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Emmitt Smith wins ABC's 'Dancing' title
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_tv/dancing_with_the_stars_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.33431486d1c4488aa228846e3a80f55f.dancing_with_the_stars_la109.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=VzOGbQQxc8vLNoAm7YbkrA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this photo made available by ABC Emmitt Smith dances with his partner Cheryle Burke as two teams remain vying for the chance to be crowned champion of 'Dancing with the Stars,' on Tuesday November 14,2006. (AP Photo/Adam Larkey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Emmitt Smith danced off with the mirror ball. The three-time Super Bowl champion, who proved to be as nimble on his feet in the ballroom as on the football field, was named the winner of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" Wednesday night. With the victory came the glittering trophy. The NFL's all-time leading rusher beat out actor Mario Lopez.</p><br clear="all"/>
Houston reportedly faces foreclosure
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_ce/people_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.18a298a1b7fc41f09baf6cf1c4167e74.people_houston_nyol920.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=TdkBFx9dgVyBVQ6hdMme8A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Whitney Houston is shown in this October file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston's New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff's sale because she is more than $1 million behind on the mortgage and taxes have not been paid this year, according to reports published Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Whitney Houston's New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff's sale because she is more than $1 million behind on the mortgage and taxes have not been paid this year, according to reports published Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jackson has 1st performance since trial
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/britain_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.lkw11311160003.britain_world_music_awards_lkw113.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=8PqeUHG1eLbOlbO2ZAwJLw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Michael Jackson receives a Diamond Award at the World Music Awards at Earls Court Arena in London, Wednesday Nov. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson gave his first public performance Wednesday since his acquittal on child molestation charges a year-and-a-half ago — a fleeting rendition of "We are the World" surrounded by youthful singers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baron Cohen discusses alter ego Borat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mo/people_baron_cohen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.xmb10411130156.australia_borat_xmb104.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=uk1dQgantj15qZyk7XmwAQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, left, is surrounded by photographers outside the Sydney Habor Bridge during a media event to promote his movie 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,' in Sydney, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sacha Baron Cohen, whose fictional Kazakh reporter Borat has sparked controversy, says he could never put himself and others in embarrassing situations if he weren't in character.</p><br clear="all"/>
National Book Award: 'The Echo Maker'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_ot/national_book_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.597e6972559f433e86ed85aa514d8c6d.national_book_awards_nysr109.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=8lY3_k4OyDUOVltdfj3cgQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Richard Powers addresses dinner guests after accepting the award for best fiction with his book titled 'The Echo Maker', at the 2006 National Book Awards sponsored by The National Book Foundation, New York, Wednesday, Nov 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - A rural car crash from the 1990s inspired this year's winner of the National Book Award for fiction, Richard Powers' "The Echo Maker." But the events of Sept. 11, 2001, cut even deeper into his scientific tale of an accident victim's insistence that his sister is an impostor.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jolie says role of slain reporter's wife challenging
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/film_nm/leisure_jolie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061116/2006_11_16t043235_450x305_us_leisure_jolie.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Mcp9D4qYO2AgwXHcY0IBng--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Angelina Jolie prepares for the shooting of 'A Mighty Heart' in Mumbai November 13, 2006. Jolie, who portrays the wife of a murdered American journalist in the film, is keen to do justice to a role she says is more about breaking down cultural barriers than terrorism. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Angelina Jolie, who portrays the wife of
a murdered American journalist in the film "A Mighty Heart," is
keen to do justice to a role she says is more about breaking
down cultural barriers than terrorism.</p><br clear="all"/>
Don't dream, Crowded House survivors reunite
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neil Finn has reunited with Crowded
House bandmate Nick Seymour for his next solo album, which he
plans to release next year.
HBO, AOL launch site This Just In
(Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner divisions HBO
and AOL are collaborating to launch a comedy Web site, This
Just In, early next year, marking the first time advertisers
will be able to work with the premium cable channel.
