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Miss Tennessee crowned new Miss USA
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_tv/miss_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070324/capt.76f4ed6ab55f4fea9d15b0757ad96e38.miss_usa_2007_pageant_cadb127.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=cgzEvYr4S7TUfTmkFAKVCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Rachel Renee Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, is surrounded by contestants after winning the Miss USA 2007 pageant on Friday, March 23, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rachel Smith realized she had a real shot at the Miss USA crown when she made it to the top 15.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibson, woman trade words at screening
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.563d810d247b42d3af31c8596c919302.people_mel_gibson_ny132.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=nc_wCGzTfbhHigHllSRvmg--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Mel Gibson is shown during a private screening for his movie, 'Apocalypto,' in Mexico City, in this Jan. 15, 2007, file photo. Gibson exchanged heated words with a professor at at California State University, Northridge, following an on-campus screening of Gibson's latest film, 'Apocalypto.' on Thursday, March 22, 2007. Alicia Estrada, an assistant professor of Central American studies, accused the actor-director of misrepresenting the Mayan culture in the movie, observers said. Gibson directed an expletive at the woman, who was removed from the crowd, representatives for the actor and the school said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson exchanged angry words with a university professor who challenged the accuracy of his film "Apocalypto" at an on-campus screening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gabor's husband provides DNA sample
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070324/capt.c7f0d389add740e18310f6cc122ae677.anna_nicole_smith_prince_ny142.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=UG_d.svKkl3nWjoR7IgN6A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Prince Frederic von Anhalt, husband of Zsa Zsa Garbor, speaks to media outside Santa Monica, Calif., courthouse in this file photo from Feb. 15, 2007. Anhalt provided a DNA sample Friday March 23, 2007, that he says he's 'almost sure' will prove he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband provided a DNA sample Friday in the ongoing dispute about the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter, and said he wanted to raise the child if he was the father. Frederic von Anhalt said he's "almost sure" the test will prove he's the father of 6-month-old Dannielynn. He says he carried on a decades-long affair with the former Playboy Playmate of the Year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jailed P.I. Pellicano weds ex-wife
(AP)
AP - Anthony Pellicano, the jailed private eye under federal indictment in a Hollywood wiretaps case, married his former wife in a courtroom ceremony Friday.
Auction date to be set for Simpson book
(AP)
AP - SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A judge ordered the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on Friday to set a date to auction the rights to O.J. Simpson's book, "If I Did It."
Gibson, woman trade words at screening
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.563d810d247b42d3af31c8596c919302.people_mel_gibson_ny132.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=nc_wCGzTfbhHigHllSRvmg--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Mel Gibson is shown during a private screening for his movie, 'Apocalypto,' in Mexico City, in this Jan. 15, 2007, file photo. Gibson exchanged heated words with a professor at at California State University, Northridge, following an on-campus screening of Gibson's latest film, 'Apocalypto.' on Thursday, March 22, 2007. Alicia Estrada, an assistant professor of Central American studies, accused the actor-director of misrepresenting the Mayan culture in the movie, observers said. Gibson directed an expletive at the woman, who was removed from the crowd, representatives for the actor and the school said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson exchanged angry words with a university professor who challenged the accuracy of his film "Apocalypto" at an on-campus screening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pink's latest album gets another chance
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/pink_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t041442_347x450_us_pink.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=RtqqSgyIbhJzXZYUXNnsnA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this file photo Pink smiles during an interview for the television show 'Much On Demand' in Toronto January 30, 2007. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pink's previous album was, by her
standards, a flop in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Miss Tennessee crowned new Miss USA
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_tv/miss_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070324/capt.76f4ed6ab55f4fea9d15b0757ad96e38.miss_usa_2007_pageant_cadb127.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=cgzEvYr4S7TUfTmkFAKVCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Rachel Renee Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, is surrounded by contestants after winning the Miss USA 2007 pageant on Friday, March 23, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rachel Smith realized she had a real shot at the Miss USA crown when she made it to the top 15.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cablevision loses network DVR court case
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp. has lost a
legal battle against several Hollywood studios and television
networks to introduce a network-based digital video recorder
service to its subscribers.
After Seven Years, the Acclaimed 'Bubbly Black Girl' Will Finally Effervesce on CD
(Playbill)
Playbill - The world-premiere recording of the award-winning musical <i>The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin</i> will be released April 3, Ghostlight Records and Playwrights Horizons announced.
