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Smith to be buried near son in Bahamas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.fljc12502222226.anna_nicole_smith_fljc125.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=9jdOaOXu8UvL32aezBZ57A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Anna Nicole Smith's mother Virgie Arthur and former companion Larry Birkhead talk to the media Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas, alongside her son, it was announced Thursday after a tearful judge left the decision up to the attorney for the model's baby daughter.</p><br clear="all"/>
First four 'American Idol' singers axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_tv/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.ny12702230314.tv_american_idol_ny127.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=15cb4oMcVyo6CpGSJts7bg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo provided by Fox Television, Amy Krebs from Federal Way, Wash. performs in front of the judges on Fox's 'American Idol,' Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 in Los Angeles. Krebs was one of four contestants cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, Fox Television)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four saw the door as `American Idol' whittled its 24 semifinalists down to 20 Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manager: Britney in Malibu rehab center
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_en_ce/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.ny11202221040.people_britney_spears_ny112.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=r1IdXjfk5RQVfj5manxQEA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In a file photo Britney Spears arrives for a post Grammy Awards party Feb. 8, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears' estranged husband, Kevin Federline, and his lawyer were scheduled to appear Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at an emergency hearing in family law court. The hearing comes amid increasingly bizarre behavior by Spears, which culminated with her reportedly checking into and out of two rehab centers in a week and shaving her head bald. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday after the pop star entered a rehabilitation program. Spears has gone into the Promises Malibu drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, her manager, Larry Rudolph, confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press. He gave no details.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Grey's Anatomy' fans could see double
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_tv/tv_grey_s_anatomy_spinoff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.nyet18302222138.tv_grey_s_anatomy_spinoff_nyet183.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=3q1O_UQ8lBMwCBVabJ9qrw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This photo, supplied by ABC, shows Kate Walsh on ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' in 2006. A special two-hour episode of the show, featuring Walsh and guest starring Taye Diggs, is a test run for a possible new series, ABC said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/ABC, Karen Neal)" border="0" /></a>AP - The prognosis is uncertain, but ABC's hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" might turn out to have spin-off syndrome. A special two-hour episode, featuring cast member Kate Walsh and guest starring Taye Diggs, is a test run for a possible new series, ABC said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smith's messy death eclipses wacky life
(AP)
AP - "Dying is a very dull, dreary affair," the late British author W. Somerset Maugham has oft been quoted as saying. He obviously didn't live in the Anna Nicole Smith era.
Man charged with uploading movie to Web
(AP)
AP - A man who allegedly uploaded a copy of the film "Flushed Away" onto the Internet after getting a copy from an Oscar voter faces a felony charge.
First four 'American Idol' singers axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.ny12702230314.tv_american_idol_ny127.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=15cb4oMcVyo6CpGSJts7bg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo provided by Fox Television, Amy Krebs from Federal Way, Wash. performs in front of the judges on Fox's 'American Idol,' Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 in Los Angeles. Krebs was one of four contestants cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, Fox Television)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four saw the door as `American Idol' whittled its 24 semifinalists down to 20 Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season.</p><br clear="all"/>
First four 'American Idol' singers axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_tv/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.ny12702230314.tv_american_idol_ny127.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=15cb4oMcVyo6CpGSJts7bg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo provided by Fox Television, Amy Krebs from Federal Way, Wash. performs in front of the judges on Fox's 'American Idol,' Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 in Los Angeles. Krebs was one of four contestants cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, Fox Television)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four saw the door as `American Idol' whittled its 24 semifinalists down to 20 Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Radio, music mergers show digital arena crowded
(Reuters)
Reuters - The urge to merge within both the
recording and satellite radio industries this week reflects how
tough it is to compete profitably within the evolving digital
media market.
Rare WWI play "Journey's End" in stirring revival
(Reuters)
Reuters - Arriving on Broadway
years after its triumphant West End production, this revival of
the little-seen (at least in America) "Journey's End"
demonstrates that this 1929 World War I play by R.C. Sherriff,
rather than being a museum piece, has lost none of its power or
immediacy.
Man charged with uploading movie to Web
(AP)
AP - A man who allegedly uploaded a copy of the film "Flushed Away" onto the Internet after getting a copy from an Oscar voter faces a felony charge.
