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Eminem divorces wife for second time
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_ce/people_eminem_divorce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061220/capt.ny12312200117.people_eminem_ny123.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=Rl_VCUcsrb7xGkRHPxcCFQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Eminem appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York in this, Aug. 28, 2003, file photo. Eminem and his high school sweetheart divorced for a second time Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, less than a year after they remarried. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rap megastar Eminem and his high school sweetheart divorced for a second time Tuesday, less than a year after they remarried.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duff drops restraining order request
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_ce/people_duff_madden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061220/capt.ny12312200239.people_duff_ny123.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=5iX6UgawsVEIV_JjvqUIMw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Actress Hilary Duff arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. in this file photo from Oct. 28, 2006. Duff and Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden have dropped a request for a temporary restraining order against a celebrity photographer. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico dismissed the case against 50-year-old David Joseph Klein, according to documents filed Monday Dec. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hilary Duff and her boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, have dropped a request for a temporary restraining order against a celebrity photographer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trump to Miss USA: 'You're not fired!'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_ot/trump_miss_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061219/capt.nyrm11412191944.trump_miss_usa_nyrm114.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=KRUXXlZMVPZG.xpzhs.OWw--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Miss USA Tara Conner is shown with Donald Trump after a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, in New York City. Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Trump announced at the news conference. 'I've always been a believer in second chances,' Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, said with Conner at his side. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Donald Trump made "you're fired!" a TV catchphrase, and he was prepared to deliver it when he walked into a meeting with embattled Miss USA Tara Conner.</p><br clear="all"/>
ADL condemns fired publisher Regan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_ce/o_j__simpson_publisher"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061219/capt.ny13312190115.books_simpson_publisher_ny133.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=.nZHECFjH5TLj5sfaL285g--" 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 allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks in a phone conversation that led to her firing from HarperCollins, it was reported Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Publisher Judith Regan's alleged complaints of a "Jewish cabal" and other remarks that led to her firing were condemned by the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Goldman sues O.J. for book-deal bucks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_bu/simpson_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061120/capt.sge.nqc67.201106230940.photo01.photo.default-512x424.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=zN5qZ6vFnjPAx5jVfXEEuQ--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Kim Goldman (L) and Fred Goldman, sister and father of murder victim Ronald Goldman, listen during a court session in the wrongful death lawsuit against OJ Simpson. Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch announced the cancellation of a controversial book and television interview by OJ Simpson being planned by divisions of his News Corp. company after Fred Goldman called the projects "morally despicable."(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ronald Goldman's father sued O.J. Simpson on Tuesday, seeking any money the former NFL star received for a canceled book deal and TV interview that told a hypothetical tale of how he would have killed his ex-wife and Goldman.</p><br clear="all"/>
China director's "eye-popping" scenes arouse debate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/film_nm/china_curse_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t034008_450x310_uk_china_curse.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.t6WOKm97FitUdyZKvjOrA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chinese writer and director Zhang Yimou poses at the screening of his new film 'Curse of the Golden Flower' during the Closing Night at the AFI Fest 2006 in Hollywood, California November 12, 2006. 'Curse of the Golden Flower' has been nicknamed 'Curse of the Golden Corset' by the country's Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping gowns. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest
martial arts blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" has been
nicknamed "Curse of the Golden Corset" by the country's
Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping
gowns.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yusuf, formerly Cat Stevens, returns to U.S. stage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/music_nm/music_yusuf_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t011507_450x310_us_music_yusuf.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=K1YkO8tfz_KoYmXQFJw54Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performs on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honour of Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh in Oslo December 11, 2006. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yusuf Islam, the former superstar once
known as Cat Stevens, performed on stage before a live U.S.
audience on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades
as he promoted his first pop album since leaving the music
world for life as a devout Muslim.</p><br clear="all"/>
IFC documentaries visit "Darkon," Death Row
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cable channel IFC is
expanding its original nonfiction programming slate with a trio
of documentaries on topics ranging from fantasy role-playing
gamers to a punk band, to the execution of a man who was
possibly innocent.
