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Chris Robinson to divorce Kate Hudson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_ce/people_hudson_robinson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061118/capt.e4639c659c8344d98cab70f5880d8930.people_hudson_robinson_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=iNFb22WSf4f9h1fSHsLGxw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Actress Kate Hudson and husband Chris Robinson pose for photographers as they arrive at the world premiere of 'Raising Helen' in this, May 26, 2004 file photo, in Los Angeles. Rocker Chris Robinson filed for divorce from Kate Hudson on Friday Nov. 17, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. The 39-year-old rocker and 27-year-old actress have been married for nearly six years. They announced their separation in August. (AP Photo/ Nam Y. Huh, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rocker Chris Robinson filed for divorce from Kate Hudson on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences. The 39-year-old frontman for the Black Crowes has been married to the 27-year-old actress for nearly six years. They announced their separation in August.</p><br clear="all"/>
1950s R&B star Ruth Brown dies at age 78
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_ce/obit_ruth_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061118/capt.5f1c7fc642814dd489d24eb13c4a3d6e.obit_ruth_brown_ny123.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=JYoHgp.GmLSLpnGxO8wBIw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Ruth Brown sings during the 'Salute to the Blues' concert at Radio City Music Hall, in this Feb. 7, 2003 file photo, in New York. Brown, whose recordings of 'Teardrops in My Eyes,' '5-10-15 Hours' and '(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean' shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s, has died. She was 78. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Ruth Brown, whose recordings of "Teardrops in My Eyes," "5-10-15 Hours" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s, has died. She was 78.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibson tops Film Threat's powerless list
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mo/people_mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.d440d0ea3356415f9c18369418eed861.people_mel_gibson___nyet121.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=j6MXJaU4VVyBhqPbloBczA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this file photo originally released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, actor-director Mel Gibson is seen in a booking photo taken July 28, 2006, after his arrest on drunken driving charges. Gibson has topped Film Threat's annual 'Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood.' The independent film Web site on Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, named Gibson No. 1 among the 'least-powerful, least-inspiring, least-intriguing people in all of Tinseltown.' (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two decades after being chosen as People magazine's first sexiest man alive, Mel Gibson now tops a very different kind of list: Film Threat's annual "Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood."</p><br clear="all"/>
Entertainers, fans mourn Gerald Levert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_ce/levert_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061111/2006_11_10t183817_450x372_us_levert.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=4slC4jHqJP.qQu78dSMc5A--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="In this file photo Gerald Levert performs at the 17th annual Soul Train Music Awards, on March 1, 2003 from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Levert died Friday of a heart attack in his hometown of Cleveland. The artist turned 40 years old in July. (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gerald Levert's sendoff was tearful — and exuberant. "When I came here, I expected to mourn," Usher told thousands of fans who filled most of Public Hall for Friday's three-hour memorial service for Levert, who died Nov. 10. Instead, he said: "I actually cried tears of joy."</p><br clear="all"/>
Mills McCartney won't talk about divorce
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_en_ce/people_mills_mccartney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.00903074d7df46f0bab087724a7abd72.people_mills_mccartney__nyet122.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=K.X7iJv2Ykj2QD61UjeSgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Heather Mills McCartney speaks to the media in London on March 22, 2006. Mills McCartney was giving her first TV interview Friday, Nov.17, 2006, since announcing her plans to divorce Paul McCartney, but wouldn't discuss her breakup with the former Beatle, her spokesman said. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" border="0" /></a>AP - Heather Mills McCartney was giving her first TV interview since announcing her plans to divorce Paul McCartney, but wouldn't discuss her breakup with the ex-Beatle, her spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bond vs. penguins in box-office battle of tuxedos
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/film_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r2149506087.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=bY2T4BvaVGXkwGCn5PGafw--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers as he arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square November 14, 2006. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The winner of this weekend's U.S.
movie box-office battle is almost guaranteed to be wearing a
tuxedo.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chris Robinson to divorce Kate Hudson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mu/people_hudson_robinson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061118/i/r3268736460.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=E4jXNfygvwPIHI.eLLJrng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actress Kate Hudson poses for a photo during an interview for the movie 'You, Me and Dupree' in Santa Monica, California June 23, 2006. Three months after their separation was made public, rock singer Chris Robinson filed for divorce on Friday from actress Hudson, his wife of nearly six years, court papers revealed. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>AP - Rocker Chris Robinson filed for divorce from Kate Hudson on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sunday's TV news shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_en_tv/news_shows"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.cfc4dce5ce29497f8b6eab462758d89a.mccain_2008_dcmc103.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=yKbS.U.Un5iFCbisf4yXZg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers his remarks at the Federalist Society Convention in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:</p><br clear="all"/>
Bond vs. penguins in box-office battle of tuxedos
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/media_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r2680283207.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=dbRV5qFYruWzbkhhrQnqWA--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers as he arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square November 14, 2006. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The winner of this weekend's U.S.
