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Rutgers team: We accept Imus' apology
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_tv/imus_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.c67a75f95e1944dab91644e9c33009c7.imus_rutgers_njmd106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=..P1s6uXhxhFOowgsja2EA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="C. Vivian Stringer, left, head coach of the Rutgers women's basketball team, stands with two of her players, Essence Carson, center, and Matee Ajavon in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, April 13, 2007, as the team was honored by the Rutgers board of governors for their second place finish in the NCAA tournament. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology. She said he deserves a chance to move on but hopes the furor his racist and sexist insult caused will be a catalyst for change.</p><br clear="all"/>
With Imus gone, critics turning to rap
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_mu/imus_rap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070414/2007_04_13t113924_450x293_us_corzine.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=Y4sFyxUGe5r5FeIQ_fibRQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Sen. Jon Corzine, Governor-elect of New Jersey, listens to Rev. Jesse Jackson (not pictured), at the awards luncheon of the 'Wall Street Project' in New York, in this January 11, 2006 file photo. Corzine broke his leg in a hit-and-run automobile accident en route to a meeting with fired radio host Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team, a spokesman said on Thursday. (Chip East/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fighting in vain to keep his job, radio host Don Imus claimed that rappers routinely "defame and demean black women" and call them "worse names than I ever did."</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: Prince William single again
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_ce/people_prince_william"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070414/capt.b4dd923405e4481c9f04f8a2d4f33447.people_prince_william_ny107.jpg?x=126&y=130&sig=EuN8ZmpK1Kfaz7_CG0ha1w--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="In this photo made available Sunday Feb. 11, 2007 Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton watch the England against Italy Six Nation rugby match at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday Feb. 10, 2007. Prince William and his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton have ended their relationship, a British newspaper reported Saturday April 14, 2007. The newspaper said the split was caused by the huge pressures on the young couple and because of William's career in the army. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prince William and his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton have ended their relationship, a British newspaper reported Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge delays Smith custody fight hearing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070410/capt.bhs10804102226.bahamas_anna_nicole_smith_bhs108.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=RLiGGBrkfyxcdnfzPXvHaw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Virgie Arthur, the mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith, speaks to the gathered media while flanked by her lawyers, outside the court after a paternity hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, Tuesday, April 10, 2007. DNA analysis released during the hearing has proven that Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend, is the father of her infant daughter, Baird announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge delayed a hearing Friday on custody of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter to give the late Playboy Playmate's mother and ex-boyfriend more time to negotiate a private visitation arrangement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Howard K. Stern files slander lawsuit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_ot/anna_nicole_slander_suit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070413/i/r404554528.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=Zkg0cHcTV6p2uYn7GbrwPg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Howard K. Stern leaves a custody hearing outside the Supreme Court of the Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas on April 13, 2007. John O'Quinn, attorney for Virgie Arthur, mother of Anna Nicole Smith, told reporters that Larry Birkhead, identified as the father of Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn, and Arthur have agreed to meet privately on Saturday in an apparent bid to strike an out of court agreement on custody of Smith's daughter Dannielynn. REUTERS/Kristaan Ingraham
(BAHAMAS)" border="0" /></a>AP - Howard K. Stern, the former attorney and companion of Anna Nicole Smith, filed a slander lawsuit Friday against an attorney for Smith's estranged mother who has suggested Stern was involved in Smith's death.</p><br clear="all"/>
Actor Barry Nelson dies at 89
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_mo/obit_barry_nelson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.2c295f627ff3428f8b8990ef70b447d7.obit_nelson_ny122.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=9ARx.ywVg9xXI5a4byi5OA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="A file photo of Barry Nelson. The first actor to play James Bond onscreen has died. His wife says Barry Nelson died last Saturday while traveling in Pennsylvania. The cause of death was not immediately known. Nelson first played 0-0-7 in a one-hour T-V adaptation of 'Casino Royale' in 1954, well before Sean Connery was tapped to play the British agent on the big screen in 1962's 'Dr. No.' (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific theater career and was the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died. He was 89.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin a magnet for musical adventurers
(Reuters)
Reuters - When David Bowie moved to the divided
city of Berlin in 1976, he joined 2 million inhabitants of what
was effectively an island surrounded by the communist German
Democratic Republic. This particular contrast between east and
west inspired his "Berlin trilogy" of albums, "Low," "Heroes"
and "Lodger," although only "Heroes" was recorded in the city.