Score one for Thomas Newman, minimalist composer
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/film_nm/newman_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t211726_307x450_us_newman.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=pC3CeGlGaKupcUO186crmw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Composer Thomas Newman arrives to the 77th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, in this file photo from February 27, 2005. Newman composed the Oscar-nominated score for 'The Good German'. (Johh Schults/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ask composer Thomas
Newman to discuss the inspiration behind his Oscar-nominated
score for "The Good German," and he avoids the obvious answer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stars align in Fincher's "Zodiac" thriller
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/film_nm/film_zodiac_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t210719_450x328_us_film_zodiac.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=urzXxEmuhWST25yGFI.z3w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="File photo shows actor Jake Gyllenhaal attending the 2007 Producers Guild Awards held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California, January 20, 2007. Gyllenhaal stars in 'Zodiac'. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The notorious San
Francisco Bay Area serial killer might have eluded law
enforcement agencies for decades, but the compelling
cat-and-mouse story that is "Zodiac" never escapes the virtuoso
grip of director David Fincher.</p><br clear="all"/>
DeGeneres brings gentler tone to Oscars as host
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/film_nm/oscars_show_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t201519_338x450_us_oscars_show.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=ZaDn2Yh_tkxrEHInUX.Btg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Ellen DeGeneres, host of the 79th Academy Awards telecast, poses with a large gold Oscar statue in this undated publicity photo. This will be DeGeneres' first time as Oscar host, as well as her first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. She will also be the second woman to be solo host of the Academy Awards. The Academy Awards will be presented in Hollywood February 25. (Andrew Eccles/ABC/Handout./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After two years of ceremonies
emceed by anti-establishment provocateurs, the Oscars on Sunday
turn to a kinder, gentler comic and TV talk show host with a
flair for putting those around her at ease.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mexican directors bring outsiders' edge to Oscars
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/film_nm/oscars_mexico_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t191507_450x331_us_oscars_mexico.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=et3i4zB9fdXs0_CDr6iDQA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Director of the movie 'Babel' Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu attends the 59th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles February 3, 2007. In best-picture hopeful 'Babel' and two other vanguard movies nominated for Sunday's Oscars, a trio of Mexican directors is bringing an edgy outsider's viewpoint to this year's Academy Awards. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In best-picture hopeful "Babel" and
two other vanguard movies nominated for Sunday's Oscars, a trio
of Mexican directors is bringing an edgy outsider's viewpoint
to this year's Academy Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Filmmakers often can't seem to use a map
(AP)
AP - Anyone taking a road trip to follow the Hoover family's route in the Academy Award-nominated "Little Miss Sunshine" should be forewarned: The movie shows the family driving hundreds of miles out of their way.
Scorsese, others can't take Oscar for granted
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/film_nm/oscars_scorsese_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t160256_450x278_us_oscars_scorsese.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=x2RzI7Yv2u1p2Ha1jii2sg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Director Martin Scorsese gestures as he answers a question backstage after accepting the award for outstanding directorial achievement for the feature film 'The Departed' at the 59th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles February 3, 2007. Scorsese is not only a master of American cinema, he is one of the major neglected directors at the Academy Awards. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wherever you turn at an Oscar event
these days, you are likely to hear someone say of director
Martin Scorsese: "It's his turn."</p><br clear="all"/>
Dutch filmmaker Fons Rademakers dies
(AP)
AP - Fons Rademakers, whose 1986 movie "De Aanslag" ("The Assault") won an Academy Award as best foreign language film, died Thursday of emphysema at age 86, his son said.
Oscar's Web Thank-You Cam a TV timesaver
(AP)
AP - It's a Hollywood tradition: Win a big award, thank everybody in the business. (Refer to handy list of names so that no one is forgotten.)
For studios, diversity a capital idea
(AP)
AP - The increasing inclusion of actors from around the world in the casts of Hollywood films is not only a nod to globalism, it's good business.
