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Official quits over Anna Nicole flap
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_ce/bahamas_anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070219/capt.ny11402190338.bahamas_anna_nicole_smith_ny114.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=0Wds9_X74zpuqkAhqO8wqg--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="This photo shows the front page of the Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 edition of The Tribune newspaper, from The Bahamas, that published undated photos allegedly showing Anna Nicole Smith lying in bed with Bahamian Immigration Minister Shane Gibson. Gibson resigned Sunday night Feb. 18, 2007 in the wake of the publication of the photos. Both were fully clothed, but the pictures stoked a controversy because Gibson had fast-tracked Smith's application for permanent residency on the island chain. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Photos of the Bahamas' immigration minister embracing Anna Nicole Smith forced the official to resign amid speculation the Playboy Playmate received special treatment when applying for permanent residency on the island nation.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ghost Rider' scares up $44.5 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070218/capt.sge.toy49.180207202502.photo00.photo.default-406x512.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=USkkxUBW5Ttu5Kj7qXvTDw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Actors Nicolas Cage (L) and Eva Mendes attend the world premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Ghost Rider" after party at Marquee, 15 February 2007 in New York City. "Ghost Rider," a Marvel comic adapted for the silver screen, blazed to the top of the North American box office this weekend, earning an estimated 44.5 million for the Nicolas Cage action flick.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Evan Agostini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Satan's bounty hunter has looted the wallets of movie-goers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ray Liotta arrested, charged with DUI
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_ce/people_liotta"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070219/capt.ny11002190756.people_liotta_ny110.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=c.ShNUgebLOXAsfxtEccQA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="In a file photo Ray Liotta poses for photographs at Tavern on the Green, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 in New York. Liotta was arrested Saturday Feb. 17, 2007, on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, authorities said. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Ray Liotta was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gandolfini reigns at New Orleans fest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_ce/mardi_gras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070219/capt.laab11602190311.mardi_gras_laab116.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=4HuFijmIjXzszJ859I4Lew--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="James Gandolfini wipes his head as he reigns as king of the Krewe of Bacchus as they roll in their Mardi Gras parade through the Uptown area of New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - He was king for the day, and actor James Gandolfini ruled with a doubloon-filled fist, pleasing the revelers who braved the cold for one of the highlights of Carnival — the rolling of the Krewe of Bacchus parade.</p><br clear="all"/>
Steinbeck book auction nets $200,000
(AP)
AP - A rare edition of "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck's epic 1939 tale of Depression-era poverty, sold at auction for $47,800.
Upcoming Film Releases: Weeks of February 19 & February 26
(Reuters)
Reuters - An update of the U.S. film calendar
for this week and next. Dates are subject to change, and films
initially may open only in select cities, mentioned wherever
possible.
U.S. folk singer pleads for abducted Japanese girl
(Reuters)
Reuters - Moved by the story of Megumi Yokota, a
Japanese schoolgirl kidnapped by North Korean secret agents
three decades ago, folk singer Noel Paul Stookey has penned a
song he hopes will help bring her home.
Many Playboy Playmates have died young
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_playmates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070215/capt.flad10502151730.anna_nicole_smith_flad105.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=By7bMrnoenLw1xAkLEWViw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Vergie Arthur, mother of Anna Nicole Smith, wipes a tear as her husband James Arthur, background, looks on in the courtroom at the Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0" /></a>AP - The selection of Anna Nicole Smith as a Playboy Playmate in 1992 made her a member of an exclusive sorority. Her death at 39 put her in a more grisly club — Playmates who haven't reached their 50th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ghost Rider' scares up $44.5 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_bu/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070218/capt.sge.toy49.180207202502.photo00.photo.default-406x512.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=USkkxUBW5Ttu5Kj7qXvTDw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Actors Nicolas Cage (L) and Eva Mendes attend the world premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Ghost Rider" after party at Marquee, 15 February 2007 in New York City. "Ghost Rider," a Marvel comic adapted for the silver screen, blazed to the top of the North American box office this weekend, earning an estimated 44.5 million for the Nicolas Cage action flick.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Evan Agostini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Satan's bounty hunter has looted the wallets of movie-goers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sondheim routs Spamalot at top UK theater awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Broadway veteran Stephen Sondheim swept
the board at one of Britain's top theater awards on Sunday,
sending the big-budget Monty Python musical "Spamalot" away
empty-handed.
