot rhythms of Cuban music to convey his
songs.</p><br clear="all"/>
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