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J.Lo honored by People en Espanol
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_ot/people_jennifer_lopez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.ny13301042355.people_jennifer_lopez_ny133.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=neUCGnZrRBw2jjvQ1QLZCw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Actress Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers at the Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic Annual Dinner Gala held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in this Nov. 20, 2006 file photo, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lopez is among the entertainers selected by People en Espanol for its '100 Most Influential Hispanics' issue, which honors those who have made an impact in the Hispanic community. Lopez, who graces the cover of the magazine's February issue, on newsstands Friday, says 'being an example to others is a big part of my work.' (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, file)`" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Lopez is among the entertainers selected by People en Espanol for its "100 Most Influential Hispanics" issue, which honors those who have made an impact in the Hispanic community.</p><br clear="all"/>
Woman sues Oprah studio over show injury
(AP)
AP - A woman sued Oprah Winfrey's studio Thursday, alleging she was injured in a rush for seats during a taping of the talk show host's syndicated TV show.
Rhymes posts bail on assault charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_ot/people_rhymes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.ny11501041327.people_rhymes_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=6bO6.ND9VhdYdJxyjyc4OQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rapper Busta Rhymes performs during the opening act of the Mariah Carey 'Emancipation of Mimi' concert in Los Angeles in this Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Rhymes was arrested after a man complained that the hip-hop star had beaten him up in a dispute over money, police said. Rhymes, 34, turned himself in and was booked on a misdemeanor assault charge at a Manhattan police station Wednesday night, Jan. 3, 2007, police Lt. John Grimpel said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Busta Rhymes posted bail and was released Thursday after being arraigned on misdemeanor assault charges that say the hip-hop star beat a man last month in a dispute over money.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lohan to have surgery to remove appendix
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_ce/people_lindsay_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_05t012739_450x349_us_lohan.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=P6nPY5YLRqJcstgCKOUzkA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Actress Lindsay Lohan attends a Dolce and Gabbana and Penelope Cruz fashion charity auction in Los Angeles December 13, 2006. Lohan was in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday, having surgery to remove her appendix, her spokeswoman said. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan was to have surgery to remove her appendix, her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Neighbors sue Heston over mudslide
(AP)
AP - Neighbors who live down a hill from Charlton Heston's home are suing the actor, alleging that their property was damaged two years ago when heavy rain sent hillside debris pouring into their home.
Buzzed-about scripts begin with passionate ideas
(Reuters)
Reuters - Inspiration, it seems,
is the easy part. Talk to any number of this year's
buzzed-about original screenplay writers, and what lies beneath
the surface is often a decades-old passion for their subject
matter.
Vegas `Mamma Mia!' set for 2008 closing
(AP)
AP - The Las Vegas production of "Mamma Mia!," which led a wave of Broadway hits to migrate to the city's glitzy strip of hotel-casinos, will close in 2008, producers said Thursday.
Product placement works for feel-good shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - CVS Pharmacy's integration
on ABC's canceled "Miracle Workers," GMC's placement on Bravo's
"Queer Eye" and Sears' role on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition" were the most effective brand integrations of 2006,
according to data released by IAG Research.
Canadian actors expect to work through strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian actors on Thursday
turned up the heat in their contract battle with North American
producers, claiming that dozens of employers have signed
letters guaranteeing continued production despite any strike.
Musical Spoof 'Gutenberg!' Gets Off-Broadway Commercial Run
(Playbill)
Playbill - Gutenberg! The Musical!, hailed as one of the funniest showbiz musical spoofs this side of The Producers, will get a ten-week limited commercial engagement in Greenwich Village starting Jan. 16.
Buzzed-about scripts begin with passionate ideas
(Reuters)
Reuters - Inspiration, it seems,
is the easy part. Talk to any number of this year's
buzzed-about original screenplay writers, and what lies beneath
the surface is often a decades-old passion for their subject
matter.
Turning reality into fiction challenges scribes
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Emilio Estevez
first conceived his screenplay for "Bobby," which follows a
group of fictional characters whose lives intersect with Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy's on the night of his assassination, he made
one key decision almost immediately: He would not cast the
titular role.
