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Spielberg unknowingly bought stolen art
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_ot/stolen_art_rockwell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.nyet12103022141.stolen_art_rockwell_nyet121.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3OVn4JP5NOp9Hd8dKw.d5w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Special Agent Frank Brostrom, then regional coordinator of the FBI's Art Crime Team, points out a few features on a reproduction of Norman Rockwell's painting 'Russian Schoolroom,' that was stolen in 1973, at the FBI headquarters in St. Louis, on March 30, 2006. The FBI has recovered a painting that looks to be the Rockwell work stolen from suburban St. Louis more than three decades ago. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Norman Rockwell paintings often resonate because of their depictions of everyday life, but the life of one of his paintings has been anything but mundane.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitaker, Hudson win NAACP awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_mo/image_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070303/capt.catg12703030150.naacp_image_awards_catg127.jpg?x=125&y=130&sig=XZzKgec.5hglB06QBL8RLA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for her work on 'Dreamgirls,' at the 38th NAACP Image Awards, Friday, March 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CHRIS CARLSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson kept their winning streaks alive Friday, while "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Ugly Betty" took top television honors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anna Nicole Smith laid to rest near son
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.bhs11303021948.bahamas_anna_nicole_smith_bhs113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=5suydfVgLMWvGCOJ4PfJAw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The hearse that carried Anna Nicole Smith's body to the Baptist Church in Nassau, Bahamas, sits outside the church duringr her funeral Friday, March 2, 2007. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith — dressed in a designer gown, her coffin covered in a pink rhinestone-studded blanket — was buried in an extravagant funeral, but the fight over her baby and a potential large inheritance remains.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gone 25 years, Belushi still counts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_ce/belushi25_years"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.la10703022117.belushi_25_years_la107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=NuDhMdqoVijfvXb3MFc1iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated photo released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, shows actor John Belushi in a scene from the 1978 film 'Animal House.' When a force of nature like Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter. (AP Photo/NBC)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a force of nature like John Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter. Actor-comedian Richard Belzer still dreams about him from time to time, the unselfish friend and "impish genius" who devoured life. John Landis, who directed Belushi in "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers," is still angry at him for dying foolishly and young.</p><br clear="all"/>
Geico's cavemen may get own TV series
(AP)
AP - Those Geico "cavemen" shouldn't be so upset after all — they may get their own television series. ABC said Friday it had ordered a pilot for a comedy, tentatively titled "Cavemen," that features the characters used in a series of ads by the insurance company.
Whitaker, Hudson win NAACP awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_mo/image_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070303/capt.catg12703030150.naacp_image_awards_catg127.jpg?x=125&y=130&sig=XZzKgec.5hglB06QBL8RLA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for her work on 'Dreamgirls,' at the 38th NAACP Image Awards, Friday, March 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CHRIS CARLSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson kept their winning streaks alive Friday, while "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Ugly Betty" took top television honors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz label Zoho zeroes in on edgy fare
(Reuters)
Reuters - This year's Grammy Awards
tabulations reveal again, especially in jazz, that David-like
lean slays Goliath-like bulk. Case in point: the upstart Zoho
Music label, which boasted two nominations in the Latin jazz
category.
Whitaker, Hudson win NAACP awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_tv/image_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070303/capt.catg12703030150.naacp_image_awards_catg127.jpg?x=125&y=130&sig=XZzKgec.5hglB06QBL8RLA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for her work on 'Dreamgirls,' at the 38th NAACP Image Awards, Friday, March 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CHRIS CARLSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson kept their winning streaks alive Friday, while "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Ugly Betty" took top television honors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trio of indie labels launch in Christian market
(Reuters)
Reuters - At a time when the viability of
many record companies seems less than certain, three new labels
are launching in the Christian community.
Teatro Vista and Goodman Give Josivera's Bloody 'Massacre' a World Premiere
(Playbill)
Playbill - Two troupes are sharing resources for the world premiere of <I>Massacre (Sing to Your Children)</I>, a darkly comic thriller by Academy Award nominee Josivera, in Chicago.
