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Borat creator named one of Britain's most powerful
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/en_nm/britain_borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t091128_450x299_us_britain_borat.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=7iYDs8LJjuWaP8pJ_LfHIw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006 Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who played the character Borat, arrives for the U.S. premiere of 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood October 23, 2006. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the hit
comic character Borat, has been named one of Britain's most
powerful men on a list that puts him one place behind Prince
William.</p><br clear="all"/>
"U2-charist": Bono moves in mysterious ways
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/en_nm/religion_u2_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t091700_450x326_us_religion_u2.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=j0g9XTpE42HfnZoibFrb4w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U2 lead singer Bono smiles during the session 'Delivering on the Promise of Africa at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2007. (Pascal Lauener/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For Anglicans who still haven't found
what they're looking for, the Church of England is staging its
first "U2-charist" communion service -- replacing hymns with
hit songs by the Irish supergroup.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Little Miss Sunshine" wins top SAG award
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/en_nm/sag_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t083325_450x367_us_sag.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=B8TKB9EZAXXabM11mIVZMg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Castmembers of 'Little Miss Sunshine' pose backstage at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, January 28, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Quirky comedy "Little Miss
Sunshine" won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
on Sunday, giving the underdog film about a family of losers a
big boost in the race for the Oscars on February 25.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cruz, "Volver" take top Spanish film awards
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/en_nm/spain_film_awards_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_28t204748_450x353_us_spain_film_awards.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=HPZibI0Wo2iiByBbNgnD_A--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Spanish actress Penelope Cruz poses backstage during the Spanish Film Academy 'Goya' awards ceremony in Madrid January 28, 2007. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The tragicomic tale of a mother's
survival, "Volver" swept to a triumphant victory at Spain's top
film awards early on Monday, grabbing best movie, director and
best actress for Oscar hope Penelope Cruz.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Bond arrives in China -- neither shaken nor stirred
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/en_nm/china_jamesbond_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t093417_450x342_us_china_jamesbond.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=FVC1DZYKKO8XlzWsbz5o3A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig poses during a news conference to promote the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale', in Beijing January 29, 2007. (Joe Chan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese audiences got their first
chance to see James Bond in action on the big screen on Monday
-- uncut and uncensored.</p><br clear="all"/>
New DVDs: `Open Season,' `Viva Pedro!'
(AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
McPhee shows her pop side on new CD
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mu/celeb_q_a_katharine_mcphee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070129/capt.nyet32201291717.music_q_a_katharine_mcphee_nyet322.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=CpKCgJ.ESE65OaO6RkRe9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="American Idol runner-up and recent magazine cover girl Katharine McPhee poses for a portrait in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - You might not recognize Katharine McPhee, "American Idol" runner-up, as Katharine McPhee, the recording star.</p><br clear="all"/>
New DVDs: `Open Season,' `Viva Pedro!'
(AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
Beijing pirates skimming Bond's profits
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_bu/china_james_bond"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070128/capt.xed10301281018.china_james_bond_xed103.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=qtoGlS4zVJL2OygRLiBPTA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A Chinese child stands near a 'Casino Royale' ad at a movie theater in Beijing, China, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. James Bond is finally coming to Chinese cinemas, and producers of the British superspy's latest romp, 'Casino Royale,' are pulling out all the stops to promote it. Sony Pictures hired experts to get the Chinese-language dubbing of the movie's gambling jargon just right. The new 007, Daniel Craig, is flying in to lend star power Monday at the Beijing premier. The film is due to be shown on 1,000 screens throughout China. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Casino Royale" director Martin Campbell was disappointed Monday to find pirated DVDs of his Bond movie on the streets of Beijing, hours before the film's China premier and called such fakes a huge problem for the industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Applause all round for record London theater year
(Reuters)
Reuters - London theatres, boosted by a string of
hit musicals, enjoyed a record year in 2006 with ticket sales
breaking the 400 million pound ($780 million) mark for the
first time, according to figures released on Monday.
New DVDs: `Open Season,' `Viva Pedro!'
(AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
SAG Awards soaking in the 'Sunshine'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mo/film_sag_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070129/capt.91e45c1787e248439ea6a54661edf68f.sag_awards_press_room_camw199.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=FCI3zKZUOZokK.R.ONV9UA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="(L-R) Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin hold their awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for their work in 'Little Miss Sunshine,' at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Another week, another awards show, and the Oscar situation looks as up in the air as ever. "Little Miss Sunshine," took the Screen Actors Guild's ensemble prize Sunday night, the group's equivalent of a best picture award. Top acting honors, however, went to obvious front-runners Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson.</p><br clear="all"/>
Beijing pirates skimming Bond's profits
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mo/china_james_bond"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070128/capt.xed10301281018.china_james_bond_xed103.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=qtoGlS4zVJL2OygRLiBPTA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A Chinese child stands near a 'Casino Royale' ad at a movie theater in Beijing, China, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. James Bond is finally coming to Chinese cinemas, and producers of the British superspy's latest romp, 'Casino Royale,' are pulling out all the stops to promote it. Sony Pictures hired experts to get the Chinese-language dubbing of the movie's gambling jargon just right. The new 007, Daniel Craig, is flying in to lend star power Monday at the Beijing premier. The film is due to be shown on 1,000 screens throughout China. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Casino Royale" director Martin Campbell was disappointed Monday to find pirated DVDs of his Bond movie on the streets of Beijing, hours before the film's China premier and called such fakes a huge problem for the industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
SAG trophies weigh in at hefty 12 pounds
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mo/sag_awards_insider"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070129/capt.7e3a7133f6ea4c1b861a37789a7d1a3d.sag_awards_insider_cadb205.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=GRBsSg97v1Xla491VFKnyQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Alan Arkin, left, and Abigail Breslin receive their awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for their work in 'Little Miss Sunshine,' backstage at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards shared a similar reaction when they collected their trophies backstage: "Wow, this is heavy." They may have been speaking figuratively about being honored by their peers, but the meaning was more likely literal: the bronze "Actor" statuettes weigh a hefty 12 pounds each.</p><br clear="all"/>
Who's won what leading up to the Oscars
(AP)
AP - The Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season:
Borat creator named one of Britain's most powerful
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/film_nm/britain_borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t091128_450x299_us_britain_borat.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=7iYDs8LJjuWaP8pJ_LfHIw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006 Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who played the character Borat, arrives for the U.S. premiere of 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood October 23, 2006. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the hit
comic character Borat, has been named one of Britain's most
powerful men on a list that puts him one place behind Prince
William.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Epic Movie' wins weekend with $19M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070128/capt.b0539fe17acd4e9a831c455e3c8ea8b7.box_office_nyol715.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=KZjTPgJUDUfn8X6o0KWPYw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Actress Carmen Electra poses backstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007 in New York. Electra stars in the new film 'Epic Movie' which opens nationwide on Friday. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The comedy spoof "Epic Movie" debuted atop the box office as Oscar contenders got a bump in the first weekend since the Academy Award nominations were announced, according to studio and industry estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Bond arrives in China -- neither shaken nor stirred
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/film_nm/china_jamesbond_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t093417_450x342_us_china_jamesbond.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=FVC1DZYKKO8XlzWsbz5o3A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig poses during a news conference to promote the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale', in Beijing January 29, 2007. (Joe Chan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese audiences got their first
chance to see James Bond in action on the big screen on Monday
-- uncut and uncensored.</p><br clear="all"/>
S'pore sex industry film focuses on pleasure
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ekachai Uekrongtham
loves a sordid story and the award-winning Thai director wants
prudish Singapore to hear this one.
From Sunshine to Grey's at SAGs
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070129/en_movies_eo/1e8a9ad02f6b_4a78_86e4_95a607d1b321"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070129/capt.706b5115f6dac4fcbcea6da05e75a8c3.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=0ru6XcEsbknUrUQJJMIS4Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="From Sunshine to Grey's at SAGs(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Little Miss Sunshine didn't employ the most actors or boast the biggest stars.</p><br clear="all"/>
McPhee shows her pop side on new CD
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mu/celeb_q_a_katharine_mcphee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070129/capt.nyet32201291717.music_q_a_katharine_mcphee_nyet322.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=CpKCgJ.ESE65OaO6RkRe9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="American Idol runner-up and recent magazine cover girl Katharine McPhee poses for a portrait in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - You might not recognize Katharine McPhee, "American Idol" runner-up, as Katharine McPhee, the recording star.</p><br clear="all"/>
J-Lo to tap Latin roots
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/music_nm/lopez_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t032322_363x450_us_lopez.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=fHTUA0B2N3UUKHQU6IWXlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Actress and musician Jennifer Lopez arrives to attend the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jennifer Lopez catapulted her acting
career with her starring role in "Selena," a biopic on the
Latin Tejano star who sang in Spanish and was on the verge of
an English-language crossover prior to her death. Ten years
after "Selena," and following a multiplatinum recording career
in English, Lopez is ready to sing en Espanol once again.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bollywood music maestro Nayyar dies aged 81
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indian music director O.P. Nayyar,
who composed some of Bollywood's most memorable tunes of the
1950s and 60s, died on Sunday after a heart attack at his home
outside Mumbai, a news agency reported.