Hit movie may have boosted NY museum attendance
(Reuters)
Reuters - The number of visitors to New York's
American Museum of Natural History jumped by nearly 20 percent
during the holiday period, and a Hollywood hit is probably
responsible, museum officials said on Thursday.
Major studios steal indie film's thunder
(Reuters)
Reuters - Low-budget horror pulled in
the crowds last year, but a gay-cowboy romance that many
thought would scare audiences away from theaters earned more
than almost any other indie film.
Voice-overs help bring villains to big screen
(Reuters)
Reuters - A sadistic mobster.
Self-absorbed suburbanites. A tobacco lobbyist. A closeted
lesbian stalker. Getting inside the heads of twisted
protagonists such as these demands a skilled screenwriter who
can get his audience -- and hopefully Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences voters -- to identify with them.
A "Good" year for Berlin film fest competition
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/film_nm/berlin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_05t042952_450x312_us_berlin.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=ORiQWJP83M7VSUeUM_WwgQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Star of the film 'The Good German' Tobey Maguire poses next to the film's poster at the Los Angeles premiere in Hollywood December 4, 2006. Steven Soderbergh's 'The Good German,' a murder-mystery set in 1940s Berlin, and Robert De Niro's cold war CIA drama 'The Good Shepherd' have both been picked for the Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18). (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Germany will
revisit its post-war past at the Berlin International Film
Festival (February 8-18) with some high-powered Hollywood
movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tolkin's new "Player" in everyman territory
(Reuters)
Reuters - Michael Tolkin, author
of the new novel "The Return of the Player," is a member of a
venerable Hollywood club: the screenwriter-novelist.
Avant-garde art finds voice in Wilson documentary
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/film_nm/wilson_documentary_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_05t030615_450x313_us_wilson_documentary.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=qhyAeM647hsKavFtbslQZA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. Director of Theatre Robert Wilson poses during a photocall to present the film 'Absolute Wilson' running in the Panorama section at the 56th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 13, 2006. The 1984 Olympic Arts Festival resurfaces in writer-producer-director Katharina Otto-Bernstein's new documentary 'Absolute Wilson,' a nuanced portrait of the groundbreaking theater director. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles have long since faded into memory. And with it,
the surrounding Olympic Arts Festival, presided over by
director Robert Fitzpatrick, also has disappeared into the
mist.</p><br clear="all"/>
Patrick Wilson on "Passenger" list for thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Patrick Wilson, who
stars opposite Kate Winslet in the Golden Globe nominated
"Little Children," will join Anne Hathaway in the supernatural
thriller "Passengers."
Dreamgirls, Sunshine among SAG Award nominees
(Reuters)
Reuters - A trio of movies -- musical
"Dreamgirls," comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and drama "Babel"
-- led a wide range of Screen Actors Guild award nominees on
Thursday with three nominations apiece including the top honor,
best ensemble acting.
Vegas `Mamma Mia!' set for 2008 closing
(AP)
AP - The Las Vegas production of "Mamma Mia!," which led a wave of Broadway hits to migrate to the city's glitzy strip of hotel-casinos, will close in 2008, producers said Thursday.
