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NBC: Special won't show Madonna on cross
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_tv/tv_madonna_crucifixion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.9b266afd2c064d60b1326e4fc7c40687.madonna_crucifixion_ny123.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=agHQYGVy1swA5LQvTB2xqA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Madonna performs during her 'Confessions' tour in Montreal, in this June 21, 2006, file photo. Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month. The concert, which lists Madonna as an executive producer, is scheduled to air Nov. 22. (AP Photo/CP, Ian Barrett, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Housewives' lover Dougray Scott engaged
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_ce/people_dougray_scott"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.972f9ec1d17242f583f9db9df04dedbc.people_dougray_scott_ny129.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=CRNKsT746GmFanQPl6vGaA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actress Claire Forlani, left, and actor Dougray Scott attend the One Community, One Cause evening to create awareness and relief for the people of Darfur presented by MySpace.com in this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Desperate Housewives' heartthrob Scott has proposed to his girlfriend, actress Claire Forlani. Scott, who plays Teri Hatcher's new love interest Ian Kavanaugh on this season of ABC's 'Desperate Housewives,' proposed to Forlani last month in Los Angeles, according to People magazine. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Desperate Housewives" heartthrob Dougray Scott has proposed to his girlfriend, actress Claire Forlani. Scott, who plays Teri Hatcher's new love interest Ian Kavanaugh on this season of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," proposed to Forlani last month in Los Angeles, according to People magazine.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Anatomy' star T.R. Knight says he's gay
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_ce/people_t_r__knight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.b83ea298eb7445c38ad1b3c63910d6c3.people__t__r__knight_ny120.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=S0r999XVnCIcKOa3Dpk1uA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This 2005 publicity photo, released by ABC, shows actor T.R. Knight, as Dr. George O'Malley in an episode of the network's hit medical series 'Grey's Anatomy.' The 'Grey's Anatomy' star says he's gay, but hopes people don't consider that 'the most interesting part of me.' The 33-year-old actor addressed rumors of his sexuality in a statement to People magazine Thursday Oct. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/ABC/Scott Garfield-HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight says he's gay, but hopes people don't consider that "the most interesting part of me." The 33-year-old actor addressed rumors of his sexuality in a statement to People magazine Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sheridan shuns dog food, Gilbert is game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_ce/hollywood_dog_day"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.f55f3506075848dea1bd54109a93dde1.hollywood_s_dog_day_la107.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=8I6myyw7nK6V0FMem_itAw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Actress Melissa Gilbert, left, and Ross the Intern from 'The Tonight Show' with his dog Louise, eat a bowl of dog food, during an event promoting 'Dine With Your Dog Day' at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Desperate Housewives" actress Nicollette Sheridan and "Exorcist" head-turner Linda Blair were supposed to eat dog food during an event promoting "Dine With Your Dog Day."</p><br clear="all"/>
Haley Joel Osment pleads no contest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_ce/people_osment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.4c2591dd495b40e4a408e05457604ffd.people_osment_nyol966.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=EUg2o7yYaF5Pn21gCOcHWw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Actor Haley Joel Osment is shown in Hollywood, Calif., in this June 15, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Haley Joel Osment pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor drunken driving and drug possession charges resulting from a July accident in which he crashed his car into a mailbox.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Fraggle" to rock big screen with Ahmet Zappa
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jim Henson's "Fraggle
Rock" is coming to the big screen.
NBC: Special won't show Madonna on cross
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_mu/tv_madonna_crucifixion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.9b266afd2c064d60b1326e4fc7c40687.madonna_crucifixion_ny123.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=agHQYGVy1swA5LQvTB2xqA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Madonna performs during her 'Confessions' tour in Montreal, in this June 21, 2006, file photo. Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month. The concert, which lists Madonna as an executive producer, is scheduled to air Nov. 22. (AP Photo/CP, Ian Barrett, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Finale of Bravo's "Runway" sets viewer record
(Reuters)
Reuters - Talk about looking
sharp. Wednesday's third-season finale of "Project Runway" set
a viewership record for Bravo by a huge margin.
Fans bemoan missing gift bags at LA Fashion Week
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's almost business as usual at
Los Angeles Fashion Week -- leggy young models fight C-list
celebrities for paparazzi attention. But a key element is in
short supply this season: the really good gift bag.
