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Publisher behind O.J. Simpson book fired
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_ot/simpson_publisher_fired"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061216/capt.ny12412160200.simpson_publisher_fired_ny124.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=9JIaGTQIOqUa7cDZwCYEww--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="O.J. Simpson book publisher Judith Regan is photographed in the studio of her 'Judith Regan Show' on Sirius satellite radio, in New York in this Thursday night Nov. 16, 2006 file photo. Regan, was fired Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, her sensational, scandalous tenure at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ending with the tersest of announcements. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Extra! Extra! The press release arrived with a headline worthy of Rupert Murdoch: HARPERCOLLINS TERMINATES JUDITH REGAN. So ended, at least for now, one of the book world's most profitable and provocative careers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Winfrey, ABC working on 2 reality shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_tv/tv_oprah_s_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.ny12112152338.oprahs_reality_ny121.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=8s7XHtkEaM_nvB8oB.aWxg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Oprah Winfrey arrives for the opening night of her Broadway play 'The Color Purple' in this, Dec. 1, 2005, file photo in New York. Winfrey is expanding her media reach into reality television. Her production company is working on two prime-time series for ABC, tentatively titled 'Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give' and 'Your Money or Your Life,' ABC and Harpo Productions announced Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oprah Winfrey is expanding her media reach into reality television. Her production company is working on two prime-time series for ABC, tentatively titled "Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give" and "Your Money or Your Life," ABC and Harpo Productions announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Beyonce transforms into 'Sasha' onstage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_ce/people_beyonce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.ny12012152333.people_beyonce_ny120.jpg?x=77&y=130&sig=_TlbN52zpZZYN_ZBIcdsqA--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="Actress/singer Beyonce Knowles arrives at the premiere of 'Dreamgirls' in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this file photo from Dec. 11, 2006. Knowles says she becomes someone else when she's onstage, an alter ego she's even given a name to: her showstopping alter ego, Sasha. 'I wouldn't like Sasha if I met her offstage,' the 25-year-old singer-actress tells Parade magazine in its Dec. 17 issue. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Beyonce Knowles says she becomes someone else when she's onstage, an alter ego she's even given a name to: Sasha. "I wouldn't like Sasha if I met her offstage," the 25-year-old singer-actress tells Parade magazine in its Dec. 17 issue.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anastasio charged with drugged driving
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_ce/people_anastasio_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.wxs40112152155.anastasio_arrest_wxs401.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=PMMlWf2nuSwdutVcN7RpTA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="This photo made available by the Whitehall Police dept., shows former Phish frontman guitarist Ernest J. Anastasio, who was arrested early Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated-drugs, police in Whitehall, N.Y. said. (AP Photo/Whitehall Police)" border="0" /></a>AP - Guitarist Trey Anastasio was accused of driving under the influence of drugs in an upstate New York town near the Vermont border early Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC's 'Biggest Loser' considered surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_ce/people_erik_chopin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.nyet18712152039.people_erik_chopin_nyet187.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PPlsB1rlwXQXZS4FZ1qkbw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo supplied by NBC Erik Chopin is revealed as the winner of NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' on the reality television show's finale in Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Chopin, shown in an on-stage before photo, dropped 214 pounds to win. He told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday that he first considered surgery to lose weight.(AP Photo/NBC , Chris Haston)" border="0" /></a>AP - Erik Chopin, who dropped 214 pounds to win NBC's "The Biggest Loser," was prepared to undergo surgery to slim down before he was chosen for the weight-loss competition.</p><br clear="all"/>
Charges against actress to be dropped
(AP)
AP - "American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne, arrested after threatening to sexually abuse a neighbor's dog, left court a free woman Friday after a judge promised to dismiss the charges against her.
Q&A: Rascal Flatts' DeMarcus on the band's big year
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061216/music_nm/rascalflatts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061216/2006_12_15t224932_450x318_us_rascalflatts.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=mMN9N6vC.SRuVl_I8EQoiw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Members of the Rascal Flatts pose with the award for favorite country band, duo or group, and the T-Mobile Text-in award at the 2006 American Music Awards on November 21, 2006 in Los Angeles. Since it debuted with its self-titled release in 2000, Rascal Flatts -- Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- has sold 13 million records and become one of country's elite concert headliners. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Since it debuted with its
self-titled release in 2000, Rascal Flatts -- Jay DeMarcus,
Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- has sold 13 million records
and become one of country's elite concert headliners.</p><br clear="all"/>
ABC pulls `Day Break' and Shatner show
(AP)
AP - ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
DreamWorks Animation CFO to leave
(Reuters)
Reuters - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said on
Friday its chief financial officer, Kristina Leslie, will leave
the company early next year.
