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3 'Jeopardy' contestants end up tied
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_tv/tv_three_way_tie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070317/capt.3b85539d0e6e4835bbf9afee8d7b74b4.tv_three_way_tie_nyol963.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=obk.ZIUiwmNVyCGThGZAYw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek is shown in this 2006 file photo. In a first, all three contestants on the venerable game show all finished with $16,000 after each answering the final question correctly in the category, 'Women of the 1930s,' on Friday's show. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - All those years of answers and questions, and it's never happened before on "Jeopardy!" What is a three-way tie, Alex?</p><br clear="all"/>
Larry King is OK after vascular surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_tv/people_larry_king"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.3123a4193b03428c86f301fedd07ff17.people_larry_king_ny120.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=wM8nxHpIAa.8oauJoqdDhA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Larry King is shown in this May 11, 2005, file photo in Washington. King underwent vascular surgery Friday, March 16, 2007, and was expected to return Monday to his CNN talk show. King, 73, was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where doctors performed carotid endarterectomy surgery, which removes plaque from the carotid artery and can restore blood flow. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Larry King underwent vascular surgery Friday and was expected to return Monday to his CNN talk show. King, 73, was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where doctors performed carotid endarterectomy surgery, which removes plaque from the carotid artery and can restore blood flow.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smith's ex in 'happy mood' after hearing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_ce/bahamas_anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.bhs10403162346.bahamas_anna_nicole_smith_bhs104.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=q6L7X0y2sL3vx_2j.ig4kg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Larry Birkhead responds to a question from a reporter outside the Bahamian Supreme Court after attending a hearing in the paternity suit of the late Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn in Nassau, Bahamas, Friday, March 16, 2007. The California-based photographer said he planned to stay in the Bahamas until another court appearance Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christine Aylen)" border="0" /></a>AP - A former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith who claims to be the father of her daughter expressed optimism following a court hearing Friday. But both he and the late model's mother, who is also seeking custody of the girl, refused to discuss the case.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carol Burnett sues over use of Charwoman
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_ce/people_carol_burnett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.8c69e258c91f476c9ba56760396e7e1d.people_carol_burnett_ny119.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=D9m15KIwqfas2KJmc9q8WA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Carol Burnett is shown in this July 23, 2006, file photo in Pasadena, Calif. Burnett has filed a $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming her cleaning woman character was portrayed on the animated series 'Family Guy.' The U.S. District Court lawsuit, which was filed Thursday,March 15, 2007, said the Fox show didn't have the 73-year-old comedian's permission to include her cleaning woman character, Charwoman, in an April 2006 episode. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Carol Burnett has filed a $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming her cleaning woman character was portrayed on the animated series "Family Guy." The U.S. District Court lawsuit, which was filed Thursday, said the Fox show didn't have the 73-year-old comedian's permission to include her cleaning woman character, Charwoman, in an April 2006 episode.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kids outsmart adults on '5th Grader'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_en_tv/tv_fifth_graders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.f5d1e49aca9649539ab49e0fd5a5b10b.tv_fifth_graders_nyet113.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=THUz3sGDzOTsuTNfDwt5Ow--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="This photo supplied by Fox Television shows host Jeff Foxworthy checking on Spencer, Laura, Kyle and Alana's work on 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?,' which premiered on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. The 12.2 million people who tuned in Thursday, March 15, 2007, helped the family-friendly show win its time slot for Fox. (AP Photo/ Fox, Mike Yarish)" border="0" /></a>AP - How tough could this be? That's what Fox reality show guru Mike Darnell thought when the people pitching "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" asked him to answer six questions they would use on the game. Three wrong answers later, a hit show was born.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spider-Man, Shrek lead summer of sequels
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070317/film_nm/summer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070317/2007_03_17t035224_450x342_us_summer.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=n_1IKgyBS6rSk5yAILig.A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this file photo singer-actress Hilary Duff hugs the movie character Shrek during her visit to the Universal Studios Orlando Resort, Florida, August 9, 2005. (Sheri Lowen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Get ready for the summer
of sequels.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard single reviews: Lavigne, Good Charlotte
(Reuters)
Reuters - Avril Lavigne's soundtrack pit stop
"Keep Holding On" from "Eragon" -- top 10 at adult top 40 and
top 20 at mainstream top 40 -- shows the softer side of the
artist .