"U2-charist": Bono moves in mysterious ways
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/music_nm/religion_u2_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_29t091700_450x326_us_religion_u2.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=j0g9XTpE42HfnZoibFrb4w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U2 lead singer Bono smiles during the session 'Delivering on the Promise of Africa at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2007. (Pascal Lauener/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For Anglicans who still haven't found
what they're looking for, the Church of England is staging its
first "U2-charist" communion service -- replacing hymns with
hit songs by the Irish supergroup.</p><br clear="all"/>
iPod generation tunes out of Japanese jazz culture
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/music_nm/japan_jazz_cafe_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070129/2007_01_28t225805_450x283_us_japan_jazz_cafe.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=PqUYUzUTtjoHn0ZWIuB6.Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An analogue record spins on a turn table at Chigusa, Japan's oldest jazz cafe founded in 1933 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo January 27, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Once a haven for Japan's
earliest jazz fans, cafe Chigusa is packing up its thousands of
vinyl records.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer in court for refusing to perform
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mu/australia_singers_spat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070129/capt.syd10101290330.australia_singers_spat_syd101.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=dL.KtfGVZk6uGkCs8NvrWg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="New Zealand born Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs during the Metropolitan Opera Gala in New York in this May 20, 2006, file photo. According to a testimony given in court on Monday, January 29, 2007, Dame Kiri pulled out of a series of concerts with Australian singer John Farnham after learning that fans sometimes threw underwear at the pop star. The concert promoter is suing Te Kanawa and her manager for more then AUS$600,000 (US$464,000; euro359,662) for alleged breach of contract. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Renowned opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa pulled out of a series of concerts with Australian crooner John Farnham after learning that fans sometimes threw underwear at the pop star, according to testimony in court Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
B.B. King released, back to 'old self'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070128/ap_en_mu/people_bb_king"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070126/capt.ny11701260759.people__bb_king_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=UWT1gMsFIYG6uo01cVFxDw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="US blues singer B.B. King smiles during a media conference before his final farewell concert in Berlin on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. King, 81, had been scheduled to perform at the Grand Opera House in Galveston on Thursday night Jan. 25, 2007. He was admitted to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Thursday evening, said Paul McCarthy, a nurse administrator. King was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons but was in good condition early Friday, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)" border="0" /></a>AP - B.B. King was discharged from a Galveston hospital Saturday following treatment for a fever and was "back to his old self," a spokeswoman for his management agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blues legend B.B. King released from hospital
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070128/music_nm/bbking_hospitalized_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070128/2007_01_27t192700_450x344_us_bbking_hospitalized.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=XClfUr42lpMFykilth9QTQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="B.B. King sings 'Sweet Sixteen' during the 'Salute to the Blues' concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall in this February 7, 2003 file photo. B.B. King was released from a Texas hospital on Saturday, two days after the 81-year-old blues legend was admitted with flu-like symptoms, a hospital spokeswoman said. (Jeff Christensen/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - B.B. King was released from a Texas
hospital on Saturday, two days after the 81-year-old blues
legend was admitted with flu-like symptoms, a hospital
spokeswoman said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tom Waits settles advertising lawsuit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070127/ap_en_mu/people_tom_waits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070127/capt.ny12201270351.people_tom_waits_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=pLSntLcEJBAiUhrHVFAe5A--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Singer Tom Waits listens as musicians testify before a state Senate panel about record label accounting practices, in Los Angeles, in a Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002 photo. Grammy Award-winning singer Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit in which he claimed an automaker and ad agency violated his rights by imitating him in TV commercials, his lawyer said Friday. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Grammy Award-winning singer Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit in which he claimed an automaker and an ad agency violated his rights by imitating him in TV commercials, his lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Composer delays 'Doctor Atomic Symphony'
(AP)
AP - Composer John Adams has delayed the premiere of his "Doctor Atomic Symphony," which is based on his critically acclaimed opera about the development of the A-bomb.
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