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Sharpton, critics demand Imus ouster
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_bu/imus_apology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070406/capt.2749a4b9bffc4f34897940bbc398f377.imus_apology_nyr103.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=ayT3n3hsqyzAh_S2IKQs4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Nationally syndicated radio personality Don Imus speaks at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington in this file photo of March 21, 1996. Imus apologized Friday, April 6, 2007, for making racially charged comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team after the National Association of Black Journalists called for his immediate firing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unimpressed by his on-air apology or corporate promises of a tighter leash, angry critics of nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus called Saturday for his dismissal over his racially charged comments about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Onion Field' killer dead at 76
(AP)
AP - Jimmy Lee Smith, the lifelong criminal whose role in the 1963 kidnapping and killing of a police officer inspired Joseph Wambaugh's true-life crime novel "The Onion Field," has died in jail at age 76, a state prisons official said.
Morath show offers Monroe, Gable photos
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_ot/art_misfits_exhibit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.de0a6060fa0f4558a9fb80b0a75f7399.art_misfits_exhibit_nyol205.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GpmHuQwHnr194lGIpbGG7Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the Inge Morath Foundation, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller are shown on the set of the film 'The Misfits' in 1960, in Nevada. Rare photos of Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and other stars of 'The Misfits' are featured in an exhibit, 'Road to Reno: Inge Morath,' running through July 15 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. (AP Photo/ The Inge Morath Foundation/ Magnum Photos via the Nevada Museum of Art)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like the rest of her work, Inge Morath's photographs of Marilyn Monroe, shot in 1960, go right to the heart of her subject. Monroe may be smiling on the outside, but her vulnerability is also revealed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Veteran novelist delves into Civil War
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_ot/books_civil_war_novel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.bcb33a4024c048cf889155e7cabf718a.books_civil_war_novel_nyol204.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=Qdm6oFN6ld_czQ8JZBE0rA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Robert Olmstead, author of the forthcoming Civil War novel, 'Coal Black Horse', stands outside of his house in Delaware, Ohio, Friday, March 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Robert Olmstead always considered his war the Revolutionary War, when he was growing up on a farm in New England.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ferrell shooting new sports comedy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_mo/people_ferrell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.5943ab1b873845faa82fb9fba716ac46.people_ferrell_ny112.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=4PCELhADwReOLSWFDGt2Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Actor Will Ferrell smiles during his appearance on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York, in a Monday March 26, 2007 photo. Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month. Crews plan location shots this spring for 'Semi-Pro,' a comedy that stars Ferrell as player, coach and owner of a Flint-based team in the 1970s American Basketball Association who is trying to get into the NBA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ferrell shooting new sports comedy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_mo/people_ferrell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.5943ab1b873845faa82fb9fba716ac46.people_ferrell_ny112.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=4PCELhADwReOLSWFDGt2Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Actor Will Ferrell smiles during his appearance on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York, in a Monday March 26, 2007 photo. Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month. Crews plan location shots this spring for 'Semi-Pro,' a comedy that stars Ferrell as player, coach and owner of a Flint-based team in the 1970s American Basketball Association who is trying to get into the NBA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Linkin Park shuns rap-metal roots on new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Linkin Park's new midtempo rocker
"What I've Done" may sound familiar when you hear it blaring
from radios.
Soap star Edward Mallory dies at 76
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_tv/obit_mallory"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070406/capt.ed20aa521cd44047b76373d02c014ca6.obit_mallory_wxs101.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=X2IC51aqaCUktVQgneSkfw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="This undated photo provided by family shows Edward Mallory. Mallory, who portrayed angst-ridden Dr. Bill Horton on the NBC daytime drama ''Days of Our Lives'' for 14 years, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, after a long illness, family members said. He was 76. (AP Photo/Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - Edward Mallory, who portrayed angst-ridden Dr. Bill Horton on the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" for 14 years, has died following a long illness, family members said. He was 76.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sharpton, critics demand Imus ouster
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_bu/imus_apology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070406/capt.2749a4b9bffc4f34897940bbc398f377.imus_apology_nyr103.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=ayT3n3hsqyzAh_S2IKQs4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Nationally syndicated radio personality Don Imus speaks at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington in this file photo of March 21, 1996. Imus apologized Friday, April 6, 2007, for making racially charged comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team after the National Association of Black Journalists called for his immediate firing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unimpressed by his on-air apology or corporate promises of a tighter leash, angry critics of nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus called Saturday for his dismissal over his racially charged comments about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Everwood" Doc Is Politician in Victory Gardens' 'Cynical Weathers'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Chicago actor Tom Amandes, a veteran of the Off-Loop stage scene who is widely known for playing salty Dr. Harold Abbott on the TV series "Everwood," returns to the Windy City to star in Douglas Post's new political drama, <i>Cynical Weathers,</i> at Victory Gardens Theater.