Whitaker, Hudson win NAACP awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_mo/image_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070303/capt.catg12703030150.naacp_image_awards_catg127.jpg?x=125&y=130&sig=XZzKgec.5hglB06QBL8RLA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="Jennifer Hudson accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for her work on 'Dreamgirls,' at the 38th NAACP Image Awards, Friday, March 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CHRIS CARLSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson kept their winning streaks alive Friday, while "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Ugly Betty" took top television honors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gone 25 years, Belushi still counts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_en_mo/belushi25_years"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.la10703022117.belushi_25_years_la107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=NuDhMdqoVijfvXb3MFc1iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated photo released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, shows actor John Belushi in a scene from the 1978 film 'Animal House.' When a force of nature like Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter. (AP Photo/NBC)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a force of nature like John Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter.</p><br clear="all"/>
China lays down law on nature shoots
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/film_nm/china_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070303/2007_03_02t220159_450x300_us_china.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=nQtE7J26UpAQTsSMDLbilQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of a valley in the Zhong He area, in southwest China's Yunnan province, February 28, 2007. (Nir Elias/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China will restrict filming
and artistic performances in nature preserves and scenic spots,
the government said this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hurricanes bad for Florida's film business
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/film_nm/florida_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070303/2007_03_02t191749_336x450_us_florida.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=amjVLOnFtpbmo_12fisaqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A car makes it way along Brickell Avenue in downtown Miami, Florida, October 25, 2005, which was flooded when Hurricane Wilma crossed the area. Pity poor Florida. Great locations, great incentives, great ability to attract such TV pilots as CBS' 'CSI: Miami,' FX's 'Nip/Tuck' and Showtime's 'Dexter.' Retaining them, though, is another matter. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pity poor Florida. Great
locations, great incentives, great ability to attract such TV
pilots as CBS' "CSI: Miami," FX's "Nip/Tuck" and Showtime's
"Dexter." Retaining them, though, is another matter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Grey's and Ugly Are Hot at Image Awards
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070302/en_movies_eo/4e939ecf_bbd942d5_b8d1_14604c6dcbba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070303/capt.51922a42b4f6356fa293d57904a8ce14.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=lQtu4Z5q2c9PZPHG7pbnlQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Grey's and Ugly Are Hot at Image Awards(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The name of the game Friday at the 38th NAACP Image Awards was redemption.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood studio making CIA leak movie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/film_nm/plame_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070302/2007_03_02t114601_450x329_us_plame.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=gtGX2y7fHpBs4MVn7sLUAw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Former CIA agent Valerie Plame (R) and her husband Joseph Wilson (L) arrive for the Bloomberg News after-party following the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington in a file photo from April 29, 2006. Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a feature on the lives of Plame and Wilson, the Washington couple at the center of the CIA leak scandal, Daily Variety reported on Friday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures is developing
a feature film on the lives of Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson,
the Washington couple at the center of the CIA leak scandal, a
studio spokeswoman said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Radcliffe signs for final two Potter films
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/film_nm/britain_radcliffe_potter_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070302/2007_03_02t124405_450x323_us_britain_radcliffe_potter.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=e13m2scYm2NFCxhGdh.kHA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays Alan Strang in 'Equus', smokes a cigarette on stage during a photo call to promote his new play at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End in this February 22, 2007 file photo. Radcliffe has signed up for the final two films in the seven-part Harry Potter series, his spokeswoman said on Friday. (Dylan Martinez/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British actor Daniel Radcliffe has
signed up for the final two films in the seven-part Harry
Potter series, his spokeswoman said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disastrous "Full of It" avoids major markets
(Reuters)
Reuters - While it's not always a
foolproof barometer, in most cases when you see six writing and
10 producing credits on a movie, you can anticipate a fair
amount of confusion about the story the film wants to tell.
