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Concertgoer throws drink at Streisand
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/people_streisand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.30bb1d10ddfc401d9e715f6169652014.people_streisand_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=FqBf333cHjsSJqyga2T4.g--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto, in this Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 file photo. Super diva Streisand had a drink lobbed at her in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. suburb, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 after a skit with a George W. Bush impersonator that poked fun at the president. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)" border="0" /></a>AP - The funny girl wasn't laughing. Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baldwin wants off political documentary
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mo/people_baldwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.3aed6847859042e2add6b4f74c2b958f.people_baldwin_ny122.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=8NXtbiE3mpSJczJn_FpqgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Alec Baldwin attends the New York University Tisch School of the Arts gala benefit, in this file photo from Oct. 28, 2005, in New York. Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called 'Running with Arnold,' saying filmmakers went too far by including images of Nazi rallies. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Alec Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called "Running with Arnold," saying filmmakers went too far by including images of Nazi rallies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bob Barker retiring after 50 years on TV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_tv/tv_bob_barker_retires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.35dfc29c3d5d49a1ac34c505531354b9.tv_bob_barker_retires_la108.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=quZbI3SNC6gqJlSo9u1VxA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Television game show host Bob Barker waves to the audience during a live taping of 'The Price Is Right' at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. The iconic daytime TV host is ending his 35 years with CBS' 'The Price Is Right,' saying he'll work on animal-rights causes and consider movie roles. He is retiring in June. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down."</p><br clear="all"/>
Rolling Stones shows delayed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/rolling_stones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.6f70c0337e9349efa41e403bc0795ebe.mick_jagger_nyol206.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=E9mnRTZresfu49ev9lMepg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Singer Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs during a concert in New York's Madison Square Garden in this Jan. 18, 2006 file photo. A concert at Boardwalk Hall that was canceled due to Mick Jagger's sore throat has been rescheduled for Nov. 17. Jagger was ordered to rest after developing the throat ailment, said a statement posted on Boardwalk Hall's Web site. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - More Rolling Stones tour dates have been delayed and one show canceled due to singer Mick Jagger's throat troubles. The 63-year-old rocker has been advised to take four days off to rest his voice, forcing the band to push back a scheduled Nov. 18 concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to Nov. 22, according to a statement on the band's Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anna Nicole Smith treated for pneumonia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.101d911406054d06ad633016e5133ca0.people_anna_nicole_smith___nyet195.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=gqeU9PIv6fySQ2x.BzN18Q--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 28, 2006, in Washington. Smith has been hospitalized with pneumonia at the same medical center in the Bahamas where her 20-year-old son died under mysterious circumstances in September, an attorney for the reality TV star said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith has been hospitalized with pneumonia at the same medical center where her 20-year-old son died under mysterious circumstances in September, an attorney for the reality TV star said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
China film director hailed for harming environment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese director Chen Kaige, whose
movie "The Promise" harmed a pristine Himalayan lakeside during
shooting, has been nominated for a "Green Chinese" award for
raising environmental awareness.
Concertgoer throws drink at Streisand
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/people_streisand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.30bb1d10ddfc401d9e715f6169652014.people_streisand_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=FqBf333cHjsSJqyga2T4.g--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto, in this Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 file photo. Super diva Streisand had a drink lobbed at her in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. suburb, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 after a skit with a George W. Bush impersonator that poked fun at the president. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)" border="0" /></a>AP - The funny girl wasn't laughing. Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bob Barker retiring after 50 years on TV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_tv/tv_bob_barker_retires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.35dfc29c3d5d49a1ac34c505531354b9.tv_bob_barker_retires_la108.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=quZbI3SNC6gqJlSo9u1VxA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Television game show host Bob Barker waves to the audience during a live taping of 'The Price Is Right' at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. The iconic daytime TV host is ending his 35 years with CBS' 'The Price Is Right,' saying he'll work on animal-rights causes and consider movie roles. He is retiring in June. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down."</p><br clear="all"/>
Kohl's, Spanish-language TV star team up
(AP)
AP - Retailer Kohl's Corp. is teaming up with a top Spanish-language television star, hoping her lively home decor line will bring in Hispanic customers and appeal to all shoppers.
