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Jolie leaves Vietnam orphanage with boy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_en_ce/people_jolie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.hcm20103141851.vietnam_jolie_adoption_hcm201.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=_fRrhSahDzURs8Zy9pn61A--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="American actress Angelina Jolie is seen in a car with her adopted son Maddox from Cambodia after arriving at the Ho Chi Minh City International Airport, southern Vietnam, Wednesday night, March 14, 2007. Jolie is in this southern Vietnamese city to adopt a 3-year-old boy. She is expected to attend an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials Thursday morning. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Angelina Jolie left an orphanage in southern Vietnam on Thursday with a 3-year-old boy that Vietnamese officials have said she planned to adopt.</p><br clear="all"/>
Another 'American Idol' constestant axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_en_tv/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.35ce58d32c5c40c59aea4c085afd8afd.tv_american_idol_nyol953.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=NES9fLVJ2Y44Aj.F6dvq1g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Contestant Brandon Rogers attends an American Idol celebration of this seasons' top 12 finalists held at Astra West Thursday March 8, 2007 in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brandon Rogers, who forgot the words to his song on Tuesday's "American Idol," had a feeling he wouldn't last. He got confirmation Wednesday. Rogers, a former backup singer from Los Angeles, became the first of the final dozen to be voted off the top-rated Fox network sing-off.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paula Abdul, Cowell chummy in real life
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_en_ce/people_paula_abdul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.1d134633630e42168ce174e55201ad0c.people_paula_abdul_ny113.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=7giMLxu0pHJEuGp6PYUfow--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Paula Abdul is seen in this Thursday March 8, 2007 file photo in West Hollywood, Calif. Abdul says she and Simon Cowell, who torments her on the set of 'American Idol,' are chummy in real life. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paula Abdul says she and Simon Cowell, who torments her on the set of "American Idol," are chummy in real life. "Simon and I actually get along great," the 44-year-old "Idol" judge says in an interview in TV Guide magazine's March 19 issue. "We have cultivated a fun relationship. ... He's actually become a really good friend."</p><br clear="all"/>
'Grey's' star Washington makes donation
(AP)
AP - Isaiah Washington, who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through DNA testing, has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the Atlantic slave trade.
Ono driver can leave U.S. voluntarily
(AP)
AP - Yoko Ono's former driver, who pleaded guilty to trying to extort money from her, can leave the United States voluntarily rather than be deported, a federal immigration judge decided Wednesday.
Speed, arson next for documentary filmmaker
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/curry_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t032814_303x450_us_curry.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=O.ztXpPlEGORLM5gbtCvtQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Documentary feature Marshall Curry poses next to a large Oscar statue during a reception for nominees hosted by the International Documentary Association in Beverly Hills, California March 1, 2006 file photo. Curry is following up his Oscar-nominated documentary 'Street Fight' with two new nonfiction features: the aspiring NASCAR driver chronicle 'Racing Dreams' and the true tale of an environmental arsonist, 'If a Tree Falls.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Director Marshall Curry is
following up his Oscar-nominated documentary "Street Fight"
with two new nonfiction features: the aspiring NASCAR driver
chronicle "Racing Dreams" and the true tale of an environmental
arsonist, "If a Tree Falls."</p><br clear="all"/>
Download firm secures rare Beatles footage
(Reuters)
Reuters - Digital download service Wippit will
offer rare footage documenting the rise of the Beatles as part
a new deal forged with archive specialist ITN Source.
CBS pickup leaves Biggs stuck in "Hell'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/tv_nm/biggs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t015436_450x382_us_biggs.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=aekre9cqDr_coJSWLK494w--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Cast member Jason Biggs poses with two of his co-stars, Siberian huskies Coda Bear (L) and DJ, at the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures 'Eight Below' at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood February 12, 2006 file photo. CBS has given a late pilot pickup to 'I'm in Hell,' a comedy starring Biggs. T (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS has given a late
pilot pickup to "I'm in Hell," a comedy starring Jason Biggs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Download firm secures rare Beatles footage
(Reuters)
Reuters - Digital download service Wippit will
offer rare footage documenting the rise of the Beatles as part
a new deal forged with archive specialist ITN Source.
'Grease' Reality Host Will Join Panel for BBC's 'Joseph' Casting Show
(Playbill)
Playbill - <i>Grease: You're The One That I Want</i> co-host Denise Van Outen as well as producer Bill Kenwright, stage actor John Barrowman and voice coach Zoe Tyler will join Andrew Lloyd Webber on the panel for BBC's upcoming reality casting show "Any Dream Will Do."