Matt Bogart Is 'Ace', Flying Into Cincy's Playhouse in the Park
(Playbill)
Playbill - The Tony Award-honored Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park continues its Marx Theatre season with the Oct. 19 opening of the world premiere musical Ace, winner of this year's Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize.
"Fraggle" to rock big screen with Ahmet Zappa
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jim Henson's "Fraggle
Rock" is coming to the big screen.
Soldiers, magicians compete at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t215729_450x315_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Gfv_RbST1Ee6S3nk1LX9gQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A scene from Clint Eastwood's 'Flags of Our Fathers' from DreamWorks Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Clint Eastwood's World
War Two heroes will vie for supremacy at the weekend box office
with a pair of vindictive magicians.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aronofsky's "Fountain" had slow flow to screen
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/film_nm/fountain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t222116_450x310_us_fountain.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=L6tqSdoLhKGxRfU53tCduQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz in a scene from 'The Fountain' from Warner Bros. Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The long and winding
road that Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain" took on the way to
the big screen, where it opens November 22, reveals the
challenge an independent filmmaker faces when he encounters a
big studio's moviemaking process.</p><br clear="all"/>
Unconventional path for Eastwood's "Flags"
(Reuters)
Reuters - With its moody depiction
of the iconic flag-raising atop Iwo Jima, the poster for Clint
Eastwood's "Flags of our Fathers," opening Friday, promises a
conventional exercise in wartime heroics. But as moviegoers are
about to discover, when Eastwood hits the beach, the path he
takes is anything but conventional.
Record 61 films compete for foreign language Oscar
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/film_nm/oscars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t215322_450x304_us_oscars.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=9pIroDwdg_TVmdYX_WMBWw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actress Penelope Cruz in a scene from the film 'Volver' by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A record 61 films will compete for
this year's foreign language film Oscar, including the first
entry from Kazakhstan. But the list may be reduced if a
reluctant Finnish director withdraws his work.</p><br clear="all"/>
New tour spotlights Washington movie locations
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/film_nm/leisure_movies_washington_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t230232_450x355_us_leisure_movies_washington.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=FajUpDOSIz4ax6TU0TuPnA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="An image from the film 'The Exorcist' courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. A New York firm launched a bus tour on Thursday that hits dozens of film shoot locations outside Washington's corridors of power, including the stone steps down which a priest tumbles to his death in the film. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There's more to Washington movie
scenes than long shots of the Capitol dome or overhead views of
the Pentagon -- the typical fare of political and spy
thrillers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lollobrigida to wed man 34 years younger
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_mo/people_lollobrigida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.2e78a7783eac4a549fc5241a200cd5a8.italy_lollobrigida_rom151.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=EdSc.mhGhuIhFA_W6aqgtA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida during a press conference in Rome, in this photo taken Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006. Italian media reports Thursday Oct. 19, 2006 said Lollobrigida and her 34-years-younger companion Javier Rigau Rifols of Barcelona will be married in December of this year. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gina Lollobrigida, once dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one of her movies, is getting married to a man 34 years her junior.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sofia Coppola pregnant with baby girl
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_mo/people_sofia_coppola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061016/capt.c8c118529c1146dfacbdecafce278613.film_coppola_dunst_nyet334.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=pTJtw8YdDBShemJDC4iqMw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Actress Kirsten Dunst and director Sofia Coppola arrive for a news conference after a screening of their film 'Marie-Antoinette,' at the New York film festival on Friday, Oct. 13, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sofia Coppola is seven months pregnant with a baby girl, her spokesman, Robert Garlock, confirmed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spielberg presents Holocaust documentary
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_mo/spielberg_holocaust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.5fb95f288daa4337bc2fd8aeb720a26b.ukraine_spielberg_holocaust_xel105.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=XXrFrwR998q05vBq.b5N2w--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="U.S. director Steven Spielberg listens to a journalist's question at a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. Spielberg presented a documentary by Ukrainian director Serhiy Bukovsky, 'Spell Your Name' which Spielberg is a co-executive producer. The film is about the Nazi massacre of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Steven Spielberg presented a documentary about the Nazi massacre of tens of thousands of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine in Ukraine, several weeks after Ukraine marked the 65th anniversary of the tragedy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kazakh official to Borat: Come visit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_mo/kazakhstan_borat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.18597f3619da4175b8f63c9d7ff6b74c.sacha_baron_cohen__nyol200.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=DpdtSgfuH6YVTY.Xz0Qg6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed in his character 'Borat' poses for the press near the Eiffel tower in Paris,in this Oct. 9, 2006 file photo. A top Kazakh official has invited the British comedian to visit the nation he mocks in 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' Cohen's depiction of a homophobic, misogynistic, English-mangling Kazakh journalist has outraged the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top Kazakh official has an invitation for the British comedian whose depiction of a homophobic, misogynistic, English-mangling Kazakh journalist has outraged the Central Asian nation: Come visit.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC: Special won't show Madonna on cross
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_en_mu/tv_madonna_crucifixion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.9b266afd2c064d60b1326e4fc7c40687.madonna_crucifixion_ny123.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=agHQYGVy1swA5LQvTB2xqA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Madonna performs during her 'Confessions' tour in Montreal, in this June 21, 2006, file photo. Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month. The concert, which lists Madonna as an executive producer, is scheduled to air Nov. 22. (AP Photo/CP, Ian Barrett, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star next month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oasis to be honored at UK awards show
(Reuters)
Reuters - British rock band Oasis will
be honored for its "outstanding contribution to music" during
the U.K.'s annual Brit Awards in London next year, organizers
said Thursday.
