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Twin boys arrive for Dempsey and wife
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_tv/people_dempsey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070202/capt.la10702020413.people_dempsey_la107.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=b7SAXcs_ele5hR29qkwZdA--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Patrick Dempsey, a star in the drama series 'Grey's Anatomy,' and his wife Jill Fink, arrive for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in this Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006 file photo, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Dempsey's wife has given birth to twin boys. Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick Dempsey were born Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in Los Angeles, the actor's representative told People magazine. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - The wife of "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey has given birth to twin boys.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Don Vito' Margera hit with sex charge
(AP)
AP - Reality television's Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, uncle of "Viva La Bam" star Bam Margera, was ordered Thursday to stand trial on felony charges that he groped three girls at an MTV promotional appearance.
Whitney wants to speed up her divorce
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_ce/people_whitney_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070202/capt.ny12802020043.people_whitney_houston_ny128.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=d3nmniXHcHE1bGHO.9IK1g--" 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 file photo from Oct. 28, 2006. Houston wants to fast-track her divorce from Bobby Brown. The singer, who filed divorce papers in October, requested a default judgment in a document filed on Dec. 28 in Orange County Superior Court. A checked box on the two-page document indicates that there are 'no issues of division of community property' in the divorce. The document was obtained by the CelebTV.com Web site, which reported it Thursday Feb. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Whitney Houston wants to fast-track her divorce from Bobby Brown. The singer, who filed divorce papers in October, requested a default judgment in a document filed on Dec. 28 in Orange County Superior Court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Woman sues TV bounty hunter over injury
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_tv/bounty_hunter_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070202/capt.ny13302020120.bounty_hunter_lawsuit_ny133.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=SApQtEtzSG6OWq.kwG_rYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Duane 'Dog' Chapman, star of the reality series 'Dog, the Bounty Hunter' talks about the upcoming trial in his home in Honolulu, in this Monday, Nov. 27, 2006 file photo. A woman has filed a lawsuit against Chapman, alleging the TV bounty hunter and his crew threw her down a flight of stairs and broke her back while apprehending her boyfriend. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman has sued Duane "Dog" Chapman, alleging that a member of the TV bounty hunter's team threw her down a flight of stairs and broke her back while her boyfriend was being apprehended.</p><br clear="all"/>
Caesars: Celine Dion's husband a winner
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_ce/people_rene_angelil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070202/capt.ny13402020126.people_rene_angelil_ny134.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=ybalEpLFDKJQH1Y9l7dxlA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Rene Angelil, husband and manager of singer Celine Dion, plays a hand on the final start day at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on in this July 31, 2006 file photo. In an attempt to set the record straight about one of its best customers, Caesars Palace took the unusual step Thursday of disclosing Angelil's casino losses. Caesars said Thursday that Angelil's casino losses in 2005 and 2006 totaled exactly $230,300, but were offset by his tournament poker winnings of $259,079. The casino said it released the totals with his permission. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - In an attempt to set the record straight about one of its best customers, Caesars Palace took the unusual step Thursday of disclosing the casino losses of Celine Dion's husband and manager, Rene Angelil.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pic to document Amazon swim
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Maringouin is
filming a documentary about endurance swimmer Martin Strel, who
began a planned, 70-day swim Thursday, starting at the source
of the Amazon River in Peru and following the river until it
meets the Atlantic Ocean at Belem, Brazil.
"Freedom" rings in a career high for Mellencamp
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Mellencamp returns to the
Billboard 200 in a triumphant way, with the highest-debuting
set of his career and his first top 10 album in just over 10
years.
TBS contrite for PR debacle; Boston seeks payment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Turner Broadcasting System
on Thursday tried to quell a firestorm of controversy in Boston
a day after a guerrilla marketing campaign for a cable
television show was mistaken for a terrorist plot to bomb the
Hub.
ACTRA appeals arbitration ruling
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two days after an Ontario
judge sent their dispute with producers to arbitration,
Canadian performers guild ACTRA said it is appealing the
court's ruling.
Oscar Winner Patty Duke Will Star in 'Billion Dollar Baby' Play
(Playbill)
Playbill - Playbill.com has learned that Patty Duke, most recently on Broadway in the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, will star in the new play Billion Dollar Baby at the University of Idaho's Hartung Theatre.
Pic to document Amazon swim
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Maringouin is
filming a documentary about endurance swimmer Martin Strel, who
began a planned, 70-day swim Thursday, starting at the source
of the Amazon River in Peru and following the river until it
meets the Atlantic Ocean at Belem, Brazil.
Corddry, Davis suit up for "Semi-Pro"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rob Corddry, former
senior correspondent on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," is
the latest funnyman joining the cast of "Semi-Pro," a sports
comedy starring Will Ferrell.
New Line, Walden plan to take 3-D "Journey"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Journey 3-D," a remake
of the classic "Journey to the Center of the Earth," will be
the first live-action production to be projected on Real D's
digital 3-D screens.
"Because" whips up a frantic romantic concoction
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like the
architectural-wonder cakes Diane Keaton's character constructs
in "Because I Said So," the film is a stylishly gooey piece of
work that demands to be oohed and aahed over.
