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'300' conquers box office for a 2nd week
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.lst10503151952.britain_premiere_300_lst105.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=ewTAXqtsUPrOzs6yWadINg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British actress Lena Headey arrives at Vue West End cinema in London for the premiere of the film '300', Thursday, March 15, 2007. The film is based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spartans continued to fend off the box-office competition as the battle epic "300" took the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with $31.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube to sponsor video awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mo/youtube_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070319/capt.c9716ed0483940ac82655fccd255f729.youtube_awards_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5viMeaR8dh0BH_VkH_fZrQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif., in this March 29, 2006, file photo. The video-sharing Web site announced Monday, March 19, 2007, that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar/ FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations will get an opportunity to walk down a virtual red carpet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Travolta puts 'hog' up for auction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_ce/people_travolta"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.8078a61ff09f40b890b2cd02b8523258.showest_hairspray_nvjh138.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=FuL3UA.OGmhBUiQTvwZxbw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Actor John Travolta, cast member of the new version of the film 'Hairspray,' poses for photos at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - A motorcycle ridden by John Travolta will be auctioned off to help with the restoration of a landmark movie theater.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spotlight on veteran journalists in Iraq
(AP)
AP - During his four years in Iraq, NBC News correspondent Richard Engel has escaped two attempted carjackings and a roadside bomb. Another bomb blew the door off his hotel room, sending shrapnel that burned holes through sheets of the bed where he was sleeping.
Spector jury selection to begin in L.A.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070319/capt.sge.goe02.190307083655.photo01.photo.default-403x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=EoVhJZh1IToyKsqbNxuAkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="The long-awaited murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector, seen here talking to his attorney in 2005, gets underway on Monday, four years after he allegedly gunned down a B-movie actress at his Los Angeles mansion. Spector, 66, a reclusive musical genius who pioneered the unique "Wall of Sound" recording technique during the 1960s, is accused of shooting dead Lana Clarkson at his hill-top estate on February 3, 2003.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Simmons)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lana Clarkson, an actress best known as the star of the cult film "Barbarian Queen," was working as a hostess at the House of Blues when she met reclusive music producer Phil Spector.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube to sponsor video awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mo/youtube_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070319/capt.c9716ed0483940ac82655fccd255f729.youtube_awards_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5viMeaR8dh0BH_VkH_fZrQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif., in this March 29, 2006, file photo. The video-sharing Web site announced Monday, March 19, 2007, that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar/ FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations will get an opportunity to walk down a virtual red carpet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spector jury selection to begin in L.A.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070319/capt.sge.goe02.190307083655.photo01.photo.default-403x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=EoVhJZh1IToyKsqbNxuAkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="The long-awaited murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector, seen here talking to his attorney in 2005, gets underway on Monday, four years after he allegedly gunned down a B-movie actress at his Los Angeles mansion. Spector, 66, a reclusive musical genius who pioneered the unique "Wall of Sound" recording technique during the 1960s, is accused of shooting dead Lana Clarkson at his hill-top estate on February 3, 2003.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Simmons)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lana Clarkson, an actress best known as the star of the cult film "Barbarian Queen," was working as a hostess at the House of Blues when she met reclusive music producer Phil Spector.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC journalist gets personal in Iraq video diary
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/tv_nm/iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_17t114730_422x450_us_iraq.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=WQz6mTf_NqKo43wqrtX9tg--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="A woman sits beside her baby who became ill after a suicide bombing attack involving toxic chlorine gas in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, March 17, 2007. Two suicide bombings in involving toxic chlorine gas made 350 people ill in Falluja on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday, and another smaller bomb attack near Ramadi also released chlorine gas. (Mohanned Faisal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As a journalist carrying an
American passport and holed up in Baghdad awaiting the U.S.-led
invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Richard Engel was wondering
just what he had gotten himself into.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Dolemite" redo gets kick-start
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 1975
"blaxploitation" action comedy "Dolemite" will get to fight
another day.
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"/>
YouTube to sponsor video awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mo/youtube_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070319/capt.c9716ed0483940ac82655fccd255f729.youtube_awards_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5viMeaR8dh0BH_VkH_fZrQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif., in this March 29, 2006, file photo. The video-sharing Web site announced Monday, March 19, 2007, that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar/ FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations will get an opportunity to walk down a virtual red carpet.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Dolemite" redo gets kick-start
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 1975
"blaxploitation" action comedy "Dolemite" will get to fight
another day.
Bay makes date for sci-fi film "2012"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Michael Bay and
the writers of his upcoming film "Transformers" are reuniting
to bring sci-fi author's Whitley Strieber forthcoming novel
"2012: The War for Souls" to the big screen.
