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At 66, 'Zuzu' thinks life is wonderful
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mo/zuzu_s_wonderful_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.eb2edad008624094b4ebee3354f5c4b3.zuzu_s_wonderful_life_nyol111.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=HBettXLkZdlKVny_9rzbmA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life,' poses in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. Seneca Falls is a small upstate New York town that closely resembles the storybook town of Bedford Falls from the 1946 film directed by Frank Capra. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zuzu has a cold again. She sniffles and sucks on a cold pill as she signs autographs for fans lined up to the door in a coffee shop.</p><br clear="all"/>
'24' star shines as actor, rodeo champ
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_en_tv/people_sutherland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.3a88214f83fd4f59a18320242b197371.people_sutherland_nyonl982.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=bkqkNPSfdPSzU5H82.bphw--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="In this Jan. 16, 2006, file photo, actor Kiefer Sutherland arrives at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sutherland took time off from making movies in 1998, and wound up winning the national team roping competition twice. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kiefer Sutherland is an Emmy award winner for his role as agent Jack Bauer on "24," but he also holds another prestigious title: rodeo champion.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mexican pop diva rebuilds career
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_mu/music_trevi_comeback"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061218/capt.7f34464574924134a6b3e8cd3b1c2c81.mexico_gloria_trevi_mogb103.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=AgnH0iXMVDXrejFB4GdFLg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Pop singer Gloria Trevi, in center left, talks with the children of female prisoners during a visit in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006. Trevi returned to the prison where she was held in 2000, this time to promote a new foundation to provide pediatric assistance for the families of the female prisoners. (AP Photo/Federico Guevara)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Mexico's scandalous pop diva Gloria Trevi — once the country's highest-paid performer and known as "Mexico's Madonna" — left jail, she handed out fliers to promote herself.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson out of Parton tribute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_ce/people_no_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.nyet11912211822.people_no_simpson_nyet119.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=VoV6y83KzU6iA1vnT9UiZA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Jessica Simpson poses backstage at MTV's Times Square Studios, Oct. 4, 2006, in New York. Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the 'Kennedy Center Honors,' she requested that tape of her singing Parton's '9 to 5' be pulled from the show, which airs Dec. 26, 2006, on CBS. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the "Kennedy Center Honors," Jessica Simpson has pulled out of the show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Italy fashion industry to fight anorexia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_bu/italy_fashion_anorexia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.xgb10312222044.italy_fashion_anorexia_xgb103.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=e2SOtWmMdFN8icv.He4QPw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="From left, Italian designer and President of Altamoda Roma Stefano Dominella, Italian Youth Policy and Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri, President of the Italian Fashion Chamber Mario Boselli and European Affairs and Foreign Trade minister Emma Bonino sign a self-regulating code on the Italian fashion industry, in Rome, Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Fashion industry representatives and the government on Friday signed a self-regulating code for Italy's highly competitive fashion industry, aimed at 're-evaluating a healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty.'' 'There's a boundary between a thin girl and a sick one that is often trespassed. Italy, with this manifesto, is committed to recognize this boundary and not trespass it'' Melandri said during the conference. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Italy was once famed for the sultry, full-bodied beauties it contributed to the international scene. A month after the death of an anorexic Brazilian model, the Italian government teamed up with the fashion industry Friday to promote a "healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty."</p><br clear="all"/>
At 66, 'Zuzu' thinks life is wonderful
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mo/zuzu_s_wonderful_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.eb2edad008624094b4ebee3354f5c4b3.zuzu_s_wonderful_life_nyol111.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=HBettXLkZdlKVny_9rzbmA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life,' poses in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. Seneca Falls is a small upstate New York town that closely resembles the storybook town of Bedford Falls from the 1946 film directed by Frank Capra. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zuzu has a cold again. She sniffles and sucks on a cold pill as she signs autographs for fans lined up to the door in a coffee shop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson out of Parton tribute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mu/people_no_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.nyet11912211822.people_no_simpson_nyet119.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=VoV6y83KzU6iA1vnT9UiZA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Jessica Simpson poses backstage at MTV's Times Square Studios, Oct. 4, 2006, in New York. Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the 'Kennedy Center Honors,' she requested that tape of her singing Parton's '9 to 5' be pulled from the show, which airs Dec. 26, 2006, on CBS. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the "Kennedy Center Honors," Jessica Simpson has pulled out of the show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson out of Parton tribute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_tv/people_no_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.nyet11912211822.people_no_simpson_nyet119.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=VoV6y83KzU6iA1vnT9UiZA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Jessica Simpson poses backstage at MTV's Times Square Studios, Oct. 4, 2006, in New York. Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the 'Kennedy Center Honors,' she requested that tape of her singing Parton's '9 to 5' be pulled from the show, which airs Dec. 26, 2006, on CBS. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the "Kennedy Center Honors," Jessica Simpson has pulled out of the show.</p><br clear="all"/>
FCC defends fine for Janet Jackson breast flash
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061223/media_nm/decency_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061223/2006_12_22t210131_400x450_us_decency.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=3f32OB0Vfr0NXY.ZSxS.Bg--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Singer Janet Jackson performs with singer Justin Timberlake during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas, in this February 1, 2004 file photo. The Federal Communications Commission late on Friday defended its decision to fine 20 CBS Corp. television stations $550,000 for airing a brief breast flash by Jackson. (Win McNamee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Federal Communications
Commission late on Friday defended its decision to fine 20 CBS
Corp. television stations $550,000 for airing a brief breast
flash by pop singer Janet Jackson.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cowell casting for new "Grease" stars in UK
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/stage_nm/cowell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061222/2006_12_22t100017_450x313_us_cowell.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=ds7KMN3NNtLRyG_NpsiBjQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Judge Simon Cowell attends the party for the 12 finalists of the television show 'American Idol' at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles March 9, 2006. Cowell is turning his attention to the West End stage and promising 'the biggest casting call the U.K. has ever seen' as part of a new TV series that will find two unknowns to play Sandy and Danny in a new theater production of 'Grease.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop impresario Simon Cowell
is turning his attention to the West End stage and promising
"the biggest casting call the U.K. has ever seen" as part of a
new TV series that will find two unknowns to play Sandy and
Danny in a new theater production of "Grease."</p><br clear="all"/>
At 66, 'Zuzu' thinks life is wonderful
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mo/zuzu_s_wonderful_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.eb2edad008624094b4ebee3354f5c4b3.zuzu_s_wonderful_life_nyol111.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=HBettXLkZdlKVny_9rzbmA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life,' poses in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. Seneca Falls is a small upstate New York town that closely resembles the storybook town of Bedford Falls from the 1946 film directed by Frank Capra. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zuzu has a cold again. She sniffles and sucks on a cold pill as she signs autographs for fans lined up to the door in a coffee shop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule film reviews: week of Dec. 25-29
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening Dec. 25-29:
Judge dismisses suit against Michael Moore
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/film_nm/usa_moore_suit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061223/2006_12_21t103844_450x367_us_usa_moore_suit.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=F5dtK3XOAktI2iirPVETig--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Michael Moore answers questions from the media in a file photo. A U.S. federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by an Iraq war veteran who claimed the filmmaker used the veteran's image without permission in the anti-war documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11.' (Charles W. Luzier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. federal judge has thrown out a
lawsuit by an Iraq war veteran who claimed filmmaker Michael
Moore used the veteran's image without permission in the
anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."</p><br clear="all"/>
Robin Williams monkeys around in new pic
(AP)
AP - After spending two months ensconced quietly in an Oregon rehab program, Robin Williams is back making laughs onscreen.
Review: Benigni crafts charming `Tiger'
(AP)
AP - Roberto Benigni bombed big time the last time out as director and star with his wretched live-action "Pinocchio," undermining much of the good will and credibility he built up with his Academy Award-winning hit "Life Is Beautiful."
Review: Del Toro's `Labyrinth' masterful
(AP)
AP - Guillermo del Toro has crafted a masterpiece with "Pan's Labyrinth," a terrifying, visually wondrous fairy tale for adults that blends fantasy and gloomy drama into one of the most magical films to come along in years.
Review: 'Perfume' ardent but eerie
(AP)
AP - Think of "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" as an olfactory version of "The Silence of the Lambs": A perfume maker becomes a serial killer — or perhaps it's the other way around — to capture women's scents.
Suit against DiCaprio, Maguire dismissed
(AP)
AP - A producer's lawsuit claiming actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire blocked the release of a movie made before they became stars has been dismissed.