Drew Sarich Is Victor Frankenstein in NYC Reading of Tour-Aimed Musical
(Playbill)
Playbill - Frankenstein, the new musical theatre experience that will tour in 2007-08, continues its development in rehearsals toward private industry readings scheduled for the week of Dec. 18 in Manhattan.
Charges against actress to be dropped
(AP)
AP - "American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne, arrested after threatening to sexually abuse a neighbor's dog, left court a free woman Friday after a judge promised to dismiss the charges against her.
Jolie: Kissing Damon just part of job
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_en_mo/people_jolie_damon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061214/capt.nyet17112141741.people_angelina_jolie_nyet171.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=DOCtOUW88QU7Ti.WHmV0eA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="This photo supplied ABC shows Angelina Jolie being interviewed by Diane Sawyer about her new film, 'The Good Shepherd,' in an interview that aired on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. Another portion of the interview, which took place in New York on Dec. 13, 2006, will air on the show Friday, Dec. 15 and as part of a special two-hour edition of '20/20' airing Friday night.(AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)" border="0" /></a>AP - What's the biggest difference between kissing Matt Damon and kissing Brad Pitt? "One's a friend and one's my love," says Angelina Jolie, who co-stars with Damon in the upcoming drama "The Good Shepherd."</p><br clear="all"/>
Space station astronaut is movie buff
(AP)
AP - The space-to-ground radio crackled recently with a message from Mission Control to U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and his two crewmates at the international space station.
Baldwins' mom settles with photographer
(AP)
AP - The mother of the four acting Baldwin brothers settled a lawsuit with a photographer Friday, ending a decade-old dispute that had both parties leaving the courthouse in smiles.
Jamie Foxx's Post-Xmas Tour
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20061215/en_movies_eo/2368a145-945c-4bb1-8317-fb526ab3ff27"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20061216/capt.e6cef473d7c93093053b518e95daec91.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=F4ViZzXMBDVrVtHe8E5xgg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jamie Foxx's Post-Xmas Tour(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Jamie Foxx is hitting the road hot on the tails of Kris Kringle.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin festival to honor Arthur Penn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_en_mo/people_arthur_penn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.bf860a55c0d8467f8e238bea068944c4.germany__film_festival_penn_fra114.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=QxOAyM_DNOw8glV6.Oz9fg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="U.S. director Arthur Penn is seen at the 'Directors Guild Honors' in New York on this Oct. 12, 2006 file photo. Penn will receive an honorary award at the 2007 Berlin film festival for his role in helping reshape Hollywood during the 1960s and 70s, with films such as 'Bonnie and Clyde' and 'Night Moves,' organizers said Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. In announcing the award, the festival organizers praised Penn, 84, for bringing a spontaneity and freedom to the Hollywood screen that was reminiscent of the unconventional production patterns of France's Nouvelle Vague movement. (AP Photo/Gary He)" border="0" /></a>AP - Arthur Penn will receive an honorary award at the Berlin film festival for his role in helping reshape Hollywood during the 1960s and `70s with films such as "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Night Moves."</p><br clear="all"/>
Who's won what leading up to the Oscars
(AP)
AP - The Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season:
With help from a friend, Mel cut to the chase
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/film_nm/apocalypto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_15t122122_404x450_us_apocalypto.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=QSCFK5.CfRTfqHAGdH3AZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="A scene from the film 'Apocalypto' in a photo courtesy of Icon Distribution. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For Farhad Safinia, Mel
Gibson's screenwriter and co-producer on "Apocalypto," it all
began with a love for chase scenes.</p><br clear="all"/>
China signs Web piracy deal with U.S. movie group
(Reuters)
Reuters - China on Friday agreed with the Motion
Picture Association of America and other groups to do more to
tackle copyright piracy on the Internet, the official Xinhua
news agency said.
