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Man tried to blackmail Oprah, FBI says
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_tv/winfrey_extortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070106/capt.ny11401061746.winfrey_extortion_ny114.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=uDlHKvJc_NMzVdPLUTVwVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Oprah Winfrey is seen in this picture made Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, in New York. An Atlanta man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million fr om Winfrey by allegedly threatening to release taped telephone conversations that he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to published reports and a federal complaint. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.</p><br clear="all"/>
GM, Jay-Z collaborate on SUV concept
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_ce/gm_jay_z"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.migm10101070314.gm_style__migm101.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=bv62cFVjxWYS_J.f_QP8dg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Actress Cheryl Hines walks the runway with the Chevrolet Sequel concept vehicle during the GM Style red carpet event at the Detroit Riverfront in Detroit, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jay-Z and General Motors are teaming up to bring a stylish hue to a rugged sport utility vehicle. The music mogul emerged from a concept GMC Yukon Denali SUV on stage Saturday during a celebrity-filled party thrown by General Motors Corp. on the eve of media previews for the North American International Auto Show.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Brown's band plays before bout
(AP)
AP - Members of James Brown's band performed Saturday night before the heavyweight fight between James Toney and Samuel Peter as two of their late front man's daughters watched from the center of the ring.
Last Croc Hunter show won't have death
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_en_tv/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 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's final program is complete, but the show about the sea's deadliest creatures will not include footage from the day he was killed by a stingray, his manager said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chase says he had bond with Ford family
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_tv/people_chase_ford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.ny11601070101.people_chase_ford_ny116.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=n.otwYkZQntreGdkkBwxbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Chevy Chase is shown at Radio City Music Hall while attending a Democratic Party fundraiser for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign, in a Thursday, July 8, 2004 photo in New York. Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on 'Saturday Night Live,' but he says the two shared a more serious link. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on "Saturday Night Live," but he says the two shared a more serious link.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chase says he had bond with Ford family
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_mo/people_chase_ford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.ny11601070101.people_chase_ford_ny116.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=n.otwYkZQntreGdkkBwxbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Chevy Chase is shown at Radio City Music Hall while attending a Democratic Party fundraiser for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign, in a Thursday, July 8, 2004 photo in New York. Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on 'Saturday Night Live,' but he says the two shared a more serious link. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on "Saturday Night Live," but he says the two shared a more serious link.</p><br clear="all"/>
McGraw duets with Hill on his new album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/music_nm/mcgraw_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_07t053611_318x450_us_mcgraw.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=FryjZeDz9ziOTNEN0Vl5mg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Tim McGraw arrives with wife Faith Hill at the premiere of 'Flicka' in Hollywood, California, October 18, 2006. McGraw will release his next album, featuring a pair of duets with Hill, on March 27. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country star Tim McGraw will release
his next album, featuring a pair of duets with wife Faith Hill,
on March 27.</p><br clear="all"/>
Man tried to blackmail Oprah, FBI says
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_tv/winfrey_extortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070106/capt.ny11401061746.winfrey_extortion_ny114.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=uDlHKvJc_NMzVdPLUTVwVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Oprah Winfrey is seen in this picture made Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, in New York. An Atlanta man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million fr om Winfrey by allegedly threatening to release taped telephone conversations that he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to published reports and a federal complaint. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time Inc. may lay off 150 people: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/media_nm/timeinc_layoffs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_05t102815_341x450_us_timeinc_layoffs.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=Wa4xabfPxrOPECFqwHywFw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="A Time Magazine cover is seen in a 2005 handout photo. Magazine publisher Time Inc. may decide in the next two weeks to cut 150 jobs, and Time magazine could be particularly hard hit, the New York Post reported on Friday, citing sources. (TIME Magazine/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Magazine publisher Time Inc. may
decide in the next two weeks to cut 150 jobs, and Time magazine
could be particularly hard hit, the New York Post reported on
Friday, citing sources.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Little Dog" to close as Broadway shows hit records
(Reuters)
Reuters - A critically acclaimed Broadway satire
announced on Friday that it would close after just three
months, despite other shows enjoying record-breaking crowds.
