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Kinky Friedman a 'Lone Ranger' on trail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/governor_kinky"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.41c72d1dde88498e9492d5fb493ae6bd.governor_kinky_ny313.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=g7d3G588fyDJLw_xFlMRaQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman speaks to students at the University of Texas in this Oct. 4, 2006, file photo in Austin, Texas. Friedman is one of three major candidates challenging Republican Gov. Rick Perry for the post that George W. Bush held until he won the presidency in the controversial 2000 elections. Friedman, 61, is polling at about 14 percent, almost equal to Perry's Democratic challenger, Chris Bell. Perry is favored to win. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Kinky Friedman is standing, sans cowboy boots, in his suite at the Hilton as a third day of election stumping ends, remote control in hand and Fox News on the tube. His campaign manager, heavy-lidded as the clock nears midnight, is doing his sleep-deprived best to reassure Texas' most unlikely gubernatorial candidate that he might just win.</p><br clear="all"/>
'House of Wax' actress Kirk dies at 79
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mo/obit_kirk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.221b7beac12942cd975396ef0f7c5efa.obit_kirk_ny113.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=KCTq3U2LKwBTiPkV5LU2sw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This Oct. 16, 1950 file photo made available by MGM shows actress Phyllis Kirk. Kirk, who played the raven-haired beauty stalked by Vincent Price in the 1950s horror film 'House of Wax,' died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 79. (AP Photo/MGM)" border="0" /></a>AP - Phyllis Kirk, who played the raven-haired beauty stalked by Vincent Price in the 1950s horror film "House of Wax," has died. She was 79.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood Wax Museum founder Singh dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_ot/obit_singh"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.945cd22c17384fa3913d9e6854a7c48d.obit_singh_ny117.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=H.2ufiXxeDWlou0H8KDa7g--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Indian-born businessman Spoony Singh works on a wax figure of Marilyn Monroe in his Hollywood Wax Museum in Los Angeles in this April 19, 1966 file photo. Singh, who once said he founded the world famous Hollywood Wax Museum to give tourists who couldn't find any real celebrities in Hollywood the next best thing, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006 his family said. He was 83. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spoony Singh, who once said he founded the world famous Hollywood Wax Museum to give tourists who couldn't find any real celebrities in Hollywood the next best thing, has died. He was 83.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oprah heralds N.C. black women's school
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_tv/people_winfrey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.73d8c27c29c74c56b56228a6d343c8f2.people_winfrey_nyol777.jpg?x=127&y=130&sig=asnldPTtPdnz2NB3z6B68Q--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="Oprah Winfrey arrives at the J.P. Morgan Library and Museum in New York in this May 11, 2006, file photo. Winfrey headlined a fundraiser at Bennett College, a private college for black women in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. ( AP Photo/Stephen Chernin,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oprah Winfrey headlined a fundraiser at a private college for black women, encouraging about 300 guests to support education and give back to their community.</p><br clear="all"/>
Springfield aiding girl's cancer fight
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/people_springfield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.0fd00908cc594f5eb295498c3fb038db.people_springfield_ny109.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=ofGGq2AP62ByE65Hnhx_rg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Actor and musician Rick Springfield performs a medley of his greatest hits at the start of the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, April 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rick Springfield will perform a concert in southeast Missouri to help raise money for a 12-year-old girl's fight against brain-stem cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Allen voted SAG's executive director
(AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild board of directors voted unanimously Saturday to hire former NFL players union executive Doug Allen as the organization's national executive director and chief negotiator.
Kinky Friedman a 'Lone Ranger' on trail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/governor_kinky"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.41c72d1dde88498e9492d5fb493ae6bd.governor_kinky_ny313.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=g7d3G588fyDJLw_xFlMRaQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman speaks to students at the University of Texas in this Oct. 4, 2006, file photo in Austin, Texas. Friedman is one of three major candidates challenging Republican Gov. Rick Perry for the post that George W. Bush held until he won the presidency in the controversial 2000 elections. Friedman, 61, is polling at about 14 percent, almost equal to Perry's Democratic challenger, Chris Bell. Perry is favored to win. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Kinky Friedman is standing, sans cowboy boots, in his suite at the Hilton as a third day of election stumping ends, remote control in hand and Fox News on the tube. His campaign manager, heavy-lidded as the clock nears midnight, is doing his sleep-deprived best to reassure Texas' most unlikely gubernatorial candidate that he might just win.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oprah heralds N.C. black women's school
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_tv/people_winfrey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.73d8c27c29c74c56b56228a6d343c8f2.people_winfrey_nyol777.jpg?x=127&y=130&sig=asnldPTtPdnz2NB3z6B68Q--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="Oprah Winfrey arrives at the J.P. Morgan Library and Museum in New York in this May 11, 2006, file photo. Winfrey headlined a fundraiser at Bennett College, a private college for black women in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. ( AP Photo/Stephen Chernin,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oprah Winfrey headlined a fundraiser at a private college for black women, encouraging about 300 guests to support education and give back to their community.</p><br clear="all"/>
Allen voted SAG's executive director
(AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild board of directors voted unanimously Saturday to hire former NFL players union executive Doug Allen as the organization's national executive director and chief negotiator.
