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Scorsese finally basks in Oscar triumph
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.anz46.260207052410.photo00.photo.default-512x418.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=GN3lpwZVQS1VY45ncKDAYQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Martin Scorsese, accepts the Oscar for Best Director for his work on "The Departed," at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a year of unparalleled diversity and international muscle at Hollywood's film honors, the Academy Awards finished as a love fest for a long-overlooked American — Martin Scorsese.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stars strut bold choices on red carpet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_fashion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.45f1ce759abc4eb28d21323917514a53.oscars_arrivals_caeb222.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=ulsUsowQ0sQOVUlN.23tNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Australian actress Nicole Kidman and British actress Naomi Watts arrive for the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. Kidman will be a presenter during the Oscars telecast. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - The common complaint about Oscar fashion choices of the past few years is that stars played it too safe. Not so this' year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Memorable Oscars night for black actors
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_black_actors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.da03287229ac49a99a1d1dbc407b7981.oscars_press_room_cabs208.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=xEsL3Ysoq9dhc56USdLIRg--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Forest Whitaker, left, who won the Oscar for best actor and Jennifer Hudson, who won for best supporting actress, pose backstage during the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was a memorable but not completely triumphant Oscar night for black actors as Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won trophies but Eddie Murphy lost in an upset.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscars for Al Gore global warming film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_gore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.53c5c589e2064592a5b717f386375ae5.oscars_press_room_cabs162.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=jnsF.S2RG1roTCGNTXIbTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Al Gore, left, and Davis Guggenheim poses with the Oscar for best documentary feature for the film 'An Inconvenient Truth' at the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former vice president Al Gore used the success of his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" to expand his efforts to educate people about global warming — and to tell a few jokes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Littlest actors win big Oscar laughs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_kid_presenters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.4e5a31b43ee54e51b26be2d983d5dbda.aptopix_oscars_arrivals_cadb101.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=WGza5XX.90wBzJQhZBjoSw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Abigail Breslin, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her work in 'Little Miss Sunshine,' arrives for the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — A kid nominee and the kid of a nominee nearly stole the show at Sunday's Oscars.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscar may boost 'The Departed' DVD sales
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_top_studios"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.a89cb911164f4e618105d94725302680.oscars_vanity_fair_party_cadm111.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=YWFAUKp6fLhCP3NXrKcTlw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Director Martin Scorsese holds up his Oscar for best director for his work on 'The Departed' as he arrives at the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Warner Bros. film "The Departed" could see a financial boost as soon as Monday morning from its Sunday-night win as best picture at the 79th annual Academy Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music from political films win Oscars
(Reuters)
Reuters - Music from politically themed films
were top Oscar winners on Sunday.
Anna Paquin finds "True" calling for HBO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar winner Anna Paquin
is making her first foray into series television as the lead in
"True Blood," an HBO drama pilot from the creator of "Six Feet
Under."
Oscar may boost 'The Departed' DVD sales
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_bu/oscars_top_studios"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.a89cb911164f4e618105d94725302680.oscars_vanity_fair_party_cadm111.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=YWFAUKp6fLhCP3NXrKcTlw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Director Martin Scorsese holds up his Oscar for best director for his work on 'The Departed' as he arrives at the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Warner Bros. film "The Departed" could see a financial boost as soon as Monday morning from its Sunday-night win as best picture at the 79th annual Academy Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Producers" to close on Broadway in NY
(Reuters)
Reuters - "The Producers," Mel Brooks'
record-setting musical about two men trying to create a
Broadway flop, will close in New York on April 22 after more
than 2,500 performances, the show's public relations firm said
on Friday.
Oscar may boost 'The Departed' DVD sales
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_top_studios"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.a89cb911164f4e618105d94725302680.oscars_vanity_fair_party_cadm111.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=YWFAUKp6fLhCP3NXrKcTlw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Director Martin Scorsese holds up his Oscar for best director for his work on 'The Departed' as he arrives at the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Warner Bros. film "The Departed" could see a financial boost as soon as Monday morning from its Sunday-night win as best picture at the 79th annual Academy Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscars for Al Gore global warming film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_gore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.53c5c589e2064592a5b717f386375ae5.oscars_press_room_cabs162.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=jnsF.S2RG1roTCGNTXIbTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Al Gore, left, and Davis Guggenheim poses with the Oscar for best documentary feature for the film 'An Inconvenient Truth' at the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former vice president Al Gore used the success of his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" to expand his efforts to educate people about global warming — and to tell a few jokes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscars highlight changing world of film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_bob_thomas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.apu36.260207104622.photo04.photo.default-383x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=Lt6XL_NDQyhHbEn0IewXLw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt=""Dreamgirls" actress Jennifer Hudson -- a former reality television show contestant -- holds her Oscar after winning best supporting actress at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California.(AFP/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AP - If anyone needed definitive proof that Hollywood has gone international, the Academy Awards provided it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scorsese finally basks in Oscar triumph
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.anz46.260207052410.photo00.photo.default-512x418.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=GN3lpwZVQS1VY45ncKDAYQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Martin Scorsese, accepts the Oscar for Best Director for his work on "The Departed," at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a year of unparalleled diversity and international muscle at Hollywood's film honors, the Academy Awards finished as a love fest for a long-overlooked American — Martin Scorsese.</p><br clear="all"/>
Director Abrams to resurrect "Star Trek"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Starship Enterprise
finally has a new captain.
Morricone: The good, the bad, the Oscar honoree
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sergio Leone's spaghetti
Westerns were never about the dialogue.
