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Timberlake fed up with gossip magazines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_mu/people_justin_timberlake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.ny11704022256.people_justin_timberlake_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=nACdTYeHHQ9GwrD8UNoakQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Justin Timberlake opens the show at the 20th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, in this Saturday, March 31, 2007 file photo. Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. "I despise what they do," the 26-year-old singer tells Details magazine in an interview in its April issue. "They create soap operas out of people's lives. ... It's a spin game, and I choose not to take part in it."</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin's Staatsoper to be renovated
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_mu/music_berlin_opera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.1d31cb95bd84418985b7c8081a6c9797.music_berlin_opera_nyet119.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=fFfnfClGjRqfpml1qcAAPA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A July 18, 1996 file photo showing Berlin's Staatsoper opera house on the Unter den Linden boulevard. The facility is expected to undergo a major three-year renovation starting in 2010, the opera's general manager said Monday, April 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Hans Edinger)" border="0" /></a>AP - Berlin's famous Staatsoper opera house is expected to undergo a major three-year renovation starting in 2010.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Knight Rider' Trans Am up for sale
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_tv/tv_knight_rider_car"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.nyet12404022032.tv_knight_rider_car_nyet124.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=972.ZRKcBGMsIGUTL_3SNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="An April 5, 1985 file photo David Hasselhoff, star of NBC's series, 'Knight Rider,' points to the back of the his car, KITT. The flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the 1980s TV show is up for sale. Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is offered at $149,995 at a Dublin, Calif., auto dealership. (AP Photo/NBC)" border="0" /></a>AP - KITT, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the `80s TV show "Knight Rider," is up for sale. Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is offered at $149,995 at a Dublin auto dealership. Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors has had the car, officially called Knight Industries Two Thousand, on display for about a month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warrants issued for Billy Joe Shaver
(AP)
AP - Police have issued arrest warrants for country singer Billy Joe Shaver after he shot and wounded a man outside a Texas bar, the entertainer's attorney said.
Anna Nicole's partner drops DNA appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070402/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.2de8bb050d3a495abdc45e2c362c5cd6.anna_nicole_smith_nyet121.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=VLYainjTi8tlYbh1jaeNGg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo in Washington, D.C. A Bahamian court on Monday, April 2, 2007, refused to block the release of DNA results that could reveal the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - The lawyer-turned-partner of Anna Nicole Smith dropped his bid Monday to halt the use of DNA to prove the paternity of the former Playboy playmate's infant daughter when it appeared a Bahamas court was going to reject his appeal.</p><br clear="all"/>
3-D "Vincent" opens Burton's "Nightmare" reissue
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/film_nm/vincent_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_03t050250_450x307_us_vincent.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=_vySp69_nn9hdvALkKbFpQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Tim Burton arrives for the awards ceremony at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, May 28, 2006. One of Burton's earliest animated shorts, 'Vincent,' will be converted to a stereoscopic 3-D form. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - One of Tim Burton's
earliest animated shorts, "Vincent," will be converted to a
stereoscopic 3-D form.</p><br clear="all"/>
Timberlake fed up with gossip magazines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_mu/people_justin_timberlake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.ny11704022256.people_justin_timberlake_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=nACdTYeHHQ9GwrD8UNoakQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Justin Timberlake opens the show at the 20th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, in this Saturday, March 31, 2007 file photo. Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. "I despise what they do," the 26-year-old singer tells Details magazine in an interview in its April issue. "They create soap operas out of people's lives. ... It's a spin game, and I choose not to take part in it."</p><br clear="all"/>
Kelley's "Wedding" cut short
(Reuters)
Reuters - The honeymoon is over
for David E. Kelley's midseason Fox series "The Wedding Bells."
Google enters TV ad sales market with EchoStar
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/media_nm/google_tv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_03t052143_450x282_us_google_tv.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=walJ4163Ylcpy7gz.Co8qw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A file photo of the Google booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 5, 2006. Google has struck its first major deal to enter the television advertising business with U.S. satellite TV operator EchoStar, a move that promises to upset the cozy way TV ad impact has been measured. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. has struck its first
major deal to enter the television advertising business with
U.S. satellite TV operator EchoStar, a move that promises to
upset the cozy way TV ad impact has been measured.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo" loses bloom
(Reuters)
Reuters - As Madame Hooch in "Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Zoe Wanamaker teaches flying
and is the referee at Quidditch games. In the National Theater
revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," she plays a
morbidly emotional hothouse flower named Serafina delle Rose,
but it would take more than broomsticks to make this overblown
production fly.
3-D "Vincent" opens Burton's "Nightmare" reissue
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/film_nm/vincent_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_03t050250_450x307_us_vincent.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=_vySp69_nn9hdvALkKbFpQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Tim Burton arrives for the awards ceremony at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, May 28, 2006. One of Burton's earliest animated shorts, 'Vincent,' will be converted to a stereoscopic 3-D form. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - One of Tim Burton's
earliest animated shorts, "Vincent," will be converted to a
stereoscopic 3-D form.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scott, Torn make plans for "August"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Adam Scott and Rip Torn
have marked their calendars for "August," joining Josh Hartnett
in the indie feature.
Director lands date for "Just Not Into You"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ken Kwapis has signed on
to direct "He's Just Not That Into You," an adaptation of the
best-selling commentary on the complications of modern-day
relationships.
Director Amiel evacuating Saigon again
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jon Amiel is attached to
direct "105 Degrees and Rising," a film set against the
backdrop of the fall of Saigon in 1975.
