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Richards apologizes, hires crisis expert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_en_ce/michael_richards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061120/capt.6a026801dc854a8ab87fc8f572407846.people_michael_richards_la106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9SQZPfOlPC2iL410D3968w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This still image captured from video, released by TMZ.com shows comedian Michael Richards during a comedy routine at the Laugh Factory, in West Hollywood, Calif., Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. Richards, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's eccentric neighbor Kramer on 'Seinfeld,' stunned the audience, shouting racial epithets at people who heckled him during the standup routine. (AP Photo/TMZ.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Richards is doing damage control. In the aftermath of his racist tirade against two black hecklers during a standup comedy routine, Richards on Wednesday hired a publicist with strong ties to the black community who set up calls to the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.</p><br clear="all"/>
Walters: O'Donnell-Ripa feud is over
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_en_tv/people_o_donnell_ripa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061122/capt.cff2756a7b0541a3963c6b624c8713d3.people_odonnell_ripa_nyet151.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=YVLTg080Vs3wZ3_tmknVoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Rosie O'Donnell arrives at 'Comic Relief' Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Barbara Walters says 'all is well with the world' after a flare-up between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on ABC's 'The View.'(AP Photo/Keith Shimada)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barbara Walters said Wednesday all is now "well with the world" following a flare-up earlier this week between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on "The View." Ripa called in to the ABC daytime talk show after co-host O'Donnell accused her of making a homophobic comment to Clay Aiken, a guest host on "Live With Regis and Kelly."</p><br clear="all"/>
Simpson: I did book project to pay bills
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_en_tv/simpson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061120/capt.70ed37fff87c4fbe900502ffea4e3014.simpson_interview_nyet129.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=5mJ1aQROn8diFEM5oJj0eQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated promotional photo, released by Fox Television, shows O.J. Simpson during an exclusive interview with publisher Judith Regan (not pictured) about how the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman would have taken place had he actually committed the crimes. News. Corp. said Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, that it has canceled the companion O.J. Simpson book and television special 'If I Did It.' (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Yarish)" border="0" /></a>AP - O.J. Simpson said Wednesday that he knew any profit from his "If I Did It" book would be "blood money," but that he took part in the project to pay his bills.</p><br clear="all"/>
Celebrities serve meals to L.A. homeless
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_ce/people_kirk_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061122/capt.sge.ojv27.221106221532.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=4F4YLGwR6T0fEQ7_v.ivkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US movie star Kirk Douglas serves mashed potatoes during a Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless in Los Angeles. Douglas, 89, most famous for his role as the slave who leads a revolution in "Spartacus," joined around 400 people helping to dish out turkey dinners to homeless people at the city's skid row.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spartacus" star Kirk Douglas, who turns 90 next month, joined volunteers on Thanksgiving eve to dish up turkey feasts to thousands of street denizens outside the Los Angeles Mission.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mia Farrow assails 'genocidal violence'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_farrow_chad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061121/capt.3c11baaf53314c5c942217bb38320bc8.chad_refugees_wx102.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=F4e1CbxqTbG0.r6VeC6N0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, shows actress Mia Farrow with internally displaced persons outside of the Gaga refugee camp near Abeche in eastern Chad, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/UNHCR)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow called Wednesday for peacekeepers to be sent immediately to halt "genocidal violence" that she said was spreading from Sudan's Darfur province into neighboring eastern Chad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kirk Douglas serves LA Skid Row meals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_kirk_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061122/capt.sge.ojv27.221106221532.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=4F4YLGwR6T0fEQ7_v.ivkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US movie star Kirk Douglas serves mashed potatoes during a Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless in Los Angeles. Douglas, 89, most famous for his role as the slave who leads a revolution in "Spartacus," joined around 400 people helping to dish out turkey dinners to homeless people at the city's skid row.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spartacus" star Kirk Douglas, who turns 90 next month, joined volunteers on Thanksgiving eve to dish up turkey feasts to thousands of street denizens outside the Los Angeles Mission.</p><br clear="all"/>
Walters says Rosie, Ripa feud is over
(AP)
AP - Barbara Walters said Wednesday all is now "well with the world" following a flare-up earlier this week between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on "The View."
Walters: O'Donnell-Ripa feud is over
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_en_tv/people_o_donnell_ripa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061122/capt.cff2756a7b0541a3963c6b624c8713d3.people_odonnell_ripa_nyet151.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=YVLTg080Vs3wZ3_tmknVoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Rosie O'Donnell arrives at 'Comic Relief' Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Barbara Walters says 'all is well with the world' after a flare-up between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on ABC's 'The View.'(AP Photo/Keith Shimada)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barbara Walters said Wednesday all is now "well with the world" following a flare-up earlier this week between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on "The View." Ripa called in to the ABC daytime talk show after co-host O'Donnell accused her of making a homophobic comment to Clay Aiken, a guest host on "Live With Regis and Kelly."</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox calls FCC indecency rules 'radical'
(AP)
AP - The government is violating the First Amendment by embarking on a "radical reinterpretation and expansion" of its power to punish broadcasters for indecent speech, a federal court was told Wednesday by Fox Television Stations Inc.
