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'Saw III' cuts up competition in debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.nyol10910291817.box_office_nyol109.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=MBtEW2tTD57YIoZqgAhaUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Actor Leonardo Di Caprio looks on as he arrives at Rome's Auditorium to present the movie 'The Departed,' at the first ever edition of the Rome 'Festa del Cinema' Film Festiva in this Oct. 15, 2006 file photo. 'The departed' took in $9.8 million at the weekend box office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Halloween came early at movie theaters as "Saw III" sliced up the competition with a $34.3 million debut, the best opening yet for the gory horror franchise. Lionsgate's "Saw III" easily took over as No. 1 at the box office, bumping off Disney's dueling-magicians saga "The Prestige," which slipped to third place with $9.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "The Prestige" raised its 10-day total to $28.8 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
Students produce movies with cell phones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/making_mobilettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.980cdd947e4245868a373bd4e26e7cb6.mobile_movies_nyet399.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_cP0OVGSIG9SHhsHaS9VSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Frenchman Leonard Bougois-Beaulieu poses with the mobile phone he used to film his short movie 'Busy', in front of the computer onto which he edited it, Friday Oct. 13, 2006 at his Paris home. Cheap, easy and accessible, mobiles-as-movie cameras are shaking up the celluloid world, literally putting a touch of Hollywood into amateur filmmakers' hands. 'First and foremost, it's a matter of cost,' said Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu, whose short, 'Busy,' won Pocket Films' audience choice award for best film at Paris' second film festival devoted exclusively to movies shot with cells. An image of Bourgois-Beaulieu himself, who stars in his own movie, is seen on the computer's screen behind. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - The cameras capture the young man walking down the stairs, reciting a monologue about the three things people should know about him: His favorite movie is "Gone with the Wind," he loves roller coasters and he hates when people don't take him seriously.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Jackson to appear at awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mu/people_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.9fd17ed229f64d32a98c78807aaddbfa.people_michael_jackson__ny110.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=ZA9_QUW9xjC26yI.nIWF_A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Michael Jackson waves in Tokyo in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London in November, organizers announced Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. The reclusive king of pop will receive a Diamond Award, given to artists who sell more than 100 million albums, at the industry ceremony on Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London next month, organizers announced Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jon Stewart visits Ohio State U.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_tv/daily_show_ohio"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061014/i/r773049707.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=jOY.E_IoIet0q9dnqZglIw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Comedian Jon Stewart waves to the crowd after throwing out the first pitch before the start of Game 2 of the NLCS baseball playoff series between New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals in New York October 13, 2006. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jon Stewart and staff from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" fielded questions from Ohio State University students at a special appearance Saturday, but the comedian also had a query of his own.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brad Pitt's staff claims crew trespassed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/people_pitt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.713483f6ca734ae5b6233d059569fc7b.people_brad_pitt_ny118.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=XDgMMWAhoJwvDozNFOMlvA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Actor Brad Pitt smiles during a news conferencein New Orleans in this Aug. 31, 2006, file photo. Pitt is claiming that a producer and cameraman from E! Networks trespassed at his Hollywood Hills home, though the actor and his family were not home at the time. The two parked a van outside the home on Oct. 20, ignored a 'no trespassing' sign and walked onto the property, where they were spotted by some construction workers, a representative for Pitt alleged. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brad Pitt's staff is claiming that a television producer and cameraman trespassed at his Hollywood Hills home while the actor and his family were not home.</p><br clear="all"/>
Comcast scares up horror broadband site
(Reuters)
Reuters - The horror genre is hot,
as indicated by current box office champ "Saw III," and Comcast
Corp. plans to capitalize on that popularity with Tuesday's
appropriately timed launch of its broadband and video-on-demand
channel FEARnet.com.
Michael Jackson to appear at awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mu/people_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.9fd17ed229f64d32a98c78807aaddbfa.people_michael_jackson__ny110.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=ZA9_QUW9xjC26yI.nIWF_A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Michael Jackson waves in Tokyo in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London in November, organizers announced Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. The reclusive king of pop will receive a Diamond Award, given to artists who sell more than 100 million albums, at the industry ceremony on Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London next month, organizers announced Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
HBO's "Angel" a superb drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Almost too good for the
small screen, HBO's "Angel Rodriguez" tells the fictitious but
altogether gripping story of a troubled New York City high
school kid.
Cablevision sets up special litigation committee
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp. said on
Friday it would create a special litigation committee with two
former judges newly appointed to its board as the cable
operator faces fresh legal challenges.
Berlin to stage canceled opera after security review
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Berlin opera house said on Friday it
would go ahead with plans to stage a Mozart opera in which the
severed head of the Prophet Mohammad is seen, after police
reversed their earlier finding that it posed a security risk.
Comcast scares up horror broadband site
(Reuters)
Reuters - The horror genre is hot,
as indicated by current box office champ "Saw III," and Comcast
Corp. plans to capitalize on that popularity with Tuesday's
appropriately timed launch of its broadband and video-on-demand
channel FEARnet.com.
