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MSNBC drops Don Imus simulcast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_tv/imus_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.ac4351245e1a4a32a3679832e0c99858.imus_protests_nyr110.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=vYQBYzy.SXosj0vR4iMAYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York in this April 9, 2007, file photo. MSNBC announced Wednesday, April 11, 2007 that it will no longer simulcast Don Imus' radio program in the wake of public fallout resulting from his referring to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as 'nappy-headed hos' on his morning show last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rutgers players to appear on 'Oprah'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_tv/people_winfrey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070410/capt.bce6252cb9af407c84b842480b801e93.imus_protests_rutgers_njmd104.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1J11shKyJq0Ktkgjl2YVfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Matee Ajavon, center, a junior on the Rutgers University women's basketball team speaks at a news conference on campus in Piscataway, N.J., Tuesday, April 10, 2007, to react to racially derogatory remarks directed at their team made on air by radio personality Don Imus. The team said they would meet privately with Imus. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Rutgers' women's basketball team and coach C. Vivian Stringer were scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Thursday as furor continues over remarks made about the team by radio host Don Imus.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop pleads no contest in gun, pot case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_tv/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.6f1138e4dd4e45c69de31e0fa52c67c2.people_snoop_dogg_la113.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=3_B3fbqYw5E0eem3rx.1sA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Rapper Snoop Dogg, center, arrives at a courthouse Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Pasadena, Calif. Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday.The 35-year-old rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., agreed to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service. He faced charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - A stone-faced Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday and avoided what could have been a yearslong prison sentence.</p><br clear="all"/>
Marc Anthony to pay $2.5M in back taxes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_en_mu/people_marc_anthony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.8ec5e120671b4dcf99c358a41f756c2d.people_marc_anthony_ny126.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=YnntfZbJutYl_V54UQd0_w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Musical artist and actor Marc Anthony gestures during an appearance on the day he will kick off a concert tour with a performance in Puerto Rico, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Juan, in this file photo from Sept. 29, 2006. Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years, prosecutors said Wednesday, April 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marc Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years, prosecutors said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fantasy journey for Jackie Chan & Jet Li
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mo/people_jackie_chan_jet_li"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070410/capt.xkc10504100608.hong_kong_chan_foreman_xkc105.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=47N.mvFzckQyqjv0MjmEuA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan poses during a promotional event for former heavyweight champion George Foreman's U.S. brand grilling machine in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first film pairing of kung fu stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li will tell the tale of an American teenager's fantasy journey to ancient China to rescue a mythological monkey king, the film's U.S. distributor said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitaker sides with "Debaters"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Forest Whitaker is in
negotiations to join fellow Oscar laureate Denzel Washington in
the period drama "The Great Debaters."
Mercury Records rises in U.S. again
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/music_nm/mercury_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t021535_450x300_us_mercury.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=goJOLwyzFpH9AXnfsnLsLw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mercury Records recording artist Elton John celebrates his 60th birthday and 60th Madison Square Garden performance in New York, March 25, 2007. Island Def Jam is reviving the legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate merger. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Island Def Jam is reviving the
legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight
years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate
merger.</p><br clear="all"/>
MSNBC drops Don Imus simulcast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_tv/imus_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.ac4351245e1a4a32a3679832e0c99858.imus_protests_nyr110.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=vYQBYzy.SXosj0vR4iMAYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York in this April 9, 2007, file photo. MSNBC announced Wednesday, April 11, 2007 that it will no longer simulcast Don Imus' radio program in the wake of public fallout resulting from his referring to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as 'nappy-headed hos' on his morning show last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.</p><br clear="all"/>
Record biz sends piracy warnings to universities
(Reuters)
Reuters - The record industry
Wednesday continued its controversial effort to stop campus
music piracy as it sent off more than 400 prelitigation
settlement letters to 21 universities.
'Zanna, Don't!,' Pop Musical About High School Love, Is Now Licensable
(Playbill)
Playbill - Whatever happened to the funky Off-Broadway musical <i>Zanna, Don't!,</i> the gay-friendly high-school-set show that spawned a cast album and once had its eye on Broadway?