R&B star Thicke scores movie deal with wife
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/film_nm/patton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t024016_450x334_us_patton.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=uBRM29YYHq1y9sHeXUe42Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Robin Thicke performs 'Lost Without You' at the 21st Annual Soul Train Music Awards in Pasadena, California, March 10, 2007 file photo. Thicke is in negotiations to write his first film score for the urban drama 'This Wednesday,' with wife Paula Patton attached to star as a female pimp. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chart-topping R&B artist
Robin Thicke is in negotiations to write his first film score
for the urban drama "This Wednesday," with wife Paula Patton
attached to star as a female pimp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bogdanovich accused of $100,000 bribery scam
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/film_nm/bogdanovich_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t021212_286x450_us_bogdanovich.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=6xnIiLRnsqR3QEkHsM53kg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Director Peter Bogdanovich poses for photographers as he arrives as a guest at the 30th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards dinner in Los Angeles January 13, 2005 file photo. Bogdanovich and his business manager have been sued for allegedly shaking down a man trying to get his son into the film industry. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor/filmmaker Peter
Bogdanovich and his business manager have been sued for
allegedly shaking down a man trying to get his son into the
film industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Comeback kid Haley hooks 3 movie roles
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/film_nm/haley_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t013055_310x450_us_haley.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=DFY0OC7LTMMeOmKKeitc4w--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Actor Jackie Earle Haley arrives at the 12th annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California in this January 12, 2007 file photo. Haley is continuing his comeback, booking a trio of projects in both the comedy and dramatic arenas. (Fred Prouser/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar-nominated actor
Jackie Earle Haley is continuing his comeback, booking a trio
of projects in both the comedy and dramatic arenas.</p><br clear="all"/>
Foreign box office numbers add up to "300"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t010551_288x450_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=FB0fkyqsJG0qXHx1yqod9g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Cast member Lena Headey attends the premiere of the film '300' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in this March 5, 2007 file photo. Thanks to smashing bows in five Asian territories as well as exceptionally strong holdover-market performances, '300' dominated the foreign box office last weekend, battling its way to an estimated $15.6 million from 13 markets. (Phil McCarten/File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Thanks to smashing bows
in five Asian territories as well as exceptionally strong
holdover-market performances, "300" dominated the foreign box
office last weekend, battling its way to an estimated $15.6
million from 13 markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duo warming up for "Whiteout"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Alex O'Loughlin and
Columbus Short have joined Kate Beckinsale in the icy action
thriller "Whiteout."
Bochco to create confessional Web videos
(AP)
AP - Emmy Award-winning writer Steven Bochco has become the latest Hollywood leader to embrace the Internet, teaming with a video site to produce a series of confessional short videos on such topics as "my first time" and "my weird family."
Ancient epic "300" leads worldwide box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_18t135935_450x316_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=DJ6Xn7mGpJwB2FOsOPfD3Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Cast member Gerard Butler attends the premiere of the film '300' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood March 5, 2007. The brave Spartan soldiers of '300' enjoyed a one-sided victory at the North American box office for a second weekend, making light work of critically lambasted new challenges from Sandra Bullock and Chris Rock. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The brave Spartan soldiers of "300"
enjoyed a one-sided victory at the North American box office
for a second weekend, making light work of critically lambasted
new challenges from Sandra Bullock and Chris Rock.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spector jury selection to begin in L.A.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070319/capt.sge.goe02.190307083655.photo01.photo.default-403x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=EoVhJZh1IToyKsqbNxuAkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="The long-awaited murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector, seen here talking to his attorney in 2005, gets underway on Monday, four years after he allegedly gunned down a B-movie actress at his Los Angeles mansion. Spector, 66, a reclusive musical genius who pioneered the unique "Wall of Sound" recording technique during the 1960s, is accused of shooting dead Lana Clarkson at his hill-top estate on February 3, 2003.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Simmons)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lana Clarkson, an actress best known as the star of the cult film "Barbarian Queen," was working as a hostess at the House of Blues when she met reclusive music producer Phil Spector.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tween group Girl Authority ready for big time
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nine girls make up teen act Girl
Authority. And they are ready for their close-up.
R&B singer Ne-Yo gets the last laugh
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/music_nm/neyo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t011019_450x323_us_neyo.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=scG0yiWOcljaVOW.DDfwIQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="R and B artist Ne-Yo speaks at a news conference announcing the nominees for the BET Awards 2006 in Hollywood May 16, 2006. Ne-Yo, once derailed when he was dropped by Columbia Records, is no joke these days. Most folks now know him as a recording star. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In a small office overlooking
Manhattan, R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo reflects on his recent
career growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
R&B singer Joe has Nothin' to show for absence
(Reuters)
Reuters - It seems like yesterday that Joe
was last on the R&B charts. Well, going on four years to be
exact. That's when the singer/songwriter released his last
album ("And Then ..." in late 2003) and scored a No. 22
R&B/hip-hop single with "Ride Wit U" featuring G-Unit.
Indie rock act Tapes game for innovative tie-ins
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie rock act Tapes 'N Tapes has
scored a home run with 2K Sports.
All hail the new indie rock mainstream
(Reuters)
Reuters - Arcade Fire's "Intervention" is most
likely the only Coolest Song there will ever be that waits a
minute and a half for the drums to enter.
Iggy's agony: performing without the Stooges
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iggy Pop says he endured the
worst "artistic, psychic pain" of his life every time he dusted
off tunes by his old punk rock band the Stooges during his solo
concerts.
Black Sabbath veterans on tour in new guise
(Reuters)
Reuters - The reunion of the Ronnie James
Dio-fronted version of Black Sabbath has been a long time
coming. But it's not likely to be a long-term affair.
Swiss opera singer Ernst Haefliger dies
(AP)
AP - Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and lieder, has died, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said Sunday. He was 87.
Israeli sings for her estranged people
(AP)
AP - A mainstream pop album is an unlikely place to encounter an ancient tongue known to a total of 705 people in the Holy Land. But tucked between the smooth chords and Hebrew vocals on Israeli singer Sofi Tsedaka's debut CD, listeners can hear the lilting language of the Samaritans.
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