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Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_tv/kids_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.cadb17604010259.kids_choice_awards_show_cadb176.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Hn7jrXhOj_LT0QqEBXA0lw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Host Justin Timberlake shows off his celebrity burp contest championship belt during the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday night in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Albany honors novelist William Kennedy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_ot/ny_books_kennedy___albany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.382ada3c12be4ad4bb7fcb07f8f9f005.books_kennedy___albany_nyol778.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=q8HGo7ZeEdD0lDlAi2gzHQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy is seen in Oxford, Miss., in this Aug. 1, 1996, file photo. Albany, N.Y., is honoring Kennedy with a series of musical events, tours and readings. (AP Photo/Robert Jordan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Back rooms and saloons where William Kennedy's characters prowled are stops on a trolley tour. The local orchestra is tuning up for a concerto based on his latest work. And residents around this city so intimately tied to the Pulitzer Prize winner's imagination are being asked to read "Legs," "Ironweed" or "Roscoe."</p><br clear="all"/>
Author, 96, proves it's never too late
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_ot/first_book_at96"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.240f6a73733d4a188ad653d537a11597.first_book_at_96_njme105.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=jSH_UVXYWNdU_L2GVEe2EQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Harry Bernstein, 96, holds a Swedish version of his book, 'The Invisible Wall' at his Brick, N.J. home Wednesday, March 14, 2007. What started out as almost a form of therapy eventually turned into a book that chronicles his childhood in a northern England mill town. (AP photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - Into his 90s, decimated by the loss of his beloved wife, and alone at night with the memories of a rough and sad childhood spent battling an alcoholic father and vicious anti-Semitism, Harry Bernstein decided to write.</p><br clear="all"/>
R.E.M. to unveil tracks from new album
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_en_mu/people_rem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070331/capt.4a0ce20ebd9e4433b0c445f66834ceac.people_rem_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=CrCvX.3kbjr.4qs9EkIzNA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe performs at a concert in Hamburg, Germany, in this July 1, 2003, file photo. R.E.M. will give fans a taste of tracks from their upcoming album during a series of gigs in Dublin in the summer of 2007. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)" border="0" /></a>AP - R.E.M. plans to give fans a taste of tracks from their upcoming album during a series of gigs in Dublin this summer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cellist discusses ailing Rostropovich
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_en_mu/studying_with_slava_rostropovich_q_a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070331/capt.eac66de0777d445cb2f3513741cb027b.studying_with_slava_rostropovich_nyet399.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=YCiNqv2wvotc.0QP88a06A--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="This photo supplied by David Finckel shows cellist-conductor Mstislav 'Slava' Rostropovich with David Finckel, right, one of his former students who is now the cellist with the Emerson String Quartet and co-artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in the mid 1980s. Years ago, Finckel stalked the Russian master. He would go from city to city to see Rostropovich perform and then go backstage to speak with him. Eventually, Rostropovich took on Finckel as a student. (AP Photo/courtesy David Finckel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mstislav "Slava" Rostropovich, the ailing giant of the cello who turned 80 this past week, has had a deep impact on music. His charismatic personality and impassioned playing have inspired audiences, composers and fellow musicians for decades.</p><br clear="all"/>
Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_mo/kids_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.cadb17604010259.kids_choice_awards_show_cadb176.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Hn7jrXhOj_LT0QqEBXA0lw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Host Justin Timberlake shows off his celebrity burp contest championship belt during the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday night in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cellist talks about studying with Slava
(AP)
AP - Mstislav "Slava" Rostropovich, the ailing giant of the cello who turned 80 last week, has had a deep impact on music. His charismatic personality and impassioned playing have inspired audiences, composers and fellow musicians for decades.
Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_tv/kids_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.cadb17604010259.kids_choice_awards_show_cadb176.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Hn7jrXhOj_LT0QqEBXA0lw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Host Justin Timberlake shows off his celebrity burp contest championship belt during the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday night in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple invades the living room
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070331/media_nm/apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070331/2007_03_31t031929_450x432_us_apple.jpg?x=130&y=124&sig=Wz8HZ9RbAcSlJozz4Tlcfw--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="An Apple TV box in an undated handout photo. The long-awaited home entertainment adapter has finally shipped, and for the first time reviewers and consumers can see for themselves whether Apple's iPod magic can extend into the living room. (Courtesy of Apple/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The long-awaited Apple TV home
entertainment adapter has finally shipped, and for the first
time reviewers and consumers can see for themselves whether
Apple's iPod magic can extend into the living room.</p><br clear="all"/>
Flaming Lips bringing "Yoshimi" to life as musical
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Flaming Lips are known for their
outlandish stage shows, which can involve fake blood, mock
UFOs, giant bubbles and scores of people jumping around in
animal costumes. Now, the group is hoping to bring that
sensibility to Broadway with a musical based on its 2002 album
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots."
Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_mo/kids_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.cadb17604010259.kids_choice_awards_show_cadb176.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Hn7jrXhOj_LT0QqEBXA0lw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Host Justin Timberlake shows off his celebrity burp contest championship belt during the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday night in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin, Beyoncé, Pirates Are Kids' Choice
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070331/en_movies_eo/e438f8bd5e09_4a1f_9994_9398d068d41b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070401/capt.7f28ee167ab7c0c67cb721f8dba3adbe.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=TQjTVA03Bva33dVUvrLCgw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Justin, Beyoncé, Pirates Are Kids' Choice(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Justin Timberlake was the host with the most Saturday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Washington enlists for Iraq War drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Denzel Washington will
produce and may star in a movie inspired by the writings of a
soldier killed in Baghdad.
Hollywood auction pits Superman against a Winkie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070330/film_nm/winkie_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070331/2007_03_30t154822_276x450_us_winkie.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=oSXnAhwmCgBYNYA9qFtXFg--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="An original Wicked Witch of the West Winkie guard costume from the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' is shown in this publicity photo provided to Reuters March 30, 2007. The Profiles in History auction house is holding one of its widely-followed sales of movie and television items on April 5, 2007 , that could fetch an estimated $2 million to $3 million. (Profiles in History/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So he's faster than a speeding
bullet and can leap tall buildings and all that, but there is
one thing Superman cannot top -- a "Winkie."</p><br clear="all"/>
'That Announcer Guy' finally gets due
(AP)
AP - There was a moment at one of those Hollywood awards shows recently that seemed finally to cement Don LaFontaine's place in television and film history, sort of like a star on the Walk of Fame, only, not.
Film takes gritty look at U.S.-Mexico border
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the gritty documentary, a medical
technician delivers Mexican babies on the U.S. side of the
border, joking that they have "won the lottery" because they
get automatic American citizenship as a result.
Alec Baldwin's Good Deed
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070330/en_movies_eo/d9fd932729e7_4022_8562_b2fd21f16328"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070331/capt.5052c3d661e1e27be2e993ac2cc8ca48.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=imKAKCn0u0.8Gk5cVVOdVw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Alec Baldwin's Good Deed(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Alec Baldwin may criticize the president's policies when it comes to the war in Iraq, but don't ever accuse him of not supporting the troops.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jamie Out-Foxxed by Illness
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070330/en_movies_eo/0d7d8fbd6ab2_41ee_984c_f6ab7fbb5097"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070330/capt.e68b53c9c030ea0642b77bea478e896a.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=w_ZBBtBYUHonT5UPO92.GQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jamie Out-Foxxed by Illness(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Even velvety pipes get rundown every once in awhile.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hudson-McConaughey Flick Turns to Jelly
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070330/en_movies_eo/f05e52ce_d8fb4e5d_aea6_a82e722dc12e"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070330/capt.ee103e25da8726083989168d460b1833.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=9kmznbtr1TQhzoqawT6Dnw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Hudson-McConaughey Flick Turns to Jelly(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey now know how to lose a film in 10 minutes.</p><br clear="all"/>
No fading star: Actress gets roles at 97
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_en_mo/film_acting_her_age"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070329/capt.061091460a204d71807b8ee73002dbed.film_acting_her_age_la303.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=CYqa_c7vH7.p.3zyuTOBMQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Actress Mae Laborde poses at her Santa Monica, Calif., home on Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007. The 97-year-old Laborde is just four years into her acting career and hotter than ever. (AP Photos. Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood's starmakers always are on the lookout for a fresh new face and they found one in Mae Laborde, albeit of the wrinkled variety. The 97-year-old Laborde is just four years into her acting career and hotter than ever. Standing 4-feet-10, with snow-white hair, rosy-red cheeks and a sweet-as-peaches-and-cream smile, she's becoming TV's ubiquitous grandma.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cellist talks about studying with Slava
(AP)
AP - Mstislav "Slava" Rostropovich, the ailing giant of the cello who turned 80 last week, has had a deep impact on music. His charismatic personality and impassioned playing have inspired audiences, composers and fellow musicians for decades.
Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_en_mu/kids_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070401/capt.cadb17604010259.kids_choice_awards_show_cadb176.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=Hn7jrXhOj_LT0QqEBXA0lw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Host Justin Timberlake shows off his celebrity burp contest championship belt during the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday night in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
R.E.M. to unveil tracks from new album
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_en_mu/people_rem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070331/capt.4a0ce20ebd9e4433b0c445f66834ceac.people_rem_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=CrCvX.3kbjr.4qs9EkIzNA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe performs at a concert in Hamburg, Germany, in this July 1, 2003, file photo. R.E.M. will give fans a taste of tracks from their upcoming album during a series of gigs in Dublin in the summer of 2007. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)" border="0" /></a>AP - R.E.M. plans to give fans a taste of tracks from their upcoming album during a series of gigs in Dublin this summer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin, Beyoncé, Pirates Are Kids' Choice
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070331/en_music_eo/e438f8bd5e09_4a1f_9994_9398d068d41b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070401/capt.7f28ee167ab7c0c67cb721f8dba3adbe.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=TQjTVA03Bva33dVUvrLCgw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Justin, Beyoncé, Pirates Are Kids' Choice(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Justin Timberlake was the host with the most Saturday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
After bloody week in Iraq, singer delights with win
(Reuters)
Reuters - After enduring one of the bloodiest
weeks in Iraq's sectarian conflict, Iraqis on Saturday were
united in celebrating the win of an Iraqi woman in the hit
pan-Arab television talent show Star Academy.
Jazz clarinetist Tony Scott dies at 85
(AP)
AP - Jazz musician Tony Scott, a clarinetist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, has died, the House of Jazz said Saturday. He was 85.
Japanese set record for longest concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_en_mu/longest_concert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070331/capt.tok80203310449.japan_longest_concert_tok802.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=X55o7sEki_Eacx0QqGmzuw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Japanese piano teacher Kuniko Teramura, right, accompanied by her daughter, Nao, smiles after breaking the world record for a nonstop concert by one hour after a band of musicians including Teramura, reached 182 hours performing the concert at Toriimoto Station of Omi Railway Corp. in Hikone, central Japan, 10 a.m., Saturday, March 31, 2007. An official of London-based Guinness Book of Records who was present at the concert that began at 8 p.m., Friday, March 23, approved the new record. The previous longest concert was 181 hours set in Canada in 2001. The Japanese reads: 'Reached 182 hours.' (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world's longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles' classics to Japanese traditional harp music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Country singer Lambert stumbles at radio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sitting at a corner table at one of
her favorite Nashville eateries and sipping a Diet Coke,
Miranda Lambert doesn't come across as the gun-toting, cheating
boyfriend-hunting, arson-starting character she portrays in
songs like "Kerosene" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend."
Hard rockers struggle to find mainstream success
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shadows Fall may be the latest
hard rock band to jump from the indie world into the major
label system, but breaking out of the metal genre and winning a
mainstream fan base won't be easy.
Soweto Gospel Choir rides Grammy to greater glory
(Reuters)
Reuters - Since winning the traditional
world music Grammy for its second album "Blessed" in February,
the 26-strong Soweto Gospel Choir has been in global demand.
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