'Saw III' cuts up competition in debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.nyol10910291817.box_office_nyol109.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=MBtEW2tTD57YIoZqgAhaUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Actor Leonardo Di Caprio looks on as he arrives at Rome's Auditorium to present the movie 'The Departed,' at the first ever edition of the Rome 'Festa del Cinema' Film Festiva in this Oct. 15, 2006 file photo. 'The departed' took in $9.8 million at the weekend box office. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Halloween came early at movie theaters as "Saw III" sliced up the competition with a $34.3 million debut, the best opening yet for the gory horror franchise. Lionsgate's "Saw III" easily took over as No. 1 at the box office, bumping off Disney's dueling-magicians saga "The Prestige," which slipped to third place with $9.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "The Prestige" raised its 10-day total to $28.8 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Saw III" buzzes at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - The horror franchise "Saw III"
dismembered the competition to seize the Halloween box office
in North America for the third straight year.
Fox laughs off criticism of ads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/michael_fox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061025/capt.e28dd8d1c0bf40548c5f2a6b2cdea882.us_elections_michael_j__fox_wx116.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=JtLgsyloalFCHucz_Bl_lw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This photo released by the Claire McCaskill Campaign shows actor Michael J. Fox, wearing a shirt and suit jacket, talking directly to the camera in a 30-second commercial backing Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill in Missouri. 'They say all politics is local, but it's not always the case,' says Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and supports research on embryonic stem cell. 'What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans _ Americans like me'. (AP Photo/McCaskill Campaign)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael J. Fox laughed off criticism of his appearance in recent political ads in support of embryonic stem cell research, but said his mother was not as amused.</p><br clear="all"/>
Students produce movies with cell phones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/making_mobilettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.980cdd947e4245868a373bd4e26e7cb6.mobile_movies_nyet399.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_cP0OVGSIG9SHhsHaS9VSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Frenchman Leonard Bougois-Beaulieu poses with the mobile phone he used to film his short movie 'Busy', in front of the computer onto which he edited it, Friday Oct. 13, 2006 at his Paris home. Cheap, easy and accessible, mobiles-as-movie cameras are shaking up the celluloid world, literally putting a touch of Hollywood into amateur filmmakers' hands. 'First and foremost, it's a matter of cost,' said Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu, whose short, 'Busy,' won Pocket Films' audience choice award for best film at Paris' second film festival devoted exclusively to movies shot with cells. An image of Bourgois-Beaulieu himself, who stars in his own movie, is seen on the computer's screen behind. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - The cameras capture the young man walking down the stairs, reciting a monologue about the three things people should know about him: His favorite movie is "Gone with the Wind," he loves roller coasters and he hates when people don't take him seriously.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Saw III" cuts up rivals at Halloween box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - The familiar sound of fearful
screaming coming from movie theaters across North America
belonged to "Saw III," as the horror franchise took hold of the
Halloween box office for the third time in as many years.
Brad Pitt's staff claims crew trespassed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mo/people_pitt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.713483f6ca734ae5b6233d059569fc7b.people_brad_pitt_ny118.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=XDgMMWAhoJwvDozNFOMlvA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Actor Brad Pitt smiles during a news conferencein New Orleans in this Aug. 31, 2006, file photo. Pitt is claiming that a producer and cameraman from E! Networks trespassed at his Hollywood Hills home, though the actor and his family were not home at the time. The two parked a van outside the home on Oct. 20, ignored a 'no trespassing' sign and walked onto the property, where they were spotted by some construction workers, a representative for Pitt alleged. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brad Pitt's staff is claiming that a television producer and cameraman trespassed at his Hollywood Hills home while the actor and his family were not home.</p><br clear="all"/>
Regular folk bare all in erotic film competition
(Reuters)
Reuters - As Aaron Strickler sees things,
the world would be better off if others could see him having
sex on film.
People in the News
(AP)
AP - Jay-Z has no problem with people doubting whether his upcoming CD can live up to his past glories.
NBC rejects TV ads for Dixie Chicks film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061028/film_nm/leisure_dixiechicks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061028/2006_10_27t232236_450x285_us_leisure_dixiechicks.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=IWSYm4Lkm1Dhsiqsp2QjRA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Natalie Maines (C, Martie Maguire (L) and Emily Robison at a news conference for the 'Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing' a the Toronto International Film Festival, September 13, 2006. Citing its policy barring ads dealing with 'public controversy,' NBC said on Friday it rejected a TV commercial for the documentary. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Citing its policy barring ads
dealing with "public controversy," the NBC network said on
Friday it rejected a TV commercial for a new film documenting
the furor over the Dixie Chicks' criticism of President George
W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Jackson to appear at awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_en_mu/people_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.9fd17ed229f64d32a98c78807aaddbfa.people_michael_jackson__ny110.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=ZA9_QUW9xjC26yI.nIWF_A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Michael Jackson waves in Tokyo in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London in November, organizers announced Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. The reclusive king of pop will receive a Diamond Award, given to artists who sell more than 100 million albums, at the industry ceremony on Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson will make a rare public appearance at the World Music Awards in London next month, organizers announced Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin dies at 86
(AP)
AP - Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, who helped pen such classics as "The Long Black Veil" and "One Day at a Time," has died. She was 86.
