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Comic Jeni dies in apparent suicide
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_tv/obit_jeni"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.la10103111957.obit_jeni_comic_dead_la101.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=wOb7owp1xynhK_XnT6kVLg--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actor and comedian Chris Rock, right, poses with one of his writers Richard Jeni in this 2005 file photo, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds and was a regular on the 'Tonight Show,' died from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday, March 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop Dogg held overnight in Sweden
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070312/capt.ny10703121111.people_snoop_dogg_ny107.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=Rcfa31RYMjpRozX4S5zCvg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="In a file photo rapper and actor Snoop Dogg is seen following a presentation for his upcoming release of 'Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror' at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 21, 2006. Snoop Dogg was held overnight after a perfornmance in Stockholm Sunday March 11, 2007, by Swedish police on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests. (AP Photo/Chris Park)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snoop Dogg was held by police overnight on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests, a police spokesman said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'300' becomes 2007's 1st blockbuster
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.0f15b9ec0cf44de588e3f21485dcf446.box_office_nyol212.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=m10uPCF9MhhXkww2gzkkJg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Lena Headey, from left, Andrew Tiernan, director Zack Snyder, novelist Frank Miller, David Wenham, Gerard Butler, and Rodrigo Santoro pose together at the premiere of ''300'' in Los Angeles, Monday, March 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The ancient battle of Thermopylae was the stuff of 2007's first certified blockbuster as the bloody action tale "300" debuted with ticket sales of $70 million over its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film questions Michael Moore's tactics
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mo/film_manufacturing_dissent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.nyet15703082126.film_south_by_southwest_nyet157.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=5olUX7pNS1FNd.oQ8jXcjg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="This undated photo from the producers of 'Manufacturing Dissent' shows documentary maker Michael Moore and one of the film's co-directors, Debbie Melnyk, in a scene from 'Manufacturing Dissent.' The film ,made by Melnyk and co-director Rick Caine, opens Saturday night, March 10, 2007, at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas. It follows Moore during the release of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and questions many of his tactics.(AP Photo/producers of 'Manufacturing Dissent')" border="0" /></a>AP - As documentary filmmakers, Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine looked up to Michael Moore.</p><br clear="all"/>
Athens, Ga. always part of band R.E.M.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/people_rem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.ny12203112201.people_stipe_ny122.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=6nExJ7KHnfgMvOguYKGN1A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Musician Michael Stipe is pictured in New York, in this Monday, March 20, 2006 file photo. Stipe says he still feels a strong bond with a community of artists and musicians in the college town he calls home. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe says he still feels a strong bond with a community of artists and musicians in the college town he calls home.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Running With Arnold" a scrawny documentary
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/film_arnold_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t034623_450x300_us_film_arnold.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4IeIDQL5iwAd2i6PLT3w8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about his health care proposal during a press conference on January 31, 2007 in Sacramento, CA. (Max Whittaker/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So you think it's a
tad premature for the news media to be obsessing to this extent
over the 2008 presidential election? How about a race that's
not months but years -- and a hypothetical amendment to the
Constitution -- away from reality?</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop Dogg held overnight in Sweden
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070312/capt.ny10703121111.people_snoop_dogg_ny107.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=Rcfa31RYMjpRozX4S5zCvg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="In a file photo rapper and actor Snoop Dogg is seen following a presentation for his upcoming release of 'Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror' at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 21, 2006. Snoop Dogg was held overnight after a perfornmance in Stockholm Sunday March 11, 2007, by Swedish police on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests. (AP Photo/Chris Park)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snoop Dogg was held by police overnight on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests, a police spokesman said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"The Riches" a delightfully roguish family drama
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/tv_nm/television_riches_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t035241_282x450_us_television_riches.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=Jur0rA2Rqbyd.C3s.BizTw--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Actress and singer Minnie Driver poses for photographers during red carpet arrivals at the Oxfam annual fundraiser in Beverly Hills, November 29, 2006. Driver stars in the new FX show 'The Riches.' (Gus Ruelas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Traveling with the
Riches is fun, but the real party starts when they settle down.</p><br clear="all"/>
Valletta bites on CBS vampire drama pilot
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/media_nm/twilight_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t022855_450x349_us_twilight.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=.0bGVabz.QxxPSB1pQtTbw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Actress Amber Valletta arrives at the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award in Beverly Hills California February 8, 2007. Valletta has joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot 'Twilight,' which stars Alex O'Laughlin as a vampire P.I. Valletta will play his timeless love, a vampire who made him immortal after biting him on their wedding night. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Amber Valletta has
joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot "Twilight," which stars
Alex O'Laughlin as a vampire P.I. Valletta will play his
timeless love, a vampire who made him immortal after biting him
on their wedding night. Valletta, whose feature credits include
"Hitch" and "Raising Helen," will next be seen in the Sandra
Bullock thriller "Premonition," which opens Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pig Iron to Give 'Chekhov Lizardbrain' Its World Premiere in Philly
(Playbill)
Playbill - Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia will present the world premiere of <I>Chekhov Lizardbrain</I>, "a comic meditation on our deepest impulses and contemporary neuroscience's hold on our imaginations," March 28-April 15.