Whitaker sides with "Debaters"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/film_nm/whitaker_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070412/i/r3189176156.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=wyiduX9zY8nOPoXqVldqfw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor Forest Whittaker walks on stage to present an award at the 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles, March 2, 2007. Whitaker is in negotiations to join fellow Oscar laureate Denzel Washington in the period drama "The Great Debaters." REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Forest Whitaker is in
negotiations to join fellow Oscar laureate Denzel Washington in
the period drama "The Great Debaters."</p><br clear="all"/>
Sarsgaard, Hopper have "Animal" urges
(Reuters)
Reuters - Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis
Hopper and Deborah Harry are joining the cast of an untitled
film based on Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novella
"Dying Animal."
"Mummy 3" a wrap for actress Weisz
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rachel Weisz has dropped
out of "The Mummy 3," the latest installment of the blockbuster
action franchise.
Wedding invites out for Indian stars
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mo/people_rai_bachchan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.e39e61d3891744348c64850fdd7c9800.india_people_rai_bachchan_wedding_ny119.jpg?x=107&y=130&sig=TcSUm32R5ZrwQudq2vkdlg--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan, left, and Aishwarya Rai look on at the launch of the music from the film 'Guru' in Mumbai, India, in this Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, file photo. A select group of relatives and friends have been invited to the wedding of two of India's biggest movie stars — Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan next week, a newspaper reported Thursday April 12, 2007.(AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - MUMBAI, India (AP) — Two of India's hottest movie stars, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, have sent invitations to their private wedding this month, a newspaper reported Thursday, adding to the hype over nuptials that have been kept strictly under wraps.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ahoy! Pirate films sail onto DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/film_nm/pirates_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t032250_450x320_us_pirates.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=joIh7P.JHbxWavd2v7k2Qw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Actors Johnny Depp (2nd L) and Orlando Bloom pose at a premiere event for their film 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in Tokyo July 10, 2006. Disney is tying the theatrical opening of the third 'Pirates' to the Blu-ray Disc release of the first two films, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' which arrive in stores May 22. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If movies do in fact
influence pop culture, then we might well be looking at the
summer of the eyepatch.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film studio Lionsgate leaps to faith market
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lionsgate has become the
latest studio to tap into the lucrative Christian entertainment
market, with two initiatives that the independent Canadian
studio is expected to announce Thursday.
Rookie filmmaker's first time with Bullock
(Reuters)
Reuters - Phil Traill will make
his feature directing debut on the Sandra Bullock romance "All
About Steve," which will begin shooting in the summer.
Hanks, Howard near "Da Vinci" prequel
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/film_nm/hanks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t011653_450x334_us_hanks.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=XzGueY1CUTpqoS0X8rYhdw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A file photo o f director Ron Howard (R) and actor Tom Hanks reacting during a photocall for the director's out of competition film 'The Da Vinci Code' at the 59th Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2006. Hanks and Howard are in final negotiations to reunite for a prequel to the worldwide smash film, sources said. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tom Hanks and director
Ron Howard are in final negotiations to reunite for a prequel
to the worldwide smash "The Da Vinci Code," sources said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies in LA at 81
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mo/obit_browne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.e7601d1ea4d743c4855ac19a70e236c6.obit_browne_ny129.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Zz6CEiBzNN8_VuRrmBF81A--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="The CBS handout from 1979 show actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81. Browne died early Wednesday April 11, 2007 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the family.(AP Photo/CBS,HO-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fantasy journey for Jackie Chan & Jet Li
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mo/people_jackie_chan_jet_li"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070410/capt.xkc10504100608.hong_kong_chan_foreman_xkc105.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=47N.mvFzckQyqjv0MjmEuA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan poses during a promotional event for former heavyweight champion George Foreman's U.S. brand grilling machine in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first film pairing of kung fu stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li will tell the tale of an American teenager's fantasy journey to ancient China to rescue a mythological monkey king, the film's U.S. distributor said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mercury Records rises in U.S. again
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/music_nm/mercury_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t021535_450x300_us_mercury.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=goJOLwyzFpH9AXnfsnLsLw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mercury Records recording artist Elton John celebrates his 60th birthday and 60th Madison Square Garden performance in New York, March 25, 2007. Island Def Jam is reviving the legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate merger. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Island Def Jam is reviving the
legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight
years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate
merger.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rock trio Silverchair on hot streak in Oz
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian rock band Silverchair is
on a record-breaking streak at home.
