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Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_ce/people_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.87aafbb6c7d14adb95d58442f5246c82.people_hilton_ny109.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=4fSahf6wC9tFVa4c5hMPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Paris Hilton presents an award at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Hilton won't be appearing at THE 2006 Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman. 'It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,' her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. 'Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarassing about people she knows.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Butley' has been with Lane a long time
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_ot/theater_nathan_lane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.f4477d8eae0642a4bd6bf190bdd56e81.theater_nathan_lane_nyol702.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=m9XskIbMUrzicJ0k4rkZow--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Broadway and movie actor Nathan Lane leaves an interview in New York in this Oct. 18, 2006 file photo. Lane currently stars in the title role of the Broadway revival of 'Butley' at the Booth Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nicholas Martin, who knows about such things, calls Nathan Lane "the last big stage star who can sell tickets."</p><br clear="all"/>
American Indians hail 'Apocalypto' cast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_mo/people_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.f6fcf0c911cb4bb199fc91662ef084bc.mel_gibson_oktr102.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=zQ9tG4HGuK6n5277MIgEBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Mel Gibson visit's Riverwind Casino for a special benefit event and screening of his latest movie, 'Apocalypto' Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in Norman, Okla. Proceeds from the special benefit event will go to the Mayan People of Mexico, the Oklahoma Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America Inc., Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa and Oklahoma City Indian Clinic. (AP Photo/Ty Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson's effort to find an indigenous cast for his new movie "Apocalypto," which depicts the end of the Mayan civilization, is drawing praise from American Indian leaders.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Daily Show,' 'Colbert' producer leaving
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_en_tv/daily_show_producer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.9a97813d887c49a794e77286c644d6ce.daily_show_producer_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=ncocmD8uxco3sM.IwhAdkg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Host Jon Stewart reviews his notes during a break in the taping of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' in New York in this July 23, 2003, file photo. Ben Karlin, the Emmy-winning executive producer of 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' will leave his jobs with the network at the end of December 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Emmy-winning executive producer of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central's two satirical news shows, will leave his jobs with the network at the end of the month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Big Easy recreates Capote's masked ball
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_en_ot/black_and_white_ball"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.76e98fdf632343c583ba0bd27942f28a.black_and_white_ball_laab105.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=UsAyawyjjb2401c0GtyVqA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Masked friends toast at the Black and White Ball in New Orleans Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe it should be called the Resurrection Party of the Century. In a bid to raise money for writers and poets displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a fledgling group of writers ladled up some haute couture in the Crescent City by staging a re-enactment of Truman Capote's 1966 extravaganza, the Black and White Ball.</p><br clear="all"/>
American Indians hail 'Apocalypto' cast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_mo/people_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.f6fcf0c911cb4bb199fc91662ef084bc.mel_gibson_oktr102.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=zQ9tG4HGuK6n5277MIgEBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Mel Gibson visit's Riverwind Casino for a special benefit event and screening of his latest movie, 'Apocalypto' Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in Norman, Okla. Proceeds from the special benefit event will go to the Mayan People of Mexico, the Oklahoma Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America Inc., Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa and Oklahoma City Indian Clinic. (AP Photo/Ty Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson's effort to find an indigenous cast for his new movie "Apocalypto," which depicts the end of the Mayan civilization, is drawing praise from American Indian leaders.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_mu/people_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.87aafbb6c7d14adb95d58442f5246c82.people_hilton_ny109.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=4fSahf6wC9tFVa4c5hMPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Paris Hilton presents an award at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Hilton won't be appearing at THE 2006 Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman. 'It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,' her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. 'Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarassing about people she knows.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_tv/people_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.87aafbb6c7d14adb95d58442f5246c82.people_hilton_ny109.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=4fSahf6wC9tFVa4c5hMPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Paris Hilton presents an award at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Hilton won't be appearing at THE 2006 Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman. 'It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,' her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. 'Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarassing about people she knows.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.</p><br clear="all"/>
Washington hosts Hollywood elite for Kennedy Honors
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061203/media_nm/usa_kennedyhonors_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061203/2006_12_03t000555_450x369_us_usa_kennedyhonors.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=8xpktG9vbKtUXzdyHWEJ8w--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Film director Steven Spielberg (R) and wife Kate Capshaw pose for photographers as they arrive for the State Department Dinner during the 29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington December 2, 2006. Spielberg is being honored this year along with theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, conductor Zubin Metha and singers Smokey Robinson and Dolly Parton. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Washington's elite mingled with
artistic icons at the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, paying
tribute to five people for their lifetime contributions to the
arts and American culture.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Fargo" Meets 'Music Man' in NJ Premiere of 'Don't Hug Me'
(Playbill)
Playbill - The goofy musical comedy, Don't Hug Me, seen regionally, makes its "tri-state debut" at New Jersey Repertory Company's Lumia Theatre in Long Branch, Dec. 7-31.