First four 'American Idol' singers axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.ny12702230314.tv_american_idol_ny127.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=15cb4oMcVyo6CpGSJts7bg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo provided by Fox Television, Amy Krebs from Federal Way, Wash. performs in front of the judges on Fox's 'American Idol,' Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 in Los Angeles. Krebs was one of four contestants cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, Fox Television)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four saw the door as `American Idol' whittled its 24 semifinalists down to 20 Thursday night. Amy Krebs, Nicole Tranquillo, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were cast off by viewers getting their first chance to vote in the top-rated talent contest's sixth season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yamagata wraps "Darker, Grittier" new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fresh from contributing her
songwriting talents to Mandy Moore's upcoming release "Wild
Hope," raspy-voiced singer Rachael Yamagata has finished
recording the follow-up to her 2004 full-length debut,
"Happenstance" -- and she couldn't be more relieved.
GN'R scraps new album release date again
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/music_nm/guns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t214926_299x450_us_guns.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=oFIJA7qFUA8BDU6JYpaQxg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Guns n Roses band member Axl Rose arrives for the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, England, June 11, 2006. The seemingly never-ending saga of Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' album rolls on, as the group has once again postponed the project's release. (Darren Staples/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The seemingly never-ending saga of
Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" album rolls on, as the group
has once again postponed the project's release.</p><br clear="all"/>
Timberlake scores another No. 1 single in U.S
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/music_nm/singles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t213054_450x299_us_singles.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=i1_jwkjXdOlevoEZNyQAmA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singer Justin Timberlake arrives at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. Timberlake scored the fourth No. 1 single of his career Thursday as 'What Goes Around, Comes Around' zoomed up seven places in its 11th week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Justin Timberlake scored the fourth
No. 1 single of his career Thursday as "What Goes Around, Comes
Around" zoomed up seven places in its 11th week on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tool tour postponed after drummer injury
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/music_nm/tool_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t200403_450x344_us_tool.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=6gi3zsEl6xKCMcnVQTcEVg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Maynard James Keenan of the band Tool gestures towards the crowd before performing during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, in this file photo from April 30, 2006. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fans who bought tickets to Tool's
upcoming spring tour will have to wait a little longer see the
hard rock band live. The outing has been postponed indefinitely
after drummer Danny Carey tore his bicep, requiring surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival turns 40
(AP)
AP - A tiny college town surrounded by farmland seems an unlikely venue for the annual Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.
A boy for country star and actress wife
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_en_mu/people_paisley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.ny12202230027.people_paisley_ny122.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=n5J05Ds5YJ0ZXUihUhB1CQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Country music recording artist Brad Paisley and actress Kimberly Williams arrive at the premiere of 'Open Range,' in this file photo Aug. 11, 2003, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The couple are the parents of a baby boy. The couple's first child was born at 5 a.m. CST Thursday Feb. 22, 2007 in a Nashville-area hospital, according to a statement from the country star's publicist. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley are the parents of a baby boy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aerosmith touring Europe for first time since '99
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/music_nm/aerosmith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t191726_450x338_us_aerosmith.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=v.USjjJBVg4akZW5k9I3rQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="File photo shows Steven Tyler (C) and band members from rock band Aerosmith posing for photographers at the Hard Rock Cafe in London, February 19, 2007. Aerosmith will be performing their first UK concert in eight years in June. Aerosmith will take a break from working on a new studio album to tour Europe this summer for the first time since 1999. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Aerosmith will take a break from
working on a new studio album to tour Europe this summer for
the first time since 1999.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manager: Britney in Malibu rehab center
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.ny11002221036.peoplebritney_spears_ny110.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=SzPG5gORTjShQJxidDGViw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="In a file photo Kevin Federline arrives at the Cabaret after performing at the House of Blues on Nov. 9, 2006, in Chicago. Federline, and his lawyer are scheduled to appear Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at an emergency hearing in family law court, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini said. It was not known what issue the 28-year-old aspiring rapper planned to raise, though he and Britney Spears are in a custody dispute over their two children. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)" border="0" /></a>AP - An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday after the pop star entered a rehabilitation program.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tenor Filianoti soars in `L'Arlesiana'
(AP)
AP - Audience members applauded and stomped their feet, shouting `Bis!' and Giuseppe Filianoti complied with an encore. Remember his name: He's going to be a major tenor.
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