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Carrie Underwood the big CMT winner
(AP)
AP - Carrie Underwood's dark hit "Before He Cheats" won video of the year, female video and best video director Monday at the fan-voted CMT Music Awards.
Gibb to rebuild near burned Cash home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_en_ce/johnny_cash_home_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.e940ac628f334cecbdb8c593fd8d1b5a.johnny_cash_home_fire_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=SXXyHHjVD7yM7qkGShmLLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Hendersonville firefighters spray water on hot spots at the former home of the late Johnny Cash in Hendersonville, Tenn., in this Tuesday, April 10, 2007 file photo. Barry Gibb, the former Bee Gee who bought the house that Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in for decades before their deaths in 2003, said on Monday, April 16, 2007 he plans to build a new home near where the house stood before burning down last week. (AP Photo/John Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barry Gibb, the former Bee Gee who bought the house that Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in for decades before their deaths in 2003, said on Monday he plans to build a new home near where the house stood before burning down last week.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Spider-Man 3' has world debut in Tokyo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man3_premiere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.xkan10104161121ccc.correction_japan_spider_man_3_xkan101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=DwvjgL1MvwTamwuAhDrOgg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Director Sam Raimi, center, poses with main actors of his latest film 'Spider-Man 3,' Tobey Maguire, second from right, Kirsten Dunst, second from left, James Franco, left, and Thomas Haden Church as they arrive at the World Premiere in Tokyo Monday, April 16, 2007. The third and perhaps final installment of the blockbuster Spider-man series made its global debut in Tokyo, featuring two new villains — Sandman and Venom — and promising a potential gold rush for electronics and entertainment giant Sony. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" made its global debut in Tokyo on Monday, with stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst taking a walk down the red carpet for the premiere, held in drizzling rain at a ritzy Tokyo arena.</p><br clear="all"/>
Regis plans April 26 return to talk show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_tv/people_philbin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.5efb31859dd14f15b6ade51ec4a9cd52.tv_regis_returning_nyet120.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=4re8xgsYqv_FepEjctNT_Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Host Regis Philbin shares a laugh with co-host Kelly Ripa during a broadcast of 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Feb. 5, 2001, in New York. Philbin, in a telephone call to the show Monday, April 16, 2007, said he plans to return to his syndicated talk show April 26, about six weeks after having triple bypass heart surgery.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - Regis Philbin says he'll return to his syndicated daytime talk show April 26, about six weeks after having triple heart bypass surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lopez, Anthony to sue National Enquirer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_ce/people_lopez_anthony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070328/i/r755641118.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=0y1sbAO52sVYwCMmouSPEA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez arrives with her husband Marc Anthony at a party to celebrate her new Spanish album "Coma Ama Una Mujer" in New York March 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, are suing the National Enquirer in European courts over the tabloid's claims they were linked to a drug scandal, their Belfast lawyer said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Forest Whitaker gets Walk of Fame star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/people_whitaker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.8970935fc7954f8791d50f041cd8e2f8.correction_people_whitaker_la105.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=KQDHvypGMYo8eAmKkzduPw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is honored with a star on the Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Monday, April 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forest Whitaker snagged Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild trophies this year for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." On Monday he cemented his winning streak with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carrie Underwood the big CMT winner
(AP)
AP - Carrie Underwood's dark hit "Before He Cheats" won video of the year, female video and best video director Monday at the fan-voted CMT Music Awards.
Playwright David Mamet directs Ford ads
(AP)
AP - In an effort to get more people to notice its new vehicles, Ford Motor Co. has enlisted the help of filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet to direct some of its commercials.
Yahoo expands newspaper ad partners with McClatchy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/media_nm/yahoo_newspapers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070417/2007_04_16t152649_428x450_us_yahoo_newspapers.jpg?x=123&y=130&sig=cXgyZTopYIwwBlwEiz6LYw--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="Yahoo's home page is seen in an undated publicity image. Yahoo Inc. said on Monday it has expanded an online advertising partnership with U.S. newspapers including McClatchy Co, while two of the largest publishers opted to stay out of the deal. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Monday it has
expanded an online advertising partnership with U.S. newspapers
to include McClatchy Co., while two large publishers said they
would not join the group.</p><br clear="all"/>
Barry Nelson, Durable Star of Stage Comedies, Dies at 86
(Playbill)
Playbill - Barry Nelson, the likable, average-Joe star of some of the biggest Broadway comedies of the '50s and '60s, died April 7 while traveling in Bucks County, PA, it was reported. The cause was not immediately known. He was 86.
