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O.J. Simpson to discuss killings
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_tv/simpson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.b360aa6adba541cb8fa3377e583e2e00.simpson_interview_ny108.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Yh4gxKPSAk6ZydG4wdd5Mw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="O.J. Simpson speaks during an interview at the Fox News Channel in New York, in this file photo from July 25, 2000. Fox plans to broadcast a two-part interview with Simpson in which the former football star discusses the slayings of his former wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted. (AP Photo/Richard Drew-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Naomi Campbell meets more trouble in NYC
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_en_ot/naomi_campbell_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.apec11211150413.vietnam_apec_summit_apec112.jpg?x=112&y=130&sig=Xw15zfazNBkxfbAC.t4Nfw--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso, left, and an aide arrive for the Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Zainal Abd Halim, POOL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Naomi Campbell, who has been accused of hitting several employees, was sued Tuesday by a former maid who says the British catwalker assaulted her while calling her a dumb Romanian.</p><br clear="all"/>
Now Romanians say 'Borat' misled them
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_mo/romania_borat_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.9c23f27d3cd8474bb7d2e002eaff09fc.romania_borat_backlash_xvg104.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DZI4MVCQDb.WMZmoFR0ebw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A woman walks in the village of Glod, Romania, 140 kilometers (85 miles) northwest of Bucharest, Tuesday Nov. 14 2006. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen used Glod's Gypsies as stand-ins for Kazakhs in his runaway hit movie, 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' Now offended villagers are threatening to sue the film's producers for paying them a pittance to put farm animals in their homes and perform other crude antics.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)" border="0" /></a>AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruise spotted leaving hotel in Rome
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/people_cruise_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.28cf7328d942418aabc4735468ba0d19.italy_people_cruise_holmes_rom102.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=.Wxlwq27cG6VaRYrYf_r3Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor Tom Cruise, seen in background with sunglasses sits behind his son Connor, 11, and other unidentified people in a van as he exits his luxury hotel in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, and sat in the back of one of two dark vans with tinted windows that left the hotel surrounded by dozens of fans holding photos and cameras in hopes of getting a glimpse of the American actor only a few days before his weekend marriage to Katie Holmes. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, speeding away in a van from a luxury hotel Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bond is back for London world premiere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/people_daniel_craig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.b3e9855168ee411196e0a03c33358453.britain_premiere_casino_royale_lst103.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=SyppN_Wak.WYQRe9_GoxGw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Actor Daniel Craig signs autograph for fans as he arrives for the world premiere of the new James Bond film 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new blond Bond — sandy-haired Daniel Craig — met his public as "Casino Royale" had its world premiere in London.</p><br clear="all"/>
Now Romanians say 'Borat' misled them
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_mo/romania_borat_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.9c23f27d3cd8474bb7d2e002eaff09fc.romania_borat_backlash_xvg104.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DZI4MVCQDb.WMZmoFR0ebw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A woman walks in the village of Glod, Romania, 140 kilometers (85 miles) northwest of Bucharest, Tuesday Nov. 14 2006. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen used Glod's Gypsies as stand-ins for Kazakhs in his runaway hit movie, 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' Now offended villagers are threatening to sue the film's producers for paying them a pittance to put farm animals in their homes and perform other crude antics.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)" border="0" /></a>AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.</p><br clear="all"/>
Control Room to air Universal acts' shows on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Control Room, which produces live
concerts for digital outlets including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN
Web portal, has signed a deal with Universal Music Group to
stream performances of its artists -- starting with rapper
Snoop Dogg.
O.J. Simpson to discuss killings
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_tv/simpson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.b360aa6adba541cb8fa3377e583e2e00.simpson_interview_ny108.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Yh4gxKPSAk6ZydG4wdd5Mw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="O.J. Simpson speaks during an interview at the Fox News Channel in New York, in this file photo from July 25, 2000. Fox plans to broadcast a two-part interview with Simpson in which the former football star discusses the slayings of his former wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted. (AP Photo/Richard Drew-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC executive is expected to join AOL: NYTimes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Randy Falco, the president of the NBC
Universal Television Group, is in talks to leave his position
as the No. 2 executive at the television group to take a senior
operating role at AOL, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet subsidiary,
the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Borle, Orfeh, Blake, Rupert Shindle Snelson Confirmed for Broadway's 'Blonde'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell has his cast for the new musical Legally Blonde, starring the previously announced Laura Belle Bundy as Elle.