"Running With Arnold" a scrawny documentary
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/film_arnold_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t034623_450x300_us_film_arnold.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4IeIDQL5iwAd2i6PLT3w8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about his health care proposal during a press conference on January 31, 2007 in Sacramento, CA. (Max Whittaker/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So you think it's a
tad premature for the news media to be obsessing to this extent
over the 2008 presidential election? How about a race that's
not months but years -- and a hypothetical amendment to the
Constitution -- away from reality?</p><br clear="all"/>
"Warlords" a departure for Hong Kong filmmaker
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/china_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t033335_346x450_us_china.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=DBBxOaqwuXlRZ8AUerLTxw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Hong Kong director Peter Chan receives the trophy for the Best Art Direction award on behalf of Peter Wong and Yee Chung Man for the movie 'Perhaps Love' during the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards April 8, 2006 file photo. Atop a replica ancient fortress outside Beijing, Hong Kong filmmaker Chan directs Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro in Mandarin. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Atop a replica ancient
fortress outside Beijing, Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan
directs Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro in Mandarin.</p><br clear="all"/>
Burton's "Nightmare" spurs digital 3-D growth
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/digital_burton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t024913_450x406_us_digital_burton.jpg?x=130&y=117&sig=N9G7oi3eidMFere8jAAxHA--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="Director Tim Burton poses during a photocall at the 59th Cannes Film Festival May 25, 2006 file photo. (John Schults/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D" changed it all.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ashton Kutcher eyes LAPD racial drama "Lakeview"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/kutcher_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t023850_450x336_us_kutcher.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=.QdppsiZOWVXQDLGm_cuXg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Actors Ashton Kutcher (L) and Demi Moore sit together during the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 28, 2007. Kutcher is in talks to join Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington in the thriller 'Lakeview Terrace.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ashton Kutcher is in
talks to join Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington in the
thriller "Lakeview Terrace."</p><br clear="all"/>
Schneider buckles up for Sandler comedy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/schneider_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t022655_423x450_us_schneider.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=ln9iF2dXXoxW4GU9ZgcksA--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="Comedian Rob Schneider throws a pitch at the San Francisco Giants spring training baseball camp in Scottsdale, Arizona, February 28, 2006 file photo. Schneider is in talks to join frequent collaborator Adam Sandler in the comedy 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan.' (Jeff Topping/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rob Schneider is in
talks to join frequent collaborator Adam Sandler in the comedy
"You Don't Mess With the Zohan."</p><br clear="all"/>
"Borat" DVD selling nicely in Kazakhstan
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/film_nm/borat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t021318_450x299_us_borat.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=7bPG7AKpyZ7rZEcs.tmMDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Sacha Baron Cohen at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood October 23, 2006 file photo. Kazakhs are rushing to order Cohen's 'Borat' on DVD from Amazon.co.uk, the online giant said. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Kazakhs are rushing to order
Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" on DVD from Amazon.co.uk, the
online giant said.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Music" sweetest at foreign box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Hugh Grant romantic
comedy "Music and Lyrics" narrowly bested its overseas
competition for the weekend, finishing No. 1 with an estimated
$10.1 million from 28 markets.
Stand-up Williams lays down law for Murphy comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Stand-up comedian Katt
Williams will write and star in DreamWorks Pictures' comedy
"Marshals." Eddie Murphy will produce and is set to co-star.
"August" date for Hartnett's indie movie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Josh Hartnett has marked
his calendar for "August," an indie feature slated to begin
production next month in New York.
Japan sex satire "Galmorous life" coming to U.S
(Reuters)
Reuters - Palm Pictures has acquired
North American rights to the political and sexual satire "The
Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai," centering on a Japanese call
girl who gets caught up in international intrigue.