Ferrell shooting new sports comedy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070408/ap_en_mo/people_ferrell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.5943ab1b873845faa82fb9fba716ac46.people_ferrell_ny112.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=4PCELhADwReOLSWFDGt2Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Actor Will Ferrell smiles during his appearance on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York, in a Monday March 26, 2007 photo. Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month. Crews plan location shots this spring for 'Semi-Pro,' a comedy that stars Ferrell as player, coach and owner of a Flint-based team in the 1970s American Basketball Association who is trying to get into the NBA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Diggers" a well-intentioned look at '70s America
(Reuters)
Reuters - You can smell the brine
in "Diggers," a thoughtful, detailed, Polaroid snapshot circa
1976 of a tightly knit village of clam-diggers on Long Island's
South Shore that's rich in evocative period touches.
"Blades" outpaces disappointing "Grindhouse"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070407/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070408/2007_04_05t021230_450x390_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=112&sig=cny9nErTt1uv9dqGQkor7w--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Directors Quentin Tarantino (L) and Robert Rodriguez pose at the premiere of 'Grindhouse' at the Orpheum theater in Los Angeles March 26, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The double-feature
package "Grindhouse" was no match for the one-two punch of
"Blades of Glory" and "Meet the Robinsons" during its first day
at the box office, coming in at a disappointing No. 4.</p><br clear="all"/>
Morath show offers Monroe, Gable photos
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_en_mo/art_misfits_exhibit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070407/capt.de0a6060fa0f4558a9fb80b0a75f7399.art_misfits_exhibit_nyol205.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GpmHuQwHnr194lGIpbGG7Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the Inge Morath Foundation, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller are shown on the set of the film 'The Misfits' in 1960, in Nevada. Rare photos of Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and other stars of 'The Misfits' are featured in an exhibit, 'Road to Reno: Inge Morath,' running through July 15 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. (AP Photo/ The Inge Morath Foundation/ Magnum Photos via the Nevada Museum of Art)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like the rest of her work, Inge Morath's photographs of Marilyn Monroe, shot in 1960, go right to the heart of her subject. Monroe may be smiling on the outside, but her vulnerability is also revealed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jackie Chan launches Chinese TV show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_en_mo/people_chan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070404/capt.tok10704040543.hong_kong_stunt_doubles_tok107.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=zxd_hHgrIkA7rIN6OuVaEA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Jackie Chan makes a face for photographers at a Hong Kong fire station in this May 3, 2005 file photo as Chan was named the ambassador for the city's World Firefighters Games, scheduled for February 2006. A Hong Kong stuntman has said that he's doubled for Chan, sparking discussion about the action star's reputation of performing his own daredevil moves. (AP Photo/Lo Sai Hung, File )" border="0" /></a>AP - Jackie Chan on Saturday launched a Chinese TV competition aimed at scouting out new action movie talent, saying more than 100,000 people have already signed up for a shot at kung fu stardom.</p><br clear="all"/>
Man pleads not guilty in director crash
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_en_mo/director_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070405/capt.f677aec442814f6e997363556fd07c66.obit_clark_la103.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=PIU7XNSognJPwQKkJqdj1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this photo made available by Warner Home Video, Director Robert Clark poses for a photo holding the famed 'leg lamp' prop from 'A Christmas Story' at a 2003 DVD release event for the film. Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic 'A Christmas Story,' was killed Wednesday April 4, 2007 along with his son in a head-on crash with an alleged drunken driver on Pacific Coast Highway, the filmmaker's assistant and police said. He was 67. (AP Photo/Warner Home Video)" border="0" /></a>AP - A driver arrested after the crash that killed "A Christmas Story" director Bob Clark and his son pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.</p><br clear="all"/>
Actress says Hollywood ideal unrealistic
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070406/ap_en_mo/people_kate_beckinsale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070406/capt.cfe39bbd44e4437899240594f81f2144.people_kate_beckinsale_nyet171.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=1G0.j8NVIMDVBSV9fGqlqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Actress Kate Beckinsale poses for the photographers prior to a film premiere in central London, Sept. 27, 2006. Beckinsale says what's considered ideal for women in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world. 'I don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I,' she tells Glamour magazine in its May issue, on newsstands Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kate Beckinsale says what's considered the ideal look in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Details in Deadly Director Crash