Forest Whitaker gets Walk of Fame star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/people_whitaker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.8970935fc7954f8791d50f041cd8e2f8.correction_people_whitaker_la105.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=KQDHvypGMYo8eAmKkzduPw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is honored with a star on the Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Monday, April 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forest Whitaker snagged Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild trophies this year for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." On Monday he cemented his winning streak with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bibb plans "Bachelorette Party"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Talladega Nights"
actress Leslie Bibb is attached to star in "The Bachelorette
Party," a romantic comedy in the vein of "Wedding Crashers."
"Spidey 4" may flop without stars, director: Dunst
(Reuters)
Reuters - Although a "Spider-Man 4" movie is
not yet on Hollywood's drawing board, series star Kirsten Dunst
says a sequel without her, co-star Tobey Maguire and director
Sam Raimi would be a box office flop.
'Disturbia' takes No. 1 box-office spot
(AP)
AP - "Disturbia," starring Shia LaBeouf as a teen under house arrest who suspects one of his neighbors is a serial killer, debuted as the weekend's top movie with $22.2 million.
'Spider-Man 3' has world debut in Tokyo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man3_premiere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.xkan10104161121ccc.correction_japan_spider_man_3_xkan101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=DwvjgL1MvwTamwuAhDrOgg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Director Sam Raimi, center, poses with main actors of his latest film 'Spider-Man 3,' Tobey Maguire, second from right, Kirsten Dunst, second from left, James Franco, left, and Thomas Haden Church as they arrive at the World Premiere in Tokyo Monday, April 16, 2007. The third and perhaps final installment of the blockbuster Spider-man series made its global debut in Tokyo, featuring two new villains — Sandman and Venom — and promising a potential gold rush for electronics and entertainment giant Sony. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" made its global debut in Tokyo on Monday, with stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst taking a walk down the red carpet for the premiere, held in drizzling rain at a ritzy Tokyo arena.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jury selection in Spector case resumes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.bfd0e8fdf401423f9ef49ecd17c1b760.phil_spector_la101.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=acBATVrCPw8QTZTitDJ2Nw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In a file photo music producer Phil Spector and his attorney, Roger Rosen, right, and his wife, Rachelle Spector, arrive at Los Angeles Superior Court, March 19, 2007. Lawyers who have had a month to study prospective jurors' answers to an 18 page questionnaire in the Phil Spector murder trial now get a chance to probe the panelists' innermost feelings in person, seeking to uncover hidden biases about celebrity defendants. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lawyers in Phil Spector's murder trial are seeking to uncover hidden biases about celebrity defendants as they question prospective jurors individually.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film Review: `Hot Fuzz' heavy on laughs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/film_review_hot_fuzz"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.4fe5c2477b9f4ad8af47b0879fb93d15.premiere_hot_fuzz_nyjc102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=2yzMQalG3BEzaHtarBl9rw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Focus Features, director Edgar Wright, left, actors Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost, right, attend The Film Society of Lincoln Center screening of Focus Features and Rogue Pictures of their new film 'Hot Fuzz', in New York, Tuesday, April 10, 2007.(AP Photo/Marion Curtis, Focus Features)" border="0" /></a>AP - With "Hot Fuzz," Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg do for buddy-cop action tales what they did for zombie flicks on "Shaun of the Dead": Present a nice homage while tweaking the conventions and making jolly good fun of the genre's cliches.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Spider-Man 3" shows soul-searching superhero
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/film_nm/spider_man_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070416/2007_04_16t111758_341x450_us_spider_man.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=GfQIxUpcBCd6q1TyB4Zo.A--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Actress Rosemary Harris poses for photographers at the world premiere of 'Spider-Man 3' in Tokyo April 16, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Spider-Man 3," the latest and possibly
last film in one of the world's most successful movie
franchises, premiered on Monday with thousands of screaming
fans cheering stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Shrek,' `Spidey,' `Pirates' lead summer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mo/film_summer_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.08d86e9d4c6b496484ac61d7b32d91a5.film_summer_preview_la303.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=TyOGrT4ceaKTD_ODjmVPMg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This computer-generated image released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from 'Shrek The Third.' From left, animated characters are the obsessive-compulsive Cinderella, voiced by Amy Sedaris; prissy-but-sarcastic Snow White, voiced by Amy Poehler; Princess Fiona, voiced by Cameron Diaz; opinionated Rapunzel, voiced by Maya Rudolph, and narcoleptic Sleeping Beauty, voiced by Cheri Oteri. This summer audiences will see the third installments of mammoth movie franchises, among them 'Shrek,' 'Spider-Man' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation)" border="0" /></a>AP - The superstitious believe bad things happen in threes. Hollywood is counting on the opposite this summer, with the industry's hopes resting on the third installments of some mammoth movie franchises.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood's summer film highlights
(AP)
AP - Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release.
