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Fox: Not off medicine in political ads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_ce/couric_michael_j__fox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.8163d9be29aa4436a773b1fbbf4d93cb.couric_michael_j_fox_ny121.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=k4734BeLIb4HeBbSuiG1bA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this handout photo provided by CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, anchor and Managing Editor Katie Couric interviews Michael J. Fox about his ads for stem cell research, broadcast on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, in New York. In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease. On the contrary, he had been over-medicated, the actor said during the interview. (AP Photo/courtesy of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dad: Boyfriend, Shakira wait on marriage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_ce/people_shakira"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.55744bdddabd4688a698078bbba324c4.latin_grammy_awards_nyr116.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=r1IMWHGiPclEfG5iEH_a8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this photo provided by Sony BMG, singer Shakira films a video for her single 'Illegal' in Mexico City on October 17, 2006. Shakira will be performing at the Latin Grammy awards show Nov. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Helena Verellen, Sony BMG)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shakira and the son of an ex-president of Argentina have talked about marriage but are waiting for now, his father was quoted Thursday as saying.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ex files 2nd lawsuit against Smith
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_ce/people_anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.081e7624d1e74ff191d47037e2c233a6.anna_nicole_smith_la106.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=qP1k1Ytk2RAbmql_ZOWM7g--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Photographer Larry Birkhead, left, with his attornery Debra Opri, talks to the media outside Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, downtown Los Angeles. Birkhead, the ex-boyfriend of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, contends he is the father of Smith's new baby girl, and has filed a lawsuit demanding that Smith and the child return to California to establish paternity through DNA tests. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - An attorney for the former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith has filed a second lawsuit against the reality TV star, this time alleging fraud and conspiracy, his lawyer said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pete Townshend blows off Howard Stern
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_en_ce/people_stern_townshend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.8603d8f732e844a7bc34d15438f0c401.people_stern_townshend_nyet149.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=SMflExtCiH4K4eZVmNa_Bg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="The Who's guitarist-songwriter Pete Townshend performs at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 2006. He ducked out of his scheduled interview on Howard Stern's satellite radio show on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, upon hearing Stern talk about a touchy subject: His 2003 arrest in London on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Townshend was cleared of the charges. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Howard Stern's radio guests expect him to air their dirty laundry and play along. Pete Townshend isn't one of them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duran Duran says Andy Taylor has quit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_en_mu/music_duran_duran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.d9ef757c1958499c99e710218ac16f8b.music_duran_taylor_nyet152.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=EIfdMgUijopoXxE893LbWA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Members of the Duran Duran, from left, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and John Taylor, arrive for the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 28, 2003. The rockers announced Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, that guitarist Andy Taylor has quit the veteran rock group. Duran Duran said Taylor quit last weekend but that its remaining four members plan to carry on recording and performing as a group. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Duran Duran announced that guitarist Andy Taylor has quit the veteran rock group. Duran Duran said Taylor quit last weekend but that the remaining four members — singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor — plan to continue recording and performing as a group.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studio stirs up Dixie Chicks movie controversy
(Reuters)
Reuters - The company distributing
a new documentary about the Dixie Chicks has blasted the NBC
and CW networks for allegedly refusing to accept a commercial
spot for the film, which opens in four theaters Friday.
Tenor sings with arm in sling
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_mu/opera_star_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.ce815525f8f2427f83309546822c0e7d.us_opera_star_accident_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=E6fEWoXzDEIQEMcxTSQR.w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Salvatore Licitra is 'Don Alvaro' performs Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Forza del Destino' at Carnegie Hall in New York in this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 file photo. The rising opera star who gained fame by subbing for Luciano Pavarotti suffered an accident on a Manhattan street. But tenor Licitra was ready to take the stage Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 with his entire arm in a sling, singing the role that was Enrico Caruso's trademark. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FIle)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rising opera star Salvatore Licitra suffered a rotator cuff injury getting out of a cab, but he didn't let that stop him from singing the role that was Enrico Caruso's trademark — even with his arm in a sling.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox: Not off medicine in political ads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_tv/couric_michael_j__fox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.8163d9be29aa4436a773b1fbbf4d93cb.couric_michael_j_fox_ny121.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=k4734BeLIb4HeBbSuiG1bA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this handout photo provided by CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, anchor and Managing Editor Katie Couric interviews Michael J. Fox about his ads for stem cell research, broadcast on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, in New York. In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease. On the contrary, he had been over-medicated, the actor said during the interview. (AP Photo/courtesy of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.</p><br clear="all"/>
Daio Paper says bought stake in Hokuetsu Paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's Daio Paper Corp. said on Friday
that it has taken a stake in smaller rival Hokuetsu Paper Mills
Ltd. in the latest step toward a realignment of the sector.