Now Romanians say 'Borat' misled them
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_mo/romania_borat_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.9c23f27d3cd8474bb7d2e002eaff09fc.romania_borat_backlash_xvg104.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DZI4MVCQDb.WMZmoFR0ebw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A woman walks in the village of Glod, Romania, 140 kilometers (85 miles) northwest of Bucharest, Tuesday Nov. 14 2006. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen used Glod's Gypsies as stand-ins for Kazakhs in his runaway hit movie, 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' Now offended villagers are threatening to sue the film's producers for paying them a pittance to put farm animals in their homes and perform other crude antics.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)" border="0" /></a>AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.</p><br clear="all"/>
O.J. Simpson to discuss killings
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_mo/simpson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.b360aa6adba541cb8fa3377e583e2e00.simpson_interview_ny108.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Yh4gxKPSAk6ZydG4wdd5Mw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="O.J. Simpson speaks during an interview at the Fox News Channel in New York, in this file photo from July 25, 2000. Fox plans to broadcast a two-part interview with Simpson in which the former football star discusses the slayings of his former wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted. (AP Photo/Richard Drew-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Bond is back, and he's blond and brutal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/film_nm/leisure_bond_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_14t102354_450x313_us_leisure_bond.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=PIzqGCCPF9l6F0Wjp_Ig2Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Daniel Craig and Judi Dench in 'Casino Royale' from Sony Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - James Bond is back. This time he is
blond, brutal and his heart gets bruised.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruise spotted leaving hotel in Rome
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/people_cruise_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.28cf7328d942418aabc4735468ba0d19.italy_people_cruise_holmes_rom102.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=.Wxlwq27cG6VaRYrYf_r3Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor Tom Cruise, seen in background with sunglasses sits behind his son Connor, 11, and other unidentified people in a van as he exits his luxury hotel in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, and sat in the back of one of two dark vans with tinted windows that left the hotel surrounded by dozens of fans holding photos and cameras in hopes of getting a glimpse of the American actor only a few days before his weekend marriage to Katie Holmes. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, speeding away in a van from a luxury hotel Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Fast Food Nation' meanders
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/film_review_fast_food_nation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061111/i/r2779197357.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=2JKxVjGdITkH9VYc3lO_mg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="'Fast Food Nation' cast members Wilmer Valderrama (L) and Catalina Sandino Moreno pose together at the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Egyptian Theater, November 10, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Linklater is channeling Robert Altman — or at least it seems he's trying to channel Altman — with his meandering, intertwined plot lines about the horrors of the fast food industry in "Fast Food Nation."</p><br clear="all"/>
Bond is back for London world premiere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/people_daniel_craig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.b3e9855168ee411196e0a03c33358453.britain_premiere_casino_royale_lst103.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=SyppN_Wak.WYQRe9_GoxGw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Actor Daniel Craig signs autograph for fans as he arrives for the world premiere of the new James Bond film 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new blond Bond — sandy-haired Daniel Craig — met his public as "Casino Royale" had its world premiere in London.</p><br clear="all"/>
Romanians not amused by `Borat'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mo/film_borat_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061114/capt.sge.liz21.141106001547.photo00.photo.default-367x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=aEFj2qfoqa21GSSexDKeGQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen attends a special screening of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan presented by CMJ Filmfest at the Walter Read Theatre, October 2006 in New York City. Fake Kazakh journalist "Borat" had another glorious showing at the North American box office, topping its opening weekend earnings, final figures showed.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Peter Kramer)" border="0" /></a>AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.</p><br clear="all"/>
O'Hara at center of new Guest film
(AP)
AP - Toward the end of "For Your Consideration," Catherine O'Hara's face so realistically looks like the results of bad plastic surgery that it makes you wonder: Is it a computer-generated special effect? Or — horrors! — a genuine botch job?
Hubbub over certain movies so overblown
(AP)
AP - "Home for Purim" is getting big-time buzz.
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Control Room to air Universal acts' shows on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Control Room, which produces live
concerts for digital outlets including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN
Web portal, has signed a deal with Universal Music Group to
stream performances of its artists -- starting with rapper
Snoop Dogg.