Al Jazeera English begins broadcasting
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/media_nm/aljazeera_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061116/i/r1514793489.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BVYz5vRH4bC4SLhjfd5vKg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An injured child is shown during a live news bulletin, on the first day of Al Jazeera's International English language service, at their Washington bureau, November 15, 2006. Arabic television station Al Jazeera launched an English-speaking channel on Wednesday to report world news from a Middle East perspective and challenge the dominance of Western media. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After a gestation period that
turned out to be a year longer than expected, the Western world
on Wednesday got its first taste of Al Jazeera English, a
sister channel to the controversial Arabic news network.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trouble-plagued Sound of Music wins rave reviews
(Reuters)
Reuters - Andrew Lloyd Webber climbed every
theatrical mountain to bring "The Sound of Music" to the London
stage but all ended well on Thursday when critics hailed the
trouble-plagued show as a triumph.
Jolie says role of slain reporter's wife challenging
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/film_nm/leisure_jolie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061116/2006_11_16t043235_450x305_us_leisure_jolie.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Mcp9D4qYO2AgwXHcY0IBng--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Angelina Jolie prepares for the shooting of 'A Mighty Heart' in Mumbai November 13, 2006. Jolie, who portrays the wife of a murdered American journalist in the film, is keen to do justice to a role she says is more about breaking down cultural barriers than terrorism. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Angelina Jolie, who portrays the wife of
a murdered American journalist in the film "A Mighty Heart," is
keen to do justice to a role she says is more about breaking
down cultural barriers than terrorism.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oz director Weir in search of Nazi sub
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian director
Peter Weir, who most recently filmed "Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World" in 2003, is returning to the sea with
"Shadow Divers."
Lynch launches own movie "Empire"
(Reuters)
Reuters - David Lynch has sworn off
movie studios forever.
After box office dud, Shyamalan hires new agents
(Reuters)
Reuters - Writer-director M. Night
Shyamalan, whose latest movie bombed at the box office, has
left the United Talent Agency after more than 10 years,
following such big names as Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell out the
door. He has signed with Creative Artists Agency, the industry
leader.
Baron Cohen discusses alter ego Borat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mo/people_baron_cohen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.xmb10411130156.australia_borat_xmb104.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=uk1dQgantj15qZyk7XmwAQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, left, is surrounded by photographers outside the Sydney Habor Bridge during a media event to promote his movie 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,' in Sydney, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sacha Baron Cohen, whose fictional Kazakh reporter Borat has sparked controversy, says he could never put himself and others in embarrassing situations if he weren't in character.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blockbuster, Weinsteins in exclusive rental deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/film_nm/weinsteins_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061115/i/r1313678948.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Ocz.jjKbohYsA4ZUFcAnWQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Harvey Weinstein, (R) Blockbuster Chairman, and Chief Executive John Antioco (C) and Bob Weinstein talk to the press in New York November 15, 2006. Movie rental company Blockbuster Inc. signed a four-year deal giving it exclusive U.S. rental rights to films produced by the Weinstein Co., allying itself with the independent movie studio as it battles for market share. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Blockbuster Inc. said on Wednesday it
reached a four-year deal giving it exclusive U.S. rental rights
to Weinstein Co. films, allying itself with the independent
movie studio as it battles for market share.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Cars" mows down rivals on DVD charts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/film_nm/video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.dc93af4a32474d95b58feaa331aa4b80.film_animation_overload_la301.jpg?x=130&y=69&sig=Sr799M2jUyTKo6daQxwZrQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="This photo provided by Disney/Pixar shows a scene from the 2006 animated film 'Cars.' (AP Photo/Disney/Pixar)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Cars" easily zoomed to
the top spot on the national DVD sales chart for the week
ending November 12, buoyed by sales of about 5 million DVDs
during its first two days.</p><br clear="all"/>
British comic Cohen defends his alter ego Borat
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/film_nm/borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061116/2006_11_15t201555_450x369_us_borat.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=W.BLy6gIf0VurkfLVM7wXg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as a Kazakh TV reporter known as 'Borat', holds a baby kangaroo in Sydney November 13, 2006 during the Australian premiere of his film 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'. (David Gray/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has
stepped out of Borat's unwashed, gray suit and dropped the
misogyny to defend his controversial movie about an
anti-Semitic, fictional TV journalist from Kazakhstan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Review: 'Bobby' well-intentioned, clunky
(AP)
AP - In telling the story of the life and death of Robert F. Kennedy, writer-director Emilio Estevez could have chosen an actor to play him, could have had him hone that famously hard New England accent.
