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Irwin's wife gets video of his death
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_ce/australia_crocodile_hunter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.tok10101040126.australia_crocodile_hunter__tok101.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=cWZlHIwTWsV6i1O31yrLZA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Australian Steve Irwin right, is seen at his 'Australia Zoo' in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia, in this June 18, 1999 file photo holding a nine-foot female alligator in company with his American wife Terri. Australian officials have handed the video of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's fatal encounter with a stingray to his family and destroyed any remaining copies to prevent the grisly footage from being made public, a state coroner said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Russell McPhedran, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities gave the video of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's fatal encounter with a stingray to his family and destroyed all copies to prevent the grisly footage from being made public, an Australian state coroner said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox's once-hot 'The O.C.' is canceled
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_tv/tv_the_o_c__canceled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.la20101040140.tv_the_o_c__canceled_la201.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=2Hpj.ooeIIbOVW89tB5VTA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Cast members of the television show 'The O.C.,' from left, Adam Brody, Mischa Barton, Benjamin McKenzie and Rachel Bilson appear as presenters in this Dec. 10, 2003 file photo during the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. The once-hot TV series about wealthy Southern California teenagers has been canceled. The final episode of the drama will air 9 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, 2006, Fox TV and Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. said Wednesday, Jan 3. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - "The O.C.," the once-hot teenage soap opera that saw its ratings plummet like a delinquent student's grades, has been canceled. The final episode of the drama will air 9 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, Fox TV and Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Megan Mullally's talk show canceled
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_tv/tv_mullally_canceled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.ny12301032355.tv_mullally_ny123.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=gmQnEbEMMf7pv_sRG0mbcg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Actress Megan Mullally poses in this file photo from Sept. 5, 2006 in New York. The low-rated 'The Megan Mullally Show' has been canceled and production has been halted, NBC Universal Television Distribution said Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. Original and repeat episodes of the show, which debuted last September, will air through January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Karen Walker would have a few choice words about this: Megan Mullally's syndicated talk-variety show is finished after less than five months.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trump won't back down in O'Donnell feud
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_en_ce/people_walters_o_donnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.ny11701031922.people_walters_ny117.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=HVB_5o_SGU3t9Efe3xIHnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Barbara Walters arrives to the opening of the Metropolitan Opera 2006/07 season in this Monday, Sept. 25, 2006 file photo, in New York. Walters is back from vacation _ and she's standing by Rosie O'Donnell in her bitter battle of words with Donald Trump. Walters, creator of ABC's 'The View,' said Wednesday on the daytime chat show that she never told Trump she didn't want O'Donnell on the show, as he has claimed. 'Nothing could be further from the truth,' she said. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barbara Walters is back from vacation — and she's standing by Rosie O'Donnell in her bitter battle of words with Donald Trump.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitney's outfits, gear to be auctioned
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_en_ce/people_whitney_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.ny11601031747.people_houston_ny116.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=zxjKHIQi.njaOyHpO.93CA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. in this Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006 file photo. Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones. Those items and more than 300 others from a 1999 world tour, including grand pianos, drum kits and a forklift, will be auctioned Tuesday in an effort to cover unpaid storage fees on the gear and clothing, said Jeffrey Campisi, a lawyer for Speed of Sound, a company that has been tending to the equipment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studios OK technology for movie downloads
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.
Rapper Wyclef Jean to be Haiti's roving ambassador
(Reuters)
Reuters - Haitian President Rene
Preval has appointed Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean as a
roving ambassador to promote the troubled country's image
abroad, government officials said on Wednesday.
Sun setting on "The O.C." next month
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070104/tv_nm/oc_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070104/2007_01_03t224142_405x450_us_oc.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=3x8fRGcKKGRnyPa.R7a5aw--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Present and past cast members from Fox's 'The O.C.' in a photo courtesy of the network. Fox said Wednesday the teen soap will end its four-season run next month. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fox has pulled the plug
on "The O.C," which collapsed in the ratings this season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studios OK technology for movie downloads
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.
French opera house signs Bollywood director -report
(Reuters)
Reuters - A leading Bollywood director known for
his lavish operatic sets and musicals has been signed by famed
French opera house Theater du Chatelet to create a stage
production, an Indian newspaper reported on Thursday.
Studios OK technology for movie downloads
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.
Hospital horror prescribed for DVD release
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spurred by the success
of its direct-to-video horror "Rest Stop," Warner Home Video is
set to release a second film in its edgy "Raw Feed" series.
Teri Garr recovering from surgery
(AP)
AP - Teri Garr is recovering from surgery to repair an aneurysm she suffered at her home on Dec. 21, her publicist said Wednesday.