Upcoming Film Releases: Weeks of February 19 & February 26
(Reuters)
Reuters - An update of the U.S. film calendar
for this week and next. Dates are subject to change, and films
initially may open only in select cities, mentioned wherever
possible.
Ray Liotta arrested, charged with DUI
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_mo/people_liotta"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070219/capt.ny11002190756.people_liotta_ny110.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=c.ShNUgebLOXAsfxtEccQA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="In a file photo Ray Liotta poses for photographs at Tavern on the Green, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 in New York. Liotta was arrested Saturday Feb. 17, 2007, on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, authorities said. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Ray Liotta was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ghost Rider' scares up $44.5 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070218/capt.sge.toy49.180207202502.photo00.photo.default-406x512.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=USkkxUBW5Ttu5Kj7qXvTDw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Actors Nicolas Cage (L) and Eva Mendes attend the world premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Ghost Rider" after party at Marquee, 15 February 2007 in New York City. "Ghost Rider," a Marvel comic adapted for the silver screen, blazed to the top of the North American box office this weekend, earning an estimated 44.5 million for the Nicolas Cage action flick.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Evan Agostini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Satan's bounty hunter has looted the wallets of movie-goers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscars spark renewed questions of race in Hollywood
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070218/film_nm/oscars_race_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070218/2007_02_18t155153_450x290_us_oscars_race.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=myxV4zMI6XY44DFiGkkdKw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Oscar statuettes are placed inside a glass case at the 'Meet the Oscars' display in Hollywood, California February 13, 2007. The 79th Academy Awards will be presented on February 25 in Hollywood. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Is racial bias still keeping black
artists from being recognized when Hollywood hands out its
annual Academy Awards?</p><br clear="all"/>
Douglas: Technology fosters global ties
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_en_mo/people_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.ny11102182037.people_douglas_ny111.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=rwAKNACiiMr4b7FzRzRHZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actor Michael Douglas poses outside Younger Hall in St. Andrews, Scotland, after collecting his honorary degree Wednesday, June 21, 2006. The Oscar-winning American actor received a Doctor of Letters from St. Andrews University for his contribution to British film. Douglas said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 technology is helping children from across the world gain a better understanding of humanity's cultures and religions. The 62-year-old actor is working with Global Nomads Group, which uses technology such as videoconferencing to link children across the world to foster greater understanding. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan, PA, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Douglas says technology is helping children from across the world gain a better understanding of humanity's cultures and religions.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cage on fire at box office with "Ghost Rider"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070218/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070218/2007_02_18t140223_300x450_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=lsYnONlzwr6RH1Z1XPd4uw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actor Nicholas Cage and his wife Alice Kim arrive to attend the premiere of the film 'Ghost Rider' in New York February 15, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nicolas Cage raced to the top spot
at the North American box office on Sunday with the cult comic
book adaptation "Ghost Rider," the biggest opening of his
wildly oscillating career.</p><br clear="all"/>
Top movies at the box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10 movies at
the North American box office for the three-day portion of the
U.S. Presidents Day holiday weekend beginning February 16, led
by the new Nicolas Cage movie "Ghost Rider," according to
studio estimates released on Sunday.
Oscar-nominee Mehta to explore racism in new film
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta
will explore racism in her new film "Exclusion," inspired by a
real life incident in which a shipload of Indians was turned
back from Canada in 1914.
China arthouse films make waves on foreign shores
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070218/film_nm/berlin_film_china_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070218/2007_02_18t063550_450x298_uk_berlin_film_china.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bx3yALPH96rxAg0H7dc74Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Director Wang Quan'an and actress Yu Nan pose with their Golden Bear during a press conference after the awards ceremony at the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 17, 2007. Wang won the award for the Best Film ''Tuya's Marriage' . (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While audiences half way across the
world shower Chinese arthouse cinema with adulation and awards,
finding viewers at home can seem much harder.</p><br clear="all"/>
Idi Amin film brings back memories for Ugandans
(Reuters)
Reuters - After months waiting to see the
Oscar-nominated film "The Last King of Scotland," Ugandans
welcomed what they saw as a realistic portrayal of their
blood-thirsty former dictator, Idi Amin.
