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'Father Knows Best' actress Wyatt dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_tv/obit_wyatt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061023/capt.be271c560f334454b274110cb50f7f2f.obit_wyatt_ny112.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=Pwz4_yAqpRKhrXH5_o9ovA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Actress Jane Wyatt us seen in this Aug. 1957 file photo. Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on 'Father Knows Best' was one of TV's favorite moms, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 in her Bel Air, Calif., home. She was 96. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms, has died. She was 96.</p><br clear="all"/>
Boy's dad has doubts on Madonna adoption
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_mu/madonna_adoption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.ee2fd240b16a483a88397b95bd8d490e.malawi_madonna_adoption_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=DWLLlS7_K53L7nkbJWsINg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This handout photo provided by Liz Rosenberg on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, shows music legend Madonna visiting with children during her trip to Malawi. (AP Photo/Shavawn Rissman)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Malawian man who gave up his 13-month-old son to be adopted by Madonna said Sunday he had not realized he was signing away custody "for good."</p><br clear="all"/>
'Prestige' conjures $14.8M at box office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.ed3d2f7db0b74ebeaa300052a3502737.the_prestige_premiere_carm113.jpg?x=72&y=130&sig=0xjjkhzh.9ZjEEaeBsGg6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="Piper Perabo poses for photographers at the premiere of 'The Prestige' Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>AP - The magic act "The Prestige" debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $14.8 million, outperforming Clint Eastwood's World War II saga, which opened at No. 3 with $10.2 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stars protest proposed Malibu facility
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_ce/malibu_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.d811969ba5e541cea82a85f42ed79f6f.malibu_protest_cads109.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=gnMiig4qoe2H9zOjP5MB7A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Actress Halle Berry, center, talks with reporters as boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, left, looks on during the 'Paddle Out Protest' at the Malibu Pier in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006. The protest is against a proposed liquid natural gas facility being built off the coast of Malibu. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan and other celebrities gathered Sunday to protest a natural gas facility proposed for a site 14 miles off the Malibu coast.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Potter' actor Radcliffe takes stage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_mo/people_radcliffe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.742b2194194a43ac8c7d1d801b0ae7ac.people_radcliffe_ny145.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=euXvz1F1REWrSXrC91iiXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British actor Daniel Radcliffe arrives for the 2006 Empire Film Awards in London, Monday March 13, 2006. (AP Photo/ Max Nash)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world knows him as boy wizard Harry Potter. Now, Daniel Radcliffe wants the world to see him differently.</p><br clear="all"/>
Magicians scoop troops on box-office battlefield
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_22t212454_450x307_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Le7imrNgSJ6Beb_rXLWB2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actors Hugh Jackman (L), Christian Bale (C) and Michael Caine, stars of the new drama film 'The Prestige' about two rival magicians, pose at the film's premiere in Hollywood, California, October 17, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - War raged on several fronts at the
weekend box office in North America as the dueling magicians in
the period thriller "The Prestige" vanquished the U.S. troops
in director Clint Eastwood's World War Two drama "Flags of Our
Fathers."</p><br clear="all"/>
Country star George Jones a proud traditionalist
(Reuters)
Reuters - Few topics get George Jones, who
has been called everything from "the greatest living country
singer" to "the Rolls-Royce of country singers," riled up like
contemporary country music. In fact, he disputes that it's
country music at all.
'Father Knows Best' actress Wyatt dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_tv/obit_wyatt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061023/capt.be271c560f334454b274110cb50f7f2f.obit_wyatt_ny112.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=Pwz4_yAqpRKhrXH5_o9ovA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Actress Jane Wyatt us seen in this Aug. 1957 file photo. Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on 'Father Knows Best' was one of TV's favorite moms, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 in her Bel Air, Calif., home. She was 96. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms, has died. She was 96.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Prestige' conjures $14.8M at box office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_bu/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.ed3d2f7db0b74ebeaa300052a3502737.the_prestige_premiere_carm113.jpg?x=72&y=130&sig=0xjjkhzh.9ZjEEaeBsGg6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="Piper Perabo poses for photographers at the premiere of 'The Prestige' Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>AP - The magic act "The Prestige" debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $14.8 million, outperforming Clint Eastwood's World War II saga, which opened at No. 3 with $10.2 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
Magicians scoop troops on box-office battlefield
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_22t212454_450x307_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Le7imrNgSJ6Beb_rXLWB2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actors Hugh Jackman (L), Christian Bale (C) and Michael Caine, stars of the new drama film 'The Prestige' about two rival magicians, pose at the film's premiere in Hollywood, California, October 17, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - War raged on several fronts at the
weekend box office in North America as the dueling magicians in
the period thriller "The Prestige" vanquished the U.S. troops
in director Clint Eastwood's World War Two drama "Flags of Our
Fathers."</p><br clear="all"/>
