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Laughs end with bizarre Britney in rehab
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_ce/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.wxs10102171621c.addition_people_britney_spears_wxs101.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=4F1ze0EDxUAtY522DTTCVA--" 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 has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband and her recent pantyless partying escapades. Now that she's entered rehab, though, the joke is over.</p><br clear="all"/>
Electra & Navarro now officially exes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_ce/people_electra_navarro"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070221/capt.ny11502210232.people_electra_navarro_ny115.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=8nkOsh35iL_zIqYiVYvy0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra pose for a photo at Disney's California Adventure, before their appearance on 'Live with Regis & Kelly,' in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 18, 2004. Electra and Navarro are officially divorced. The ex-couple's split was finalized Tuesday Feb. 20, 2007 in Los Angeles Superior Court. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)" border="0" /></a>AP - Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro are now officially free of their marital ties. The divorce of the hottie and the rocker was finalized Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Not guilty plea in Richie DUI case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_ce/nicole_richie_dui"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070216/capt.ny12202162112.nicole_richie_dui_ny122.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=lCnnpdgxR9HoMThwBwnrYg--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Actress Nicole Richie is seen in a file photo taken in Los Angeles on June 22, 2006. Nicole Richie was charged Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 with misdemeanor driving under the influence. The complaint alleges 'The Simple Life' star was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and an unspecified drug when she was arrested Dec. 11, said prosecution spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.(AP Photo/Phil McCarten, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nicole Richie's lawyer appeared in court Tuesday without her client and entered a not guilty plea on Richie's behalf to a driving under the influence charge.</p><br clear="all"/>
Agreement on burial of James Brown
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_ce/james_brown_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nyet16902202152.james_brown_estate_nyet169.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=RuIyiUM_goattIr0ykicng--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="'Godfather of Soul' James Brown performs during a Java Jazz Festival concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, on, March 4, 2005. Brown's six adult children have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for the woman said Tuesday, Feb.20, 2007.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)" border="0" /></a>AP - The six adult children of singer James Brown have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for the woman said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscars race becomes more international than ever
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070220/en_nm/oscars_global_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t170233_450x305_us_oscars_global.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=UCKxjQfo37TrqUqrYsiBrg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File phtoo shows director Clint Eastwood arriving for the screening of the film 'Letters From Iwo Jima' running in competition at the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 11, 2007. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Clint Eastwood, that most American
of actors and directors, has a film nominated for a
best-picture Oscar, "Letters from Iwo Jima," that is in
Japanese, a language he doesn't speak, and was shot in Iceland
because it looks a lot like Iwo Jima but was cheaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film shows despair under mountain of debt
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/film_nm/usa_credit_maxedout_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t212547_450x253_us_usa_credit_maxedout.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=.nSX3XYf7KZGxEz1gryjyw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Helena Durst, granddaughter of Seymour Durst, the creator of the National Debt Clock which now resides above the IRS office near Times Square is seen in this undated still image from the movie 'Maxed Out,' to be released on March 9, 2007. U.S. consumers owe over $2.4 trillion, nearly one fifth the size of the total economy. As a country, the United States borrows over $2 billion a day to cover an insatiable demand. (Maxed Out/truly indie/Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sky-high interest rates on credit
cards can make a mountain of debt seem insurmountable.
Eventually for some, it is.</p><br clear="all"/>
Guitarist Steve Cropper still haunted by Redding
(Reuters)
Reuters - For Guitarist Steve Cropper, the day
the music died was not February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly died.
It was an icy Dec 10, 1967, when the plane carrying a
26-year-old Otis Redding went down in a Wisconsin lake.
"CSI: Miami," "Heroes" are tops Monday
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS led the Monday ratings
with strong performances from "Two and a Half Men" and "CSI:
Miami," while NBC's "Heroes" was the top show in the coveted
adults 18-49 demographic.
It's almost a wrap for Canada actors strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's first-ever actors
strike is over, and this time it looks for real.
Alan Ball's play not "All" it could have been
(Reuters)
Reuters - When your script-writing
resume has Oscar-winning "American Beauty" on it, never mind
HBO's much-loved "Six Feet Under," expectations run unfairly
high for each subsequent project. That is Alan Ball's dilemma,
and perhaps the reason that his return to playwriting, "All
That I Will Ever Be," is a bit of a disappointment.
Film shows despair under mountain of debt
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/film_nm/usa_credit_maxedout_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t212547_450x253_us_usa_credit_maxedout.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=.nSX3XYf7KZGxEz1gryjyw--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Helena Durst, granddaughter of Seymour Durst, the creator of the National Debt Clock which now resides above the IRS office near Times Square is seen in this undated still image from the movie 'Maxed Out,' to be released on March 9, 2007. U.S. consumers owe over $2.4 trillion, nearly one fifth the size of the total economy. As a country, the United States borrows over $2 billion a day to cover an insatiable demand. (Maxed Out/truly indie/Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sky-high interest rates on credit
cards can make a mountain of debt seem insurmountable.
