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More tests needed in Smith death case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.fljc10802092212.anna_nicole_smith_fljc108.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=hd7AeOaugAnmvC43y0ztNQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Seminole tribal Police Chief Charlie Tiger, left, and Deputy Police Chief Mike Browne listen as Broward County Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Perper discusses the autopsy he did on Anna Nicole Smith Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 in his Dania Beach, Fla. office.(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting tests that could tell whether the former centerfold died of an overdose, as some close to her suspect.</p><br clear="all"/>
Zsa Zsa's husband: I might be baby's dad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith_prince"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070210/capt.la11302100020.anna_nicole_smith_lover_la113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=U9437cWJ_I07hXleZX8xwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Prince Frederick von Anhalt speaks to media, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 outside his home in Los Angeles. Von Anhalt, said he had a decade-long affair with Smith and may be her infant daughter's father. The claim comes amid a paternity fight over the girl between Smith's former boyfriend and a lawyer whose name is on Dannielynn's birth certificate. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughter's father.</p><br clear="all"/>
Musicians pay tribute to Don Henley
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_mu/grammys_henley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070210/capt.camt11302100954.musicares_person_of_the_year_camt113.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=3wcCXNR_El01qwc5PUEU1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Don Henley performs 'Life in the Fast Lane' during the 2007 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Don Henley, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Mayer and the Dixie Chicks helped guide Don Henley on a trip through his musical memories that left the singer-songwriter feeling "very strange." They joined Henley's Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit, Sam Moore, Keb Mo, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by honoring the 59-year-old Henley as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elie Wiesel accosted at S.F. hotel
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_ot/wiesel_accosted"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.fx10102092322.wiesel_accosted_fx101.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=qU_owhq34904ojQxLxz3FQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Shown in this file photo is Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel speaking to members of the media after addressing members of the Security Council on the crisis in Darfur, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, at United Nations headquarters. Nobel Peace laureate and Holocaust scholar Eli Wiesel was dragged from an elevator and roughly accosted, possibly by a Holocaust denier, during a peace conference at a San Francisco hotel earlier this month, police said Friday, Feb. 9, 2007.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nobel laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel was dragged from an elevator and roughed up during a peace conference at a San Francisco hotel last week, police said Friday. The author was not injured.</p><br clear="all"/>
Romance novels star (your name here)
(AP)
AP - This Valentine's Day, one publisher wants you to be the one doing the bodice-ripping. Book By You says it sells thousands of personalized romance novels each year with titles such as "ER Fever" and "Pirates of Desire," where the reader is the star. It's not Bronte, but customers are going crazy for the novels that make them the main characters.
Korea pop star Rain learns to yodel for film debut
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Korean pop star Rain not only
learned to act for his film debut.
Musicians pay tribute to Don Henley
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_mu/grammys_henley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070210/capt.camt11302100954.musicares_person_of_the_year_camt113.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=3wcCXNR_El01qwc5PUEU1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Don Henley performs 'Life in the Fast Lane' during the 2007 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Don Henley, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Mayer and the Dixie Chicks helped guide Don Henley on a trip through his musical memories that left the singer-songwriter feeling "very strange." They joined Henley's Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit, Sam Moore, Keb Mo, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by honoring the 59-year-old Henley as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hometowners recall Anna Nicole cooly
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_tv/anna_nicole_hometown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.txtg10302092016.anna_nicole_smith_mexia_txtg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6JkgU3Gw2Du6a18tAkOoKg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A view of a street in the small downtown area of Mexia, Texas, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Although the late Anna Nicole Smith claimed Mexia as her hometown, many just don't remember the girl known as Vickie Lynn Hogan and some say they have been embarrassed by her antics. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith liked to call this small working-class central Texas community where she lived as a teenager her hometown. Many of its 6,900 residents who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday, however, don't feel the same warm connection in reverse.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cartoon Network head resigns after scare
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_en_bu/suspicious_devices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t212806_450x302_us_scare.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=fUPPPBpqLxOPhyl.n591qw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Police remove a suspicious device from a sign post over Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts January 31, 2007. he general manager of Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network resigned on Friday in the wake of a 'guerrilla' advertising campaign that sparked a terrorism scare in much of central Boston on January 31. (Lisa Hornak/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The head of the Cartoon Network resigned Friday over a publicity stunt that caused a terrorism scare in Boston.</p><br clear="all"/>
Richard Curnock, Longtime Veteran of Stratford Festival, Dies at 84
(Playbill)
Playbill - Richard Curnock, a London-born actor who joined Canada's Stratford Festival in 1970 and stayed for 22 seasons and 61 productions, died Feb. 6 at Stratford General Hospital. He was 84.