Gibson, woman trade words at screening
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_mo/mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.563d810d247b42d3af31c8596c919302.people_mel_gibson_ny132.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=nc_wCGzTfbhHigHllSRvmg--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Mel Gibson is shown during a private screening for his movie, 'Apocalypto,' in Mexico City, in this Jan. 15, 2007, file photo. Gibson exchanged heated words with a professor at at California State University, Northridge, following an on-campus screening of Gibson's latest film, 'Apocalypto.' on Thursday, March 22, 2007. Alicia Estrada, an assistant professor of Central American studies, accused the actor-director of misrepresenting the Mayan culture in the movie, observers said. Gibson directed an expletive at the woman, who was removed from the crowd, representatives for the actor and the school said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mel Gibson exchanged angry words with a university professor who challenged the accuracy of his film "Apocalypto" at an on-campus screening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berry returns home to Cleveland area
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_en_mo/people_halle_berry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070321/i/r288772586.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=kzh20O9TiqypEsdxazxrrQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. actress Halle Berry talks during a television show at the MuchMusic television station to promote her new movie 'Perfect Stranger' in Toronto, March 21, 2007. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA)" border="0" /></a>AP - VALLEY VIEW, Ohio (AP) — Even in the rain, Halle Berry draws a crowd when she returns home to the Cleveland area. About 800 people waited in drizzle Thursday night in this Ohio suburb to catch a glimpse of the Oscar-winning actress before a screening of her new film, "Perfect Stranger."</p><br clear="all"/>
Watson, Grint sign for final "Harry Potter" movies
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070323/film_nm/harrypotter_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_23t184026_450x298_uk_harrypotter.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=q50EGCaRcI_hEI7XuzlRnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actors Daniel Radcliffe (L) and Rupert Grint and actress Emma Watson (C) pose at the premiere of the film 'Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire' in New York November 12, 2005. Watson has decided to reprise her role as girl wizard Hermione Granger in the final films of the hit series, Warner Bros. said on Friday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Countering widespread speculation,
"Harry Potter" actress Emma Watson has decided to reprise her
role as girl wizard Hermione Granger in the final films of the
hit series, Warner Bros. said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Charges Brought in Paris Airport Thievery
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070323/en_movies_eo/a6cb6de5_a3904d93_bcfe_31abac0c4ff9"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070324/capt.ae7fa1b2c4ee9d01b9ebb6d641fa146b.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=tS4ALmiUBGx8wO2O6hKBiw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Charges Brought in Paris Airport Thievery(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The friendly skies might be a little friendlier from now on.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sharp-Tongued Gibson Takes Teacher to School
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070323/en_movies_eo/11064a740373_4d6f_ab91_546b39f9def6"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070324/capt.fd1be83d17256de73502a99c8643ed00.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=dh..K2mb0iKHsQ_IF09REw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Sharp-Tongued Gibson Takes Teacher to School(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Mel Gibson apparently went all Apocalypto the other night on a critical college professor after she lobbed a few pointed questions at him regarding his visually compelling yet grotesquely violent Mayan epic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vivica A. Fox Charged with DUI
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070323/en_movies_eo/eb32af211a3c_4cfc_aa62_2d1d66550b3d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070324/capt.11b1279e3bea855c78cafddeb1c3c1ee.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=ZFHgilj42HcNvPGib2K38g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Vivica A. Fox Charged with DUI(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Vivica A. Fox has danced with the stars. And now, she has ridden with the police.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Titanic" stars DiCaprio, Winslet reuniting
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070323/film_nm/dicaprio_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070323/2007_03_23t083624_450x346_us_dicaprio.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=MCgGRtQVOcWtvos_0SPjmg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a scene from the 1997 smash 'Titanic' in an image courtesy of Paramount. DiCaprio and Winslet are reuniting for a drama about post-war disillusionment, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Friday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet,
who played ill-fated lovers in the 1997 smash hit "Titanic,"
are reuniting for a drama about postwar disillusionment, the
DreamWorks movie studio said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
DVD Pooches Under Attack
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070323/en_movies_eo/10abe3044dd6_4bdb_877d_19a3bca39163"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070323/capt.406c8fbbdb2ebab096d9e2263d7fbaba.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=0ttzIM0WSUHhYrS17M55lw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="DVD Pooches Under Attack(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, particularly for Lucky and Flo, the pooches who are sniffing out DVD pirates in Malaysia for the Motion Picture Association of America .</p><br clear="all"/>
Winslet, DiCaprio Set Sail for Screen Reunion
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070323/en_movies_eo/2a6c7b290f27_4949_b68e_18768e211c4d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070323/capt.cb1d6f7273a08af5164274b49742c68a.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=heoC8WMcaHkYKLsu6DuTIg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Winslet, DiCaprio Set Sail for Screen Reunion(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Titanic didn't exactly lend itself to a sequel, but that won't stop Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio from reuniting onscreen.</p><br clear="all"/>
Real-life 'Pride' coach keeps striving
(AP)
AP - The inner-city youth swimming program here could have inspired many movies, with its stories of children jumping into the pool as novices and climbing out with college scholarships and foundations for greater success.
