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'Borat' makes glorious box office win
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061102/capt.12c1cdbba7ff4e2eb4970f51146725db.denmark_mtv_europe_music_awards__mjs119.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=zI82TMBUYG5FhjUZFLs2Zg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Justin Timberlake, left, smiles in front of a screen showing comedian Borat as he hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards at The Bella Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday Nov. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Jon Super)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter-ego Borat made glorious returns at the box office, surprising Hollywood with a No. 1 debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oprah Winfrey makes diet books a hit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_en_tv/books_oprah_winfrey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061106/capt.d3d4d22819fb43f399481ee894c4edb9.books_oprah_winfrey_nyol778.jpg?x=127&y=130&sig=3ZsAjrAmWB3A3n7hrVkt9w--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="Oprah Winfrey appears at the newly re-opened J.P. Morgan Library and Museum in New York in this May 11, 2006, file photo. Since an appearance Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, on Winfrey's television talk show, books by diet doctors Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz have occupied the top three spots on the best seller list of Amazon.com. ( AP Photo/Stephen Chernin,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Oprah book club has been quiet for months, but the Winfrey touch remains golden.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna: Media fanned adoption dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.721478874bc748a7be0ea8b5c0649942.madonna_adoption_nyet181.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=uEIhAgaTC2KLh9iP7RKAeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo, supplied by NBC News, shows Madonna being interviewed in New York Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, by NBC's Meredith Vieira . Madonna said that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son. The interview aired on the 'Today,' television show, Wednesday, November 1, 2006 and another segment on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 and on NBC News' 'Dateline' later Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC News, Virginia Sherwood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna says the news media fanned the controversy over her attempts to adopt a 13-month-old boy from the southeast African country of Malawi, and that the average person doesn't care about it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scott says he gets along fine with Crowe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mo/people_scott"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061105/capt.24020889b1504f199ea4b1739d344fd6.people_scott_crowe_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=mAOKOdPw9fOEBnKSNZqfjw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated handout photo released by 20th Century Fox, Ridley Scott, left, directs Russell Crowe during the making of 'A Good Year,' which is being shown at the Toronto Film Festival. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)" border="0" /></a>AP - Director Ridley Scott knows a thing or two about working with actor Russell Crowe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Eritrea releases gospel singer Berhane
(AP)
AP - Gospel singer Helen Berhane, who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea, has been released after more than two years in detention, a human rights group said.
Almodovar movie, Stasi drama lead Europe film nods
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Volver," an opulent
melodrama from veteran Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, and
"The Lives of Others," a claustrophobic look at life in
communist East Germany, have garnered the most nominations for
the European Film Awards.
Madonna: Media fanned adoption dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.721478874bc748a7be0ea8b5c0649942.madonna_adoption_nyet181.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=uEIhAgaTC2KLh9iP7RKAeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo, supplied by NBC News, shows Madonna being interviewed in New York Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, by NBC's Meredith Vieira . Madonna said that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son. The interview aired on the 'Today,' television show, Wednesday, November 1, 2006 and another segment on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 and on NBC News' 'Dateline' later Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC News, Virginia Sherwood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna says the news media fanned the controversy over her attempts to adopt a 13-month-old boy from the southeast African country of Malawi, and that the average person doesn't care about it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ousted "Bernie Mac" creator back from the cold
(Reuters)
Reuters - The creator of "The
Bernie Mac Show" is returning to Fox 3-1/2 years after the
network dismissed him from the show.
"Arrows" hits target at Canada TV Awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Slings and Arrows," a
comedy about a madcap Shakespearean theater troupe, was the big
winner at the Geminis, Canada's TV awards.
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 21-27: 'Deuce's Wild
(Playbill)
Playbill - A funny thing happened to Terrence McNally's play Deuce on its way to Off-Broadway. It took a turn and landed on Broadway, towing behind it the unexpected return of Broadway's most elusive leading lady.
Almodovar movie, Stasi drama lead Europe film nods
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Volver," an opulent
melodrama from veteran Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, and
"The Lives of Others," a claustrophobic look at life in
communist East Germany, have garnered the most nominations for
the European Film Awards.