Korea pop star Rain learns to yodel for film debut
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Korean pop star Rain not only
learned to act for his film debut.
Brazil film looks at dark past through young eyes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/film_nm/berlin_brazil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t195354_329x450_us_berlin_brazil.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=mWnCjb1jiHYoW8u1VQD4HA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Cast members pose during a photocall to present the film 'The Year My Parents Went On Vacation' running in competition at the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 9, 2007. Pictured are (2ndL-R): Simone Spoladore, Director Cao Hamburger, Daniela Piepszyk, actor Germano Haiut and actor Michael Joelsas. The festival runs from February 8-18. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brazilian Cao Hamburger, whose film
looks at his country's dark past, is the latest director to
describe the brutality of South America's military
dictatorships through the eyes of a child.</p><br clear="all"/>
Moore pins 'Wild Hope' on folk-flavored songs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/film_nm/mandy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t193721_348x450_us_mandy.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=8sI9Cawq5kkOkXJpbZ8Yfw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this file photo cast member Mandy Moore smiles at the world premiere of 'Because I Said So' at the Arclight theater in Los Angeles January 30, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - On the evening of January 20, amid
the riot of networking that is the Sundance Film Festival, a
pretty young folk singer named Mandy Moore took to a makeshift
stage at a private Park City, Utah, home and performed a set of
low-key confessionals for a small audience of attentive
listeners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscar-nominated German director 'no wunderkind'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/film_nm/oscars_foreign_germany_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t192710_450x303_us_oscars_foreign_germany.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=wjvfLz48iGbWyxnaaP0yDw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Oscar statuettes which will be presented at the 79th Academy Awards are displayed at the 'Meet the Oscars Display' in Los Angeles, California February 9, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - German director Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck, who has impressed critics worldwide with his
Oscar-nominated debut feature film "The Lives of Others,"
modestly says that compared to say, Orson Welles, he is no
wunderkind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smith's film finale debuts in April
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_en_mo/anna_nicole_smith_movie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070209/i/r4074363441.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=WTgQ83dCEurZR1kNzexaEw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actress Anna Nicole Smith is shown in a scene from the film 'Illegal Aliens' in this undated publicity photograph. Smith, a former Playboy playmate, died February 8, 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, according to her lawyer. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Courtesy EdgewoodStudios/Handout
(UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith's film finale — a campy B-grade movie called "Illegal Aliens" she helped bankroll — was supposed to be a comedy. Whether it will be received that way now is unclear, though, says director David Giancola, who canceled three screenings in the wake of her death.</p><br clear="all"/>
Movie director agrees to DUII sentencing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_en_mo/people_van_sant_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.nyet19102092113.people_van_sant_arrest_nyet191.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=9AIpx8bZCUj7DGZkcArKpw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Filmmaker Gus Van Sant is shown in this file booking photo originally provided by the Portland Police Bureau on Dec. 22, 2006. Van Sant, who was arrested on drunken driving charges in December,has agreed to an alcohol diversion program, his attorney said Friday, Feb. 9,2007. (AP Photo/ Portland Police Bureau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gus Van Sant, who was arrested on drunken driving charges in December, has agreed to an alcohol diversion program, his attorney said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gus Van Sant Creates a Diversion
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070209/en_movies_eo/da449fe391af_4fbc_9c25_033fc1544ee8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070210/capt.3ecf00b4c80c79b5f7d4aeffd086fa7d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=WUuj7yXKFCSFkS936qZw_Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Gus Van Sant Creates a Diversion(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It's not To Die For, but Gus Van Sant's latest deal will do.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sexy look sparks ratings debate in China
(AP)
AP - Black-robed warriors fly through the air. Thousands of men clash with spears in spectacular battles. And an emperor struts around in splendid golden robes in the Chinese blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower."