KC's Musical Theater Heritage Ventures 'Into the Woods'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Musical Theater Heritage, the Kansas City troupe that presents lively concert versions of musicals, goes Into the Woods Oct. 19-21 at the funky industrial Belger Arts Center in downtown Kansas City, MO.
Allen voted SAG's executive director
(AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild board of directors voted unanimously Saturday to hire former NFL players union executive Doug Allen as the organization's national executive director and chief negotiator.
'House of Wax' actress Kirk dies at 79
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mo/obit_kirk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.221b7beac12942cd975396ef0f7c5efa.obit_kirk_ny113.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=KCTq3U2LKwBTiPkV5LU2sw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This Oct. 16, 1950 file photo made available by MGM shows actress Phyllis Kirk. Kirk, who played the raven-haired beauty stalked by Vincent Price in the 1950s horror film 'House of Wax,' died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 79. (AP Photo/MGM)" border="0" /></a>AP - Phyllis Kirk, who played the raven-haired beauty stalked by Vincent Price in the 1950s horror film "House of Wax," has died. She was 79.</p><br clear="all"/>
"House of Wax" actress Phyllis Kirk dead
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Phyllis Kirk, famous for
her role as the damsel in distress in the 1953 3-D horror
classic "House of Wax," has died at age 79, her former
publicist said on Saturday.
Russian film wins Rome's first film festival
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061021/film_nm/leisure_italy_film_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061022/2006_10_21t193452_450x299_us_leisure_italy_film.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=QwjypMjITdhmyO08w0NmJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Winners pose with their awards at Rome's first international film festival October 21, 2006. From left are best actor Giorgio Colangeli of Italy, best actress Ariane Ascaride of France, best film director Kiril Serebrennikov of Russia and the special jury award winner, director Shane Meadows of Britain. (Dario Pignatelli/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A modern-day Russian film, based on
Shakespeare's Hamlet, won top prize at Rome's first
international film festival as the nine-day marathon wrapped up
on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Be loyal, kind and don't steal mMovies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_en_mo/scouts_piracy_patch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.ab8ead627ff249e09c02fa52fd23ca7f.scouts_piracy_patch_la102.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=LAJlEHLtnw9pwo8.KN7tTw--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the Motion Picture Association of America shows the new merit piracy patch Los Angeles-area Boys Scouts can earn for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. The movie industry developed the curriculum. (AP Photo/Motion Picture Association of America)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also respectful of copyrights. Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn an activity patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Al Pacino to receive AFI lifetime honor
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_en_mo/people_pacino"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.0f1c05af2ddb47f7b5cf5fc444e41247.people_pacino_ny125.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=4KqKMONK_2l5D9XtQRmfRA--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actor Al Pacino poses during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, northern Italy, in this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004 file photo. The 66-year-old actor will receive the American Film Institute's highest honor, the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, it was announced Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Al Pacino can add another acting accolade to his collection.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ford says he's fit to play Indiana Jones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_en_mo/people_harrison_ford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.162880de7a584710b4fb312fc192e294.italy_rome_film_festival_alt107.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=Bv0_eqYhfbMhlPksYjj5Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="US actor Harrison Ford waves on the red carpet of Rome's Auditorium, Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 at the first ever edition of the Rome Film Festival. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>AP - Harrison Ford says he feels "fit to continue" to play Indiana Jones despite growing older. Ford, 64, said at the inaugural Rome Film Festival on Friday that he was delighted to team up again with directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for the film. Lucas co-wrote and executive produced the earlier films, which Spielberg directed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Feds seeking Snipes should check Namibia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_en_mo/people_snipes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.7d0485faa192426e9b22d879e73bbe32.people_snipes_ny122.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=cnj37XY6hzn_da6niaeZag--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Actor Wesley Snipes arrives at the world premiere of the film 'Inside Man' in New York in this Monday, March 20, 2006 file photo. The actor was indicted on eight counts of tax fraud Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 U.S. Attorney Paul I. Perez said. Snipes had not been arrested because authorities did not know where he was. The TV show 'Inside Edition' found Snipes in Namibia, (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where in the world is Wesley Snipes?</p><br clear="all"/>
Wanna direct? Get out your cell phone
(AP)
AP - "Silence on the set," ordered movie director Xavier Mussel as he grabbed his cell phone — not to make a call but to film another scene for his short film.
