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Rapper Snoop Dogg arrested in California
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.c21ebe5598c64c7888097da3586eec2d.execution_re_enactment_fx105.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=0iKFualauBVf7FXE_ZTiuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Rapper Snoop Dogg, at podium, reads a poem during the memorial service for Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, in a file photo from Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, in South Los Angeles. On Dec. 12, 2006, the Black Repertory Group will re-enact the execution of Williams to mark the one-year anniversary of the former gang leader's death by lethal injection. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested Tuesday for investigation of illegally possessing a handgun and drugs as he left NBC Studios after performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miss America 2006 has surgery in N.C.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_ce/people_miss_america_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.419c3be33c844fe3bfbc95fa56bbaf0d.people_miss_america_surgery_nyet171.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=Bi_oRfJ8xokYl1fg2_MXqg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006, listens during a press conference in New York, on Jan. 23, 2006. Berry underwent surgery for undisclosed reasons and spent the night in a North Carolina hospital, a pageant official confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry underwent surgery for undisclosed reasons and spent the night in a North Carolina hospital, a pageant official confirmed Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Richards: Jewish by association?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_ce/michael_richards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.3ccb868bbfb3424c89d2a60cbf988d9d.tv_fox_michael_richards_nyet336.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=xFB50EmVLQ609SZuEMYU9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Actor and comedian Michael Richards smiles at his office in Los Angeles, in this Nov. 10, 2000 file photo. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)" border="0" /></a>AP - Just when it seemed Michael Richards was about to leave the most troubling incident of his career behind, his publicist is having to explain how the comic could consider himself to be Jewish.</p><br clear="all"/>
'30 Rock' star Morgan charged with DWI
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_en_ce/people_tracy_morgan_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.edfb4e1192bc474ab06fde96d9b46fe3.people_tracy_morgan_arrest_nyet169.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=ao7y90tu1igNysA8xjkxfA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Comedian Tracy Morgan arrives at VH-1 Hip Hop Honors on Oct. 7, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Morgan, a former 'Saturday Night Live' regular who's currently featured on NBC's '30 Rock' show, was arrested early Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006, in Upper Manhattan on drunken driving charges, the district attorney's office said.(AP Photo/Gary He)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tracy Morgan, a former "Saturday Night Live" regular who co-stars on NBC's "30 Rock," was arrested Tuesday in Upper Manhattan on drunken driving charges, the district attorney's office said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reports: The Wiggles' lead singer may quit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_mu/australia_the_wiggles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061129/capt.syd20211290600.australia_the_wiggles_syd202.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=BrUAXXhbQ2lofkE2MdesOw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Australian children's entertainers 'The Wiggles' make a special appearance at the Australian High Commission in London in this June 28, 2006 file photo. 'Yellow Wiggle,' Greg Page, who has often been absent from touring since undergoing a double hernia surgery since last December, is expected to announce his departure from the group at a press conference on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Christopher Pledger, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The hugely popular children's group The Wiggles is expected this week to announce the departure of its lead singer because of a serious illness, media reports said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smart, Wilson taking "Flight" with indie drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Amy Smart and Patrick
Wilson are taking off for "Life in Flight," an indie drama that
will shoot next month in Manhattan.
Jerry Lee Lewis doing a whole lotta shakin'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/music_nm/review_music_lewis_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_27t210923_450x280_us_review_music_lewis.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=cs1YaYKf7wrMNtzEDmr1cA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Rock n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis is enjoying a higher profile again thanks to his first album in more than a decade. In this file photo, Lewis performs at the19th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert in Mountain View, California, October 29, 2005. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry
Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind the piano, his fingertips ran over the
keys and he took charge with a singing voice that sounded at
least a couple decades younger. The Killer had arrived.</p><br clear="all"/>
DoCoMo, others plan multimedia for cellphones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/tv_nm/tvphones_japan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t010643_450x314_us_tvphones_japan.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=VkIZOe793YcoY2HreJ.ZYA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man walks out from a NTT DoCoMo shop in Tokyo, July 28, 2006. NTT DoCoMo, Fuji Television Network, Nippon Broadcasting and other companies will team up to develop television shows for mobile phones, the Nihon Keizai business daily reported on Wednesday. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc., Fuji Television
Network Inc., Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. and other firms
will team up to develop new broadcast services for cellphones,
the companies said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bears-Patriots game wins big ratings for Fox
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Chicago Bears-New
England Patriots weekend matchup gave Fox the most-watched NFL
game so far this year, the network said Tuesday.
Danza and Bart Will Be on 'Producers'' Marquee
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tony Danza will play Max Bialystock in the Broadway production of The Producers starting Dec. 19.