Larry King is OK after vascular surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_tv/people_larry_king"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.3123a4193b03428c86f301fedd07ff17.people_larry_king_ny120.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=wM8nxHpIAa.8oauJoqdDhA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Larry King is shown in this May 11, 2005, file photo in Washington. King underwent vascular surgery Friday, March 16, 2007, and was expected to return Monday to his CNN talk show. King, 73, was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where doctors performed carotid endarterectomy surgery, which removes plaque from the carotid artery and can restore blood flow. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Larry King underwent vascular surgery Friday and was expected to return Monday to his CNN talk show. King, 73, was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where doctors performed carotid endarterectomy surgery, which removes plaque from the carotid artery and can restore blood flow.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spider-Man, Shrek lead summer of sequels
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070317/media_nm/summer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070317/2007_03_17t035224_450x342_us_summer.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=n_1IKgyBS6rSk5yAILig.A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this file photo singer-actress Hilary Duff hugs the movie character Shrek during her visit to the Universal Studios Orlando Resort, Florida, August 9, 2005. (Sheri Lowen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Get ready for the summer
of sequels.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gilbert back on "Prairie" for musical
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/stage_nm/prairie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_16t031902_450x340_us_prairie.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=HT5IaSvPTDkUk6o6kqWa_w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Actress Melissa Gilbert answers a question during a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena January 9, 2007 file photo. Gilbert and Patrick Swayze will star as Ma and Pa in an April workshop presentation of 'Prairie,' a musical version of Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House on the Prairie.' (Gus Ruelas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Patrick Swayze and Melissa
Gilbert will star as Pa and Ma in an April workshop
presentation of "Prairie," a musical version of Laura Ingalls
Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie."</p><br clear="all"/>
Spider-Man, Shrek lead summer of sequels
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070317/film_nm/summer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070317/2007_03_17t035224_450x342_us_summer.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=n_1IKgyBS6rSk5yAILig.A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this file photo singer-actress Hilary Duff hugs the movie character Shrek during her visit to the Universal Studios Orlando Resort, Florida, August 9, 2005. (Sheri Lowen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Get ready for the summer
of sequels.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Pride" a tired and banal sports tale
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Pride" combines the two
main themes in the current plethora of sports movies -- the
inspirational victory and a "Bad News Bears" team that goes
from ragtag to riches. Throw in historical black empowerment,
too, which does occasionally crop up in films like "Glory
Road."
Chris Rock jokes on marriage in life, new film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/film_nm/rock_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_16t155049_450x301_us_rock.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=w16vbY48XbaEZ_B7ZZw2iw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Gina Torres and Chris Rock in a scene from 'I Think I Love My Wife' in an image courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chris Rock's new film detailing the
frustrations and temptations of married life strangely reflects
persistent rumors his real-life marriage is in trouble.</p><br clear="all"/>
Movie confab more about bottom lines than glitter
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/film_nm/movies_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_16t134607_450x321_us_movies.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rs7cR.ASu.XAbw4e3GEk_A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A movie projection system is displayed at the 2007 ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), in Las Vegas, Nevada March 13, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It's called show business.
But here at the movie theater industry's annual ShoWest
convention, with only a few exceptions, the business has
eclipsed the show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sandler reigns in delicately balanced 9/11 drama
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/film_nm/film_love_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_15t203732_450x302_us_film_love.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=UtQRQ9xadJCscJ.EIMb4IA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Adam Sandler is seen in Beverly Hills, California March 6, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Comedy-inflected
dramas about grief are hard enough to get right when the loss
at hand is purely fictional, tailored to suit one story's
dramatic needs.</p><br clear="all"/>
A personal climb of `The Alps' in IMAX
(AP)
AP - Nine-year-old Siena Harlin peered through the telescope at the North Face of the Eiger, and at her dad, John Harlin III, balanced on ice axes and the front-points of his crampons.