Indian film-maker brings culture clash to Rome fest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/film_nm/leisure_rome_india_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_20t052226_450x313_us_leisure_rome_india.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=YKv6Cu82DqacbFdfqumOHA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Director Mira Nair poses during a photocall at Rome's first international film festival October 16, 2006. Nair says she drew on her own experience as an Indian living in America to shoot her latest film, 'The Namesake', the saga of an immigrant family spanning two generations and their clashing lifestyles. (Dario Pignatelli/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Director Mira Nair says she drew on her
own experience as an Indian living in America to shoot her
latest film, "The Namesake," the saga of an immigrant family
spanning two generations and their clashing lifestyles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kinky Friedman a 'Lone Ranger' on trail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/governor_kinky"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.41c72d1dde88498e9492d5fb493ae6bd.governor_kinky_ny313.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=g7d3G588fyDJLw_xFlMRaQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman speaks to students at the University of Texas in this Oct. 4, 2006, file photo in Austin, Texas. Friedman is one of three major candidates challenging Republican Gov. Rick Perry for the post that George W. Bush held until he won the presidency in the controversial 2000 elections. Friedman, 61, is polling at about 14 percent, almost equal to Perry's Democratic challenger, Chris Bell. Perry is favored to win. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Kinky Friedman is standing, sans cowboy boots, in his suite at the Hilton as a third day of election stumping ends, remote control in hand and Fox News on the tube. His campaign manager, heavy-lidded as the clock nears midnight, is doing his sleep-deprived best to reassure Texas' most unlikely gubernatorial candidate that he might just win.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard DVD review: Sunken Treasure
(Reuters)
Reuters - If Jeff Tweedy's Wilco lyrics often
seem inscrutable, his between-song banter at the 2006 solo
acoustic shows chronicled on "Sunken Treasure" is truly a
revelation.
Country singer's debut gets boost from Howard Stern
(Reuters)
Reuters - The number of country artists who
have appeared on Howard Stern's radio show is small. Willie
Nelson has, and so have the Dixie Chicks. Add rising country
star Trent Tomlinson to that short but impressive list.
Say Anything and enigmatic singer bask in "Glory"
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's a dreary October night in New
York, with wind gusting and rain pouring. But that hasn't
stopped hundreds of teenagers from forming a line a city block
long outside Irving Plaza an hour before the club's doors open.
The subject of their affection? Up-and-coming rock act Say
Anything, led by enigmatic 22-year-old Max Bemis.
Revenge of the "Nerdy" for spoof artist Yankovic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Now this is weird. "Weird Al"
Yankovic's new album, "Straight Outta Lynwood," has scored the
enduring song parodist his biggest chart successes in a career
that spans nearly three decades.
Springfield aiding girl's cancer fight
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/people_springfield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.0fd00908cc594f5eb295498c3fb038db.people_springfield_ny109.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=ofGGq2AP62ByE65Hnhx_rg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Actor and musician Rick Springfield performs a medley of his greatest hits at the start of the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Friday, April 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rick Springfield will perform a concert in southeast Missouri to help raise money for a 12-year-old girl's fight against brain-stem cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Partner of Melissa Etheridge gives birth to twins
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rock singer Melissa Etheridge and
her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, announced on Saturday
that Michaels had given birth to twins.
Be loyal, kind and don't steal mMovies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_en_mu/scouts_piracy_patch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.ab8ead627ff249e09c02fa52fd23ca7f.scouts_piracy_patch_la102.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=LAJlEHLtnw9pwo8.KN7tTw--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the Motion Picture Association of America shows the new merit piracy patch Los Angeles-area Boys Scouts can earn for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. The movie industry developed the curriculum. (AP Photo/Motion Picture Association of America)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also respectful of copyrights. Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn an activity patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Keith Urban checks into rehab
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061021/music_nm/urban_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061021/2006_10_20t193838_450x302_us_urban.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=M.GjHfkTosjhSfyXdV1gwg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Keith Urban at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in a file photo. The Grammy-winning country music star has checked into a rehabilitation treatment center, with actress wife Nicole Kidman 'at his side,' the singer's spokesman said on Friday. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grammy-winning country music star
Keith Urban has checked into a rehabilitation center, with
actress wife Nicole Kidman "at his side," his spokesman said on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pint-size U.K. rapper making splash across Atlantic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lady Sovereign feels like an idiot.
It's August 2005 and the U.K. hip-hop sensation (born Louise
Harman) is standing in the New York office of Def Jam Records
president Sean "Jay-Z" Carter.
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