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Author David Halberstam dies in crash
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_en_ce/obit_halberstam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.5ad918b51bcc48a69cdb0e0602eb181f.obit_halberstam_ny122.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=ghLvoNgOn2cgZU0IoXYbzg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Journalist and author David Halberstam is shown in his Manhattan office in this May 14, 1993 file photo. Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the Washington press corps, the Vietnam War generation and baseball, was killed in a car crash early Monday, April 23, 2007 a coroner said. He was 73. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who chronicled the Vietnam War generation, civil rights and the world of sports, was killed in a car crash Monday, his wife and local authorities said. He was 73.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rosie takes aim at Murdoch at luncheon
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_en_ce/people_o_donnell_murdoch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.7359bc2f4d44480cbcc5f33ce4de4e24.matrix_awards_nyr208.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=WOlgMSRcGNgybjCBvNitqA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Barbara Walters, left, co-host of ABC's The View, and Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation, arrive at the 2007 Matrix Awards, presented by the New York Women in Communications, Inc., in New York, Monday April 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rosie O'Donnell has tossed off countless one-liners and quips in her career. On Monday, she had one line she said she never imagined she'd utter: "Please welcome Rupert Murdoch."</p><br clear="all"/>
Simmons says 3 epithets should be banned
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_en_mu/rap_lyrics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.a8211bbce5a547368e9d3458b6639275.rap_lyrics_ny119.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=mBudzj83aWsPq1cV6qx9xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Russell Simmons smiles in his office in New York, in this file photo from April 16, 2002. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.(AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin,file)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sanjaya: 'I'm not just a musician'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_ce/people_sanjaya_malakar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070422/capt.1571616d34bd4e70a74ddc04a6279952.correspondents_bloomberg_party_dcsb105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=TLFdFNOUf5r2q0kdZdV3Ew--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Former 'American Idol' contestant Sanjaya Malakar arrives at the Bloomberg News Gala which followed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday April 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Stephen J Boitano)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sanjaya Malakar is so famous, he can't walk anywhere without getting noticed. "It's really weird. I mean, I'm just Sanjaya from Seattle," the 17-year-old "American Idol" cast-off said Monday on "Live With Regis and Kelly."</p><br clear="all"/>
`American Idol' hits high C, for charity
(AP)
AP - "American Idol" viewers are getting the chance to weigh in on a cause bigger than their favorite singer — those in need in America and Africa.
"Rock the Bells" documents hip-hop shenanigans
(Reuters)
Reuters - A hip-hop variation of
"Gimme Shelter" without the snuff aspect, "Rock the Bells" is
less a concert film than a behind-the-scenes music documentary
chronicling a nearly disastrous show.
Simmons says 3 epithets should be banned
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_en_mu/rap_lyrics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.a8211bbce5a547368e9d3458b6639275.rap_lyrics_ny119.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=mBudzj83aWsPq1cV6qx9xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Russell Simmons smiles in his office in New York, in this file photo from April 16, 2002. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.(AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin,file)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Housewives" hits another record low in ratings
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070424/tv_nm/ratings_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070424/2007_04_23t230248_450x363_us_ratings.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=0.yYsq8vqlUOo3FsqMX2og--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Cast members Felicity Huffman (from L-R), Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan pose at the party for the DVD release of 'Desperate Housewives: The Complete Second Season: Extra Juicy Edition' in Universal City, California August 5, 2006. The show hit a new ratings low for the second time in three weeks Sunday. (Mario Anzuoni/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Desperate Housewives" hit
a new ratings low for the second time in three weeks Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Washington Post's Graham defends Times ownership
(Reuters)
Reuters - Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald
Graham defended closely held rival New York Times Co. on
Monday, saying shareholder efforts to change its control
structure could be a blow to journalism.
Chita Rivera takes thrilling "Life" on the road
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chita Rivera does Broadway
proud in the national touring company of her Tony-nominated
"Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life," which I caught last week at
the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.
"Rock the Bells" documents hip-hop shenanigans
(Reuters)
Reuters - A hip-hop variation of
"Gimme Shelter" without the snuff aspect, "Rock the Bells" is
less a concert film than a behind-the-scenes music documentary
chronicling a nearly disastrous show.