Make yourself comfortable in "Clean House"
(Reuters)
Reuters - After several regional
outings and numerous prizes for its author, including, most
recently, the MacArthur Foundation's so-called "genius"
fellowship, Sarah Ruhl's delightful play "The Clean House" has
finally opened in New York, where the Lincoln Center Theater is
giving it an elegant production.
China film director hailed for harming environment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese director Chen Kaige, whose
movie "The Promise" harmed a pristine Himalayan lakeside during
shooting, has been nominated for a "Green Chinese" award for
raising environmental awareness.
"Silence" is golden for European documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Into Great
Silence," a nearly wordless documentary about a reclusive order
of French monks, has been picked as this year's best European
documentary, the European Film Academy announced Tuesday.
Sutherland strikes "Gold" in treasure comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Donald Sutherland is
joining the hunt for "Fool's Gold," an adventure comedy
starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.
Baldwin wants off political documentary
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mo/people_baldwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.3aed6847859042e2add6b4f74c2b958f.people_baldwin_ny122.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=8NXtbiE3mpSJczJn_FpqgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Alec Baldwin attends the New York University Tisch School of the Arts gala benefit, in this file photo from Oct. 28, 2005, in New York. Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called 'Running with Arnold,' saying filmmakers went too far by including images of Nazi rallies. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Alec Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called "Running with Arnold," saying filmmakers went too far by including images of Nazi rallies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Method comedy: Borat and faux personas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_en_mo/film_borat_faux_personas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.4dc462f8181d4887957d569f88537f39.borat_faux_personas_nyet350.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=5bDce_eXNPtRTkvMouIOJQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="This undated promotional photo, provided by Twentieth Century Fox, shows actor Sacha Baron Cohen, center, in a scene from the new film 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Nation of Kazakhstan.' (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox)" border="0" /></a>AP - In promoting his new film, Sacha Baron Cohen has not wavered in presenting himself as the backward Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev — be it in interviews, at movie premieres or on his thorough MySpace.com page.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kazakhstan to Borat: Not so funny!
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_en_mo/borat_kazakhstan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061031/i/r2520518501.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=La5nJctxRmNAbxznkKMkCw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="British actor Sacha Baron Cohen gives the thumbs up as he arrives for the UK premiere of his new film entitled 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' in Leicester Square, London October 25, 2006. Cohen would have never chosen Kazakhstan for his jokes if the country was free of corruption and human rights abuses, a leading opposition politician said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty" border="0" /></a>AP - Borat, beware: Accept an invitation by a top Kazakh official to find out what the country is like and you could be in for a nasty surprise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: Almodovar returns for `Volver'
(AP)
AP - On almost every level, Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" proves you can go home again.
AFI Film Festival celebrates 20 years
(AP)
AP - In a city where people leave to see movies — and see and be seen — at film festivals around the world, the American Film Institute is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its own festival.
Microsoft, Peter Jackson postpone "Halo" movie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/film_nm/media_halo_movie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061031/2006_10_31t144106_450x297_us_media_halo_movie.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=mqNmhIRtIO6.vhcS4qAk4A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The Character 'Master Chief' from the Microsoft game 'Halo 3' for Xbox 360 is pictured as a trailer for the game is shown at the conclusion of the Microsoft XBox 360 2006 E3 media event in Hollywood May 9, 2006. Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said the company and the Oscar-winning team behind 'The Lord of the Rings' films have postponed 'Halo' -- the movie based on Microsoft's popular alien shoot-up video games. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. and the
Oscar-winning team behind "The Lord of the Rings" movies are
delaying plans for a feature film based on "Halo," the software
company's popular alien shoot-up video games.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aid group head denies Jolie allegations
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_en_mo/people_angelina_jolie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.515ff212e884447da284310dea7b4e36.people_angelina_jolie_nyet164.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Dcc8tUmYhoTmpQUMVtxDLg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Actress Angelina Jolie speaks to Cambodian reporters during her last visit to Phnom Penh in this July 6, 2004 file photo. A Cambodian development group with which Jolie was working on a nature conservation project accused the actress Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, of reneging on a pledge to provide aid for a nature conservation project, but her lawyer denied the allegation.(AP Photo/Andy Eames)" border="0" /></a>AP - The head of a Cambodian aid group denied Tuesday allegations that donations by Angelina Jolie for a conservation project had been misappropriated.</p><br clear="all"/>
Concertgoer throws drink at Streisand