Speed, arson next for documentary filmmaker
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/curry_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t032814_303x450_us_curry.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=O.ztXpPlEGORLM5gbtCvtQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Documentary feature Marshall Curry poses next to a large Oscar statue during a reception for nominees hosted by the International Documentary Association in Beverly Hills, California March 1, 2006 file photo. Curry is following up his Oscar-nominated documentary 'Street Fight' with two new nonfiction features: the aspiring NASCAR driver chronicle 'Racing Dreams' and the true tale of an environmental arsonist, 'If a Tree Falls.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Director Marshall Curry is
following up his Oscar-nominated documentary "Street Fight"
with two new nonfiction features: the aspiring NASCAR driver
chronicle "Racing Dreams" and the true tale of an environmental
arsonist, "If a Tree Falls."</p><br clear="all"/>
Bond star Craig has eye on "Blindness"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/craig_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t015809_450x300_uk_craig.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ugJgGYMEMI2pbUjTUphrig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Daniel Craig attends the premier of the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' in Shanghai January 30, 2007. Craig is in talks to join Julianne Moore in 'Blindness,' a drama based on Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago's acclaimed novel. (Aly Song/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - James Bond star Daniel
Craig is in talks to join Julianne Moore in "Blindness," a
drama based on Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago's acclaimed
novel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Revised R rating has a parental guide
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/ratings_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t014826_279x450_us_ratings.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=7A0tJGtmMu9cnhKjdqwu1A--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Movegoers line up February 25, 2004 at a Dallas, Texas theater file photo. In response to complaints from moviegoers, the groups that oversee ratings are discouraging parents from bringing smaller children to violent and sexually graphic films. (Jeff Mitchell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In response to complaints
from moviegoers, the groups that oversee ratings are
discouraging parents from bringing smaller children to violent
and sexually graphic films.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Hero" roles for Gooding, Liotta
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/hero_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t014609_450x300_us_hero.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dcOkMFy9CNDUdaaod3Uq9Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Cuba Gooding Jr., talks to an interviewer before the Heatherette fall collections 2007 show during New York Fashion Week February 6, 2007. Gooding Jr. and Ray Liotta are answering the call for 'Hero Wanted.' (Eric Thayer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ray
Liotta are answering the call for "Hero Wanted."</p><br clear="all"/>
German "Dorks" living again in remake
(Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Independent
Pictures will remake the German comedy "Night of the Living
Dorks," a project described as "Revenge of the Nerds" meets
"Shaun of the Dead."
"Mars" star lands in romantic disaster comedy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/bell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t013855_307x450_us_bell.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=7h8i3oe3GVN75f7s5d4cCg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Actress Kristen Bell reads from the book 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back' to local school children as part of the 'Read Across America' program during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 22, 2007. Bell has been cast as the title character in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' a comedy described by the filmmakers as a 'romantic disaster movie.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Veronica Mars" star
Kristen Bell has been cast as the title character in
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall," a comedy described by the
filmmakers as a "romantic disaster movie."</p><br clear="all"/>
Jolie adopts Vietnamese boy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/film_nm/jolie_vietnam_adoption_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070314/2007_03_14t142706_450x283_us_jolie_vietnam_adoption.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=h_BRYjd6d1a_OJZgnvQ_Xw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Angelina Jolie (2nd L) sits in a car with her adopted son Maddox on the way from the airport to a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, March 14, 2007. (Minh Cuong/VietnamNet online newspaper/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - American movie star Angelina
Jolie adopted her fourth child on Thursday, a Vietnamese boy
from a Ho Chi Minh City orphanage.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tarantino, Rodriguez bask in Death and Terror
(Reuters)
Reuters - On paper, it sounds like
the polar opposite of a box office sensation -- a three-hour
ode to the Z-grade cinema of the 1970s, shot in the style of
the time with enough sex and violence to satiate any
exploitation junkie. But when the creative masterminds behind
such a project turn out to be Quentin Tarantino and Robert
Rodriguez, suddenly, it seems like a Hollywood gold mine.
Balanced documentary lifts lid on Michael Moore
(Reuters)
Reuters - Unlike the majority of
often shoddy and questionably motivated deconstructions of
Michael Moore, "Manufacturing Dissent" comes from filmmakers
sharing his political bent, and it labors to present the pro
and the con on the divisive figure. In a documentary arena
overshadowed by Moore, it has an obvious draw. Many will
embrace it for cutting through the smoke both its subject and
his attackers have created.
Hollywood surfing French New Wave of remakes
(Reuters)
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Throughout the history of
American cinema, French characters have served as the butt of
many onscreen jokes.
Download firm secures rare Beatles footage
(Reuters)
Reuters - Digital download service Wippit will
offer rare footage documenting the rise of the Beatles as part
a new deal forged with archive specialist ITN Source.