American Indians hail 'Apocalypto' cast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_mo/people_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.f6fcf0c911cb4bb199fc91662ef084bc.mel_gibson_oktr102.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=zQ9tG4HGuK6n5277MIgEBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Mel Gibson visit's Riverwind Casino for a special benefit event and screening of his latest movie, 'Apocalypto' Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in Norman, Okla. Proceeds from the special benefit event will go to the Mayan People of Mexico, the Oklahoma Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America Inc., Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa and Oklahoma City Indian Clinic. (AP Photo/Ty Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson's effort to find an indigenous cast for his new movie "Apocalypto," which depicts the end of the Mayan civilization, is drawing praise from American Indian leaders.</p><br clear="all"/>
German Communist era film wins top Europe award
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061202/film_nm/europe_film_awards_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061203/2006_12_02t173103_450x307_us_europe_film_awards.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=b8.j8QMkJJWjMmne5sCNLQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actress Penelope Cruz (R) and director Pedro Almodóvar pose with their awards after the European Film Awards in Warsaw, December 2, 2006. (Katarina Stoltz/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Lives of Others," a drama about how
East Germany's Stasi security police shattered the lives of
ordinary people, won top prize at the European Film Awards on
Saturday held in Poland's capital.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chan Kwok-kwan stars in Bruce Lee series
(AP)
AP - Looking like Bruce Lee has paid off for Hong Kong actor Chan Kwok-kwan. The actor played a Lee look-alike in the 2001 comedy "Shaolin Soccer" and has now landed the lead role in a new Chinese television series on the late kung fu star, newspapers reported Saturday.
Clooney, DeVito had `brutal night' out
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_en_mo/people_danny_devito"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061201/capt.8c51c2a7d66c4524b69bc7909f86fc72.people_clooney_devito__nyrd106.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=fEbLhOLn94ntUGoKP505Rw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actor George Clooney, right, is interviewed by NBC 'Today' television show co-host Matt Lauer during the taping of a segment of the program, in New York Friday Dec. 1, 2006, scheduled to air Dec. 12, 2006. Clooney confirmed the he and Danny DeVito had a late night out causing DeVito's loopy behavior during his appearance on the ABC television daytime talk show, 'The View.' One interview airs Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, while another airs December 12. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Blame it on the shots of limoncello. George Clooney says he woke up tipsy after a "brutal night" out on the town with his pal Danny DeVito.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: `Rise of Taj' gross-out schlock
(AP)
AP - The National Lampoon, once a brand name above nearly all others in comedy, has become shorthand for pathetic frat boy humor; its latest installment is "National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj."
Shirtless Bush seen in 'Brokeback' spoof
(AP)
AP - A "Brokeback Mountain" parody airing on Canadian television depicts an unusual type of summit between President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Bloody "Apocalypto" draws good early reviews
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/film_nm/apocalypto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061202/2006_12_01t211004_320x450_us_apocalypto.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=Xlukm43.DTNiKnpSGgXMhA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson discusses his new film 'Apocalypto' before receiving the Chairman's Visionary Award at the 2006 Latino Global Business Conference and Digital Expo in Beverly Hills, California, November 2, 2006. 'Apocalypto' drew several good early reviews on Friday from critics who cautioned the thriller set against the end of an ancient Mayan civilization is also extremely violent. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mel Gibson's new movie "Apocalypto"
drew several good early reviews on Friday from critics who
cautioned the thriller set against the end of an ancient Mayan
civilization is also extremely violent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
2006 is the year of Celebrity Apologies
(AP)
AP - "Love means never having to say you're sorry," Ali MacGraw said in the 1970 tearjerker "Love Story," a line whose iconic status belies its lack of any discernible logic.
Scorsese Ready to Duel
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061201/en_movies_eo/2724da61-b489-4af7-9135-60b9e0e93c7e"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061202/capt.a9e3c02b575f891d455021869f7af023.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=RVyp9XKvX.csnpi58nbsUw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Scorsese Ready to Duel(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Marty Scorsese's going medieval.<p>With his good-cop, bad-cop suspense drama The Departed now the biggest box-office hit of his four-decade career, the Oscar-nominated director is ramping up plans to make even more grandiose projects.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton quits Billboard awards over jokes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_en_mu/people_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.87aafbb6c7d14adb95d58442f5246c82.people_hilton_ny109.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=4fSahf6wC9tFVa4c5hMPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Paris Hilton presents an award at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Hilton won't be appearing at THE 2006 Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman. 'It is my understanding that some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers,' her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement. 'Paris did not want to say anything that could appear hurtful or embarassing about people she knows.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't joke about her peeps. The hotel heiress canceled an appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her, according to a spokesman.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ex-Squeeze man Jools Holland adapts to country life
(Reuters)
Reuters - British Pianist Jools Holland, once of
pop-rock act Squeeze and long known for his versatility as both
a musician and broadcast personality, has released a country
music album.