Pink's latest album gets another chance
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/pink_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t041442_347x450_us_pink.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=RtqqSgyIbhJzXZYUXNnsnA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this file photo Pink smiles during an interview for the television show 'Much On Demand' in Toronto January 30, 2007. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pink's previous album was, by her
standards, a flop in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gospel Music Channel has faith in the future
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/gospel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t031916_450x291_us_gospel.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=Kgbe3X.OnAjNvcebJXOs_w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this file photo members of the One New Orleans Mass Choir Repertoire perform during the Remembrance Renewal Rebirth Gospel Concert at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana August 27, 2006. (Sean Gardner/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Christian/gospel community
hopes the Gospel Music Channel will do for faith-based music
what networks like MTV and CMT did for pop and country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Arctic Monkeys drop media-shy stance for new CD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/arctic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t025257_270x450_uk_arctic.jpg?x=77&y=130&sig=s_02LJIgu.xGvYmKuuHEPw--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="In this file photo Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys sings during a gig at Leeds University in Leeds, February 1, 2006. One of Britain's most successful and important bands of the decade, Turner is unfazed by the pitfalls of following up a zeitgeist-shaping debut. (Warren Smith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The sophomore slump. Second-year
blues. The "difficult" second album. None of these phrases are
in Alex Turner's vocabulary.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skaggs, Hornsby get up to some freaky business
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/skaggs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t024312_319x450_us_skaggs.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=x9waFkxs4MVvnlqfNG9N9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this file photo Ricky Skaggs accepts the Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Album for 'Brand New Strings' at the 47th annual Grammy awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles February 13, 2005. Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby's new album features new songs, traditional bluegrass numbers and some intriguing reworkings. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - What do Rick James' funk classic
"Super Freak," Appalachian folk singer Roscoe Holcomb's "Across
the Rocky Mountain" and Bruce Hornsby's "Mandolin Rain" have in
common? The answer isn't a punch line. Truth is, they all
appear on a new collaboration between Ricky Skaggs and Hornsby.</p><br clear="all"/>
Puerto Rican star Chayanne unveils album, tour
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/chayanne_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_24t023650_331x450_us_chayanne.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=O0cJqnH_SF9FDp3DeKoBmA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this file photo Puertorican star Chayanne performs at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 beauty contest at the Panamerican Pier in San Juan, Puerto Rico November 10, 2004. Chayanne is preparing an unusual one-two punch, timing the April 10 release of his new studio album, 'Mi Tiempo' (Sony BMG), with the April 20 kickoff of the U.S. leg of his Mi Tiempo tour in Miami. (Ana Martinez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For the past two decades, Puerto Rican
singer Chayanne's career has been a steady stream of album
followed by tour, album followed by tour, each cycle slightly
more successful than the next.</p><br clear="all"/>
R&B singer Lumidee rejects one-hit-wonder tag
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lumidee has overcome much more
serious obstacles than being labeled a one-hit wonder.
Worthy classical releases deserve attention
(Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard)- They may not have big marketing
budgets or splashy publicity campaigns behind them, but several
excellent new albums issued quietly this spring by various
independent labels deserve their turn in the spotlight.
Neil Young live disc a teaser for boxed set
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/young_boxset_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_23t213422_450x297_us_young_boxset.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=VH7di_ByTdj5BRaPqdB8.Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Neil Young performs with his wife, Pegi Morton, during a benefit dinner for the Elton John Aids Foundation in New York, October 3, 2006. Young has been a consistent presence on the charts since the late 1960s, but only once has he ever debuted higher than the No. 6 position enjoyed this week by the vintage concert CD 'Live at Massey Hall 1971.' (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Neil Young has been a consistent
presence on the charts since the late 1960s, but only once has
he ever debuted higher than the No. 6 position enjoyed this
week by the vintage concert CD "Live at Massey Hall 1971."</p><br clear="all"/>
Discord in Boston after Delp suicide
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_en_mu/music_delp_discord"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.a8e7fb2ce9b645438a8e9b80a552fbd6.music_delp_discord_nyet161.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=8Z9w7hWyUe5PEbF4TSVltQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Boston's Tom Scholz poses in the recording studio in Waltham, Mass.,on Nov. 21, 2002. Two weeks after lead singer Brad Delp's suicide at his home in southeastern New Hampshire, bad feelings abound. Current members of Boston, including Scholz, the band's chief songwriter and founder, were not informed about or invited to Delp's funeral, which was attended by early band members who opposed Scholz in a 1980s legal battle. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /></a>AP - The band Boston spoke to people's souls during the 1970s with smash hits like "More Than a Feeling" and "Peace of Mind." But two weeks after lead singer Brad Delp's suicide at his New Hampshire home, bad feelings abound. Current members of the band, including the chief songwriter and founder, Tom Scholz, were not informed about or invited to Delp's funeral, which was attended by early band members who opposed Scholz in a 1980s legal battle.</p><br clear="all"/>
Donny says Osmonds may reunite for TV special
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/music_nm/osmond_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070324/2007_03_23t173925_450x316_uk_osmond.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=lkvh87.s5EnR_Ky5Kg.Xdw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Donny Osmond performs during a taping of the TV Land awards show in Santa Monica, California in this file photo from March 19, 2006. Osmond, a 1970s teen heart-throb who is back in the British charts with his 55th album, said on March 23, 2007, the brothers are considering a reunion special on television. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Polish your platform boots, squeeze
into those flared pants. Donny Osmond and his five brothers may
be planning a comeback -- at least for one night.</p><br clear="all"/>
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