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Jail for teen accused of stalking Duff
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_ce/people_hilary_duff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.ny12201200345.people_hilary_duff_ny122.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=UlRUFUylChM0vCKLxYJDag--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Hilary Duff attends the Zac Posen spring/summer 2007 fashion show in New York, in this Sept. 14, 2006 file photo. A teenager was sentenced to 117 days in jail Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 after pleading no contest to stalking Hilary Duff. A Superior Court judge also ordered 18-year-old Maksim Myaskovskiy to serve five years probation. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A teenager was sentenced to 117 days in jail Friday after pleading no contest to stalking Hilary Duff.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bindi Irwin to continue father's legacy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_tv/people_bindi_irwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.5e737d2a37e840eb9e43e0a6fa2577d9.crocodile_hunter_dclb103.jpg?x=130&y=121&sig=2UaDe0yMeBkwAqSeYukt.A--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Bindi Irwin, left, the daughter of 'crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin who was killed by a stingray on Sept. 4, 2006, takes questions during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Her mother Terri looks on at right. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bindi Irwin is ready to continue her famous father's work spreading the wonder of wildlife. "I'm going to become a wildlife warrior just like he was," 8-year-old Bindi, daughter of the late Steve Irwin, told an audience Friday at Washington's National Press Club.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mamas and Papas member dead at 66
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_mu/obit_doherty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_19t174638_450x342_us_mamaspapas_doherty.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=Cs1t3owJqEER0R8qlZqqDQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Denny Doherty at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel in a file photo. Doherty, a member of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, has died at age 66, Canadian media reported on Friday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," died Friday at 66.</p><br clear="all"/>
Special-effects worker hurt on movie set
(AP)
AP - Fire officials canceled Friday's shoot for a new Tom Hanks movie after a special-effects assistant was critically injured when a simulated stinger missile exploded.
Jenna Elfman pregnant with first child
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_tv/people_jenna_elfman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.ny11701200059.people_jenna_elfman_ny117.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=cseizIhsN0dmtVD8mdTMNg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Jenna Elfman arrives at the Entertainment Tonight/People Magazine Emmy Party at the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles, in a Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006 photo. Actress Jenna Elfman, who starred in TV's 'Dharma & Greg,' is expecting her first child, her spokeswoman said Friday.(AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jenna Elfman, who starred in TV's "Dharma & Greg," is expecting her first child.</p><br clear="all"/>
Special-effects worker hurt on movie set
(AP)
AP - Fire officials canceled Friday's shoot for a new Tom Hanks movie after a special-effects assistant was critically injured when a simulated stinger missile exploded.
Brit pop star Allen won't change for America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/music_nm/lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t022538_278x450_us_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=AM94puR1Krl705kyNN99og--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen is shown arriving at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London, in this September 5, 2006 file photo. Allen knows precisely where she was when she first realized her 'Smile' single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop singer Lily Allen knows
precisely where she was when she first realized her "Smile"
single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
British media welcome TV eviction after racism row
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/tv_nm/britain_bigbrother_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t054233_450x338_us_britain_bigbrother.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=ph4BsQTmZrybVA13sMYAYQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Jade Goody (L) and Shilpa Shetty are seen in a composite handout photo. Britain's media on Saturday welcomed the eviction of a reality TV show contestant accused of racism and bullying, but criticized the television channel over a show that has whipped up an international storm. (Channel 4/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain's media on Saturday welcomed the
eviction of a reality TV show contestant accused of racism and
bullying, but criticized the television channel over a show
that has whipped up an international storm.</p><br clear="all"/>
Merger of tropical labels reflects market hardships
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tropical independent label MP, known
for its hard-hitting, Puerto Rican salsa acts, has merged its
operations with indie powerhouse J&N, best known for its
merengue and bachata releases.
Larkin Ford, the Last of the Original "Twelve Angry Men," Dies at 86
(Playbill)
Playbill - Larkin Ford, the last member of the original 1954 cast of Reginald Rose's teleplay "Twelve Angry Men," which was to have a long life on television, film and the stage, died Jan. 13, his friend Harry Haun said. He was 86 and lived at Manhattan Plaza in the Theatre District.
Special-effects worker hurt on movie set
(AP)
AP - Fire officials canceled Friday's shoot for a new Tom Hanks movie after a special-effects assistant was critically injured when a simulated stinger missile exploded.
"Sleepwalkers" exhibit projected on NY's MOMA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Never has working nights in New York
City been so arty.
Sordid "American Crime" fails to enlighten
(Reuters)
Reuters - Would anyone have
greenlighted "An American Crime," a movie about a real-life
female sicko, were it not for the success of "Monster?"
`Sweet Land' a sweet success story
(AP)
AP - It's a love story where the two leads never kiss, a historical epic with no special effects, a family film featuring long passages of dialogue in Norwegian and German without subtitles.