Latest Hollywood script deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - 20th Century Fox has
acquired Steve Bencich and Ron Friedman's pitch "The Devil You
Know" for a mid-six-figure advance.
Angelina Jolie to adopt Vietnamese child
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_en_mo/people_jolie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.ny11903021039.people_jolie_ny119.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=4pa8DQJ0BEKct4WDCKSmPA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Hollywood actress and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie gestures before a meeting with India's Junior Minister for External Affairs, Anand Sharma, unseen in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday March 2, 2007.Jolie and her superstar partner, Brad Pitt, have three children: 5-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia; 2-year-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and another daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>AP - Angelina Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz label Zoho zeroes in on edgy fare
(Reuters)
Reuters - This year's Grammy Awards
tabulations reveal again, especially in jazz, that David-like
lean slays Goliath-like bulk. Case in point: the upstart Zoho
Music label, which boasted two nominations in the Latin jazz
category.
Producer David Foster reflects on Canadian honor
(Reuters)
Reuters - Producer/songwriter David Foster
is proof that you can go home again. Although this native of
Victoria, British Columbia, has lived in Malibu, California,
for years, he spends much time in Canada.
Lavigne back in a high-energy pop-punk mood
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Avril Lavigne released album
No. 2 in 2004, the spunky teen pop star announced to the world
that she was growing up. Gone were the baggy pants and
skater-chick image that first earned Lavigne the
media-christened nickname of "the anti-Britney."
Trio of indie labels launch in Christian market
(Reuters)
Reuters - At a time when the viability of
many record companies seems less than certain, three new labels
are launching in the Christian community.
Kelis charged with disorderly conduct
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070303/ap_en_mu/people_kelis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.nvlr10302180944.t_mobile_all_star_party_nvlr103.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=8VUqcusBJ_Pj2jAnJGYnCg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Kelis arrives at the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, D-Wade Edition party at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Kelis was charged early Friday with trying to disrupt a police operation by rushing toward the officers while screaming racial profanities at them, according to a police report.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oscar winners vie for NAACP Image awards
(AP)
AP - Recent Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were looking to keep their streaks going at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards.
Gone 25 years, Belushi still counts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_en_mu/belushi25_years"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070302/capt.la10703022117.belushi_25_years_la107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=NuDhMdqoVijfvXb3MFc1iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated photo released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, shows actor John Belushi in a scene from the 1978 film 'Animal House.' When a force of nature like Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter. (AP Photo/NBC)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a force of nature like John Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bad Brains join forces with Yauch
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070302/music_nm/badbrains_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070302/2007_03_02t151655_450x338_us_badbrains.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=pB3CWcn_fhOaMc56fvJT5g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="As standard bearers of the East Coast hardcore scene in the early 1980s, Bad Brains were partly responsible for helping the Beastie Boys get into the recording studio. A long-awaited Bad Brains record produced by the Beasties' Adam Yauch will see the light of day this summer. Yauch (left) is seen with Darryl Jenifer (right), bassist for Bad Brains. (Matthew Marinelli/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As standard bearers of the East
Coast hardcore scene in the early 1980s, Bad Brains were partly
responsible for helping the Beastie Boys first get into the
recording studio. Now, one of the Boys is returning the favor,
and a long-awaited Bad Brains record produced by the Beasties'
Adam Yauch will see the light of day this summer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kelis Busted for Racist Remarks
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070302/en_music_eo/7692cb0977bf_4250_ac87_d7dae343281e"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070303/capt.4264a3d8c6b409d0733ba341217cd947.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=ZlDwGOzJuCGfpZBN5xJGvA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kelis Busted for Racist Remarks(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kelis' milkshake does wonders for the boys.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mims rides "Hot" streak to top of chart
(Reuters)
Reuters - "I represent New York," raps Shawn
Mims on his hit "This Is Why I'm Hot," which goes on to
reference how he's touched every corner of the country with his
rhymes.
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