New DVD releases include `Black Dahlia'
(AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant cited for DUI
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_mo/people_gus_van_sant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.pd10512222015.people_gus_van_sant_pd105.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=6wmzv.oX7VNnLbzsagvgqA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Gus Van Sant is shown in this booking photo provided by Portland Police Bureau Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Portland filmmaker Gus Van Sant has been arrested on a drunken driving charge, police said. Sgt. Brian Schmautz, Portland Police Bureau spokesman, said Van Sant, 54, was arrested at 1:48 a.m. Thursday. A breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, Schmautz said. That's more than twice the state limit, 0.08 percent. (AP Photo/ Portland Police Bureau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Filmmaker Gus Van Sant, whose credits include "Finding Forrester" and "Drugstore Cowboy," has been arrested here on a drunken driving charge, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Simpson out of Parton tribute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mu/people_no_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.nyet11912211822.people_no_simpson_nyet119.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=VoV6y83KzU6iA1vnT9UiZA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Jessica Simpson poses backstage at MTV's Times Square Studios, Oct. 4, 2006, in New York. Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the 'Kennedy Center Honors,' she requested that tape of her singing Parton's '9 to 5' be pulled from the show, which airs Dec. 26, 2006, on CBS. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unhappy with her second try at paying tribute to Dolly Parton for the "Kennedy Center Honors," Jessica Simpson has pulled out of the show.</p><br clear="all"/>
`First Emperor' _ fascinating but flawed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_en_mu/opera_first_emperor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061222/capt.nyr10512222043.opera_first_emperor_nyr105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GH9Jh8RILVzxOJZ5qRiKKA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photograph provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Elizabeth Futral plays the role of Princess Yueyang in 'The First Emperor' during the final dress rehearsal Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, in New York. The new opera by composer-conductor Tan Dun, is set in the ancient court of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, and had its world premiere Thursday night Dec. 21, 2006, at The Met. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard)" border="0" /></a>AP - After more than a decade of planning, East met West on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera with composer Tan Dun conducting the world premiere of "The First Emperor" and Placido Domingo singing the title role.</p><br clear="all"/>
Che Guevara CD case pulled from shelves
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/music_nm/target_guevara_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061223/2006_12_22t134417_450x300_us_target_guevara.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=CX7Ztwu8g_XSClUcKaL.ZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A silk-screen with an image of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is seen in a workshop, in Caracas November 24, 2006. Target Corp said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Guevara's image after an outcry by critics who label the Marxist revolutionary a murderer and totalitarian symbol. (Francesco Spotorno/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Target Corp said on Friday it had
pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image
after an outcry by critics who label the Marxist revolutionary
a murderer and totalitarian symbol.</p><br clear="all"/>
Perry Como the top choice for ringtones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Perry Como has grabbed the top
two spots on Billboard's ringtones chart with "Jingle Bells"
and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," 61 years after the crooner
first enjoyed a Billboard chart-topper.
Aretha corrals Faith Hill, gospel stars for album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Aretha Franklin says her new album,
"Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love," is "the real deal," and
she has a guest list to back that up.
Westerberg puts screwdriver through hand: friend
(Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Westerberg severely injured his
left hand and could be sidelined for a year, according to a
blog posting from Jim Walsh, a Minneapolis writer and friend of
the former Replacements lead singer.
Mexican pop diva rebuilds career
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_mu/music_trevi_comeback"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061218/capt.7f34464574924134a6b3e8cd3b1c2c81.mexico_gloria_trevi_mogb103.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=AgnH0iXMVDXrejFB4GdFLg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Pop singer Gloria Trevi, in center left, talks with the children of female prisoners during a visit in Chihuahua, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006. Trevi returned to the prison where she was held in 2000, this time to promote a new foundation to provide pediatric assistance for the families of the female prisoners. (AP Photo/Federico Guevara)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Mexico's scandalous pop diva Gloria Trevi — once the country's highest-paid performer and known as "Mexico's Madonna" — left jail, she handed out fliers to promote herself.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilary Duff Plays with Barbie
(E! Online)
E! Online - Hilary Duff is getting cut down to size. Twelve inches, to be exact.
Duran Duran enters "new phase" without guitarist
(Reuters)
Reuters - Duran Duran is eyeing a May release
for its second album since its original quintet reunited in
2001. But the set will feature minimal contributions from
guitarist Andy Taylor, who left the band in October after
falling out with his bandmates.
Cowell casting for new "Grease" stars in UK
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/music_nm/cowell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061222/2006_12_22t100017_450x313_us_cowell.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=ds7KMN3NNtLRyG_NpsiBjQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Judge Simon Cowell attends the party for the 12 finalists of the television show 'American Idol' at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles March 9, 2006. Cowell is turning his attention to the West End stage and promising 'the biggest casting call the U.K. has ever seen' as part of a new TV series that will find two unknowns to play Sandy and Danny in a new theater production of 'Grease.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop impresario Simon Cowell
is turning his attention to the West End stage and promising
"the biggest casting call the U.K. has ever seen" as part of a
new TV series that will find two unknowns to play Sandy and
Danny in a new theater production of "Grease."</p><br clear="all"/>
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