Don't dream, Crowded House survivors reunite
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neil Finn has reunited with Crowded
House bandmate Nick Seymour for his next solo album, which he
plans to release next year.
Somtow unveils new opera in Thailand
(AP)
AP - Composer, conductor and science fiction writer Somtow Sucharitkul is premiering his third opera this week — and he says it may appall many of his countrymen.
Woman appeals sex suit vs. James Brown
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/people_james_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.68b8559105f347b89c3a6b1dbea5d0e3.britain_uk_hall_of_fame_lon844.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=6c6WfJ3p8wWm0D2lDSCseQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="james Brown is inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame 2006, at Alexandra Palace in London, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. The UK Music Hall of Fame honours musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. (AP Photo / Joel Ryan, pa)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman who claims soul singer James Brown raped her is asking the Supreme Court to hear her sexual harassment lawsuit, which a lower court ruled this year she had waited too long to file.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jackson has 1st performance since trial
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/britain_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.lkw11311160003.britain_world_music_awards_lkw113.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=8PqeUHG1eLbOlbO2ZAwJLw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Michael Jackson receives a Diamond Award at the World Music Awards at Earls Court Arena in London, Wednesday Nov. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson gave his first public performance Wednesday since his acquittal on child molestation charges a year-and-a-half ago — a fleeting rendition of "We are the World" surrounded by youthful singers.</p><br clear="all"/>
McEntire named first of CMT's `Giants'
(AP)
AP - She's had a lot of names, like Betsy, Burgundy, Lily, Lizzie, Mrs. Hart and Dr. Green.
Lane documentary, album help to remember the Face
(Reuters)
Reuters - Keyboardist Ian McLagan
says of Ronnie Lane, his late friend and bandmate in the Small
Faces and the Faces, "It's time people woke up to him,
absolutely, but it's way late."
Michael Jackson's flawed comeback is no thriller
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/music_nm/jackson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061116/2006_11_15t185526_450x326_us_jackson.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=TFDvl_kFgTTNR7ledAB93g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U.S. singer Michael Jackson arrives for the 2006 World Music Awards at Earls Court in London November 15, 2006. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Reclusive superstar Michael Jackson made
a musical comeback of sorts on Wednesday, singing the chorus
line of his charity single "We Are The World" before the sound
cut out as he struggled for the high notes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hits CD trumps Groban, Urban on charts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Again proving itself an
indomitable and nearly unbeatable franchise, the latest "Now
That's What I Call Music" hits compilation debuted at No. 1 on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, holding off new releases by Josh
Groban and Keith Urban.
Shakira welcomed home in Colombia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/colombia_shakira_homecoming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.22b8669e307a42358412eeb2fea60041.colombia_shakira_homecoming_bog103.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=p9M7kXE72hRPIRxrG9wMGg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Pop singer Shakira laughs during a news conference in Barranquilla, her hometown in northern Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. Shakira is set to perform in Barranquilla Wednesday as part of her worldwide 'Oral Fixation' tour. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fans unveiled a six-ton statue of Colombian pop diva Shakira in this port city on Wednesday, hours before a festive benefit concert organized by its favorite daughter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruise, Holmes and baby spotted in Rome
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_en_mu/people_cruise_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061115/capt.26f30d4bff70444fad8c480bb0231806.aptopix_italy_milking_cruise_gb155.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=TEWcCxuAnQlJ0ZsAfxhU1A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="U.S. actor Tom Cruise, right, and actress Katie Holmes, believed to be holding their daughter Suri, arrive at Rome's town hall, Wednesday Nov. 15, 2006. Cruise and Holmes are set to marry in an undisclosed Italian location on Saturday. Speculation on the location has focused on Odescalchi Castle on Lake Bracciano, near the capital. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Cruise and fiancee Katie Holmes made a late-night visit to City Hall on Wednesday, sending paparazzi chasing after them on motor scooters through the capital's streets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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