Oscar gold translates into DVD dollars
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/film_nm/oscars_dvd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_26t044640_450x319_us_oscars_dvd.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=5ptxsjbe2T2TlcN_cspZbQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Jennifer Hudson accepts her Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in 'Dreamgirls' at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 25, 2007. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For all the talk of
Oscar gold, this year the best picture winner will have to look
to DVD to see a payout.</p><br clear="all"/>
German film about secret police wins Oscar
(Reuters)
Reuters - Germany's "The Lives of Others," a
searing look at totalitarian powers once wielded by East German
secret police, the Stasi, won the Oscar for best foreign
language film on Sunday.
Vignettes from backstage at the Oscars
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.apu36.260207104622.photo04.photo.default-383x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=Lt6XL_NDQyhHbEn0IewXLw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt=""Dreamgirls" actress Jennifer Hudson -- a former reality television show contestant -- holds her Oscar after winning best supporting actress at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California.(AFP/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AP - To kiss or not to kiss. That was the debate Melissa Etheridge and her lesbian partner were having before this year's Oscar show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scorsese finally wins Oscar for directing
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/film_nm/oscars_scorsese1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_26t040828_450x342_us_oscars_scorsese1.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=j.OY6ZQ.jtwuD_ViIVAItA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Best Director winner Martin Scorsese of 'The Departed' backstage at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 25, 2007. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Martin Scorsese finally won the
Oscar for best film director on Sunday with the crime thriller
"The Departed," ending one of the highest-profile losing
streaks in the event's 79-year history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music from political films win Oscars
(Reuters)
Reuters - Music from politically themed films
were top Oscar winners on Sunday.
'Dreamgirl' Jennifer Hudson wins Oscar
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mu/oscars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.938076cb337f4bd6a342665c3d756985.oscars_arrivals_cals130.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=_tV77LUeurozo4zSd3uS6A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Jennifer Hudson, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her work in 'Dreamgirls,' arrives for the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Hudson won the supporting-actress Academy Award on Sunday for "Dreamgirls," though her co-star and fellow front-runner Eddie Murphy lost the supporting-actor prize to Alan Arkin of "Little Miss Sunshine."</p><br clear="all"/>
Some stage fright on the Oscars stage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mu/oscars_frightened_musicians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.a55ae064dc174241a4b85d6db3a966a8.oscars_arrivals_caeb235.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=qTMjSBDb6Ecoz7cbRFwKxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Singer and songwriter Melissa Etheridge, nominated for an Oscar for best original song for 'I Need to Wake Up' from the film 'An Inconvenient Truth' arrives for the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sure, Melissa Etheridge is used to singing in front of thousands of people. It's just that Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg aren't usually in the audience, at least not all at once.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brit singers, Japanese instruments freshen Air's sound
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/music_nm/air_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_25t191206_450x307_us_air.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=shlV6bXIfhZ2uIn14nlcGg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File photo shows Air members Nicolas Godin (L) and Jean-Benoit Dunckel live in performance July 19, 2002. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Air's fourth studio album, "Pocket
Symphony," finds the French duo having a love affair with the
very concept of love.</p><br clear="all"/>
BitTorrent, Joost put download tech to legal use
(Reuters)
Reuters - There was a time when the
phrase "peer-to-peer" (P2P) was practically a curse word in the
music industry.
Tracey Thorn surprises herself with pop album
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's been a hot minute since
Everything but the Girl's last studio album (1999's
"Temperamental") and an even hotter minute since Girl
frontwoman Tracey Thorn's solo debut (1982's mini-album "A
Distant Shore"). In the past few years, Thorn has been featured
on tracks from Massive Attack and Deep Dish, but it never has
been enough to truly satisfy hardcore fans.
Wanted: James Brown's DNA
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070225/en_music_eo/e0c8b7c53004_4fb8_9208_37e3bc545f00"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070226/capt.c4e3804af9eb95ac44afc0e93f41ce83.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=4qyt7sbBBjPzd8ud93ozwA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Wanted: James Brown's DNA(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Paternity testing is back with a vengeance this season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kevin, Kids Help Britney Keep Promises
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070225/en_music_eo/78948350985b_4bd4_ae19_cce8a8dc0825"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070226/capt.b82a658fe143ed395a935fb452b6b968.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SwVco0dN8JlRHGN2xla36w--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kevin, Kids Help Britney Keep Promises(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kevin Federline is standing by his former woman.</p><br clear="all"/>
Idol Finalist Too Sexy for This Show?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070225/en_music_eo/27ea80ec6dd4_411c_8a30_1e5d55d399fc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070226/capt.fcd6d55aad95706cbc7cb2e14b49729a.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=ygh4LrAgEMPwkJ9hL5cAgA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Idol Finalist Too Sexy for This Show?(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - First stop, American Idol. Next stop, Miss Nevada USA?</p><br clear="all"/>
Hank Williams Jr. assault case dropped
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070225/ap_en_mu/people_hank_williams_jr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070224/capt.ny10702242040.people_hank_williams_jr__ny107.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=sN_tlIIjE4QTaAWTgLLPhA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Country Western recording artist Hank Williams Jr., attends the Pittsburgh Steelers practice in a Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 photo in Pittsburgh. TA misdemeanor assault case against country singer Hank Williams Jr. has been dismissed, a prosecutor said Friday. Williams, 57, was accused of assaulting a cocktail waitress at The Peabody hotel in March. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A misdemeanor assault case against Hank Williams Jr. has been dismissed, nearly a year after a cocktail waitress accused the country singer of yelling obscenities and choking her at a local hotel, a prosecutor said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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