NBC won't show Madonna on the cross
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/music_nm/leisure_madonna_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t164922_450x331_us_leisure_madonna.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=7nu_or4jPNd8g49Zvs17RA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Madonna performs between two dancers during a concert in Rome, August 6, 2006. After weeks of controversy, NBC has decided not to show the pop star suspended from a giant cross and wearing a crown of thorns when the network airs a special of her 'Confessions' tour, a source close to the organization of the event said on Thursday. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Under pressure from Christian
conservative groups accusing pop star Madonna of sacrilege, a
U.S. television network said on Thursday it removed footage of
the singer performing while suspended on a giant cross from her
upcoming prime-time concert special.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bob Seger, Anita Baker booked for Series
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_mu/bbo_world_series_pregame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.d968a5f6d45746118a557042d43f765e.tigers_comerica_park_baseball_dt101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=LRXmZlXcoNd_0r0HMHDE7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics stand on the baseline as the National Anthem is sung by the Temptations before the start of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Detroit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. Until this year, Comerica Park didn't have much of a place in Detroit baseball fans' hearts. It took a winning team to endear the stadium to a community that bore the imprint of beloved Tiger Stadium on its collective memory for most of a century. 'I found out that it's a beautiful park, when it's full,' owner Mike Ilitch said late last month. 'What a difference.' (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michigan natives Bob Seger and Anita Baker will sing before the first two games of the World Series at Comerica Park.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chenoweth to make Met debut
(AP)
AP - Kristin Chenoweth is going back to her roots as an opera singer.
Charlie Daniels still tours for troops
(AP)
AP - Charlie Daniels has done two tours of Iraq. Last year, he was in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait. He's done Bosnia, Kosovo, Korea.
Who leader Townshend can't stand old rock stars
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/music_nm/leisure_who_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t222517_450x339_us_leisure_who.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=e0Bs0QrhzRuc4vhF0HtWIw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Pete Townshend performs in Honolulu in a file photo. Not sure whether to see the Who on their latest tour? In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the famously loquacious songwriter said he doesn't want to watch 'old guys in their self-congratulatory mode.' (Lucy Pemoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Not sure whether to see the Who on
their latest tour? Here's some advice from the British rock
band's leader, Pete Townshend: he wouldn't bother going.</p><br clear="all"/>
Odd mashup of rapper & Brit party leader
(AP)
AP - The head of a Conservative Party trying to shed its image as aging and out of touch met Thursday with an American rapper who performed for the Tory leader and invited him out to a club.
Keith Jarrett crafts self-portrait
(AP)
AP - Keith Jarrett, who's suffered chronic fatigue syndrome, wasn't feeling particularly strong as he drove to Carnegie Hall on a rainy September afternoon a year ago. But he was energized once he sat down at the Steinway grand piano before a sold-out audience eagerly awaiting his first North American solo concert in a decade.
Country singer Worley casts somber light on war
(Reuters)
Reuters - Darryl Worley rallied U.S. country
music fans before the Iraq invasion with "Have You Forgotten?"
a No. 1 hit that recalled the September 11 attacks and issued
an angry challenge to war critics.
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