Chase says he had bond with Ford family
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_mo/people_chase_ford"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.ny11601070101.people_chase_ford_ny116.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=n.otwYkZQntreGdkkBwxbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Chevy Chase is shown at Radio City Music Hall while attending a Democratic Party fundraiser for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign, in a Thursday, July 8, 2004 photo in New York. Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on 'Saturday Night Live,' but he says the two shared a more serious link. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Comedian Chevy Chase depicted the late Gerald Ford as a bumbling and accident-prone president 30 years ago on "Saturday Night Live," but he says the two shared a more serious link.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. film critics name fantasy best picture
(Reuters)
Reuters - The National Society of Film Critics
bucked a trend on Saturday and named the Spanish-language
fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth" the year's best picture ahead of
next month's Academy Awards.
Barrymore wants everybody to lighten up
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_en_mo/people_drew_barrymore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny12901052004.people_drew_barrymore_ny129.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=mwlcIFeAXCvXhbIsAIBM7w--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Drew Barrymore arrives at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in this May 1, 2006 file photo, in New York, celebrating 'AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion.' Barrymore wants everybody to lighten up. 'You know, it's all just humor,' the 31-year-old actress says in an interview in the February issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, on newsstands Jan. 16. 'Don't take life so seriously. Don't take fashion too seriously. Don't take the movie industry too seriously. Don't take love and your relationship so ... heavy all the time.' (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Drew Barrymore wants everybody to lighten up.</p><br clear="all"/>
Afghans ban Bollywood film made in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Afghanistan has banned an Indian
Bollywood film about journalists in the war-ravaged country
because parts of it were deemed offensive to one of
Afghanistan's ethnic minorities, a government official said on
Saturday.
Oscar watchers narrow list of top film nominees
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/film_nm/oscars_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070106/2007_01_05t180943_450x300_us_oscars.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1gRgulX91ggAnoOXs_g7zQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sharon Leal Beyonce Knowles and Anika Noni Rose in a scene from the film 'Dreamgirls' in a photo courtesy of DreamWorks Pictures. Hollywood experts on Friday narrowed their guesses for best film Oscar candidates after seeing this week's key award nominations. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hollywood experts on Friday
narrowed their guesses for best film Oscar candidates to a
short list including widely touted musical "Dreamgirls" and
crime thriller "The Departed," after seeing this week's key
award nominations.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Officer' Estrada trades obscenities
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mo/people_erik_estrada"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny13301052148.people_erik_estrada_ny133.jpg?x=130&y=118&sig=E4OH2niuvT2190FcxphW1A--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="Actor Erik Estrada talks about his TV show, 'American Adventurer,' during the National Association of Television Program Executives convention in this file photo from Jan. 24, 1996, in Las Vegas. Estrada got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man who called him Emilio Estevez amid the filming of a reality television series. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man who called him Emilio Estevez amid the filming of a reality television series.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop's Kiddie Football League Dogged by Lawsuit
(E! Online)
E! Online - Even Snoop Dogg's more productive pastimes are subject to the long arm of the law these days.
`SNL' alum Chris Kattan engaged to model
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mo/people_chris_kattan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny12601051755.people_chris_kattan_ny126.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=S.O2xQyu0N7tZ2fUih3UBA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Chris Kattan arrives to the grand opening of 'An Original Penguin' store on Melrose Ave, in Los Angeles in this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 file photo. Kattan, a former cast member of NBC's 'Saturday Night Live,' became engaged to model Sunshine Tutt on Christmas Eve, his spokeswoman, Jill Fritzo, said Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chris Kattan, a former cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," became engaged to model Sunshine Tutt on Christmas Eve, his spokeswoman, Jill Fritzo, said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stallone attacks Mexican border fence
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_en_mo/people_sylvester_stallone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.f8d9e8a292c74b2195f008eced059e9e.mexico_stallone_moev101.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=5qLghav.IRAB64_VDI2bXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Actor Sylvester Stallone poses for photographers during a press conference to promote his latest Rocky VI movie in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sylvester Stallone defended boxing, praised the hard work of Mexicans and dished out some jabs against U.S. plans to build a wall on its southern border, as the 60-year-old actor visited Mexico City to promote his sixth "Rocky" film.</p><br clear="all"/>
SAG Awards Warm to Sunshine, Deny Borat
(E! Online)
E! Online - For Little Miss Sunshine, it was another day in the sun.