Regulators clear purchase of BMG Music
(AP)
AP - The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department gave antitrust approval Tuesday to Universal Music Group's planned acquisition of BMG Music Publishing for $2.09 billion.
Microsoft aims to battle Apple with Zune
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mu/microsoft_zune_s_debut"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.112007c18d254e88b7dde8f75345d2de.microsoft_zune_s_debut_wajf107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ADAa8a2dzg.FFuK5bwUfvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates holds up a Zune music player on stage with band Secret Machines during a launch party for the device at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. Few have accused Microsoft of being first to the market. But plenty have learned the hard way that the company can be very good at sneaking up from behind. That's the tack Microsoft Corp. is hoping to take with entertainment. The software maker has invested years of effort and billions of dollars in entertainment endeavors ranging from TV technology to video game consoles. Its latest, the Zune portable music player and service, debuts Tuesday and marks an attempt to take on Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and iTunes. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Few have accused Microsoft of being first to the market. But plenty have learned the hard way that the company can be very good at sneaking up from behind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sinatra in Vegas out in CD-DVD box set
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mu/sinatra_in_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.95bc74eadbff4c9790c90d40c7e9087d.music_sinatra_vegas_nyet191.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=M6W7bK2gzdnAhDsddqd6JQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, Nov. 9, 1978. Sinatra was never happier, Tina Sinatra says, than when he was working in Las Vegas. Those years are now captured in song by 'Sinatra in Vegas,' a box set of four concerts CDs, and one DVD.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Frank Sinatra was never happier, his daughter Tina says, than when he was working in Las Vegas. Those years are now captured in song by "Sinatra in Vegas," a box set of four concert CDs, and one DVD, ranging from the Rat Pack peak of the early 1960s to the late 1980s, just before his voice and memory began to give way.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Game stands alone with new rap album
(AP)
AP - A red book titled "All About Me" sits on a coffee table in The Game's suburban home, next to a collection of Tupac's poetry and the Taschen book "Black Ladies."
Jackson Accuser's Mom Cops Plea
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061114/en_music_eo/b47e0b88-d5f9-4b18-b519-b5de5eb71cb0"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061115/capt.5f318da44d96540134cc64b10bc4ee7d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=4AhcvPLVcOb.sUM01VV.qw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jackson Accuser's Mom Cops Plea(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - One of the myriad chapters of Michael Jackson's legal saga has come to a close.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jimmy Buffett wants Web site shut down
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mu/people_buffett_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.adde63c58b1a4af99939415c7057d4e2.people_buffett_lawsuit_nyet190.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=CEWisRVKyBj.hsAf5NmakQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Jimmy Buffett performs at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans on May 6, 2006. Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston,Texas, merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store. The lawsuit, filed Monday Nov. 13, 2006, in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard's Web site,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Matisyahu set to release holiday treat
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/music_nm/matisyahu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_14t113434_450x298_us_matisyahu.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=i_IbEoaB8JGitglXz6Y5Dw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Orthodox Jewish rapper Matisyahu performs on the Xfm stage at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London on June 25, 2006. (Leon Neal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hasidic reggae rapper Matisyahu will
offer fans a holiday treat with the CD/DVD set "No Place To
Be," due December 26 via Epic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rickie Lee Jones gets spiritual on new CD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Veteran vocalist Rickie Lee Jones
has signed with New West Records, which will release her next
album, "The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard," on February 6.
Rapper hurt in reality car-racing show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_en_mu/people_ms__dynamite"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.b6c9db1022054f10bdc6f17e1c7062fd.people_ms_dynamite_nyet189.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=BLvCzrmFsL3BaKDC08OxaA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Ms. Dynamite,whose real name is Niomi McLean-Daley, arrives at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London on Jan. 13, 2006, to answer assault charges. The singer was recovering from a 100-mph crash that occurred during filming of 'The Race,' a car-racing reality show on Britain's Sky One TV network. Brian Johnson, lead singer of rock band AC/DC, struck the back of the British rapper's Formula Ford car at Silverstone racetrack in central England on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ms. Dynamite was recovering from a 100-mph crash that occurred during filming of "The Race," a car-racing reality show on Britain's Sky One TV network.</p><br clear="all"/>
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