Smart, Wilson taking "Flight" with indie drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Amy Smart and Patrick
Wilson are taking off for "Life in Flight," an indie drama that
will shoot next month in Manhattan.
Indie world's Gotham Awards suffer identity crisis
(Reuters)
Reuters - When the Gotham Awards are
handed out in New York Wednesday, the winners won't necessarily
be independently produced movies with a local flavor.
Dafoe, Hoskins, Modine ready to tell "Tales"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/film_nm/tales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_28t073147_450x310_us_tales.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=iXIr9lHUxn56E19LTwxfZA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Actor Willem Dafoe is seen during an event in Mougins, France May 25, 2006. Dafoe, Bob Hoskins and Matthew Modine are set to star in writer-director Abel Ferrara's 'Go Go Tales,' a screwball comedy that has taken a circuitous path to production. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins
and Matthew Modine are set to star in writer-director Abel
Ferrara's "Go Go Tales," a screwball comedy that has taken a
circuitous path to production.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Sunshine" leads indie film nominees
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/film_nm/indie_nominees_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_28t120538_427x450_us_indie_nominees.jpg?x=123&y=130&sig=n9jBRlFmiZFBsreJFi9kQw--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="Cast members Greg Kinnear (L) and Steve Carell attend the after-party for the screening of 'Little Miss Sunshine' at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival at the Wadsworth theatre in Los Angeles, California, July 2 , 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The hit road comedy "Little Miss
Sunshine" and the acclaimed drug-addiction drama "Half Nelson"
led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent
Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the
Oscars.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Review: `10 Items' could do with less
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_en_mo/film_review10_items_or_less"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061128/i/r3510120498.jpg?x=124&y=130&sig=4zHLK_o.VtnFeJCwmN72.Q--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="Director of the movie '10 Items or Less' Brad Silberling and his wife actress Amy Brenneman pose at the premiere of the movie at the Paramount theater in Los Angeles November 27, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - What at first comes off like a prolonged drama-class exercise gradually develops into a mildly satisfying, out-of-left-field romp with "10 Items or Less," an unassuming tale about unlikely kinship sprouting between two strangers over the course of a day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Candy' tastes familiar
(AP)
AP - If there was any lingering doubt about Heath Ledger's versatility following "Brokeback Mountain," it should be dispelled here.
`Nativity Story' retells first Christmas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_en_mo/film_nativity_story"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.8e71aafb932b4a18829b3dd6b82459df.film_nativity_story_la103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=T4UJXsBHzrhxgl7gttBTnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this publicity photo released by New Line Cinema actors Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary and Oscar Isaac as Joseph appear in a scene from 'The Nativity Story.' (AP Photo/New Line Cinema, Jaimie Trueblood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson showed the world the mercilessly bloody end of Jesus Christ's mortal life in "The Passion of the Christ." Now the makers of "The Nativity Story" offer Christ's sweet, humble beginnings in a stable — which, remarkably, Hollywood has not focused on before.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banderas shows age directing first Spanish film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/film_nm/banderas_film_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061128/2006_11_28t141128_342x450_us_banderas_film.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=mOPyvzclL8OU.xOHb40wKw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas and his wife U.S. actress Melanie Griffith pose before the start of the sixth annual GQ Magazine Men of the Year Awards in Madrid November 27, 2006. Banderas was recognized with the 'Filmmaker of the Year' award. (Susana Vera/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It is hard to picture Hollywood's
favorite Latin hunk as the director behind "El Camino de los
Ingleses" ("The English Path"), which opens in Spain this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chicago Creates a Nativity Scene
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061128/en_movies_eo/cdc5f955-9fbf-470b-b800-b4d688a0fb5a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061129/capt.c0ba7c75d29d055b1f8e7b971e9417ee.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=MZ9DQOxOOIiu8guIgHjaFQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Chicago Creates a Nativity Scene(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Just when Wal-Mart was finally going to be wishing shoppers a "Merry Christmas" again, rather than saying "Happy Holidays," Chicago officials have decided to make a downtown Christmas festival a little less Christian.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jerry Lee Lewis doing a whole lotta shakin'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/music_nm/review_music_lewis_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_27t210923_450x280_us_review_music_lewis.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=cs1YaYKf7wrMNtzEDmr1cA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Rock n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis is enjoying a higher profile again thanks to his first album in more than a decade. In this file photo, Lewis performs at the19th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert in Mountain View, California, October 29, 2005. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry
Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind the piano, his fingertips ran over the
keys and he took charge with a singing voice that sounded at
least a couple decades younger. The Killer had arrived.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop Dogg arrested after TV appearance in L.A.