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070406/en_movies_eo/ff97593b5561_44cc_be5f_e4cea19f98f1"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070406/capt.2fff496dcf326c3f0dc3553d90ecbf7a.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=IwZA9ebEKXV6sLsM1_e8qQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="New Details in Deadly Director Crash(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Not only shouldn't the man arrested for the car crash that killed director Bob Clark have been behind the wheel, authorities say, he shouldn't have been in the country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nicolas Cage film to be shot in India
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070406/ap_en_mo/people_nicolas_cage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070406/capt.3f89369fb2944cc4820d56ff7484debe.people_nicolas_cage_nyet156.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=bDGtsLNKSuhtXKFLSCbVTw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Nicolas Cage speaks to reporters during a press conference to promote a movie in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2007. A movie starring Cage as a soldier-turned-mystic hurtling down the path of revenge will be shot in India early next year, a Virgin Comics executive said Friday, April 6, 2007.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - A movie starring Nicolas Cage as a soldier-turned-mystic bent on revenge will be shot in India early next year, an executive of the film's producer, Virgin Comics, said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kevin Costner Band's Lawsuit Jam
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070406/en_movies_eo/372ba1b3393b_43b6_a551_6206cf6b0f3b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070406/capt.dfa248524cb0fe298d9e0772eb5956de.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=EagioeFu4JXFSiDZPSF1.g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kevin Costner Band's Lawsuit Jam(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - In his next film, Mr. Brooks, Kevin Costner has a murderous alter ego.</p><br clear="all"/>
Linkin Park shuns rap-metal roots on new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Linkin Park's new midtempo rocker
"What I've Done" may sound familiar when you hear it blaring
from radios.
Rapper Redman releases first album in six years
(Reuters)
Reuters - Patience is a virtue -- just ask
36-year-old rapper Redman. It has been six years since his last
studio album, 2001's "Malpractice."
Gospel label eyes country success for new trio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Daywind Records has long dominated
the Southern gospel field. But the latest addition to the
roster, Austins Bridge, brings to the table a new sound that is
prompting the label to explore options in the country and adult
contemporary formats.
"Idol" veteran Rasmusen signed to Nashville label
(Reuters)
Reuters - The recent signing of "American
Idol" second-season finalist Carmen Rasmusen to Lofton Creek
Records means there are now at least seven alumni from the Fox
talent show affiliated with Nashville labels: Carrie Underwood
(Arista), Josh Gracin (Lyric Street), Kimberley Locke (Curb),
Kellie Pickler (BNA), Bucky Covington (Lyric Street), Mandisa
(Sparrow) and Rasmusen.
Rock band Rooney struggles with new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - The third time's a charm for Los
Angeles rock act Rooney.
Soul singer Shirley Bassey returns to studio
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070408/music_nm/bassey_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070408/2007_04_07t201804_258x450_uk_bassey.jpg?x=74&y=130&sig=TwhZ6XXTH0ApVCvme7mfRw--" align="left" height="130" width="74" alt="Singer Shirley Bassey arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square in London November 14, 2006. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two London-based writer/performers
have sparked the recording return of Shirley Bassey,
the70-year-old Welsh vocal powerhouse famed for singing the
theme song to the James Bond movie "Goldfinger."</p><br clear="all"/>
Opera artistic director Graham dies
(AP)
AP - Colin Graham, the artistic director of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, died Friday. He was 75.
Spector prosecution files new motions
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070404/capt.sge.mfa98.040407223618.photo01.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=g20Yob3UUK39tcGe0q82vw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="This photo released by Universal City Studios (UCS) shows US actress Lana Clarkson in a 1987 publicity photo. Legendary music producer Phil Spector, accused of killing Clarkson, held a gun to the head of a former girlfriend and had a history of making threatening remarks to women, prosecutors in his murder trial have alleged.(AFP/UCS-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in the Phil Spector slaying case asked a judge Friday to limit the defense from suggesting shooting victim Lana Clarkson was suicidal because of a declining career.</p><br clear="all"/>
Michel Legrand rekindles jazz passion
(AP)
AP - At a recent club performance, Michel Legrand decided to have a little fun by "destroying" his familiar tune — "I Will Wait For You," the theme from Jacques Demy's film which turned Catherine Deneuve into a star and earned the French pianist-composer his first Oscar nominations.
Jack Ingram, at last, hitting his stride
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070406/ap_en_mu/music_q_a_jack_ingram"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070405/capt.ce76f60b085e4cba91267b6efa937d40.music_q_a_jack_ingram_nyet447.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=jf_2.YB.s_c_z1pa9I.Gmw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Country Singer Jack Ingram is photographed at McSorley's Pub in New York on March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Jack Ingram would catch up with fans after opening up for Sheryl Crow on tour last year, he'd often be greeted with the comment: "Wow, I don't really like country music but I love what you do."</p><br clear="all"/>
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