Bollywood cashes in on World Cup with cricket films
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/film_nm/india_bollywood_cricket_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_16t040025_450x318_us_india_bollywood_cricket.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=rTBrVucbAAOyWym6nLeAzA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="England cricketers bat in the nets during their training session in Castries during the World Cup cricket tournament March 14, 2007. A slew of cricket-themed films are set to hit Indian cinemas soon as Bollywood tries to cash in on the World Cup fever that has gripped the country. (Simon Baker ST. LUCIA./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A slew of cricket-themed films are set
to hit Indian cinemas soon as Bollywood tries to cash in on the
World Cup fever that has gripped the country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blanchett Keeping Up with the Indy Jones?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070316/en_movies_eo/93f3d089_bc634e3f_8a60_1bbf4c210998"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070316/capt.46939ba1cd8b5250ea2ac62eba1deaf9.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=L2xtzRR2bSbKgrvE.wSUpA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Blanchett Keeping Up with the Indy Jones?(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - If adventure has a name, then it must be…Cate Blanchett?</p><br clear="all"/>
This was world's warmest recorded winter
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/film_nm/winter_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_16t053825_450x329_us_winter.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=POCwoF6CZiF49ulHhtqEcg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="People run during unseasonably warm weather in New York's Central Park, January 6, 2007. This has been the world's warmest winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the U.S. government agency that tracks weather reported on Thursday. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - This has been the world's warmest
winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the
U.S. government agency that tracks weather reported on
Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music biz satire making a "Sound" in theaters
(Reuters)
Reuters - Magnolia Pictures has
nabbed North American rights to the music business satire
"Great World of Sound," which premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival.
Billboard single reviews: Lavigne, Good Charlotte
(Reuters)
Reuters - Avril Lavigne's soundtrack pit stop
"Keep Holding On" from "Eragon" -- top 10 at adult top 40 and
top 20 at mainstream top 40 -- shows the softer side of the
artist .
Billboard CD reviews: Modest Mouse, Stephen Marley
(Reuters)
Reuters - Modest Mouse is in top form on the
follow-up to 2004's commercial breakthrough "Good News for
People Who Like Bad News.
Hilary Duff emerges from breakup with "Dignity"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070317/music_nm/duff_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070317/2007_03_16t211801_450x308_us_duff.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=xEJTcIEvhhAD3k1r759oaw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actress Hilary Duff arrives at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As multimedia momentum goes, no one
need teach 19-year-old Hilary Duff a thing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amid digital boom, indie labels eye retail sales
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Montreal-based rock group
Arcade Fire's "Neon Bible" debuted this week at No. 2 on the
U.S. album charts with sales of 92,000 units, 27,000 of those
were sold digitally, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Ryan Adams goes "Easy" on ninth album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ryan Adams will issue his next
album, "Easy Tiger," on June 5, his first retail release since
a trio of discs in 2005.
Phair, Adams contribute to Minnie Driver CD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Liz Phair and Ryan Adams are among
the guests on actress/musician Minnie Driver's second album,
"Sea Stories."
'The Egyptian Helen' returns to the Met
(AP)
AP - It was tough enough in antiquity to be a sorceress, let alone the planet's most beautiful woman. In the postmodern world, you have to compete for attention with directors, too.
"Hits" CD off to small start for Notorious B.I.G.
(Reuters)
Reuters - Turns out "Life After Death," the
title to the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 set, was prophetic. A new
compilation, "Greatest Hits," bowed atop The Billboard 200 this
week, marking Biggie's third No. 1.
Country combo Alabama inspired by gospel success
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of veteran country band
Alabama had to wait nearly two decades for the band to deliver
its first gospel album, but they aren't waiting long for the
follow-up. On the heels of last year's successful "Songs of
Inspiration," RCA Records is issuing "Songs of Inspiration,
Vol. II" on March 27.
Venezuelan singer De Vita has a lot of Stories
(Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelan singer/songwriter Franco De
Vita is often described as a "Latin Elton John" thanks to his
memorably piano-propelled story songs.
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