Gifts gone wild: Swag still big business
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_en_mo/hollywood_gifting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.nyet45102091828.hollywood_gifting_nyet451.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=fBUCod1tc0iNhGSlM8zxSw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actor Joe Pantoliano carries bags outside a gift lounge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Despite the much-publicized IRS crackdown on celebrity freebies, companies are still handing out lots of swag. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Despite the much-publicized IRS crackdown on celebrity freebies, the swag-tastic star treatment hasn't slowed a bit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aqua Teen Hunger Force-Out
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070209/en_movies_eo/ecfcb1e3_a9cf4d21_857a_8ecacfb67d66"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070210/capt.62cbcd601a6f3843f95d08bfb63b8dc0.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=GLlclAluqBbAPSOhzWX_1A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Aqua Teen Hunger Force-Out(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Nothing actually exploded, but the fallout from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie marketing fiasco has reached far and wide.</p><br clear="all"/>
Musicians pay tribute to Don Henley
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_mu/grammys_henley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070210/capt.camt11302100954.musicares_person_of_the_year_camt113.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=3wcCXNR_El01qwc5PUEU1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Don Henley performs 'Life in the Fast Lane' during the 2007 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Don Henley, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Mayer and the Dixie Chicks helped guide Don Henley on a trip through his musical memories that left the singer-songwriter feeling "very strange." They joined Henley's Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit, Sam Moore, Keb Mo, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by honoring the 59-year-old Henley as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Relient K draws fans in Christian, mainstream markets
(Reuters)
Reuters - After toiling away for seven years
and building a rabid fan base in the Christian market, Relient
K broke through to mainstream success with the 2004 release
"Mmhmm." The band's career illustrates that sometimes the least
calculated of efforts reap the most rewards.
Brown's partner collects items from home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_en_mu/ld_writethru"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.scmc10802091925c.correction_james_brown_hearing_scmc108.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=Y1_4i8ge5kFQOFIH2hWFpQ--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Tomi Rae Hynie, partner to the late James Brown, leaves the court during a break in the hearing of James Brown's estate Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in Aiken, S.C. Hynie was allowed by the judge to visit the home to retrieve her personal things from the home on Beech Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0" /></a>AP - The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife returned to the home she shared with the singer, after a judge ruled Friday that she could retrieve her belongings.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music cruises riding a wave of success
(Reuters)
Reuters - Be it on land or sea, if there's one
thing Sammy Hagar loves more than shooting tequila and playing
rock 'n' roll, it's throwing an unforgettable party for his
most dedicated fans.
Starbuck dips into Latin music with CeU
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/music_nm/ceu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t200555_350x450_us_ceu.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=tsAZVFNT6CtFYQOZHHNGSg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="In this file photo customers visit Starbucks' first store in Brazil, the world's second biggest market for coffee after the United States, in Sao Paulo November 30, 2006. Starbucks' Hear Music Debut CD series will release its first international act this spring. (Caetano Barreira/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Starbucks' Hear Music Debut CD series
will release its first international act this spring.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bluegrass duo revisits gospel roots on new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the past year, projects by Alan
Jackson, the Del McCoury Band and Alabama are the most
high-profile examples of established country and bluegrass
artists doing exceptionally well with gospel albums.
Moore pins 'Wild Hope' on folk-flavored songs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/music_nm/mandy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t193721_348x450_us_mandy.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=8sI9Cawq5kkOkXJpbZ8Yfw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this file photo cast member Mandy Moore smiles at the world premiere of 'Because I Said So' at the Arclight theater in Los Angeles January 30, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - On the evening of January 20, amid
the riot of networking that is the Sundance Film Festival, a
pretty young folk singer named Mandy Moore took to a makeshift
stage at a private Park City, Utah, home and performed a set of
low-key confessionals for a small audience of attentive
listeners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tenor Villazon takes center stage on 3 recordings
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/music_nm/villazon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t193351_450x272_us_villazon.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=Y_mNflV_UNUvK6deCd3.9g--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon poses for photographers during a news conference in Frankfurt February 2, 2007. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - 2007 is already proving to be a big
year for superstar tenor Rolando Villazon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Covington graduates from 'Idol' to Nashville
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/music_nm/covington_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t193131_294x450_us_covington.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=atzSEW6vjmdSaOhrI1Np_w--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="In this file photo American Idol semi-finalist Bucky Covington arrives at a party to celebrate the 24 American Idol semi-finalists at Cinespace in Hollywood February 18, 2006. (Max Morse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With the "American Idol" finals
just getting under way, it's too early to tell if there are any
budding country stars in the field, but the last two seasons
have provided a bumper crop. And country-rocker Bucky
Covington, who finished eighth last year, is the latest "Idol"
finalist to get a Nashville record deal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stars set to party at Grammys while sales slide
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/music_nm/grammys_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t180436_450x357_us_grammys.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Ibq5KrGDmngcufouSZz_xg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="In this file photo singer James Blunt smiles after receiving five nominations during a news conference for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles December 7, 2006. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The biggest stars of the music
world are gathering in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy Awards,
while the business slides deeper into the abyss.</p><br clear="all"/>
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