movie box-office battle is almost guaranteed to be wearing a
tuxedo.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pre-Sale for San Fran Run of 'Legally Blonde' Begins
(Playbill)
Playbill - Visa cardholders can snag tickets to the world premiere San Francisco engagement of Legally Blonde from Nov. 19-30, before the general public sale begin.
Bond vs. penguins in box-office battle of tuxedos
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/film_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r2149506087.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=bY2T4BvaVGXkwGCn5PGafw--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig poses for photographers as he arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square November 14, 2006. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The winner of this weekend's U.S.
movie box-office battle is almost guaranteed to be wearing a
tuxedo.</p><br clear="all"/>
From book to film, U.S. fast food industry examined
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/film_nm/leisure_fastfood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061118/i/r2057253531.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=0yKK4SxfcY7R0arE1w9.nQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Eric Schlosser (L), author of the non-fiction book 'Fast Food Nation,' shares a laugh with Richard Linklater (C), director of the film based on the book, and cast member Greg Kinnear at the Los Angeles premiere of the film November 10, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Journalist Eric Schlosser, author of
"Fast Food Nation," said he struggled to find a publisher for
his 2001 nonfiction book that became a surprise bestseller.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibson tops Film Threat's powerless list
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mo/people_mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.d440d0ea3356415f9c18369418eed861.people_mel_gibson___nyet121.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=j6MXJaU4VVyBhqPbloBczA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this file photo originally released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, actor-director Mel Gibson is seen in a booking photo taken July 28, 2006, after his arrest on drunken driving charges. Gibson has topped Film Threat's annual 'Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood.' The independent film Web site on Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, named Gibson No. 1 among the 'least-powerful, least-inspiring, least-intriguing people in all of Tinseltown.' (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two decades after being chosen as People magazine's first sexiest man alive, Mel Gibson now tops a very different kind of list: Film Threat's annual "Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood."</p><br clear="all"/>
TomKat ado ignites Dolce Vita in Rome
(AP)
AP - Poised with his camera outside Rome's elegant Hassler hotel, the so-called King of Paparazzi is waiting to get a shot.
Jay-Z documentary shown at U.N.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_en_mo/people_jay_z_water_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.331b752045834d9ea5fe4c39af50e2f9.people_jay_z_water_crisis_nyet120.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=nQawxsm8NRZ7F5hBw0ogyA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Rap mogul Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, addresses a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 10, 2006, prior to his concert in Cape Town, on Oct. 11, 2003. His trip to Africa is part of his collaboration with UN and MTV to raise awareness of the worldwide water crisis. A new documentary of that quest, 'The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life,' was shown Thursday evening, Nov. 16, 2006,at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a new documentary, Jay-Z is reminded of his early life in the Brooklyn projects as he sees children playing near open sewers in an Angolan slum.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kate Hudson Ex-ed Out
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061117/en_movies_eo/54f20e33-24e7-46ea-a010-5baf868213ea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061118/capt.5537c4015932fbe6463b760c6bf34d1d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=OogrOrgs0Uhgxd2IbcmTcw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kate Hudson Ex-ed Out(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kate Hudson's Black Crowe is flying the coop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Angelina the Avenger
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061117/en_movies_eo/a87aae99-2b15-479f-a27a-3dd764a65d5f"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061117/capt.8398d690f938b8e90342b86b77377a64.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=gaaUIpUjcppSsGnwGThyeQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Angelina the Avenger(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Angelina Jolie has come to the defense of her defenders.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Borat" dubbed film of the year - by Kazakh paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/film_nm/kazakhstan_borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t090009_450x343_us_kazakhstan_borat.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=13huNEKYKH3HprHuH.dcGA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' from 20th Century Fox. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In perhaps the most unlikely praise yet
for the misogynistic, anti-Semitic and fictional Kazakh TV
reporter Borat's new movie, a leading newspaper in the real
Kazakhstan dubbed it "film of the year" on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
O.J.: Is it about more than the money?
(AP)
AP - It may be about more than the money. Experts say that in writing a book about how he hypothetically could have committed murder, O.J. Simpson may be trying to recapture the limelight. Or maybe, just maybe, he is trying to get something off his chest.