Snoop Dogg held overnight in Sweden
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070312/capt.ny10703121111.people_snoop_dogg_ny107.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=Rcfa31RYMjpRozX4S5zCvg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="In a file photo rapper and actor Snoop Dogg is seen following a presentation for his upcoming release of 'Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror' at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 21, 2006. Snoop Dogg was held overnight after a perfornmance in Stockholm Sunday March 11, 2007, by Swedish police on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests. (AP Photo/Chris Park)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snoop Dogg was held by police overnight on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests, a police spokesman said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Small Internet radio hit by new royalty rates
(Reuters)
Reuters - Small webcasters are crying foul
over new royalty rates they must pay for streaming recordings.
Aerosmith to rock India for the first time
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/music_nm/india_aerosmith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t033810_450x336_us_india_aerosmith.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=SLd0M_6GK5Bmvg4ocKv3Tw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Steven Tyler (L) and Joe Perry (C) of music group Aerosmith and Nile Rogers (R) take part in the tribute to funk music pioneers 'Sly and The Family Stone' at the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2006 file photo. Aerosmith will perform in India's financial and film hub of Mumbai, its first performance in the country, the group said on its official (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iconic rock band Aerosmith will
perform in India's financial and film hub of Mumbai, its first
performance in the country, the group said on its official
Website. The five-member band, with at least 14 albums to its
credit and an envious career spanning over four decades, will
hold the concert on June 2, according to www.aerosmith.com.</p><br clear="all"/>
Athens, Ga. always part of band R.E.M.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/people_rem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.ny12203112201.people_stipe_ny122.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=6nExJ7KHnfgMvOguYKGN1A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Musician Michael Stipe is pictured in New York, in this Monday, March 20, 2006 file photo. Stipe says he still feels a strong bond with a community of artists and musicians in the college town he calls home. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe says he still feels a strong bond with a community of artists and musicians in the college town he calls home.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oz rockers Hoodoo Gurus returning to U.S.
(Reuters)
Reuters - Reunited Australian rock band the
Hoodoo Gurus are returning to the United States for their first
tour in 13 years, dusting off their melodic garage punk for
college kids who are all grown up.
GI writes sonata tribute on Afghan base
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/afghan_combat_composer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.ny11903111925.afghanistan_combat_composer_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=RTHQk5JkPtPYSqBcz2Gyzw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Spc. Brandon Begley , a 22-year-old mechanic with the U.S. Army's 27th Engineer Battalion, plays the piano in a chapel at a forward base in Orgun-E in eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. When the thunder of the power generators eases to a rumble, Begley heads for an echoing hangar on this U.S. outpost near the Pakistan border and sets up his electric organ. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0" /></a>AP - When the thunder of the power generators eases to a rumble, Spc. Brandon Begley heads for an echoing hangar on this U.S. outpost near the Pakistan border and sets up his electric organ.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music college to honor Loretta Lynn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_en_mu/people_lynn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070311/capt.ny12103112026.people_lynn_ny121.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=ZVpyysqHNbS8FtXaIhAcEg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Singer Loretta Lynn poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center in this Dec. 7, 2003 file photo in Washington. The country music queen, the coal miner's daughter, is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country music queen Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Brown's body placed in S.C. crypt
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_en_mu/james_brown_burial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070221/i/r280927454.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=M5A5Q.iLXLZFK6XM1xBVQw--" 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. REUTERS/Tami Chappell" border="0" /></a>AP - James Brown's body was placed in a crypt Saturday at the Beech Island home of one his daughters, family and friends of the soul singer said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Domingo, at 66, still feels the passion
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_en_mu/domingo_s_next_act"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.scl10203091652.chile_opera_scl102.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=xHKCs_Y0cldEBfqxDJCjRA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Spanish tenor Placido Domingo reacts during a news conference at the Municipal Theater in Santiago, Friday, Mar. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A makeup artist presses a pencil into the delicate skin around Placido Domingo's left eye, drawing a dark line. A woman's hand applies a touch of spirit gum to the tenor's hairline, to keep an elaborate wig from slipping.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Jackson greets troops in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_en_mu/people_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070310/capt.xits10103100631.japan_michael_jackson_xits101.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=9NjjeF9gIqozoB_hvdalfA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="U.S. pop star Michael Jackson waves to fans as he leaves for US army base in Zama for a friendly vist, nearTokyo, at a downtown Tokyo U.S. army heliport, Saturday, March. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson greeted thousands of U.S. troops and their family members at a U.S. Army base south of Tokyo Saturday, taking a break from days of parties with die-hard fans and well-heeled business people.</p><br clear="all"/>
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