Reunited Oz rockers Hoodoo Gurus coming to U.S.
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061202/music_nm/hoodoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061203/2006_12_02t170347_450x299_us_hoodoo.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Y1zBYxSMcIehJ7NxFpFo.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Reunited Australian rock band the Hoodoo Gurus are shown in this undated handout photo. The Hoodoo Gurus, famed for mid-'80s cult hits such as 'Bittersweet,' will tour the United States next year for the first time since 1994, a spokeswoman said. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Reunited Australian rock band the
Hoodoo Gurus, famed for mid-'80s cult hits such as
"Bittersweet," will tour the United States next year for the
first time since 1994, a spokeswoman said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Taylor Hicks Explains Idol Remarks
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061202/en_music_eo/2c07eac5-d832-4c90-8061-c6977c4070fb"><img src="" align="left" height="" width="" alt="Taylor Hicks didn't mean to sound ungrateful." border="0" /></a>E! Online - Taylor Hicks didn't mean to sound ungrateful.</p><br clear="all"/>
J.Lo's ex fights to release tell-all
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_en_mu/people_jennifer_lopez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.7b91d917b80540c8822165fe35649042.people_lopez_ny118.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=etQJ9mvb2MtPwWipvN0YXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Jennifer Lopez arrives with husband Ojani Noa at a film premiere in this file photo from April 7, 1997, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. Noa, 31, said in a pretrial hearing Friday Dec. 1, 2006, that he regrets agreeing to a June 30 preliminary injunction that prohibits him from 'criticizing, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging or causing disparagement' to Lopez. 'I want to fight this thing to the end,' he said. 'My life has not been the same since this lawsuit was filed.' (AP Photo/Rene Macura-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa, told a judge Friday that he plans to fight her efforts to quash a tell-all memoir.</p><br clear="all"/>
Holiday season, Jay-Z see promising starts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061202/music_nm/albums_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061202/2006_12_01t205526_450x327_us_albums.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=CVnDr2cMMWjLSipnC26cBw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rapper Jay-Z performs for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in Hollywood November 22, 2006. (Max Morse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Not a bad start. That goes for
both the holiday selling season and the return to duty by a
certain recording artist.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard album reviews: Ciara, Jarvis Cocker
(Reuters)
Reuters - With "The Evolution," Ciara aims to
take the success of her 2005 debut, "Goodies," to a new level
musically and creatively.
Marsalis: Politics influenced new album
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_en_mu/music_wynton_marsalis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061201/capt.0c24c7b2106e413b9b950405b3b81d27.music_wynton_marsalis_nyet195.jpg?x=130&y=111&sig=rhdniK2PZVZhkvxFSIhFcA--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis plays during a memorial service near the site of the former World Trade Center on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York. His new CD 'From the Plantation to the Penitentiary' is due out March 6,2007. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>AP - On Wynton Marsalis' upcoming CD, he criticizes political leadership in America, cultural corruption, and sex and violence in rap — and that's just on one song. "I don't speak from outside, I'm not finger-pointing," the 45-year-old jazz great told The Associated Press in a recent interview.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pearl Jam plays secret show in Hawaii
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/music_nm/pearljam_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061201/2006_12_01t151744_450x380_us_pearljam.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=uNzM_2iynhIRRcfv.Z75_A--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Lead singer Eddie Vedder of the U.S. band 'Pearl Jam' performs at the Air Canada Centre to kick-off the band's latest tour in Toronto, May 9, 2006 file photo. Pearl Jam performed a secret show for about 300 people in Hawaii Thursday, two days before it headlines a gig at Honolulu's Blaisdell Center. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pearl Jam performed a secret show
for about 300 people in Hawaii Thursday, two days before it
headlines a gig at Honolulu's Blaisdell Center.</p><br clear="all"/>
Diamond reuniting with Rick Rubin for new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - After he recovered from a bout of
depression brought on by the Sony BMG rootkit fiasco, in which
the company coded his acclaimed "12 Songs" album with
potentially malicious anti-piracy software and then pulled the
disc from retail, Neil Diamond went back to work writing songs
for his next effort with producer Rick Rubin.
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