Carrie Underwood the big CMT winner
(AP)
AP - Carrie Underwood's dark hit "Before He Cheats" won video of the year, female video and best video director Monday at the fan-voted CMT Music Awards.
Spector jury prospects face questioning
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.c124ca92818b44a38621d77e28258ce7.phil_spector_la101.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=vmXfjIt7NzwF06k4zHJd4A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Surrounded by bodyguards, Phil Spector arrives for jury selection in his murder trial in Los Angeles Monday, April 16, 2007. Spector is charged in the February, 2003, shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Phil Spector on Monday faced a panel of prospective jurors who were warned by the judge that the murder trial of the music legend is not an opportunity for them to have their "15 minutes of fame."</p><br clear="all"/>
Clapton, Jagger to attend Ertegun memorial in NY
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417/music_nm/ertegun_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070417/2007_04_16t203744_450x313_us_ertegun.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=9fadvJvR24DoZTD2BBVpWw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Singer Eric Clapton performs in Le Cannet, southeastern France, May 5, 2006. Some of the biggest names in rock music, including Clapton, Mick Jagger, Phil Collins and the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private memorial in New York on Tuesday for their late boss, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Some of the biggest names in rock
music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and
the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private
memorial in New York on Tuesday for their late boss, Atlantic
Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gibb to rebuild near burned Cash home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mu/johnny_cash_home_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.e940ac628f334cecbdb8c593fd8d1b5a.johnny_cash_home_fire_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=SXXyHHjVD7yM7qkGShmLLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Hendersonville firefighters spray water on hot spots at the former home of the late Johnny Cash in Hendersonville, Tenn., in this Tuesday, April 10, 2007 file photo. Barry Gibb, the former Bee Gee who bought the house that Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in for decades before their deaths in 2003, said on Monday, April 16, 2007 he plans to build a new home near where the house stood before burning down last week. (AP Photo/John Russell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barry Gibb, the former Bee Gee who bought the house that Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in for decades before their deaths in 2003, said on Monday he plans to build a new home near where the house stood before burning down last week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis Enterprises launches ad campaign
(AP)
AP - Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. announced a new ad campaign on Monday as part of its effort to make the rock legend's former home Graceland a tourist destination on par with larger theme parks.
Underwood Sweeps Chicks Under the Rug at CMT Awards
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070416/en_music_eo/0e0c1f9508c1_48db_ac99_7d61d8affe76"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070417/capt.02302bb3b76173f71a035edf1cdc2924.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SA7zOU6T7pTVEzE0h4iu9g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Underwood Sweeps Chicks Under the Rug at CMT Awards(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The people have spoken. The Dixie Chicks it ain't.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna in Malawi with son for visit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.xkp10504161742.aptopix_malawi_madonna_xkp105.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=1IwGTmOgJKGXTLGcAAqxQw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="After a rest at a luxury lodge in the capital Lilongwe, Madonna and her daughter Lourdes tour a U.N Millenium village, in Mtanga, Malawi, Monday, April 16, 2007. Madonna arrived in this impoverished southern African nation Monday to continue her charity work, bringing along the Malawian boy she is in the process of adopting and her daughter. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna flew to Malawi on a silver jet Monday to continue her charity work in the impoverished southern African country, bringing along the Malawian boy she is in the process of adopting.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lopez, Anthony to sue National Enquirer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mu/people_lopez_anthony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070328/i/r755641118.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=0y1sbAO52sVYwCMmouSPEA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez arrives with her husband Marc Anthony at a party to celebrate her new Spanish album "Coma Ama Una Mujer" in New York March 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, are suing the National Enquirer in European courts over the tabloid's claims they were linked to a drug scandal, their Belfast lawyer said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: `Vacancy' leaves you empty
(AP)
AP - "Vacancy" is the kind of movie that leaves you feeling icky all over afterward — grimy and sickened and desperately in need of a shower.
Victor Willis won't be charged in arrest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_en_mu/people_victor_willis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070416/capt.53d7634f74af40e38129f099979235b3.people_victor_willis_nyet126.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=aesvDf5cI4FAyZmHFT0pHw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Victor Willis, the original policeman in the 1970s disco band The Village People, attends a sentencing hearing on drug charges in a Redwood City, Calif., courtroom, on Sept. 5, 2006. Prosecutors in San Diego announced Friday, April 13, 2007, that they have decided not to pursue charges against Willis, who was arrested last month after his girlfriend accused him of chocking and threatening her. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against Victor Willis, the original policeman in '70s disco band The Village People, who was arrested last month after his girlfriend accused him of choking and threatening her.</p><br clear="all"/>
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