Alpert & Moss honored by Grammy group
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mu/grammys_alpert___moss"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny13901050048.grammys_alpert___moss_ny139.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=usZGh9L0pyBbuPTGX0LRxg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Herb Alpert, left, and Jerry Moss, right, pose for photographers backstage after being inducted at the twenty-first annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner in New York, in this March 13, 2006 file photo. Alpert and Moss, who co-founded A&M Records, will be honored by The Recording Academy with the President's Merit Award for their contributions to popular music. The duo will receive the award at a reception after the Grammy Awards on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, who founded A&M Records, will be honored by the Recording Academy with the President's Merit Award for their contributions to popular music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop Dogg sued over reality series
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/music_nm/snoop_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_05t015801_450x290_us_snoop.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=w4QlEnGauK.ZtgNiLtcdWQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Rap artist Snoop Dogg poses backstage at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, November 21, 2006. New York-based Natural Resources Media and Technology Group has filed suit against the rapper's Snoop Youth Football League Foundation, alleging the foundation made a deal for a reality television series chronicling Snoop's involvement in the league in violation of a pre-existing deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a similar feature film. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For Snoop Dogg,
nothing comes easy -- even starting a youth football league.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baby girl for Creed's Scott Stapp
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mu/people_scott_stapp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny13801050032.people_scott_stapp_ny138.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=oOmXr048_c38jaABmc00NQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp is photographed in Burbank, Calif. in this Nov. 25, 2005 file photo. Stapp and his wife Jaclyn Nesheiwat, the 2004 winner of the Miss New York USA pageant, welcomed a baby girl Thursday. Milan Hayat Stapp is the couple's first child. (AP Photo/Kim D. Johnson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Creed front man Scott Stapp and his wife welcomed a baby girl Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. album sales down in 2006-Nielsen Soundscan
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. album sales, which include CDs
and digital albums, fell 4.9 percent in 2006 as an increasing
number of consumers preferred to download individual songs from
the Web, Nielsen SoundScan said on Thursday.
Sondheim writes music for `King Lear'
(AP)
AP - Stephen Sondheim will write some of the music for the Public Theater's upcoming production of "King Lear," starring Kevin Kline as Shakespeare's tormented monarch.
Celine Dion Las Vegas show to close
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mu/people_celine_dion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny13601050004.people_celine_dion_ny136.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=Fqihz1duRBG2YYGuBPT.XQ--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Celine Dion performs at Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas in this April 30, 2006 file photo. Celine Dion's multimedia production 'A New Day' will close Dec. 15, after a nearly four-year run at the Caesars Palace hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, producers announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Celine Dion's Las Vegas concert extravaganza at Caesars Palace will close on Dec. 15 after a nearly five-year run.</p><br clear="all"/>
J.Lo honored by People en Espanol
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_mu/people_jennifer_lopez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.ny13301042355.people_jennifer_lopez_ny133.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=neUCGnZrRBw2jjvQ1QLZCw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Actress Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers at the Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic Annual Dinner Gala held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in this Nov. 20, 2006 file photo, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lopez is among the entertainers selected by People en Espanol for its '100 Most Influential Hispanics' issue, which honors those who have made an impact in the Hispanic community. Lopez, who graces the cover of the magazine's February issue, on newsstands Friday, says 'being an example to others is a big part of my work.' (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, file)`" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Lopez is among the entertainers selected by People en Espanol for its "100 Most Influential Hispanics" issue, which honors those who have made an impact in the Hispanic community.</p><br clear="all"/>
'06 album sales plunge; downloads way up
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_mu/music_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070103/i/r475588235.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=c9Ot7uaxeM.C4pwAWd2ZdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Lucas Grabeel (R) takes a photo of fellow 'High School Musical' cast members Ashley Tisdale (C) and Corbin Bleu while being interviewed for the TV show MuchOnDemand in Toronto January 2, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Cassese (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. album sales continued to decline in 2006, down nearly 5 percent from the previous year, but total music sales were up thanks to a huge increase in digital downloads.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rhymes posts bail on assault charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_en_mu/people_rhymes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.ny11501041327.people_rhymes_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=6bO6.ND9VhdYdJxyjyc4OQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rapper Busta Rhymes performs during the opening act of the Mariah Carey 'Emancipation of Mimi' concert in Los Angeles in this Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Rhymes was arrested after a man complained that the hip-hop star had beaten him up in a dispute over money, police said. Rhymes, 34, turned himself in and was booked on a misdemeanor assault charge at a Manhattan police station Wednesday night, Jan. 3, 2007, police Lt. John Grimpel said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Busta Rhymes posted bail and was released Thursday after being arraigned on misdemeanor assault charges that say the hip-hop star beat a man last month in a dispute over money.</p><br clear="all"/>
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