"Dexter" kills on Showtime
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/media_nm/dexter_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t030151_337x450_us_dexter.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=bauvled2G9BTqygLiBHA4g--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Actor Michael C. Hall arrives for the opening of the Broadway play 'Three Days of Rain', in New York April 19, 2006. Hall stars in 'Dexter' which drew 1.1 million total viewers to its Season 1 finale from 10-11 p.m. Sunday. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The series "Dexter,"
starring Michael C. Hall as a charming blood-splatter expert
for the Miami Police Department who moonlights as a serial
killer, drew 1.1 million total viewers to its Season 1 finale
from 10-11 p.m. Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Arab-American writer is ambassador for Middle East
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/stage_nm/usa_mideast_handal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t035950_296x450_us_usa_mideast_handal.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=DqZZl.60wkt14qV4rshLxA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Arab-American poet, playwright and scholar Nathalie Handal poses in this 2004 handout photograph. (Denise Winters/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Arab-American poet, playwright and
scholar Nathalie Handal is a sort of Renaissance woman for the
21st century.</p><br clear="all"/>
China director's "eye-popping" scenes arouse debate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/film_nm/china_curse_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t034008_450x310_uk_china_curse.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.t6WOKm97FitUdyZKvjOrA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chinese writer and director Zhang Yimou poses at the screening of his new film 'Curse of the Golden Flower' during the Closing Night at the AFI Fest 2006 in Hollywood, California November 12, 2006. 'Curse of the Golden Flower' has been nicknamed 'Curse of the Golden Corset' by the country's Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping gowns. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest
martial arts blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" has been
nicknamed "Curse of the Golden Corset" by the country's
Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping
gowns.</p><br clear="all"/>
McConaughey leads "Marshall" mishap
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/film_nm/film_marshall_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t014303_450x321_us_film_marshall.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=iSSkRf6xc7t6KrWPNnDEmQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Cast member Matthew McConaughey attends the premiere of 'We are Marshall' at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood December 14, 2006. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - What should have been an
inspirational story about fortitude and courage in the face of
mind-numbing tragedy becomes a compendium of sports cliches in
"We Are Marshall."</p><br clear="all"/>
Europe, Africa points of film interest in '06
(Reuters)
Reuters - With more tax incentives
trying to lure production away from Hollywood, and with
globalization influencing filmmaking in terms of story and
talent, film production reached well beyond the backlot in
2006.
Upcoming Film Releases -- Week of December 18
(Reuters)
Reuters - An update of the U.S. film calendar
for this week. Dates are subject to change, and films initially
may open only in select cities, mentioned wherever possible.
Toronto critics anoint "Queen" best picture
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/film_nm/toronto_critics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t015800_450x327_us_toronto_critics.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=3TwlAsL8dd6TD3Y10H1OwA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Actress Helen Mirren poses next to a likeness of herself as she arrives for a premiere of 'The Queen' in New York September 29, 2006. The Toronto Film Critics Association on Tuesday chose 'The Queen' as the best picture of 2006, while Helen Mirren won the actress award for her title role. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Toronto Film Critics
Association on Tuesday chose "The Queen" as the best picture of
2006, while Helen Mirren won the actress award for her title
role.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Shepherd' intriguing, overlong
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_mo/film_review_good_shepherd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061212/capt.nydg10912120130.the_good_shepherd_nydg109.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=GAd0aLk5G9NFzqDtDz54ZA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Actor Mat Damon arrives to the premiere of her new movie 'The Good Shepherd', Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's the story of the season: Trim about a half-hour and you could turn a good movie into a great one.</p><br clear="all"/>
Forget Bond; Clive Owen challenged as depressed hero
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/film_nm/owen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t192033_450x333_us_owen.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=q1SBBOzHvbdjr1SPUBt5pA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Clive Owen in a portrait session for Reuters photographed November 17, 2006 to promote his upcoming film 'Children of Men' in Santa Monica. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Who cares about playing James Bond
when there is a guy like Theo Faron to play?</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: `Letters' a poetic look at duty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_en_mo/film_review_letters_from_iwo_jima"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061214/i/r4166070955.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dZlJqH0Jk6ejpMw4sAXosA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actors (L-R) Ken Kensei as Maj. General Hayashi, Masashi Nagadoi as Admiral Ichimaru, Hiroshi Watanabe as Lieutenant Fujita and Ken Watanabe as General Kuribayashi are shown in a scene from the film 'Letters from Iwo Jima' in this undated publicity photograph. The film received two Golden Globe nominations including best foreign language film and best director for Clint Eastwood. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Warner Bros. Pictures/Handout (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - They've been described as bookends or even mirror images of each other — "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima" — two different perspectives on the same World War II battle.</p><br clear="all"/>
On the Net: 'What-if' movie roles
(AP)
AP - How would the top movies this year — or any year — have looked if they used different actors?