Rutgers team: We accept Imus' apology
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_tv/imus_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.c67a75f95e1944dab91644e9c33009c7.imus_rutgers_njmd106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=..P1s6uXhxhFOowgsja2EA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="C. Vivian Stringer, left, head coach of the Rutgers women's basketball team, stands with two of her players, Essence Carson, center, and Matee Ajavon in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, April 13, 2007, as the team was honored by the Rutgers board of governors for their second place finish in the NCAA tournament. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology. She said he deserves a chance to move on but hopes the furor his racist and sexist insult caused will be a catalyst for change.</p><br clear="all"/>
China sets fire to pirated goods in latest crackdown
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070414/media_nm/china_piracy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070414/2007_04_14t051740_450x300_us_china_piracy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=KQ6iGNrSCZ5vtJ3Guah6EQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese security officers prepare to destroy pirated DVDs and software during a ceremony in Beijing April 14, 2007. China launched a new nationwide crackdown on pornography and pirated tapes and DVDs on Saturday, setting fire to 42 million offending items, Xinhua news agency said. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China launched a new nationwide
crackdown on pornography and pirated tapes and DVDs on
Saturday, setting fire to 42 million offending items, Xinhua
news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Irish Rep Will Light the Lamps of Thriller 'Gaslight', With Brian Murray
(Playbill)
Playbill - <i>Gaslight,</i> Patrick Hamilton's popular property that was a 1940s Broadway smasheroo known as <i>Angel Street</i> - and even better known as the film "Gaslight" - will get a new production by Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan starting May 9.
Actor Barry Nelson dies at 89
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_mo/obit_barry_nelson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.2c295f627ff3428f8b8990ef70b447d7.obit_nelson_ny122.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=9ARx.ywVg9xXI5a4byi5OA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="A file photo of Barry Nelson. The first actor to play James Bond onscreen has died. His wife says Barry Nelson died last Saturday while traveling in Pennsylvania. The cause of death was not immediately known. Nelson first played 0-0-7 in a one-hour T-V adaptation of 'Casino Royale' in 1954, well before Sean Connery was tapped to play the British agent on the big screen in 1962's 'Dr. No.' (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific theater career and was the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died. He was 89.</p><br clear="all"/>
Celebs contribute to Al Franken campaign
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_mo/franken_entertainment_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070414/capt.cca25f15f655403d92b65c797bacdb76.franken_entertainment_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qx1kfUG8RjBBUO06PG_sdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Comedian Al Franken smiles during his radio show in Washington, in this file photo from Feb. 10, 2005. Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Franken's Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising start. Franken, a former 'Saturday Night Live' star who hopes to take on GOP Sen. Norm Coleman next year, raised the maximum $4,600 from actors such as Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jason Alexander and Larry David, according to a campaign finance report filed Friday, April 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Al Franken's Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising start.</p><br clear="all"/>
LaBeouf to star in new `Indiana Jones'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_mo/people_shia_labeouf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.bdd957a752b74d1eaf59e7c4d293d8c2.people_shia_labeouf_nyet115.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=nZMF2Kq8u.CN6IYCjtzBkg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Shia LeBouf appears at Nickelodeon's 20th Kid's Choice Awards on March 31, 2007 in Los Angeles. Producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg announced Friday, April 13, 2007, that LaBeouf will appear alongside Harrison Ford in the fourth installment of the 'Indiana Jones' adventure franchise, scheduled for release May 22, 2008. Production is set to begin in June.(AP Photo/Lisa Rose)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — After months of building Internet buzz, this can finally be reported as fact: Shia LaBeouf has been cast in the upcoming "Indiana Jones" movie.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chris to Be Rocked by Paternity Suit
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070413/en_movies_eo/4c59a34e7976_48ad_b9bb_b0f2a391ffe3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070414/capt.9fc9fdaacd20a2e337dd6a28b6f1e178.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=z1LH4HGriR1.HUxrjKhKDA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Chris to Be Rocked by Paternity Suit(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - If at first you don't succeed in Georgia, try again in New York.</p><br clear="all"/>
O.J. Book Auction Postponed; Nicole's Family Wants In
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070413/en_movies_eo/ffee3581_e18341a3_87d5_32d5c1c0656d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070414/capt.c11133b6ef09412c1ee47363f4d122f3.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=gYABMTXeA9ms5oSxS0mdHg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="O.J. Book Auction Postponed; Nicole's Family Wants In(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Yet another method has been discovered to keep the Goldman family from pocketing any money.</p><br clear="all"/>
With Imus gone, critics turning to rap
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_mo/imus_rap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070414/2007_04_13t113924_450x293_us_corzine.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=Y4sFyxUGe5r5FeIQ_fibRQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Sen. Jon Corzine, Governor-elect of New Jersey, listens to Rev. Jesse Jackson (not pictured), at the awards luncheon of the 'Wall Street Project' in New York, in this January 11, 2006 file photo. Corzine broke his leg in a hit-and-run automobile accident en route to a meeting with fired radio host Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team, a spokesman said on Thursday. (Chip East/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - As Don Imus fought in vain to keep his job, the embattled radio host argued that rappers routinely "defame and demean black women" and call them "worse names than I ever did."</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitaker sides with "Debaters"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070413/film_nm/whitaker_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070413/2007_04_12t053312_450x331_us_whitaker.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=Lau7g9h0f2Uej8gUTONKcg--" 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.' (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" 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"/>
Mike Tyson to appear in Bollywood video
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_mo/people_mike_tyson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.5386b14a32834955934c357d93e94e5f.tyson_hearing_wxs105.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=nh.vtehg15r_k6BZ3L9i0g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson exits the Maricopa County Superior Court in Mesa, Ariz., after a court appearance Thursday, April 12, 2007. Tyson was given an Aug. 20 trial date on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs. (AP Photo/Cheryl Evans, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - A diamond heist, a Bollywood dance routine and Mike Tyson make an unlikely combination.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film planned on Mussolini's hidden son
(AP)
AP - Italian movie director Marco Bellocchio is making a movie about a little-known chapter in the life of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini — the story of a son he kept hidden in mental asylums until his early death.