Bad "Times": Dylan musical bland on bland
(Reuters)
Reuters - It doesn't seem lightning
is going to strike twice for choreographer Twyla Tharp, whose
"Movin' Out" -- essentially a modern ballet danced to the music
of Billy Joel -- was a surprise Broadway smash.
Studio stirs up Dixie Chicks movie controversy
(Reuters)
Reuters - The company distributing
a new documentary about the Dixie Chicks has blasted the NBC
and CW networks for allegedly refusing to accept a commercial
spot for the film, which opens in four theaters Friday.
Snuff film "Death" gets new face
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Faces of Death," an
infamous 1970s "snuff movie" that purported to show actual
deaths of humans and animals, is being resurrected as a
low-budget horror.
Borat star's next film sparks bidding war
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Bruno," English
comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to next week's release
"Borat," triggered an intense bidding war in Hollywood on
Thursday.
Ferrell going "Semi-Pro" in hoops comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Will Ferrell is lacing
up his high-tops for "Semi-Pro," a basketball comedy
co-starring Woody Harrelson.
Farrellys set to deliver in vitro comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Peter and Bobby Farrelly
have hopped on board to direct "Baster," a character-driven
romantic comedy about a woman's longing for a baby.
"Cocaine Cowboys" relives Miami's high times
(Reuters)
Reuters - As sensational as
"Scarface" and a lot livelier than that "Miami Vice" movie,
"Cocaine Cowboys" vividly traces Miami's trajectory from sleepy
retirement mecca to Blow Central, USA.
"Saw III" set to rip up weekend box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the third year in a
row, the diabolical character Jigsaw is set to rule the
Halloween box office with the thriller "Saw III."
October home vide takes a "Stand"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/film_nm/video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061027/2006_10_26t060549_450x290_us_video.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=JDQqW914Nf4w1ggd.9xtDw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="French voice actor Laurent Gerra (L) attends a photocall for directors Karey Kirkpatrick and Tim Johnson's out of competition animated film 'Over the Hedge' at the 59th Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2006. 'Over the Hedge' scored an over-the-top victory on the national DVD sales chart last week, according to sales data issued Wednesday. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After more than a year
of bad tidings, the home entertainment business appears headed
for a rebound that not even the most optimistic studio
executive had predicted as recently as the summer.</p><br clear="all"/>
A Halloween DVD roundup
(Reuters)
Reuters - "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Imprint," "The Texas Chain
Saw Massacre," "Rest Stop," "The Devil's Rain," "The Boris
Karloff Collection," "Icons of Horror"
"Bridge" sheds light on those who cross over
(Reuters)
Reuters - Suicide may not be
painless, the old theme song from "M*A*S*H" notwithstanding.
Tenor sings with arm in sling
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_mu/opera_star_accident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.ce815525f8f2427f83309546822c0e7d.us_opera_star_accident_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=E6fEWoXzDEIQEMcxTSQR.w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Salvatore Licitra is 'Don Alvaro' performs Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Forza del Destino' at Carnegie Hall in New York in this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 file photo. The rising opera star who gained fame by subbing for Luciano Pavarotti suffered an accident on a Manhattan street. But tenor Licitra was ready to take the stage Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 with his entire arm in a sling, singing the role that was Enrico Caruso's trademark. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FIle)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rising opera star Salvatore Licitra suffered a rotator cuff injury getting out of a cab, but he didn't let that stop him from singing the role that was Enrico Caruso's trademark — even with his arm in a sling.</p><br clear="all"/>
Humperdinck says fans still throw panties at him
(Reuters)
Reuters - British crooner Engelbert
Humperdinck says he was inspired by Elvis, lucky to have a wife
who did not mind women throwing panties at him, and once fired
a manager who made him second fiddle to rival Tom Jones.