McGraw duets with Hill on his new album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/music_nm/mcgraw_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_07t053611_318x450_us_mcgraw.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=FryjZeDz9ziOTNEN0Vl5mg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Tim McGraw arrives with wife Faith Hill at the premiere of 'Flicka' in Hollywood, California, October 18, 2006. McGraw will release his next album, featuring a pair of duets with Hill, on March 27. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country star Tim McGraw will release
his next album, featuring a pair of duets with wife Faith Hill,
on March 27.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie band has Hands-on expertise in music biz
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/music_nm/clap_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_07t043043_450x298_us_clap.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=IPHp7__9yrz1VMeqipJZDg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Alec Ounsworth (R), Sean Greenhalgh (2nd R on drums) and Robbie Guertin (L) of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah perform at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 2006. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It's New Year's Eve in New York and
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is headlining the buzziest indie rock
bill in town.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Brown's band plays before bout
(AP)
AP - Members of James Brown's band performed Saturday night before the heavyweight fight between James Toney and Samuel Peter as two of their late front man's daughters watched from the center of the ring.
Beyonce set to reissue album with Spanish tracks
(Reuters)
Reuters - With Beyonce's Spanish-language
version of "Irreplaceable" flying up Billboard's Hot Latin
Songs chart, the "Dreamgirl" is dreaming of crossover.
"Idol" champ Clarkson plays with punk veteran
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/music_nm/clarkson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_06t230837_364x450_us_clarkson.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=oHjxprJw1w3KnrVm282C4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="File photo shows Kelly Clarkson singing 'Because of You' at the 'Singers and Songs Celebrate Tony Bennett?s 80th concert' at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood, California, November 9, 2006. Kelly Clarkson's next album will boast some punk rock flavor. The inaugural 'American Idol' champ secured the services of bassist Mike Watt, who co-founded '70s punk band Minutemen, '80s combo fIREHOSE, and is now working with Iggy Pop and the reunited Stooges. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Kelly Clarkson's next album will
boast some punk rock flavor.</p><br clear="all"/>
UK rockers Bloc Party seeking U.S. breakthrough
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/music_nm/blocparty_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070107/2007_01_07t053355_450x309_us_blocparty.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=bG9eXVJcIuAc1KOj6NdOHQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Tony Kele Okereke from the British band Bloc Party performs during the Mercury Music Prize awards in central London, September 6, 2005. After winning over U.S. hipsters with its critically acclaimed 2005 debut 'Silent Alarm,' the band is now aiming for mainstream success. (Mike Finn-Kelcey/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After winning over U.S. hipsters
with its critically acclaimed 2005 debut "Silent Alarm," U.K.
rock act Bloc Party is now aiming for mainstream success.</p><br clear="all"/>
Buddy Guy moving Chicago blues club
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_mu/people_guy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.e0194bff877542afbf277fa5f29c5022.people_guy_nyol779.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=dGpybWLXchoNqdt3Jr1M9g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Musician Buddy Guy is seen in New York in this Oct. 30, 2006, file photo. The 70-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer announced during a recent show that his celebrated Chicago club, Buddy Guy's Legends, has lost its lease and will have to move around June. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - Five-time Grammy Award winner Buddy Guy will have to find somewhere else to sing the blues.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Gambler' upsets neighbors in Georgia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_mu/people_rogers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.352853c14efe46df975c2eb43cd3c79d.people_rogers_nyol667.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=OF8jD2oyMVOaM4RsgixLZg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Country artist Kenny Rogers laughs during an interview at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., in this Feb. 17, 2006, file photo. Rogers bought a $2.3 million home in Sandy Springs, Ga., in October 2005, but his demolition of the two-story house and plans to build another house on the 7.5-acre property have angered some neighbors, a newspaper reported Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/John Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Rogers has lost some fans in one neighborhood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney Spears wants hot career comeback
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070105/capt.ny12801051857.people_britney_spears_ny128.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=NWJ4OcFObPqgLvLjKMEhmg--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="Britney Spears appears at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif., in this Aug. 20, 2006 file photo. Britney Spears is putting fans on notice: Be prepared for her hot career comeback. 'The last couple of years have been quite a ride for me, the media has criticized my every move and printed a skewed perception of who I really am as a human being,' the 25-year-old pop star/tabloid target writes in a posting Friday on her Web site. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britney Spears is putting fans on notice: Be prepared for her hot career comeback.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hip-hop reigns in Spain
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spain's hip-hop scene came of age as
2006 neared its close.
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