Cartoons race for Oscar
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/film_nm/oscars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061102/capt.c81e11267244497fa38d26d54170a7e0.cruise_united_artists_la108.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=1Yjay2evnKCiL7auIktRHQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This undated file photo originally released by United Artists shows actor Don Cheadle in a scene from the Oscar-nominated film'Hotel Rwanda.' Tom Cruise and his business partner Paula Wagner have been tapped to run the United Artists film studio , in an announcement made Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/United Artists, Frank Connor, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sixteen full-length
animated features have qualified to compete in the cartoon
category at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Weinsteins collaborate with "Enemy" in Nazi film
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Weinstein Co. has
acquired North American rights to Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin
Macdonald's documentary "My Enemy's Enemy," about Nazi war
criminal Klaus Barbie.
'Borat' makes glorious box office win
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061102/capt.12c1cdbba7ff4e2eb4970f51146725db.denmark_mtv_europe_music_awards__mjs119.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=zI82TMBUYG5FhjUZFLs2Zg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Justin Timberlake, left, smiles in front of a screen showing comedian Borat as he hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards at The Bella Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday Nov. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Jon Super)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter-ego Borat made glorious returns at the box office, surprising Hollywood with a No. 1 debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Abu Ghraib movie planned
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/film_nm/morris_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061106/2006_11_05t230741_450x294_us_morris.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=NYUQd0mhHrBXBXHyO5RYLA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="About 2,500 inmates wait to be released at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad in this file photo from June 19, 2006. Oscar-winning documentary veteran Errol Morris is developing a documentary about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq. (Wathiq Khuzaie /Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar-winning
documentary veteran Errol Morris is developing a documentary
about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scott says he gets along fine with Crowe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mo/people_scott"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061105/capt.24020889b1504f199ea4b1739d344fd6.people_scott_crowe_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=mAOKOdPw9fOEBnKSNZqfjw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated handout photo released by 20th Century Fox, Ridley Scott, left, directs Russell Crowe during the making of 'A Good Year,' which is being shown at the Toronto Film Festival. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)" border="0" /></a>AP - Director Ridley Scott knows a thing or two about working with actor Russell Crowe.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Borat" vanquishes rivals in box office stunner
(Reuters)
Reuters - As the intrepid Kazakhstan
journalist Borat Sagdiyev might say, "Borat" make glorious
entrance at Hollywood office of movies.
African diamond industry girds for Hollywood film
(Reuters)
Reuters - African nations must work together to
minimize negative publicity over the launch of a Hollywood
movie on so-called "blood diamonds" used to finance rebel
groups and civil wars, a senior Angolan official said.
Early Bond reviews would make Moneypenny proud
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061105/film_nm/leisure_bond_reviews_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061105/2006_11_05t120349_450x314_us_leisure_bond_reviews.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=wnLwb2Z1aWRW4tGHgxmN_w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Actors Daniel Craig (R) and Eva Green pause while filming the latest 007 sequel 'Casino Royale' in the Italian Adriatic city of Venice, June 3, 2006. Craig, the controversial choice to play the new James Bond in the upcoming film 'Casino Royale', has won early reviews Miss Moneypenny would be proud of. (Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British actor Daniel Craig, the
controversial choice to play the new James Bond in the upcoming
film "Casino Royale," has won early reviews Miss Moneypenny
would be proud of.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chan: Delivering English lines is tough
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mo/people_chan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061104/capt.tok10211040935.hong_kong_jackie_chan_tok102.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=pT_Y_9QB4Nf3tlXLBB99Kw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan poses during the premiere of his latest movie 'Rob-B-Hood' in Hong Kong in this September 19, 2006, file photo. It may be a well-worn cliche, but for Hong Kong star Jackie Chan, action really does speak louder than words _ at least when it comes to English dialogue that is. The actor is often frustrated by his inability to deliver his English lines smoothly while shooting 'Rush Hour 3,' according to a journal entry on his Web site Saturday November 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Lo Sai Hung, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - It may be a well-worn cliche, but for Hong Kong star Jackie Chan, action really does speak louder than words — at least when it comes to English dialogue.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna: Media fanned adoption dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061101/capt.721478874bc748a7be0ea8b5c0649942.madonna_adoption_nyet181.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=uEIhAgaTC2KLh9iP7RKAeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo, supplied by NBC News, shows Madonna being interviewed in New York Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, by NBC's Meredith Vieira . Madonna said that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son. The interview aired on the 'Today,' television show, Wednesday, November 1, 2006 and another segment on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 and on NBC News' 'Dateline' later Wednesday. (AP Photo/NBC News, Virginia Sherwood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna says the news media fanned the controversy over her attempts to adopt a 13-month-old boy from the southeast African country of Malawi, and that the average person doesn't care about it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Eritrea releases gospel singer Berhane
(AP)
AP - Gospel singer Helen Berhane, who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea, has been released after more than two years in detention, a human rights group said.