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/people_streisand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.30bb1d10ddfc401d9e715f6169652014.people_streisand_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=FqBf333cHjsSJqyga2T4.g--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto, in this Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 file photo. Super diva Streisand had a drink lobbed at her in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. suburb, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 after a skit with a George W. Bush impersonator that poked fun at the president. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)" border="0" /></a>AP - The funny girl wasn't laughing. Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
Marsalis Quintet does the work of an orchestra
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the first couple of
numbers, as Wynton Marsalis put his visiting quintet through
its rich and compelling repertoire Monday night, the guys sat
close together in the middle of the vast stage of the even
vaster Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The Roots in triumphant L.A. stand
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061101/music_nm/review_music_roots_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.9f893d5aca9c4a40a4e30e56181465ad.vegoose_music_festival_nvks114.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=0SJKBKvUevGflm1cHnCGUQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Guitarist Capt. Kirk of the band The Roots performs at the Vegoose Music Festival Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/ Keith Shimada)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There may be
explanations -- financial or otherwise -- for the severe dearth
of hip-hop (or R&B) bands on the musical landscape.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rolling Stones shows delayed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/rolling_stones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061030/capt.6f70c0337e9349efa41e403bc0795ebe.mick_jagger_nyol206.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=E9mnRTZresfu49ev9lMepg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Singer Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs during a concert in New York's Madison Square Garden in this Jan. 18, 2006 file photo. A concert at Boardwalk Hall that was canceled due to Mick Jagger's sore throat has been rescheduled for Nov. 17. Jagger was ordered to rest after developing the throat ailment, said a statement posted on Boardwalk Hall's Web site. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - More Rolling Stones tour dates have been delayed and one show canceled due to singer Mick Jagger's throat troubles. The 63-year-old rocker has been advised to take four days off to rest his voice, forcing the band to push back a scheduled Nov. 18 concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to Nov. 22, according to a statement on the band's Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna: Offered to help boy's father
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/madonna_adoption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061027/2006_10_25t103146_450x315_us_madonna.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=.M_L6_2EaAOa4XvZoEeqFg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Madonna leaves a gym in northwest London, October 18, 2006. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna said Tuesday that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son.</p><br clear="all"/>
Police: Duo stole Hank Williams notebook
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_en_mu/hank_williams_notebook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.bc7c027117ad4295883333eb04482b84.hank_williams_ny402.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=N4dz_YL7yihQR4ZPsHa7Ow--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This is an undated file 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 - Two people accused of stealing a Hank Williams notebook believed to be worth $250,000 surrendered to police, even though one of the suspects claims to have legitimately obtained the item, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stones cancel concert, fan sues over missed date
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/music_nm/leisure_stones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061101/2006_10_31t144309_450x282_us_leisure_stones.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=QWTxTTrdTA67vnHk4UbKoA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger performs in Foxboro, Massachusetts, September 20, 2006. The Stones have cancelled a concert in Hawaii and have juggled the dates for three other shows so that Jagger can rest his voice, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Rolling Stones on Tuesday canceled
an upcoming concert in Hawaii and rescheduled three other
performances, while a fan sued the band for $51 million for
pulling out of a New Jersey show last week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cat Stevens to perform at Nobel concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_en_mu/people_yusuf_islam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.de4a322952b140dfa1d22045c32e90fe.people_yusuf_islam_nyet168.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=R8TLDEOD0fwXrhteKhWUEg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performs during a fund-raising concert for tsunami victims in Jakarta, Indonesia in this Jan. 31, 2005 file photo. Islam, will be among the performers at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, promoters said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The former Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, will be among the performers at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, promoters said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Meat Loaf serves another dish of "Bat Out of Hell"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/music_nm/meatloaf_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061031/2006_10_31t153827_450x300_us_meatloaf.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Nu7uQpE4nj1TxNaxqYaH.w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. rock and roll singer Meat Loaf attends a news conference promoting his latest album 'Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose' in Hong Kong, September 4, 2006. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Aging rocker Meat Loaf released his
third "Bat Out Of Hell" album on Tuesday knowing that his
previous rock operas were big hits but produced divisive
reactions.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Review: Who back after 24 years
(AP)
AP - The Who, "Endless Wire" (Universal Republic): Almost 25 years since the Who's last studio album, 1982's "It's Hard," the legendary rock band behind such anthems as "My Generation" is back — older, not as invincible, but still rocking out, minus two members.
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