Eventually for some, it is.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kazakh envoy seeks to dispel "Borat" image
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/film_nm/kazakhstan_borat_yale_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t205827_450x320_us_kazakhstan_borat_yale.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=19ZDxuxjMDU4iE0ZYhapmQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="File photo shows British actor Sacha Baron Cohen (C) giving the thumbs up as he arrives for the UK premiere of 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' in Leicester Square, London, October 25, 2006. Kazakhstan's envoy to the United States on Tuesday defended his country against 'misconceptions' caused by the hit comedy film 'Borat' and its misogynistic, anti-Semitic, fictional Kazakh TV reporter. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Kazakhstan's envoy to
the United States on Tuesday defended his country against
"misconceptions" caused by the hit comedy film "Borat" and its
misogynistic, anti-Semitic, fictional Kazakh TV reporter.</p><br clear="all"/>
1940s actress Janet Blair dies at 85
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_mo/obit_blair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.407c522c47ad4e128308f9d01c9d7876.obit_blair_la106.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=y4jLZIrPTREEoNtCmvFlqg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, from complications of pneumonia. She was 85. She is seen here in an undated file photo with Roger Clark who is demonstrating how to ensure no light leakage from blackout curtains during in the World War II era. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Review: `Gray Matters' is too sitcommy
(AP)
AP - If you've heard of "Gray Matters" at all, it's probably because of its hyped-up girl-girl kiss between Heather Graham and Bridget Moynahan.
`Ghost Rider' tops box office with $52 M
(AP)
AP - Nicolas Cage's comic-book adaptation "Ghost Rider" led a rush of new movies, debuting with $52 million over the four-day President's Day weekend.
Best picture race a toss-up
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_mo/film_oscar_predictions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070221/i/r1524096124.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=FBBC_cHuKhNyVadHkvnYdw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Nominees in the Short Film (Animated) category pose at the 79th Academy Awards-Nominated Shorts Reception in Los Angeles, California February 20, 2007. The Oscars will be presented on Sunday, February 25. REUTERS/Max Morse (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the Academy Awards best-picture category a wide-open affair, Associated Press film writers Christy Lemire and David Germain at least have one thing to disagree about.</p><br clear="all"/>
Counting to begin on Oscar vote
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070220/film_nm/oscars_ballots_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t171436_450x315_us_oscars_ballots.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=l7Fft9TEUZV9My5pcukKhQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Samuel Costa prepares Oscar statues for touch-up for the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California in this file photo from February 19, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After weeks of relentless Oscar
campaign ads, talk-show interviews and red-carpet events,
members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have
made up their minds. The next step is to count their votes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Robert Altman remembered in memorial
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_mo/film_altman_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nysw10602202118.film_altman_memorial_nysw106.jpg?x=130&y=126&sig=XiHGlzWpC1U67R30OJiJhw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Paul Thomas Anderson speaks below a photo of himself and Robert Altman during a memorial service for director Robert Altman in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Altman, who was born on Feb. 20, 1925, died from cancer on Nov. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - As a swirling mix of family, actors, directors and producers remembered Robert Altman in a Manhattan service Tuesday, the overlapping, communal atmosphere reminded more than a few of the kind of scene the filmmaker reveled in documenting.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. hip-hop film sparks debate on masculinity
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070220/film_nm/hip_hop_documentary_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t172453_450x356_us_hip_hop_documentary.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=mIWci.5S2xIgsDiPKrzSAQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="File photo shows members of The Black Eyed Peas (L-R) Apl.de.ap, Fergie, Will.i.am and Taboo posing with the award they won for Best Hip Hop Video for 'My Humps' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. A hard-hitting documentary on hip-hop that asks why it often shows black men as violent sex-addicts who abuse woman is sparking debate among a generation of young people raised on rap videos. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A hard-hitting
documentary on hip-hop that asks why it often shows black men
as violent sex-addicts who abuse woman is sparking debate among
a generation of young people raised on rap videos.</p><br clear="all"/>
Guitarist Steve Cropper still haunted by Redding
(Reuters)
Reuters - For Guitarist Steve Cropper, the day
the music died was not February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly died.
It was an icy Dec 10, 1967, when the plane carrying a
26-year-old Otis Redding went down in a Wisconsin lake.