Woman claims Chris Rock fathered child
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_mo/people_chris_rock_paternity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.bcb370c844dc4da4b8c06b2ade2f1edf.people_chris_rock_paternity_nyet114.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=uDMLc0eDKs3GyZEHdZL68w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Actor Chris Rock arrives at the premiere of ''I Think I love My Wife,'' on March 7, 2007, in Los Angeles. A woman who claims Rock is the father of her child said Thursday, April 12, 2007,that she's withdrawing a lawsuit filed in Georgia last month and will refile it in New York. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman who claims Chris Rock is the father of her child is withdrawing a lawsuit filed last month in Georgia and will refile it in New York, according to a published report.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin a magnet for musical adventurers
(Reuters)
Reuters - When David Bowie moved to the divided
city of Berlin in 1976, he joined 2 million inhabitants of what
was effectively an island surrounded by the communist German
Democratic Republic. This particular contrast between east and
west inspired his "Berlin trilogy" of albums, "Low," "Heroes"
and "Lodger," although only "Heroes" was recorded in the city.
Belgian jazz pianist Neve eyes world markets
(Reuters)
Reuters - Belgian jazz pianist Jef Neve is
gearing up for some international attention for his major-label
debut album.
Brit rockers dazzle with their wit
(Reuters)
Reuters - Don't you love British people? The
British Invasion of 1964 made me an Anglophile forever, but
they continue to keep a smile on my face, seemingly oblivious
to the imminent music business armageddon, distracting us with
their wit and wisdom.
The vault is open for the Monterey Jazz Festival
(Reuters)
Reuters - Festivals are ripe venues for live
recordings. Cases in point: Norman Granz's full slate of albums
recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977 and 1979 for his
Pablo label, and Verve's series of Charlie Haden concerts at
the 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival.
Sheryl Crow goes back to school to save world
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sheryl Crow has headed back to
school to talk with college students about the growing problem
of global warming.
CD buyers get the edge for free Ozzfest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Though this summer's Ozzfest tour
will cost fans nothing to attend, those who purchase Ozzy
Osbourne's first new studio album in six years, "Black Rain,"
will now have a better shot at getting in the door.
Reznor guest spot adds mystery to Queens album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent
Reznor did indeed join Queens Of The Stone Age in the studio
during the recording of its upcoming album.
Billboard single reviews: Timberlake, Snow Patrol
(Reuters)
Reuters - Timberlake's previous single, "What Goes Around .
Julian Lennon sells some of dad's songs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_mu/beatles_songs_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.307e4462c06f4dfebad1a43d1445902b.beatles_songs_deal_ny124.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=je1e7R01C9I78EHtgK7cyw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Julian Lennon, the 32-year-old son of the Beatle legend, shown in a June 1993 file photo, has sold a share of his financial stake in Beatles songs co-written by his late father to a New York music publishing firm in a deal announced Friday, April 13, 2007. (AP Photo-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Julian Lennon sold a share of his financial stake in Beatles songs co-written by his late father to a New York music publishing firm in a deal announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Classical's grip loosening on Pulitzers?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_en_mu/music_pulitzer_prize"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070413/capt.cc50f018c65042899cb2a451f2f13c3a.music_pulitzer_prize_nyet106.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=BbGCUfSX0jERURbTdbdG5A--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Bob Dylan performs at the Pawtucket Arts Festival at McCoy Stadium, in this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 file photo, in Pawtucket, R.I. In the more than 50 years since the first Pulitzer Prize for music was awarded, classical music has reigned, despite a rich musical landscape featuring the likes of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, James Brown, John Coltrane, the Motown era and the birth of new genres from rock to rap. That may change on Monday, April 16, 2007, when this year's Pulitzers are announced. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, FIle)" border="0" /></a>AP - In 1943, when the Pulitzer Prize committee established an award for America's best music, many genres were flourishing.</p><br clear="all"/>
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