Dogg & Cats reign at Greek gig in L.A
(Reuters)
Reuters - Snoop Dogg, accompanied
by pimps, hangers-on, hotties and youngsters, basked in the
worshipful glow of a capacity audience at the Greek Theater
Wednesday during a benefit concert for his Snoop Youth Football
League.
Time served in case of rapper death
(AP)
AP - The man who authorities say killed the rapper Proof in lawful defense of another man was sentenced Thursday to time served and a $2,000 fine for weapons violations.
Mariah Carey's Hong Kong show canceled
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_mu/people_mariah_carey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.347ea1974ed343d788da08e5b919f033.people_mariah_carey_nyet142.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=mfLvKouTovfmbyR5jdO.ww--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Mariah Carey appears on stage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios, April 12, 2006 in New York . Promoters said Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, that they canceled Mariah Carey's concert in Hong Kong due to a poor ticket sales and what they characterized as 'unreasonable demands' from the pop singer. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mariah Carey's manager says a financial default by a promoter, and not poor ticket sales or demands by the pop star, caused the cancellation of her weekend show in Hong Kong.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hendrix family contests $15 mln sale of songs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/music_nm/hendrix_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061027/2006_10_26t205035_367x450_us_hendrix.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=NBOC.gWhvb8tYEy2G7HoRg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Jimi Hendrix in an undated photo. A private bidder paid $15 million for the rights to hit songs by the guitarist at an auction on Thursday, but a company owned by the musician's family said it will sue to prove it owns the songs. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A private bidder paid $15 million for
the rights to hit songs by U.S. rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix at
an auction on Thursday, but a company owned by the musician's
family said it will sue to prove it owns the songs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duran Duran guitarist leaves band
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/music_nm/arts_duranduran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061027/2006_10_26t172427_450x304_us_arts_duranduran.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=e42A_A1HdB3zhKTG4mtYhg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Members of 'Duran Duran' (L-R) Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor in a file photo. Guitarist Andy Taylor has left the group ahead of the U.S. leg of a world tour -- five years after the chart-topping 1980s band got back together. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British band Duran Duran said
guitarist Andy Taylor has left the group ahead of the U.S. leg
of a world tour -- five years after the chart-topping 1980s
band got back together.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pete Townshend blows off Howard Stern
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_en_mu/people_stern_townshend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.8603d8f732e844a7bc34d15438f0c401.people_stern_townshend_nyet149.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=SMflExtCiH4K4eZVmNa_Bg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="The Who's guitarist-songwriter Pete Townshend performs at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 2006. He ducked out of his scheduled interview on Howard Stern's satellite radio show on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, upon hearing Stern talk about a touchy subject: His 2003 arrest in London on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Townshend was cleared of the charges. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Howard Stern's radio guests expect him to air their dirty laundry and play along. Pete Townshend isn't one of them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Latin rock group returns
(AP)
AP - The Velvet Ones are back.
Duran Duran says Andy Taylor has quit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_en_mu/music_duran_duran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.d9ef757c1958499c99e710218ac16f8b.music_duran_taylor_nyet152.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=EIfdMgUijopoXxE893LbWA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Members of the Duran Duran, from left, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and John Taylor, arrive for the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 28, 2003. The rockers announced Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, that guitarist Andy Taylor has quit the veteran rock group. Duran Duran said Taylor quit last weekend but that its remaining four members plan to carry on recording and performing as a group. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Duran Duran announced that guitarist Andy Taylor has quit the veteran rock group. Duran Duran said Taylor quit last weekend but that the remaining four members — singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor — plan to continue recording and performing as a group.</p><br clear="all"/>
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