Agreement reached over burial for James Brown
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/music_nm/usa_brown_burial_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t204925_450x315_us_usa_brown_burial.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=PI4qyR0chdlKBSufO3Majw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Entertainer Michael Jackson looks up at the crowd after viewing the body of singer James Brown during his public funeral service at James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia, in this file photo from December 30, 2006. The children of Brown and his former partner have decided on where the soul singer should be buried nearly two months after he died, a lawyer said on Tuesday. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The children of
James Brown and his former partner have decided on where the
soul singer should be buried nearly two months after he died, a
lawyer said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Laughs end with bizarre Britney in rehab
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.wxs10102171621c.addition_people_britney_spears_wxs101.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=4F1ze0EDxUAtY522DTTCVA--" 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 has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband and her recent pantyless partying escapades. Now that she's entered rehab, though, the joke is over.</p><br clear="all"/>
Agreement on burial of James Brown
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_mu/james_brown_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nyet16902202152.james_brown_estate_nyet169.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=RuIyiUM_goattIr0ykicng--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="'Godfather of Soul' James Brown performs during a Java Jazz Festival concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, on, March 4, 2005. Brown's six adult children have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for the woman said Tuesday, Feb.20, 2007.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)" border="0" /></a>AP - The six adult children of singer James Brown have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for the woman said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Idol' semifinalist puts family first
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol_lakisha_jones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.ny11202202211.tv_american_idol_lakisha_jones_ny112.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=l8vGo.V3wKPSjBzmUKoOjg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated photo provided by Fox TV shows 'American Idol' finalist LaKisha Jones. The 27-year-old single mother and bank employee who hails from the blue-collar city of Flint, Mich., long has dreamed of making it in the music business. Now, she's a step closer thanks to the hugely popular Fox talent show. (AP Photo/Fox Television)" border="0" /></a>AP - As a tear rolled down her face, LaKisha Jones received the news she so badly wanted to hear: She was an "American Idol" semifinalist. The 27-year-old single mother and bank employee who hails from the blue-collar city of Flint long has dreamed of making it in the music business. Now, she's a step closer thanks to the hugely popular Fox talent show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Met's `Boccanegra' offers all-star cast
(AP)
AP - Soprano Angela Gheorghiu faced a challenge of operatic proportions: playing a young woman who's ecstatic to have found her long-lost father — with undertones of incest.
Tomlin, Jars of Clay top Dove nominees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_mu/music_dove_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.wxs20102202146.music_dove_nominations_wxs201.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BSwfVnpeQdcdoHD9Bhc_fQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated photo location unknown and provided by Hoganson Media Relations, Chris Tomlin is shown. Tomlin led all nominees for gospel music's 2007 Dove Awards with nine nominations, including artist of the year and male vocalist of the year. (AP Photo/Hoganson Media Relations, Allen Clark)" border="0" /></a>AP - Christian singer Chris Tomlin, the Dove Awards' artist of the year in 2006, is the leading nominee of the gospel music awards again this year with nine nominations, including another nod for artist of the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. hip-hop film sparks debate on masculinity
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070220/music_nm/hip_hop_documentary_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t172453_450x356_us_hip_hop_documentary.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=mIWci.5S2xIgsDiPKrzSAQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="File photo shows members of The Black Eyed Peas (L-R) Apl.de.ap, Fergie, Will.i.am and Taboo posing with the award they won for Best Hip Hop Video for 'My Humps' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. A hard-hitting documentary on hip-hop that asks why it often shows black men as violent sex-addicts who abuse woman is sparking debate among a generation of young people raised on rap videos. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A hard-hitting
documentary on hip-hop that asks why it often shows black men
as violent sex-addicts who abuse woman is sparking debate among
a generation of young people raised on rap videos.</p><br clear="all"/>
Movie draws attention to Ballard
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_mu/oscars_the_real_effie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.mico10302202025.dreamgirls_real_effie_mico103.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=0jS3ujV3lz.4Uo9lJdbxJA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Maxine Ballard looks at a photo of The Supremes at her home in Redford Township, Mich., Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. Ballard's sister was former Supremes' vocalist Florence Ballard, at center in photo. With the release of the movie 'Dreamgirls,' and Jennifer Hudson's Oscar-nominated performance in the role based on Ballard, Ballard's family is hoping it will provide a new opportunity to let the world know about the real Florence. Other Supremes in photo are, Mary Wilson,left, and Diana Ross.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like Effie, the "Dreamgirls" character which drew from her life, Florence Ballard had a triumphant return to the stage after her fall from grace from The Supremes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Busta Rhymes considers judge's plea deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_en_mu/people_rhymes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nyr10402202038.people_rhymes_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=fqRQe_TGdd3K7kezmReGmg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Rapper Busta Rhymes, whose birth name is Trevor Smith, enters Manhattan Criminal Court, with his attorney Robert Kalina, right, in this Oct. 24, 2006 file photo in New York. Rhymes rejected a prosecutor's offer of six months in jail on two assault charges Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, in New York, but is considering a judge's deal that would allow him plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and remain free. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Busta Rhymes rejected a prosecutor's offer of six months in jail on two assault charges Tuesday but is considering a judge's deal that would let him plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and remain free.</p><br clear="all"/>
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