Sanjaya survives the cut on "American Idol"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/music_nm/americanidol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_11t224607_343x450_us_americanidol.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Qf.kA38oEy.jKv461CqBhg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Seventeen year old Sanjaya Malakar from Seattle, Washington is shown at the 'American Idol' Top 12 contestant party in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 2007. Malakar easily survived another elimination on the hit show 'American Idol' on Wednesday after a performance even irascible judge Simon Cowell conceded 'wasn't horrible.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The questionably gifted but clearly
popular Sanjaya Malakar easily survived another elimination on
the hit show "American Idol" on Wednesday after a performance
even irascible judge Simon Cowell conceded "wasn't horrible."</p><br clear="all"/>
Another contestant falls on 'Idol'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t014322_347x450_us_jacksons.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=jjyeQ2bpih8SXhx_HFNnoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Singer Jermaine Jackson attends a party to celebrate talk show host Larry King's 20 years with CNN in Beverly Hills on October 6, 2005. Three of pop star Michael Jackson's older siblings -- brothers Tito and Jermaine and sister LaToya -- have teamed up with CBS for an 'American Idol'-style TV contest to find the next big family singing act. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - She's got legs — and she knew how to use them.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Lark Ascending" tops UK classical favorites poll
(Reuters)
Reuters - Britain's favorite piece of classical
music is an homage to the English countryside by home-grown
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, according to a listeners' poll
published this week.
Three Jacksons on board for TV family talent show
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/music_nm/jacksons_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t014322_347x450_us_jacksons.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=jjyeQ2bpih8SXhx_HFNnoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Singer Jermaine Jackson attends a party to celebrate talk show host Larry King's 20 years with CNN in Beverly Hills on October 6, 2005. Three of pop star Michael Jackson's older siblings -- brothers Tito and Jermaine and sister LaToya -- have teamed up with CBS for an 'American Idol'-style TV contest to find the next big family singing act. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Three of pop star Michael Jackson's
older siblings -- brothers Tito and Jermaine and sister LaToya
-- have teamed up with CBS for an "American Idol"-style TV
contest to find the next big family singing act.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snoop pleads no contest in gun, pot case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_mu/people_snoop_dogg"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.6f1138e4dd4e45c69de31e0fa52c67c2.people_snoop_dogg_la113.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=3_B3fbqYw5E0eem3rx.1sA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Rapper Snoop Dogg, center, arrives at a courthouse Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Pasadena, Calif. Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday.The 35-year-old rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., agreed to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service. He faced charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - A stone-faced Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday and avoided what could have been a yearslong prison sentence.</p><br clear="all"/>
Drake rarities blossom on "Family Tree"
(Reuters)
Reuters - For decades, fans have made a
pilgrimage to Nick Drake's hometown in tiny Tanworth-In-Arden,
England.
Marc Anthony to pay $2.5M in back taxes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_en_mu/people_marc_anthony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.8ec5e120671b4dcf99c358a41f756c2d.people_marc_anthony_ny126.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=YnntfZbJutYl_V54UQd0_w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Musical artist and actor Marc Anthony gestures during an appearance on the day he will kick off a concert tour with a performance in Puerto Rico, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Juan, in this file photo from Sept. 29, 2006. Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years, prosecutors said Wednesday, April 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marc Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years, prosecutors said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Salsa star Marc Anthony owes millions in taxes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070411/music_nm/crime_marcanthony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_11t182452_450x336_us_crime_marcanthony.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=4cZvsKCFDBNvsKGa3ZqEww--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Singer Marc Anthony failed to pay taxes for four years in a row and owes $2.5 million in back taxes and fines, the Manhattan District Attorney said on Wednesday. In this file photo, Anthony performs during show in Caracas on December 15, 2006. (Francesco Spotorno/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Salsa singer-songwriter Marc Anthony
failed to pay taxes for four years in a row and owes $2.5
million in back taxes and fines, the Manhattan District
Attorney said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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