Oscar likely to frown on two-timers Leo, Clint
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/film_nm/globes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_15t024657_450x374_us_globes.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=xjqDAV1OriZrvcFv0FyCNw--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Actor Clint Eastwood arrives on the red carpet before being inducted to the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 6, 2006. Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio might as well enjoy the dual nominations they each received Thursday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. while they can. Because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' rule book -- as well as practical realities -- are going to prevent a repeat performance when the Oscar nominations are announced January 23. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Clint Eastwood and
Leonardo DiCaprio might as well enjoy the dual nominations they
each received Thursday from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
while they can.</p><br clear="all"/>
Q&A: Rascal Flatts' DeMarcus on the band's big year
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061216/music_nm/rascalflatts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061216/2006_12_15t224932_450x318_us_rascalflatts.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=mMN9N6vC.SRuVl_I8EQoiw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Members of the Rascal Flatts pose with the award for favorite country band, duo or group, and the T-Mobile Text-in award at the 2006 American Music Awards on November 21, 2006 in Los Angeles. Since it debuted with its self-titled release in 2000, Rascal Flatts -- Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- has sold 13 million records and become one of country's elite concert headliners. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Since it debuted with its
self-titled release in 2000, Rascal Flatts -- Jay DeMarcus,
Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- has sold 13 million records
and become one of country's elite concert headliners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Q&A with Jose Feliciano
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_mu/music_q_a_jose_feliciano"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.nyet48512152026.music_q_a_jose_feliciano_nyet485.jpg?x=130&y=69&sig=vacVaN4.UQhN0RvQc9xgnA--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="Jose Feliciano performs during a concert at the Lehman Performing Arts Center, in this April 22, 2006, file photo, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin/FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, from the bottom of my heart.</p><br clear="all"/>
Friends present bail for Ono's driver
(AP)
AP - Friends presented a $250,000 bail package Friday for Yoko Ono's driver, jailed after he was accused of threatening to have John Lennon's widow killed unless she gave him $2 million.
Anastasio charged with drugged driving
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_en_mu/anastasio_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.nyet18612151944.people_anastasio_arrest_nyet186.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=HyWKeHGCM7Jt1k8WFn_ytg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Trey Anastasio performs on Oct. 29, 2006 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Anastasio was accused of driving under the influence of drugs in an upstate New York town near the Vermont border early Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. The former Phish frontman was pulled over by an officer who saw his car failing to keep to right side of the road at about 3:30 a.m., Whitehall village police said. (AP Photo/ Keith Shimada)" border="0" /></a>AP - Guitarist Trey Anastasio was accused of driving under the influence of drugs in an upstate New York town near the Vermont border early Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music on the move as mobile applications multiply
(Reuters)
Reuters - This past year marked the
beginning of a revolutionary experiment to sell and distribute
digital music to and from mobile phones. The stage is only just
being set, with the business models, pricing and marketing
issues still evolving.
Beyonce transforms into `Sasha' onstage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_en_mu/people_beyonce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.ny12012152333.people_beyonce_ny120.jpg?x=77&y=130&sig=_TlbN52zpZZYN_ZBIcdsqA--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="Actress/singer Beyonce Knowles arrives at the premiere of 'Dreamgirls' in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this file photo from Dec. 11, 2006. Knowles says she becomes someone else when she's onstage, an alter ego she's even given a name to: her showstopping alter ego, Sasha. 'I wouldn't like Sasha if I met her offstage,' the 25-year-old singer-actress tells Parade magazine in its Dec. 17 issue. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Beyonce Knowles says she becomes someone else when she's onstage, an alter ego she's even given a name to: Sasha.</p><br clear="all"/>
Opera fiasco makes some question the boo
(AP)
AP - For opera fans, the sight of rattled tenor Roberto Alagna storming offstage after being booed at Milan's La Scala was stunning. But for those who don't follow opera, what was really stunning was the booing itself.
Ousted tenor blames low blood sugar
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_en_mu/opera_la_scala_tenor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.8713019f2ce3469099f0f34b167fcb06.italy_la_scala_tenor_mil101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=G.VR8L76n7QK.hc7EuonRA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="French tenor Roberto Alagna waves in front of Milan's La Scala opera house, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. Tenor Roberto Alagna, who walked off the stage during a performance of 'Aida' after being booed, kept a pledge to show up at La Scala despite being dismissed from the show - giving an impromptu performance in the piazza outside the famed opera house. Alagna sang a few notes from 'Madam Butterfly,' Thursday evening as 'Aida' was going into the fourth act. Alagna was originally slated to performed the role of Ramades in the season's third staging of Verdi's masterpiece Thursday, but the opera house management canceled his engagement for walking off the stage during Sunday night's performance. Alagna had said he would turn up at La Scala anyway _ and did. (AP Photo/Alessandro Grassani/Fotogramma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roberto Alagna, the tenor who quit the stage at Milan's La Scala after being booed, said Friday he plans to sue the famed opera house for damaging his reputation by dismissing him from the cast of "Aida." He claimed he suffered low blood sugar and couldn't continue the performance.</p><br clear="all"/>
Was Muhammad Ali the first rapper?
(AP)
AP - "Float like a butterfly/ Sting like a bee/ Your hands can't hit/ What your eyes can't see."
Bush awards medal to B.B. King, dissident Sharansky
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/music_nm/life_bush_medal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_15t132553_450x363_us_life_bush_medal.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=5RNQTncV5_ZHrkDbEC0plw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President Bush honors musician BB King as one of the 2006 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House December 15, 2006. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Legendary blues musician B.B. King,
former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and historian David
McCullough were among those awarded the Medal of Freedom on
Friday by President George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>
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