Ebersole to Appear in Kennedy Center Honors; Moore Steps Into 'Gardens'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, acclaimed for her dual roles in the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, will miss the Dec. 3 performance of the show at the Walter Kerr Theatre so she can appear at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC.
Kirk Douglas serves LA Skid Row meals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_kirk_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061122/capt.sge.ojv27.221106221532.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=4F4YLGwR6T0fEQ7_v.ivkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US movie star Kirk Douglas serves mashed potatoes during a Thanksgiving lunch for the homeless in Los Angeles. Douglas, 89, most famous for his role as the slave who leads a revolution in "Spartacus," joined around 400 people helping to dish out turkey dinners to homeless people at the city's skid row.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spartacus" star Kirk Douglas, who turns 90 next month, joined volunteers on Thanksgiving eve to dish up turkey feasts to thousands of street denizens outside the Los Angeles Mission.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mia Farrow assails 'genocidal violence'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_farrow_chad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061121/capt.3c11baaf53314c5c942217bb38320bc8.chad_refugees_wx102.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=F4e1CbxqTbG0.r6VeC6N0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, shows actress Mia Farrow with internally displaced persons outside of the Gaga refugee camp near Abeche in eastern Chad, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/UNHCR)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow called Wednesday for peacekeepers to be sent immediately to halt "genocidal violence" that she said was spreading from Sudan's Darfur province into neighboring eastern Chad.</p><br clear="all"/>
McKellen "sad" that Jackson may not make "Hobbit"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/film_nm/leisure_jackson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061123/2006_11_22t193339_450x342_us_leisure_jackson.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=pefprL2vBix0_v17JWxgcw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Director Peter Jackson arrives at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, January 16, 2006. Sir Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the smash hit 'Lord of the Rings' movies, said on Wednesday he is sad Jackson may not make a film based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sir Ian McKellen, who played the
wizard Gandalf in the smash hit "Lord of the Rings" movies,
said on Wednesday he is sad director Peter Jackson may not make
a film based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."</p><br clear="all"/>
Fan restores 'Christmas Story' house
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/film_christmas_story_house"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061121/capt.50c584d394424ab08f9d2a298bc06842.christmas_story_house_ohas101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=xVvXQR1kFavz8WXcTPbg0w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Brian Jones poses with his Red Ryder air rifle outside the renovated home which was used in the classic movie 'A Christmas Story' in Cleveland, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. A devotee of the film, Jones started a business which sold the leg lamp made famous in the film. He later bought the Cleveland house and plans to open it as a museum of the film on Nov. 25th. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ralphie Parker and Brian Jones know what it's like to want something.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kitaen charged with drug possession
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_kitaen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061122/capt.c293b67d56074d20b6be8ba6b7f6a5ad.people_kitaen_nyet148.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=0Rl7rxfRhoXdSZFvENnGdw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This file photo originally supplied by Sports Illustrated shows actress Tawny Kitaen, in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition that came out Feb. 10, 1999. Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff's deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment. The 45-year-old actres is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 18 in Laguna Niguel, Calif., said Susan Kang Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006.(AP Photo/Sports Illustrated )" border="0" /></a>AP - Tawny Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff's deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061122/en_movies_eo/22a6488d-7889-4da6-b670-49445215bd06"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061123/capt.6be77b9d04c1f498ec8417dd5e103e45.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=TbxbN3Jt_SvS1m_cHPTM2Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - No baseball players were harmed in the making of this drug bust.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Deck the Halls" Christmas dreck
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/film_nm/film_deck_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061122/2006_11_22t112102_450x300_us_film_deck.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pY9BlZz939Yds_GbY1vdEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cast members (L to R) Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis and Danny DeVito attend the premiere of 'Deck the Halls' in Hollywood, California, November 12, 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nearly every year about
this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate
the season as poorly as possible for 95 percent of the movie.