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/music_nm/snoop_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t030629_450x352_us_snoop.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=xzAARo18kxILt.7NtF.igA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Rap artist Snoop Dogg performs at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, November 21, 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Another day, another run-in with
the law for Snoop Dogg. The 35-year-old rapper was arrested
near Los Angeles on Tuesday on weapons and narcotics charges
after taping a performance at "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
-- his third bust in as many months.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Snoop Dogg arrested in California
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061128/capt.c21ebe5598c64c7888097da3586eec2d.execution_re_enactment_fx105.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=0iKFualauBVf7FXE_ZTiuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Rapper Snoop Dogg, at podium, reads a poem during the memorial service for Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, in a file photo from Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, in South Los Angeles. On Dec. 12, 2006, the Black Repertory Group will re-enact the execution of Williams to mark the one-year anniversary of the former gang leader's death by lethal injection. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested Tuesday for investigation of illegally possessing a handgun and drugs as he left NBC Studios after performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
U2's Bono urges Japan to boost Africa aid
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_mu/people_bono_japan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061129/capt.tok20311290442.japan_bono_abe_tok203.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=q0A_tf1bPPrK1siZNbpTCw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries a piar of campaign sunglasses presented by Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, during a meetin at the his official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. Rockstar and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Abe to take leadership in the global effort to reduce the problem and join his campaign for the cause, (AP Photo/Toshiyuki Aizawa, POOL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rock star and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to keep his nation's pledge to boost aid to Africa and other parts of the developing world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bono praises Japan aid policy, calls PM Abe "cool"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bono, the Irish rock star and outspoken
campaigner against poverty and AIDS, praised Japan's policies
on those issues on Wednesday, in a departure from his usual
criticism of rich nations for not living up to expectations.
Reports: The Wiggles' lead singer may quit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_en_mu/australia_the_wiggles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061129/capt.syd20211290600.australia_the_wiggles_syd202.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=BrUAXXhbQ2lofkE2MdesOw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Australian children's entertainers 'The Wiggles' make a special appearance at the Australian High Commission in London in this June 28, 2006 file photo. 'Yellow Wiggle,' Greg Page, who has often been absent from touring since undergoing a double hernia surgery since last December, is expected to announce his departure from the group at a press conference on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Christopher Pledger, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The hugely popular children's group The Wiggles is expected this week to announce the departure of its lead singer because of a serious illness, media reports said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gentry regrets improperly tagging bear
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_en_mu/people_troy_gentry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061127/capt.33461cd193c24a079c7a1c16c195d052.mn_gentry_bear_wxs102.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=l1mA_4lXxKLQOOjRxmog.g--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Troy Gentry of the country western group Montgomery Gentry performs during the half time show of a football game in East Rutherford, N.J.,l in this Nov. 6, 2005, file photo. Gentry pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 27, 2006, to a federal misdemeanor charge of falsely registering a trophy bear he killed as wild when it was actually shot in a 3-acre private enclosure. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Troy Gentry, who pleaded guilty this week in Minnesota to a misdemeanor charge of falsely registering a captive bear as being killed in the wild, said the ordeal has been "a humbling experience."</p><br clear="all"/>
Universal Music may seek royalty deal with iPod
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/music_nm/media_summit_universalmusic_ipod_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_28t163259_348x450_us_media_summit_universalmusic_ipod.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=Fwpyiy04G1gNdXLf05jRsw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Doug Morris, chief executive officer of Universal Music Group, answers questions during the Reuters Media Summit in New York November 28, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Universal Music Group Chief Executive
Doug Morris said on Tuesday he may try to fashion an iPod
royalty fee with Apple Computer Inc. in the next round of
negotiations in early 2007.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer Buffett wins trademark settlement
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/music_nm/buffett_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_28t160156_266x450_us_buffett_lawsuit.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=0tdokvqtiu87XlG4Njegog--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Singer Jimmy Buffett performs on NBC television's 'Today' show in New York, on June 25, 2004. Buffett has settled his trademark infringement suit against an online merchandise retailer who agreed to stop selling Buffett-related items after a brief stay in jail, the performer's lawyer said on Tuesday. (Albert Ferreira/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Singer Jimmy Buffett has settled his
trademark infringement suit against an online merchandise
retailer who agreed to stop selling Buffett-related items after
a brief stay in jail, the performer's lawyer said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Streisand, Stones Do Big-time Box Office
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061128/en_music_eo/54c6a13b-5a0d-4ca5-9247-cadf81992cd3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061129/capt.d4542b5e59290a9bf1f5f6d84ac16dae.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=04Q5F_rtJxipjNGX82RdkA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Streisand, Stones Do Big-time Box Office(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Overcoming flying beverages, fans who didn't appreciate her Bush-bashing and initial worries about poor ticket sales, Barbra Streisand put up record-setting numbers at the box office this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
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