Kristofferson getting Johnny Cash Award
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/music_nm/cash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t042439_300x450_us_cash.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=zEoF4lAX6DH_zpMI7tRrBg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Kris Kristofferson arrives at the Glamour Reels Moments event, which gives women who are usually in front of the camera a chance to direct short films about real life stories, in Los Angeles October 16, 2006 file photo. ountry music cable channel CMT will honor Kristofferson with its 'Johnny Cash Visionary Award' at the CMT Music Awards on April 16. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country music cable channel CMT
will honor Kris Kristofferson with its "Johnny Cash Visionary
Award" at the CMT Music Awards on April 16.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mayer schedules summer tour with Folds
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/music_nm/mayer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t041942_320x450_us_mayer.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=5CCpfFa_JnloPaJcjK_P6g--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this file photo singer John Mayer performs 'Waiting For The World To Change' at the 2006 American Music Awards on November 21, 2006 in Los Angeles. Mayer has tapped Ben Folds as the primary opener for his Continuum summer tour, which kicks off June 1 in Ridgefield, Wash. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - John Mayer has tapped Ben Folds as
the primary opener for his Continuum summer tour, which kicks
off June 1 in Ridgefield, Wash.</p><br clear="all"/>
Another 'American Idol' constestant axed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.35ce58d32c5c40c59aea4c085afd8afd.tv_american_idol_nyol953.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=NES9fLVJ2Y44Aj.F6dvq1g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Contestant Brandon Rogers attends an American Idol celebration of this seasons' top 12 finalists held at Astra West Thursday March 8, 2007 in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brandon Rogers, who forgot the words to his song on Tuesday's "American Idol," had a feeling he wouldn't last. He got confirmation Wednesday. Rogers, a former backup singer from Los Angeles, became the first of the final dozen to be voted off the top-rated Fox network sing-off.</p><br clear="all"/>
Producer Ballard finishing Annie Lennox album
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/music_nm/lennox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_14t200442_278x450_us_lennox.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=.rW7SGmHJFBcR9q6MVdRwA--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Annie Lennox poses as she arrives at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Pop Music Awards in Beverly Hills, California in this file photo from May 22, 2006. Lennox received the ASCAP Founders Awards, which is given to songwriters who have made pioneering contributions to music. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grammy-winning
songwriter-producer Glen Ballard is putting the final touches
on Annie Lennox's first album in four years, which will be
released in the fourth quarter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paula Abdul, Cowell chummy in real life
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_en_mu/people_paula_abdul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.1d134633630e42168ce174e55201ad0c.people_paula_abdul_ny113.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=7giMLxu0pHJEuGp6PYUfow--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Paula Abdul is seen in this Thursday March 8, 2007 file photo in West Hollywood, Calif. Abdul says she and Simon Cowell, who torments her on the set of 'American Idol,' are chummy in real life. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paula Abdul says she and Simon Cowell, who torments her on the set of "American Idol," are chummy in real life. "Simon and I actually get along great," the 44-year-old "Idol" judge says in an interview in TV Guide magazine's March 19 issue. "We have cultivated a fun relationship. ... He's actually become a really good friend."</p><br clear="all"/>
Family: Delp's death was suicide
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_en_mu/delp_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070312/capt.mabev50103121804.delps_death_mabev501.jpg?x=112&y=130&sig=vnvUfi96huKzp4lNHb2mBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="Brad Delp, lead singer of Beatle Juice, performs Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, in Danvers, Mass., at Danvers High School where he graduated in 1969. The New Hampshire medical examiner's office is investigating the death of Delp, who made his name as the former lead singer for the band Boston. Delp died last week at his home in Atkinson, N.H. He was 55. (AP Photo/Salem News, Linsey Wuepper)" border="0" /></a>AP - The family of Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, said his death was a suicide.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rock band Boston's lead singer killed self-police
(Reuters)
Reuters - The recent death of Brad Delp, lead
singer of the rock band Boston, has been ruled a suicide,
police in New Hampshire said on Wednesday.
Idol Says Buh-Bye to Brandon
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070314/en_music_eo/349e5086_ae6044f2_91d8_af63536b36ba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070315/capt.92a1932bacb3c3154606ad920d6710dc.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=NfNGP7.IHzHw25pad530VQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Idol Says Buh-Bye to Brandon(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - After forgetting the words to his song on Tuesday's American Idol, Brandon Rogers can forget about going any further in the competition.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trumpeter reports to federal prison
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_en_mu/trumpeter_tax_sentence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.1a1f390fe6614a629d8d325baeff779a.trumpetertax_sentence_nyet106.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=PDC4fVkSB6080QpCKV7d.w--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Phil Driscoll leaves the Hamilton County Court House in Chattanooga, Tenn., in this Aug. 31, 2005, file photo. The Grammy-winning trumpeter reported to federal prison Monday, March 12, 2007, to begin a one-year tax evasion sentence after a judge denied his request to remain free while he appeals the conviction. (AP Photo/Mark Gilliland, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Grammy-winning trumpeter Phil Driscoll reported to federal prison this week to begin a one-year tax evasion sentence after a judge denied his request to remain free while he appeals the conviction.</p><br clear="all"/>
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