Hollywood producers pick best film nominees
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070104/film_nm/usa_producers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070104/2007_01_03t165640_450x308_us_usa_producers.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=AIjKjKC_NKrK_y3dUBJ4Og--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu during a photocall for his new film 'Babel' in Madrid, December 4, 2006. The Producers Guild of America on Wednesday picked nominees for 2006's best film, giving all the movies' makers a boost in the race for Oscars. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Producers Guild of America
picked a wide range of nominees on Wednesday for 2006's best
film, including musical "Dreamgirls" and crime thriller "The
Departed," giving all the movies a boost in Hollywood's Oscar
race.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox studio reports $3.56 billion box office in 2006
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070104/film_nm/fox_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070104/2007_01_03t211355_450x301_us_fox_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Ni9u2BzDj2DZbtKcv7Hp8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A scene from the animated film 'Ice Age: The Meltdown' in an image courtesy of 20th Century Fox. News Corp.'s Fox Filmed Entertainment studio said on Wednesday it grossed $3.56 billion in box office receipts in 2006. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - News Corp.'s Fox Filmed
Entertainment studio said on Wednesday it grossed $3.56 billion
in box office receipts in 2006, helped by hits such as "Borat,"
"Ice Age: The Meltdown" and "X-Men: The Last Stand."</p><br clear="all"/>
Look for `The Lookout' to open SXSW
(AP)
AP - Look for "The Lookout" to open this year's South by Southwest film festival.
Review: `Happily' is sadly hackneyed
(AP)
AP - When "Hoodwinked" came out a year ago it felt like a poor man's "Shrek."
Producers Guild Awards nominees unveiled
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_en_mo/producers_guild_awards_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070103/2007_01_03t142836_450x300_us_usa_producers.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=igt77PLnTGXhxfGCNxDDrw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Director Martin Scorsese (C) laughs with actors Matt Damon (L) and Leonardo DiCaprio as they talk about the film 'The Departed' at a news conference in New York September 15, 2006. The Producers Guild of America on Wednesday picked nominees for 2006's best film, including 'The Departed,' giving all the movies' makers a boost in the race for Oscars. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Producers Guild of America announced the nominees Wednesday for its annual awards handout, with an Oscars-worthy list of films leading the way.</p><br clear="all"/>
The O.C., RIP
(E! Online)
E! Online - Apparently when the bell tolled for Marissa Cooper, it also spelled curtains for the entire O.
PGA Nominations a Dream Come True for Dreamgirls
(E! Online)
E! Online - Dreamgirls has another sequin for its award-show collection: a Best Film nomination from the Producers Guild of America.
Rapper Wyclef Jean to be Haiti's roving ambassador
(Reuters)
Reuters - Haitian President Rene
Preval has appointed Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean as a
roving ambassador to promote the troubled country's image
abroad, government officials said on Wednesday.
Police reunion rumors reaching fever pitch
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070103/music_nm/police_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070104/2007_01_03t175610_450x326_us_police.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=l1sB1uE1VllyDK907ree3g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Andy Summers (L), Sting (C) and Stewart Copeland, in New York, March 10, 2003. Rumours are swirling that the Police will reunite for 2007 dates in England and the United States, which would be the rock trio's first since disbanding in 1986. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rumors are swirling that the Police
will reunite for 2007 dates in England and the United States,
which would be the rock trio's first since disbanding in 1986.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitney's outfits, gear to be auctioned
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_en_mu/people_whitney_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.ny11601031747.people_houston_ny116.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=zxjKHIQi.njaOyHpO.93CA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. in this Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006 file photo. Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones. Those items and more than 300 others from a 1999 world tour, including grand pianos, drum kits and a forklift, will be auctioned Tuesday in an effort to cover unpaid storage fees on the gear and clothing, said Jeffrey Campisi, a lawyer for Speed of Sound, a company that has been tending to the equipment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ska band irritated by Coke commercial
(AP)
AP - Coca-Cola Co. may be making an unsigned London ska band famous in Argentina, but the band isn't happy about it.
Bassist/teacher Spalding juggles success
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_en_mu/music_esperanza_spalding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.nyet34401031940.esperanza_spalding_nyet344.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=Zm5nq3OjonHGotqqC2ohPA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding poses for photo in her office at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. At age 22, she is an accomplished bass player who has performed with some of jazz's contemporary greats, a singer and composer who has launched her own recording career, and a teacher at the Berklee College of Music. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - Esperanza Spalding has a simple way of dealing with her success: Just don't think about it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Idol's Bucky Gets Labeled
(E! Online)
E! Online - This latest deal is just Bucky.<p>Lyric Street Records announced Wednesday that it has signed American Idol finalist Bucky Covington, making him the eighth alum from season five to ink a recording contract.
The O.C., RIP
(E! Online)
E! Online - Apparently when the bell tolled for Marissa Cooper, it also spelled curtains for the entire O.
Omarion: 21 to 1 on Charts
(E! Online)
E! Online - Turning 21 might give him more chances to be naughty, but Omarion still finished the year on Santa's nice list.
Own a Piece of Whitney
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070103/en_music_eo/855a29be_f33443ce_8ccb_5b5c20a3d53d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070104/i/r3897755555.jpg?x=130&y=117&sig=HVQN5M7HUtwdM9UQZP0kHg--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="Singer Whitney Houston at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles, October 26, 2005. Houston, one of the most celebrated pop artists of the 1980s and '90s, is being forced to sell off clothes, instruments and sound equipment to pay a debt to a warehouse storing the items. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Get ready for the greatest sale of all.<p> Whitney Houston may be free of hubby Bobby Brown, but not the cumbersome debts she racked up over their failed 14-year marriage.</p><br clear="all"/>
Top 5 lists
(AP)
AP - 1. "NFL Postgame Show," CBS.
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