Eastwood tapped first recipient of MPAA's Valenti honor
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/film_nm/eastwood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070202/2007_02_02t010719_450x374_us_eastwood.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=1bN8rtReLGbHVyN5NczPGA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Clint Eastwood arrives on the red carpet before being inducted to the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 6, 2006. Eastwood is the inaugural recipient of the Motion Picture Association of America's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, the trade association announced Thursday. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Clint Eastwood is the
inaugural recipient of the Motion Picture Association of
America's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, the trade
association announced Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Matter" delves into academia's dark side
(Reuters)
Reuters - Venturing into
delicate emotional territory, opera and theater
director-turned-filmmaker Chen Shi-Zheng crafts an unsettling
first feature that examines issues of personal ambition,
academic ethics and the obstacles to cultural assimilation in
the U.S.
"Noise" grabs attention, confounds expectations
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's clear from the
first few minutes of Matthew Saville's "Noise" that this highly
compelling first feature has no intention of being your
average, run-of-the-mill thriller.
Horror, romance face off against Super Bowl
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Pictures and
Universal Pictures are taking a page out of their own playbooks
for Super Bowl weekend, revisiting genres that have scored at
the North American boxoffice on the weekend of the big game.
Inaugural Drake film fest gets June berth
(Reuters)
Reuters - The first Drake International
Film Festival, focusing on independent film and projects using
cutting-edge technologies, will take place in June near Naples,
organizers said Thursday.
Morricone hits U.S. for concerts, tribute album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Producer/manager Luigi Caiola faced
one major obstacle when he conceived the all-star tribute album
"We All Love Ennio Morricone" -- Morricone himself.
"Freedom" rings in a career high for Mellencamp
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Mellencamp returns to the
Billboard 200 in a triumphant way, with the highest-debuting
set of his career and his first top 10 album in just over 10
years.
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti dies at 95
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_mu/obit_menotti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.ny19002011922.italy_obit_menotti_ny190.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=UmwqpK23dHDcfGwn.8laLw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="This undated file photo released by Two Worlds Festival press office Wednesday July 6, 2005, shows Composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Menotti. Menotti, composer and founder of the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at a hospital in Monaco, his son Francis Menotti said. He was 95. (AP Photo/Two Worlds Festival press office/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gian Carlo Menotti, who composed a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning operas and founded the Spoleto arts festivals in Italy and the United States, died Thursday at a hospital in Monaco. He was 95.</p><br clear="all"/>
Joss Stone captivates with new look, joyous sound
(Reuters)
Reuters - When she made her debut
several years back at only 15, Brit belter Joss Stone was an
instant wow, a young girl mining soul's past with a voice
beyond her years.
Morricone hits U.S. for concerts, tribute album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Producer/manager Luigi Caiola faced
one major obstacle when he conceived the all-star tribute album
"We All Love Ennio Morricone" -- Morricone himself.
Underwood, Chicks, Chesney top CMT nominations
(Reuters)
Reuters - Carrie Underwood, the Dixie Chicks,
Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Sugarland scored a leading
three nominations each for the 2007 CMT Music Awards, to be
held April 16 at Nashville's Curb Event Center.
Norah Jones plots spring tour in N. America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/music_nm/jones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070202/2007_01_31t121643_450x300_us_jones.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=oBy22jI5v4rkru2RnWpTJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Norah Jones performs in New York, September 9, 2006. Hailed by critics as her best album to date, the new release from the jazz vocalist, 'Not Too Late,' was the most pre-ordered album of all time on the online retailer Amazon.com. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With her new Blue Note album, "Not
Too Late," poised to debut next week at No. 1 on the Billboard
200, Norah Jones has announced the dates for her spring North
American tour.</p><br clear="all"/>
Beyonce stays ahead of Fall Out Boy atop Hot 100
(Reuters)
Reuters - Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" once again
edges out Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms
Race" at No. 1 on the Hot 100, enjoying the top spot for the
ninth week.
Prince headlines Super halftime show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_mu/fbn_super_bowl_halftime_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.fldp13602012043.aptopix_super_bowl_halftime_fldp136.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Phx_dLCPQEvFwsKXflgPzg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Super Bowl XLI halftime performer Prince plays his guitar during a press conference at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prince barely spoke, and still stole the show. It was billed as a news conference about the Super Bowl entertainment lineup, featuring pregame performers Cirque du Soleil, national anthem singer Billy Joel and Prince, the halftime-show headliner.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Brown partner takes case to court
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_mu/james_brown_partner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070202/capt.ny13202020053.james_brown_partner_ny132.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=Ip3c1ctU2fugAYYrOC.rJw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="James Brown's partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, talks about the final conversation she had with late singer, in this Dec. 26, 2006 file photo, during an interview at her hotel room in Augusta, Ga. Hynie, who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife wants half of the singer's estate and to be allowed back into the South Carolina home she was locked out of soon after his death. (AP Photo/W. Mike Adams, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife wants half of the singer's estate and to be allowed back into the South Carolina home she was locked out of soon after his death.</p><br clear="all"/>
Zune executive to leave Microsoft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_en_mu/microsoft_zune_executive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.dlm11102011733.france_microsoft_dlm111.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=A67.62XO3LgJGNpKmfDIpg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gestures as he addresses French businessmen during a meeting as part of the Paris Entrepreneurs Show, in Paris Thursday Feb. 1, 2007. Bill Gates is also in France to launch the new Vista operating system.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Microsoft Corp. executive responsible for its newly launched Zune digital music player will leave the company.</p><br clear="all"/>
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