U.S. folk singer pleads for abducted Japanese girl
(Reuters)
Reuters - Moved by the story of Megumi Yokota, a
Japanese schoolgirl kidnapped by North Korean secret agents
three decades ago, folk singer Noel Paul Stookey has penned a
song he hopes will help bring her home.
Billboard album reviews: Erasure, Jill Cunniff
(Reuters)
Reuters - ARTIST: ERASURE; ALBUM: ON THE ROAD
TO NASHVILLE.
Dixie Chicks still not making nice with country radio
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070219/music_nm/dixiechicks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070219/2007_02_19t001034_450x281_us_dixiechicks.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=FhjsI..GM0xci_zL0oOIkw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="File photo shows Dixie Chicks (L-R) Emily Robison, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire posing with their Grammys at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After the Dixie Chicks swept the
Grammy Awards with five trophies, the group's tenuous
relationship with country radio moved back into the spotlight.</p><br clear="all"/>
Teen band the Jonas Brothers serve up "clean" punk
(Reuters)
Reuters - At the Jonas Brothers' family home
in New Jersey, a wooden sign over the bathroom door reads
"Patience is a virtue." It's a lesson the Brothers are lucky to
have learned. Though the pop-punk boy band is riding high at
iTunes and Radio Disney on the strength of "Year 3000," the
brothers have taken an unexpectedly circuitous route to
success.
Vegas puts on show for All-Star pregame
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_mu/all_star_pregame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070219/capt.nvlr10402190157.nba_all_star_basketball__nvlr104.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=2v5wZMVznX.d7E49E9nqYw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Wayne Newton performs before the NBA All-Star basketball game in Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Viva pregame shows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Memorial held for '03 R.I. fire victims
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_en_mu/nightclub_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.rijg10102182044.nightclub_fire_rijg101.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=7Q_hEUuPlCPpWlxCQbuGHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Lenny Angers, right, stand next to his wife Georgie as they stop to view their daughter's memorial at the site of The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, R.I. Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. The 2003 nightclub fire was sparked by pyrotechnics for the '80s rock band Great White and killed 100 people, including the Angers' daughter Stacie. Survivors and victims' relatives marked the anniversary with an annual memorial service featuring music, an invocation and a recitation of the victims' names. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Much has changed since the last anniversary of The Station nightclub fire — a 2003 blaze sparked by pyrotechnics for the '80s rock band Great White that killed 100 people.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney's Mane Event, Day 2: Hair for Sale?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070218/en_music_eo/120050a8_c01b45a2_a141_b359cb4d3954"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070219/capt.b9888b4da99cf4effbfd4d28890de14c.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=.y.Y6Fh1JS2AiiZ5ne7fTQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Britney's Mane Event, Day 2: Hair for Sale?(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Britney Spears' locks could soon be on the block.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney goes bald in stunning makeover
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070218/music_nm/spears_bald_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070219/2007_02_19t040017_450x335_us_spears_bald.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=BbXMsvq56p6VUXraiFzEIw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Britney Spears at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, November 2006. A tearful Spears defiantly shaved her head at a Los Angeles hair salon after the owner refused to take part in the embattled pop star's latest extreme makeover, news reports said on Saturday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A tearful Britney Spears defiantly
shaved her head at a Los Angeles hair salon after the owner
refused to take part in the embattled pop star's latest extreme
makeover, news reports said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney shaves herself bald, gets tattoo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070217/capt.wxs10102171621.people_britney_spears_wxs101.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=QLs_OO2UeFayoqzFSUUGYQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this photo made from video provided by KABC-TV, Pop singer Britney Spears is at a Sherman Oaks, Calif., tattoo parlor Friday night, Feb. 16, 2007. Spears was there to get a couple of tiny tattoos on her wrist, a pair of pink and red lips, according to KABC-TV. (AP Photo/KABC-TV)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britney Spears appeared in a tattoo parlor in the San Fernando Valley with her head shaved completely bald.</p><br clear="all"/>
David Crosby ill, Crosby-Nash tour postponed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070217/music_nm/crosby_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070217/2007_02_17t132800_305x450_us_crosby.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=1pWgc2uFcxgqREFR87zZYg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="David Crosby poses for a portrait before an interview regarding his new autobiography, in New York November 28, 2006. Crosby and Graham Nash, members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s, have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby's ill health, a representative said. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - David Crosby and Graham Nash,
members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s,
have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby's ill health, a
representative said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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