Routh to Suit Up for Superman Sequel
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061117/en_movies_eo/912e17db-d142-47cc-af42-81603df5b0a7"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061117/capt.cd16a14192d5201805d1fec53419e073.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=JHfmjg4th_RJLonnmP1UIw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Routh to Suit Up for Superman Sequel(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Brandon Routh did a pretty bang-up job saving the world last time, so…he's getting at least one more chance to do it again.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chris Robinson to divorce Kate Hudson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_en_mu/people_hudson_robinson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061118/i/r3268736460.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=E4jXNfygvwPIHI.eLLJrng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actress Kate Hudson poses for a photo during an interview for the movie 'You, Me and Dupree' in Santa Monica, California June 23, 2006. Three months after their separation was made public, rock singer Chris Robinson filed for divorce on Friday from actress Hudson, his wife of nearly six years, court papers revealed. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>AP - Rocker Chris Robinson filed for divorce from Kate Hudson on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences.</p><br clear="all"/>
R&B pioneer Ruth Brown dies at age 78
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/music_nm/brown_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061118/i/r1675896749.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=ro31_ggUflc1abqWVben5Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Ruth Brown is seen in a 1998 file photo. Pioneering rhythm and blues singer Ruth Brown, known as 'the girl with a tear in her voice' for emotion-laden singing, died on Friday at age 78 after a stroke and heart attack in Las Vegas, friends said. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pioneering rhythm and blues singer
Ruth Brown, known as "the girl with a tear in her voice" for
emotion-laden singing, died on Friday at age 78 after a stroke
and heart attack in Las Vegas, friends said.</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV competitions target unsigned bands
(Reuters)
Reuters - MTV is expanding its programming
geared at promoting little-known and unsigned acts.
1950s R&B star Ruth Brown dies at age 78
(AP)
AP - Ruth Brown, whose recordings of "Teardrops in My Eyes," "5-10-15 Hours" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s, has died. She was 78.
Appreciation: Remembering Gerald Levert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_en_mu/gerald_levert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.0cac942c5a6d4ff7a9a6a968130fec4e.correction_levert_memorial_ohjy103.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=BTGof5a1nTvYFky2s0GDvg--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Sean Levert, brother of R&B performer Gerald Levert, sings during a memorial for his brother at Public Hall in Cleveland, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. Levert died Nov. 10, at his suburban Cleveland home at 40. (AP Photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gerald Levert was a musical oxymoron: The original throwback.</p><br clear="all"/>
ACLU sues New Orleans over parade fees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_en_mu/aclu_parade_fees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.aa08e78a12fa43d698d6f4f0ffcb913c.aclu_parade_fees_lawh601.jpg?x=130&y=116&sig=BF.I866qN38jrkOP30MaNg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Joe Cook, the executive director of the ACLU in Louisiana, discusses on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, in New Orleans filing a federal lawsuit, saying the city is stifling free speech by forcing organizations that hold second-line parades--those jazz-and-parasol celebrations so ubiquitous in New Orleans--to start paying high police escort fees before they can hit the city streets. Cook held the news conference on the edge of the French Quarter in front of Louis Armstrong Park. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - The city is stifling free speech — and threatening a unique part of its culture — by charging steep fees for police escorts at the jazz-and-parasol processions called second lines, the ACLU alleged in a federal lawsuit Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Juvenile Not Delinquent
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061110/en_music_eo/77f2c764-2d4e-4664-8d1c-a11ee9ab4c7e"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061111/capt.1cd6d736925d24873af3b935bd2efaf9.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=1zSZoeGEwfie1c6TV5yE3Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Juvenile Not Delinquent(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Juvenile was there but he didn't wreck the joint.</p><br clear="all"/>
Genesis Reborn
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061107/en_music_eo/9a12030b-5217-4ee0-bb0e-d8c3ac2c8d9f"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061111/capt.39b4a58ce268c129c53133c4b13fa555.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=XTQdqqeU4oB31eGntXalYg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Genesis Reborn(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - In the beginning, there was Genesis.<p>The most successful incarnation of the famed British prog-rock band is getting back together after a 15-year layoff and embarking on a summer 2007 European trek, with an eventual stopover in America.</p><br clear="all"/>
Diddy says he wants to be the first black James Bond
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Diddy says he wants to be the first black James Bond. The rap star put himself forward for the role at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen last night.
Nick Cave unveils side-project
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Nick Cave has announced the full details of his Grinderman project.
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