"Glory" be to skating kings of comedy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_03t020623_450x326_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=g_Vo97cCxzzad5RsyQ0yLw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Cast member Will Ferrell attends the Los Angeles premiere of 'Blades of Glory' held at the Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood March 28, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The icemen cometh at the
North American box office last weekend as Will Ferrell and Jon
Leder, outfitted as a comically paired figure skating team,
took home the gold.</p><br clear="all"/>
Neil Jordan hooked on "Heart-Shaped" horror
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neil Jordan will rewrite
and direct "Heart-Shaped Box," an adaptation of the new horror
novel by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King.
Stiller is master of "Mind" superhero satire
(Reuters)
Reuters - DreamWorks Animation is
joining forces with Ben Stiller's production company to develop
a superhero satire.
The top films at the North American box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10 movies at
the North American box office for the March 30-April 1 weekend,
according to studio data issued Monday by tracking firm Media
By Numbers LLC.
Cable Guy hooked up to "Protection"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dan Whitney, a.k.a.
Larry the Cable Guy, is entering "Witless Protection," a crime
caper scheduled to begin shooting next month in Chicago.
Thai action hero Jaa kicks up storm at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/film_nm/thailand_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lpo16.030407100554.photo01.photo.default-372x512.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=xz_BxVqqJrTA8FS6a3nCxg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont delivers a speech during a press conference in Tokyo. Japan has approved a controversial free-trade deal with Thailand that the kingdom hopes will hearten uneasy foreign investors amid lingering concern since last year's coup.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - He's played the
lead role in just two movies so far in his young career, but
Panom Yeerum -- or Tony Jaa, as international audiences know
him -- has quickly become Thailand's biggest movie star and may
be one of the world's biggest martial arts stars of his day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Timberlake fed up with gossip magazines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_mu/people_justin_timberlake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.ny11704022256.people_justin_timberlake_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=nACdTYeHHQ9GwrD8UNoakQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Justin Timberlake opens the show at the 20th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, in this Saturday, March 31, 2007 file photo. Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. "I despise what they do," the 26-year-old singer tells Details magazine in an interview in its April issue. "They create soap operas out of people's lives. ... It's a spin game, and I choose not to take part in it."</p><br clear="all"/>
EU charges record companies, Apple on record sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/music_nm/apple_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_02t181931_450x296_us_apple_eu.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=SXcbJ5yFRjcnkfn4tA1VTA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer checks out Music Store (on a screen) with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. The European Commission has sent formal charges to major record companies and Apple Inc., alleging they are restricting music sales in Europe, a Commission spokesman said on Monday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The European Commission
has sent formal charges to major record companies and Apple
Inc., alleging they are restricting music sales in Europe, a
Commission spokesman said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warrants issued for Billy Joe Shaver
(AP)
AP - Police have issued arrest warrants for country singer Billy Joe Shaver after he shot and wounded a man outside a Texas bar, the entertainer's attorney said.
Berlin's Staatsoper to be renovated
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_mu/music_berlin_opera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.1d31cb95bd84418985b7c8081a6c9797.music_berlin_opera_nyet119.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=fFfnfClGjRqfpml1qcAAPA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A July 18, 1996 file photo showing Berlin's Staatsoper opera house on the Unter den Linden boulevard. The facility is expected to undergo a major three-year renovation starting in 2010, the opera's general manager said Monday, April 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Hans Edinger)" border="0" /></a>AP - Berlin's famous Staatsoper opera house is expected to undergo a major three-year renovation starting in 2010.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mexican singer kills bandmate
(Reuters)
Reuters - The lead singer of the
popular Mexican rap group Cartel de Santa has killed one of his
band members in a shooting he says was an accident.
Russia bans DVD, CD street sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070402/music_nm/russia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070403/2007_04_02t190043_450x332_us_russia.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=fgRUOAsDbVKuz1EoHPklOw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A worker destroys pirated DVDs and CDs at a factory in Kiev, in this February 28, 2007 file photo. Russia has issued a new law banning the sale of DVDs, videocassettes and music CDs from its street markets and kiosks, in a further sign that the Kremlin is getting serious about combating piracy as coveted membership in the World Trade Organization moves closer. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia has issued a new law
banning the sale of DVDs, videocassettes and music CDs from its
street markets and kiosks, in a further sign that the Kremlin
is getting serious about combating piracy as coveted membership
in the World Trade Organization moves closer.</p><br clear="all"/>
EMI, Apple to sell DRM-free songs online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070402/ap_en_mu/emi_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.9250bc753ae14c47a43778434e6a61f1.correction_britain_music_drm_apple_emi_xag102.jpg?x=130&y=50&sig=v2MiIzR7gWWAH7Fkib_AFA--" align="left" height="50" width="130" alt="Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, right, Damon Albarn, center, of the pop group Blur, and Eric Nicoli, CEO EMI Group appear together in the lobby of the EMI record company headquarters in London, Monday, April 2, 2007. Jobs was at the launch of digital rights management- (DRM) free recordings that EMI will make available on the Apple iTunes website starting in May 2007. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Breaking from the rest of the recording industry, EMI Group said Monday it will begin selling songs online that are free of copy-protection technology through Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store. The deal, however, doesn't include music from the label's biggest act, The Beatles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Met Opera names six contest winners
(AP)
AP - A pair of Philadelphians, 29-year-old soprano Angela Meade and 22-year-old tenor Michael Fabiano, were among the winners announced Monday of the Metropolitan Opera's annual National Council auditions.
Brandi Carlile hopes new CD avoids sophomore slump
(Reuters)
Reuters - Singer Brandi Carlile may have found a
way to avoid the sophomore slump that has ruined many a rise to
music stardom: holding back her best songs for her second
album.
Singers recording hits in Spanish
(AP)
AP - Wyclef Jean has sold millions of records as a solo artist and as a founding member of the hip-hop group The Fugees. Still, few in the mainly Latin-crowd seemed to recognize the Grammy-winner when he leaped onto the stage at a recent sold-out concert.
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