Gretchen Wilson says she's a mom first
(AP)
AP - The redneck woman has a tender side. Country singer Gretchen Wilson, known for songs that flaunt her hardscrabble roots and wild ways like chewing tobacco and drag racing on back roads, has written a memoir that discusses her rise to fame and her defining moment in life: becoming a mother.
"Long Black Veil" songwriter dies in Nashville
(Reuters)
Reuters - Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Judge: 50 Cent no two-bit song stealer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_en_mu/50_cent_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061028/capt.056cff5a29b04f2f82c813beda45c417.50_cent_lawsuit_ny126.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=pPm_hafJ6A7lh6q2ZsdT.w--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Rapper 50 Cent gestures in New York, in a Feb. 12, 2003 photo. A judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit accusing rapper 50 Cent of stealing the opening line for his 2003 hit 'In Da Club' from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit accusing rapper 50 Cent of stealing the opening line for his 2003 hit "In Da Club" from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jay-Z aims to repeat past music glories
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_en_mu/people_jay_z"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061027/capt.420a938f926e4179a9651011ece7cc74.people_jayz___nyet162.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=cqCjkyIcXvSSeUPYQzecXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Jay-Z, president and CEO of Def Jam Records, answers a question at a United Nations news conference on August 9, 2006. Jay, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has no problem with people doubting whether his upcoming CD can live up to his past glories. He says in an interview in XXL magazine's December issue, on newsstands Nov. 7, that he loves the challenge. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jay-Z has no problem with people doubting whether his upcoming CD can live up to his past glories. "I love that position," he says in an interview in XXL magazine's forthcoming December issue. "I love that challenge. That's the reason I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop. It's a challenge every time."</p><br clear="all"/>
Meat Loaf unleashes "Bat" for third flight
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061028/music_nm/meatloaf_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061028/2006_10_27t204534_450x341_us_meatloaf.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=l.Y_FS7m3rE7uyxWOTfucQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Singer Meat Loaf (R) performs with Aspen Miller on NBC's 'Today' show in New York October 27, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If he wanted, the rock veteran could be working like, well,
a bat out of hell. But come to think of it ... he is anyway.
The monster that Meat Loaf helped create in 1977 has been
unleashed again, and it's chewing up all his time and energy --
with his full and willing cooperation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ado at NBC over ad for Dixie Chicks film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_en_mu/tv_dixie_chicks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061025/capt.c5f33a442f59474b907521d18ff1e29f.the_dixie_chicks_premiere_shut_up___sing_nysf104.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=TSVVMk02pxuKqRLnR6rBpA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Emily Robison, left, Natalie Maines, second left, Martie Maguire, right, of The Dixie Chicks, and director Barbara Kopple arrive at the premiere of their documentary 'Shut Up & Sing' in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Dixie Chicks are again at the center of a controversy over the limits of opinionated talk. A film company said Friday that NBC wouldn't accept an advertisement for "Shut Up & Sing," a movie about the fuss created by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines' comment that she was ashamed President Bush was a fellow Texan. The network suggested the complaint may be a publicity stunt.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sabbath members touring with, without Ozzy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/music_nm/sabbath_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061026/capt.f66d74319fd440cc9384bd196a579e46.people_black_sabbath_nyet141.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=GuEt0_vn9gsNI4_uNZTA9g--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Members of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath shown in an Oct. 16, 1998 file photo taken in New York. Seated is Ozzy Osbourne. Standing from left are; Bill Ward, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. Members of the band are reforming as a new band called Heaven and Hell. Guitarist Iommi, bassist Butler, drummer Ward and singer Ronnie James Dio are forming the band named after their 1980 hit, according to their publicist. Dio, not shown, replaces Osbourne. They plan to launch an international tour next year. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Maybe it takes a little friendly
competition to nudge Ozzy Osbourne back into the studio with
Black Sabbath.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop Dogg arrested in California
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/music_nm/snoopdogg_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061028/2006_10_27t182000_450x338_us_snoopdogg.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=LTYh9MszxF1azyRlEX37wQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Show host Snoop Dogg arrives for the Spike TV Video Game Awards in Santa Monica, California in this December 14, 2004 file photo. Snoop Dogg has been arrested after airport police said they found a gun and marijuana in his car. (Robert Galbraith/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper and actor Snoop Dogg, one of
the biggest names on the West Coast hip-hop scene, has been
arrested after airport police said they found a gun and
marijuana in his car.</p><br clear="all"/>
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