Bindi Irwin to continue father's legacy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_mo/people_bindi_irwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.37c81747fcdb4510ac72a613126b8d1d.crocodile_hunter_dclb106.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=kTHQJD3KVXWOiUjWpeaCSA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Terri Irwin, left, the wife of 'crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin, who was killed by a stingray on Sept. 4, 2006, speaks with her daughter Bindi during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Jan. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bindi Irwin is ready to continue her famous father's work spreading the wonder of wildlife.</p><br clear="all"/>
Don't stop for "The Hitcher"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Hitcher" continues the
craze for remakes of horror movies geared to a new generation
of teenagers. Sadly, it also continues the tendency of them to
be even worse than the originals.
Duff "Fan" Sentenced for Stalking
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070119/en_movies_eo/9a02cb276c24_4d0f_a5f1_dcefe37003a5"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070120/capt.d48ededd628bcace8ba10dc14f16bc18.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Sq659PS08G2dtzH0W1uu7A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Duff "Fan" Sentenced for Stalking(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - If it looks for a Duff, and repeatedly tries to contact a Duff…it just might be a stalker.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Felicity' star Keri Russell is pregnant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_en_mo/people_keri_russell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nyet12101192126.people_keri_russell_nyet121.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=mf8vatV6rGTJDmQ5hT6CGw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actress Keri Russell arrives for the Children's Defense Fund's annual Los Angeles Beat the Odds Awards held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 12, 2006 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Russell, who starred in TV's 'Felicity,' is expecting her first child this summer her spokeswoman said Friday, jan. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Keri Russell, who starred in TV's "Felicity," is expecting her first child this summer, her spokeswoman said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sundance kicks off annual indie film campaign
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/film_nm/sundance_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t141339_450x353_us_sundance.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=m28aXN13eynL0fWoA8TOFQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Posters promoting films which are being screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival are displayed in Park City, Utah, January 18, 2007. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Sundance Film Festival on
Friday began its annual campaign showcasing new independent
movies following the opening night debut of an innovative
documentary urging people to speak out against war.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sundance docs draw drama from actors
(AP)
AP - The talking heads in some documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival are not just real people recollecting real events.
Brit pop star Allen won't change for America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/music_nm/lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t022538_278x450_us_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=AM94puR1Krl705kyNN99og--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen is shown arriving at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London, in this September 5, 2006 file photo. Allen knows precisely where she was when she first realized her 'Smile' single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop singer Lily Allen knows
precisely where she was when she first realized her "Smile"
single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mamas and Papas member dead at 66
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_en_mu/obit_doherty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_19t174638_450x342_us_mamaspapas_doherty.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=Cs1t3owJqEER0R8qlZqqDQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Denny Doherty at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel in a file photo. Doherty, a member of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, has died at age 66, Canadian media reported on Friday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," died Friday at 66.</p><br clear="all"/>
Epitaph Records marks 25 years as indie force
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spend a little time with Brett
Gurewitz, guitarist for Bad Religion and founder of Epitaph
Records, and it becomes clear that there are two distinct eras
in his label's 25-year history.
Merger of tropical labels reflects market hardships
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tropical independent label MP, known
for its hard-hitting, Puerto Rican salsa acts, has merged its
operations with indie powerhouse J&N, best known for its
merengue and bachata releases.
Out of the woods for noise-pop trio Deerhoof
(Reuters)
Reuters - San Francisco experimental noise-pop
trio Deerhoof didn't feel the need to upgrade to a fancy tour
bus after being handpicked to open for Radiohead on a string of
California gigs last June, which included a stop at Berkeley's
Greek Theater.
Downloads drive Detroit to update audio systems
(Reuters)
Reuters - Struggling U.S. auto
manufacturers are hoping music will do for them what it did for
Apple after the introduction of the iPod -- make them cool.
Sanrio deal takes band/brand links to next phase
(Reuters)
Reuters - In coming months, Hello Kitty and
other globally branded characters in parent company Sanrio's
product line will be singing a new tune. Billboard has learned
that Sanrio has entered a multiyear, joint-venture deal with
Cherry Lane Music Publishing.
Lawsuit involving rapper death dismissed
(AP)
AP - A judge threw out a defamation lawsuit by a man who claimed Fox Television and a hip-hop magazine falsely accused him of involvement in the unsolved murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G.
R&B singer Lloyd back in the game with hit single
(Reuters)
Reuters - Until now, R&B artist Lloyd's
career hadn't gone quite as planned. "I came to play ball but
was sitting on the sidelines," he recalls of watching friends
like Bobby Valentino score hit singles. "I kept thinking I
could change the game if I had some time on the court."
Rapper Q-Tip readies new album, jazz reissue
(Reuters)
Reuters - Having toured last year with his
A Tribe Called Quest mates for the first time since 2000, Q-Tip
is back on the solo beat. The New York-based rapper is gearing
up for the spring release of "The Renaissance."
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