`Letters' puts Eastwood back on Iwo Jima
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_en_mo/film_eastwood_s_double_feature"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_15t111044_353x450_us_globes.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=hlY8..qyIldClVEKtHgCdA--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Director Clint Eastwood attends th premiere of his film 'Letters from Iwo Jima' in Tokyo, November 15, 2006. Eastwood is a double nominee for best director in the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced December 14, 2006, for 'Letters from Iwo Jima' and 'Flags of Our Fathers.' The Golden Globes will be presented January 15, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - If one Clint Eastwood picture does not capture audiences' fancy, another one is never far behind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yusuf, formerly Cat Stevens, returns to U.S. stage
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/music_nm/music_yusuf_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t011507_450x310_us_music_yusuf.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=K1YkO8tfz_KoYmXQFJw54Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performs on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honour of Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh in Oslo December 11, 2006. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yusuf Islam, the former superstar once
known as Cat Stevens, performed on stage before a live U.S.
audience on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades
as he promoted his first pop album since leaving the music
world for life as a devout Muslim.</p><br clear="all"/>
Donkey jawbones, laptops mix up Peru's new music
(Reuters)
Reuters - As a Quechua Indian quintet plays a
solemn Andean muleteer's march on harp, clarinet and violin,
their notes spring up as wave forms on a computer screen in an
ultra-modern recording studio.
Stax Records relaunches with Isaac Hayes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Legendary soul label Stax Records,
which gave the world such stars as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes,
and the Staple Singers, has been reactivated after a 30-year
hiatus by its current owner, Concord Music Group.
New Avril Lavigne album due in April
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne's
third studio album has been christened "The Best Dam Thing,"
and will be released in April via RCA.
Composer Tan Dun to make Met Opera debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_mu/opera_first_emperor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061219/capt.nyr10612192120.opera_first_emperor_nyr106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=poLfGX.85n4i2aGdFSgAkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Composer, conductor, and co-librettist Tan Dun speaks to reporters during a news conference prior to a dress rehearsal of his new opera 'The First Emperor,' Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 'The First Emperor,' starring Placido Domingo in the title role, has its world premiere Thursday night, Dec. 21 -- on stage and in cyberspace. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - He collected folk songs in villages in his native China, then planted rice during the Cultural Revolution. Later, he played music on the streets of New York to buy food.</p><br clear="all"/>
Piracy suit being dropped against NY mom
(AP)
AP - The recording industry is giving up its lawsuit against Patti Santangelo, a mother of five who became the best-known defendant in the industry's battle against music piracy.
Ono driver indicted, jailed without bail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_en_mu/ono_extortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061214/capt.nydk10612140309.ono_extortion_nydk106.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=3VMWdgDsbJ_D9KMWTgSEKA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Koral Karsan, a chauffeur for Yoko Ono, is lead out of the 20th Police Precinct in Manhattan, New York. Karsan was arrested for trying to extort $2 million from Ono by threatening to circulate embarrassing photos of her, said police, who claimed he also spoke of killing her and Sean Lennon. (AP Photo/David Karp)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yoko Ono's driver, accused of trying to blackmail her for $2 million, was indicted Tuesday on first-degree attempted grand larceny and jailed without bail after the judge said he was a flight risk.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yoko Ono's chauffeur indicted, denied bail
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/music_nm/crime_ono_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t192614_450x300_us_crime_ono.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=IJ9DHAYJN7ohDGtaUpBQ.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Patrick Brosnahan, attorney for Koral Karson, speaks to reporters in New York, December 14, 2006. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yoko Ono's chauffeur was indicted on
Tuesday on four counts of first-degree attempted grand larceny,
accused of trying to extort $2 million from John Lennon's
widow.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studdard hosts Alabama weight-loss plan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_en_mu/people_ruben_studdard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061219/capt.nyet19812191554.people__ruben_studdard_nyet198.jpg?x=77&y=130&sig=GJQcLFbkPq3n7YoZVChMzw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="Singer Ruben Studdard is photographed at The Hotel Roger Williams in New York, Sept. 19, 2006. After shedding almost 100 pounds since this past summer, the Birmingham native and 2003 'American Idol' winner announced Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, that he wants to help other Alabamians lose weight. Studdard has agreed to be a coach for Alabama residents who want to stick to that New Year's resolution to lose weight. He's asking the 25 percent of the state's residents who are obese to lose 10 pounds in eight weeks-- a statewide total of 10 million pounds. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - The scales of "American Idol" may have tipped in Ruben Studdard's favor in 2003, but there are other scales he would like to tip a bit less.</p><br clear="all"/>
Doors, Baez, Callas to receive honorary Grammys
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061219/music_nm/grammys_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t194631_450x322_us_grammys.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=agnAMrirV3RMkooNci7G6A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="The Doors in an undated photo courtesy of Warner Music. The influential rock band will receive a lifetime achievement Grammy Award next year, organizers said on Tuesday. (Warner Music/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Influential rock bands The Doors
and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy
Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette
Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said
on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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