'Father Knows Best' actress Wyatt dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_mo/obit_wyatt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.e803aa49114d4804bd45e87516c2f132.obit_wyatt_ny109.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=m7Msc58Kh1HWsCpBRQp0yw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="The cast of 'Father Knows Best', clockwise from top left: Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin, pose in this undated file photo. Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on 'Father Knows Best' was one of TV's favorite moms, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 in her Bel Air, Calif, home. She was 96. (AP Photo/Movie Star News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms, has died, her son Christopher Ward said Sunday. She was 96.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Potter' actor Radcliffe takes stage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_mo/people_radcliffe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.742b2194194a43ac8c7d1d801b0ae7ac.people_radcliffe_ny145.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=euXvz1F1REWrSXrC91iiXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British actor Daniel Radcliffe arrives for the 2006 Empire Film Awards in London, Monday March 13, 2006. (AP Photo/ Max Nash)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world knows him as boy wizard Harry Potter. Now, Daniel Radcliffe wants the world to see him differently.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cage puts up Bel-Air home for $35M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mo/ca_people_cage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.2e11489b57fb441f896a163ab5021c30.people__cage_nyol777.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=3RTwElbucFOODFp4kBFVgA--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Nicolas Cage gives a Thai 'wai' traditional salute at the end of a press conference in Bangkok in this Sept. 12, 2006, file photo. Cage has put his home in the tony community of Bel-Air in Los Angeles on the market for $35 million. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nicolas Cage is leaving Bel-Air. The actor has put his home in the tony community on the market for $35 million. He bought the seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom spread eight years ago for a mere $7 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Prestige' conjures $14.8M at box office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061018/capt.ed3d2f7db0b74ebeaa300052a3502737.the_prestige_premiere_carm113.jpg?x=72&y=130&sig=0xjjkhzh.9ZjEEaeBsGg6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="Piper Perabo poses for photographers at the premiere of 'The Prestige' Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>AP - The magic act "The Prestige" debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $14.8 million, outperforming Clint Eastwood's World War II saga, which opened at No. 3 with $10.2 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
"El Cortez" a cliched crime drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sharing its title with a
historic Reno hotel that's seen better days (or maybe not), "El
Cortez" is a clumsy lump of ponderous pulp fiction with
"Cooler" aspirations.
A whole lotta "Sex" in Hungarian comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Just Sex and Nothing Else,"
as you would sagely guess from the title, really means "sex and
a whole lot else," which is what this Hungarian crowd-pleaser
served up here at the recent Chicago International Film
Festival.
The top movies at the North American box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10 movies at
the North American box office for the three-day weekend
beginning October 20, led by new release "The Prestige,"
according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.
Final data will be issued on Monday.
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"/>
Country star George Jones a proud traditionalist
(Reuters)
Reuters - Few topics get George Jones, who
has been called everything from "the greatest living country
singer" to "the Rolls-Royce of country singers," riled up like
contemporary country music. In fact, he disputes that it's
country music at all.
Like her father, Joel embarks on musician's life
(Reuters)
Reuters - In what amounts to joining the
family business, Alexa Ray Joel -- daughter of Piano Man Billy
Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley -- is in the midst of a
16-city run in support of her independently recorded and
distributed debut EP, "Sketches."
Boy's dad has doubts on Madonna adoption
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_en_mu/madonna_adoption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.ee2fd240b16a483a88397b95bd8d490e.malawi_madonna_adoption_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=DWLLlS7_K53L7nkbJWsINg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This handout photo provided by Liz Rosenberg on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, shows music legend Madonna visiting with children during her trip to Malawi. (AP Photo/Shavawn Rissman)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Malawian man who gave up his 13-month-old son to be adopted by Madonna said Sunday he had not realized he was signing away custody "for good."</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Review: Montgomery shows "Change"
(AP)
AP - Montgomery Gentry, "Some People Change" (Columbia)
Review: Voigt triumphs in 'Salome'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/opera_lyric_salome"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.ec5525fa61804d6c93093bded5adbdec.lyric_salome_cx106.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=NtVKJArY.ypEd0RvQhDTuw--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Soprano Deborah Voigt as Salome taunts the severed head of John the Baptist during dress rehearsal for the Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of 'Salome' by Richard Strauss on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was no surprise that the formerly fat lady sang — and magnificently — in the opening of Richard Strauss' "Salome" at Lyric Opera of Chicago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony: Hank Williams notebook was stolen
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_en_mu/people_williams"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.4d7c26a4e4ab4f2f97d5d5d0338633b3.people_williams_aphs146.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=fN.uDLmpDLzObkPA7yBuMA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This is an undated photo of Country and Western singer and guitarist Hank Williams. He was born in Georgiana, Al., in 1923 as Hiram King Williams, and he died of a heart attack in 1953. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A music publishing company says a 59-year-old notebook that once belonged to the late country singer Hank Williams and is now in the hands of two collectors had been stolen from its offices.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lil' Wayne could be charged in melee
(AP)
AP - Morgan State University police are considering whether to pursue criminal charges against rapper Lil' Wayne after someone threw money into a crowd during a performance, causing a melee that left three young women injured.
Kaiser Chiefs aiming high on second album
(Reuters)
Reuters - British rock act the Kaiser
Chiefs have just finished recording their second album, due for
release early next year.
Partner of Melissa Etheridge gives birth to twins
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/music_nm/etheridge_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061022/2006_10_22t035552_450x311_us_etheridge.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=GJPDpBxk1AzEuPpDF.mYWw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Singer Melissa Etheridge (L) and girlfriend actress Tammy Lynn Michaels at the Ford 2005 'get tied to the cause' breast cancer awareness luncheon in Los Angeles on September 26, 2005. The couple announced on October 21, 2006 that Michaels had given birth to twins. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rock singer Melissa Etheridge and
her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, announced on Saturday
that Michaels had given birth to twins.</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"/>
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