Then an epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone
how to correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call
this the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jolie makes surprise visit to Cambodia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_jolie_cambodia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061122/capt.a2eb1bc308ad4c20b10f5cb31ae8b17c.people_jolie_cambodia_nyet147.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=e2Gd4_PIgV6gk9ZcdggRmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Angelina Jolie walks near the Gateway of India after having a boat ride with her family, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov 18, 2006. Jolie has made an unannounced visit to Cambodia, a country where she is funding a nature conservation project, officials said Wednesday,Nov 22, 2006.(AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)" border="0" /></a>AP - Angelina Jolie has made an unannounced visit to Cambodia, a country where she is funding a nature conservation project, officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
O.J. says book wasn't a confession
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/simpson_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061120/capt.a03fd4ef6e334b599e3286e187bc7508.simpson_interview_nyet130.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=gkgCzpDQV_OYmS2x64XQ6w--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="O.J. Simpson holds up his hands before the jury after putting on a new pair of gloves similar to the infamous 'bloody gloves' during his double-murder trial in Los Angeles, in this June 21, 1995 file photo. Simpson was the subject of a Fox Television special, 'If I Did It' in which he is interviewed about how the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman would have taken place had he actually committed the crimes. News. Corp. said Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, that it has canceled the companion book and television special.(AP Photo/Vince Bucci, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - O.J. Simpson said in a radio interview Wednesday that his ill-fated "If I Did It" book and TV project was not a confession to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend and that the title wasn't his idea.</p><br clear="all"/>
Maldivians want to say `hello' to TomKat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mo/people_cruise_holmes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061122/capt.38153ada452a4ce29d8352dfaca51411.people_cruise_holmes___nyet146.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=.3CrNhuNH1T_JZpY6VITRQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Tom Cruise, right, and Katie Holmes leave their hotel in Rome, Thursday Nov. 16, 2006. Residents of the Maldives, an archipelago of 1,192 islands famed for its beaches and luxury resorts, want to say 'hello' to newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.The honeymooning couple arrived in the Indian Ocean island chain this week after exchanging wedding vows Saturday in a 15th-century castle in Bracciano, Italy, outside Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Residents of the Maldives want to say "hello" to newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Walters says Rosie, Ripa feud is over
(AP)
AP - Barbara Walters said Wednesday all is now "well with the world" following a flare-up earlier this week between Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa on "The View."
Rappers lead U.S. album charts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/music_nm/sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061123/2006_11_22t171927_450x308_us_sales.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=U1ce_G7DZCNP4pzABjYSDQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Rapper The Game arrives at the 2006 American Music Awards on November 21, 2006 in Los Angeles. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two popular rap acts occupied the
top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the
Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pitbull marking his territory in hip-hop
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_en_mu/music_pitbull"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061121/capt.a02d11907951453fad8cf4c621ad441a.music_pitbull_nyet382.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=GQ0Il.4hxegnZ9t1UeoWQA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Cuban-American singer Armando Christian Prez, of Miami, known as Pitbull, is photographed while promoting his album 'El Mariel' at the Indra Lounge in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla., Oct. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Mitchell Zachs)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pitbull can bark with the best of them. Sitting in the back of a dark South Beach club, surrounded by some of Miami's biggest bouncers and bustiest booty shakers, the Miami rapper riffs on a myriad of issues as he promotes his second CD, "El Mariel."</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Review: Killswitch Engage
(AP)
AP - Killswitch Engage, "As Daylight Dies" (Roadrunner): Plenty of people feel metal is just a bunch of noise, that it requires no musicianship whatsoever. They need to have a good listen to the latest from Killswitch Engage.
Review: Darryl Worley's 'Here and Now'
(AP)
AP - Darryl Worley, "Here and Now" (903): Early in his career, Darryl Worley's biggest hits tended to be departures from the amped-up traditional country music he excelled at. His mournfully tender "I Miss My Friend," a reflection on a lover's death, provided his first big break in 2002. The following year, he gained national recognition for his controversial anthem about 9/11 and war, "Have You Forgotten?"
Franklin duets with Blige on 'Bobby' CD
(AP)
AP - Aretha Franklin's connection to Robert Kennedy goes far beyond her appearance on the "Bobby" soundtrack.
Roots stick to their game as hip-hop's showmen
(Reuters)
Reuters - They've won a Grammy.
They count on loyal fans to sell out venues in grueling 200-day
tours each year. Critics call them hip-hop's greatest live
band. Jay-Z released their new album on his Def Jam label this
summer.
Charts: For Love of the Game
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061122/en_music_eo/9b792667-107d-4173-9660-030cbdaefb15"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061122/capt.986ea61830b3a35ef7f2b8780c50d5e6.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=_R5eNaffHlUyINqAQ7CRIg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Charts: For Love of the Game(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The charts got Game...and vice versa.<p>The erstwhile Dr.</p><br clear="all"/>
Peas, Peppers, Clarkson Break Away at AMAs
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061122/en_music_eo/7e4241a4-c803-45cd-8d05-85a10a1bc67f"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061122/capt.b75a10786936a2326862aaa9d249d1c3.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=JqsRNy._NceTGovcRocYyg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Peas, Peppers, Clarkson Break Away at AMAs(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kelly Clarkson couldn't just walk away.</p><br clear="all"/>
Former Cat Stevens returns to pop music world
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/music_nm/leisure_yusuf_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061122/2006_11_22t055628_450x356_us_leisure_yusuf.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=t_YvV2Aw61HYQAyUCCUtuQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Yusuf Islam and an unidentified woman in London, November 25, 2004. The British folk singer formerly known as Cat Stevens has released his first mainstream album since he ditched the rock-star life in the late 1970s, when he became a Muslim. (Matt Dunham/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Peace Train is leaving the
station again, after almost 30 years in storage.</p><br clear="all"/>
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