Keith, Haggard win BMI country awards
(AP)
AP - Toby Keith's hit "As Good As I Once Was" has won country song of the year, and Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard was honored as an icon during the BMI Music Awards.
Would privatization change Clear Channel's tune?
(Reuters)
Reuters - When news broke October 24 that
Clear Channel Communications, the largest radio station owner
in the United States, had retained Goldman Sachs & Co. to
"evaluate various strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder
value" -- read: "going private" -- questions arose about what
that move might mean for the company's programing.
Sir Paul: No grudge despite ugly divorce
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mu/mccartney_divorce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061104/capt.fb14aacd2c67477cbd8f1e2203fad723.people_mccartney_ny113.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=MuQo0T8gfah2ymB7EjgXLA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this file photo from Sept. 24, 2003, Sir Paul McCartney arrives with his wife Heather Mills McCartney at a screening for the film 'Concert For George,' at Burbank Studios in Burbank, Calif. McCartney said Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 he has no grudge with his estranged second wife _ despite acrimonious divorce proceedings that have seen lurid allegations about their marriage reported across the world. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paul McCartney said Saturday he bears no grudge against his estranged second wife — despite acrimonious divorce proceedings that have seen lurid allegations about their marriage reported across the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Row looks to Hispanic audience
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_en_mu/hispanics_country_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061103/capt.5155ec03e3894651a50b381236ef4e57.music_cma_awards_paisley_nyet107.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=2fhilU_.k0e2JW_B9QTURQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Singer Brad Paisley performs 'The World' at the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards, in Las Vegas, in this May 23, 2006, file photo. At this year's Country Music Association gala in Nashville, Paisley is nominated for entertainer of the year, album of the year, male vocalist, single, musical event and music video. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - When country music acts started noticing more Hispanic fans at their concerts, it didn't take long for Music Row to start dreaming of its Next Big Audience.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spanish star Sanz rides nonstop "Train" to U.S.
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061105/music_nm/sanz_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061105/2006_11_04t221332_450x354_us_sanz.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=BW0DwgCTl3NEyV00wCwx_Q--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Alejandro Sanz (L) and Shakira perform the song 'La Tortura' at the 7th annual Latin Grammy Awards in New York November 2, 2006. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Alejandro Sanz, Spain's top-selling pop
artist, is a superstar in the Latin world who is known for his
elaborate, complex music.</p><br clear="all"/>
McCartney wants to maintain dignity over divorce
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061104/music_nm/mccartney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061104/2006_11_04t113058_450x349_us_mccartney.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=v7lIGluw6upzuMZMfO0SBg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Paul McCartney acknowledges a standing ovation at the world premiere performance of his classic work Ecce Cor Meum at the Royal Albert Hall in London November 3, 2006. McCartney says he wants to maintain a 'certain dignity' over his divorce from Heather Mills, in his first public comments on their acrimonious split. (Richard Haughton/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paul McCartney says he wants to maintain
a "certain dignity" over his divorce from Heather Mills, in his
first public comments on their acrimonious split.</p><br clear="all"/>
Texan troupe makes inroads on Latin pop radio
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the realm of norteno music,
Intocable has the greatest shot at crossover in more ways than
one.
Groban "Awakens" to international sounds
(Reuters)
Reuters - For his third project, "Awake," Josh
Groban at first wasn't sure what he wanted to accomplish. But
he knew exactly what he did not want to do.
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