Bean beats back "Hogs" at foreign box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070424/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070424/2007_04_22t234034_450x319_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=SqQRNTtieo5fXj3CnOyytw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Actors John Travolta (C), Ray Liotta (L) and Tim Allen pose for photographers during a photocall to promote their latest film 'Wild Hogs' (Cerdos Salvajes) in Madrid March 27, 2007. The lull before the summer blockbuster invasion brought a surprise top finisher at the weekend foreign box office as 'Wild Hogs' zoomed past 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' and '300' to take the No. 1 spot. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Wild Hogs"' reign at
the foreign box office proved to be very short-lived.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Disturbia' No. 1 film grosser with $13M
(AP)
AP - The murder thriller "Disturbia" remained the top weekend movie with $13 million, while another murder tale, "Fracture," debuted at No. 2 with $11 million.
Sneak Peek: Last Smith role self-parody
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mo/film_anna_nicole_last_role"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.6435174802924cd99414df60eea6d823.film_anna_nicole_last_role_la304.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=yq9TKrhCCYovyDGSTs.5BQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This photo released by MTI Home Video shows actors, from left, Anna Nicole Smith, Woody Keppel and Dennis LeMoine in a scene from Smith's last film 'Illegal Aliens,' now available on DVD. (AP Photo/MTI Home Video and IA Film Profiteers, LLC)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anna Nicole Smith was never considered a serious actress, and she's unlikely to win any posthumous film awards for her final role as a goofy, flatulent superhero who's part of a trio of alien babes protecting Earth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tribeca lineup as diverse as NYC itself
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mo/tribeca_film_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.291e842e846743648c7de94daf5a8c2f.aptopix_tribeca_film_festival_nyr102.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=kkg.pgI0vTFSfZ2vMB9jbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival Robert DeNiro poses in New York, Sunday, April 22, 2007. The sixth annual festival, begun in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, runs from April 25 to May 6 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - The word "tentpole" is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Basinger Denies Leaking Baldwin's Phone Freak-Out
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070423/en_movies_eo/5ad2522242d8_4661_95ef_2c510c75ec8b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070424/capt.10673b4108c0ced3a3e65cc1850f6854.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=PfPgP5SFNi4QF23_45mLnA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Basinger Denies Leaking Baldwin's Phone Freak-Out(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kim Basinger seems to feel that Alec Baldwin has only himself to blame for the mess he's in.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Spider-Man 3" Web ticket sales top predecessor
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/film_nm/spiderman_ticketsales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t145450_450x311_us_spiderman_ticketsales.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=wM4IloaSyt89ggX7pe_MAw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Tobey Maguire arrives for the British premiere of 'Spider-Man 3' at the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square, London April 23, 2007. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Moviegoers are buying online
tickets to "Spider-Man 3" at a faster clip than they did for
its blockbuster predecessor almost two weeks before that film
hit theaters, top online ticket sellers said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ugly Betty Squeezed into Pants Sequel
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070423/en_movies_eo/1dd24bca_bf594306_bc7e_8d4e58e6f9ec"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070424/capt.09337cbfd0655529c92ea36b37081361.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=cwh4NiwVAdbCs2ue5lw6xw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Ugly Betty Squeezed into Pants Sequel(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - If the pants fit, wear 'em.  <p>That's more or less what the producers of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are telling America Ferrera, who is reportedly not too happy about having to take time out this summer to shoot a sequel to the 2005 coming-of-age dramedy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Steve McQueen honored at Western awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mo/people_elliott_mcqueen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.8487e5c2968f4c5faf2ef3add8603a66.people_elliott_mcqueen_nyet173.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=nybDwlzlORNV6vXLV1oDEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This 1980 photo shows Steve McQueen in 'The Hunter.' The late actor and Sam Elliott have been inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers. They were honored at the 46th annual Western Heritage Awards in Oklahoma City on Saturday, April 21, 2007. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sam Elliott and the late Steve McQueen have been inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers.</p><br clear="all"/>
New DVD releases: `Museum' and `Queen'
(AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
Simmons says 3 epithets should be banned
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_en_mu/rap_lyrics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.a8211bbce5a547368e9d3458b6639275.rap_lyrics_ny119.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=mBudzj83aWsPq1cV6qx9xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Russell Simmons smiles in his office in New York, in this file photo from April 16, 2002. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.(AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin,file)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rove just wanted to have fun, not clash with Crow
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/music_nm/climate_rove_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070424/2007_04_23t183726_335x450_us_climate_rove.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=KQ78DwLyZMXQpxGcJU5ayw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Singer Sheryl Crow arrives for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 21, 2007. Karl Rove, political strategist to President George W. Bush, just wanted to have fun at a weekend black-tie dinner, rather than debate global warming with Crow, the White House said on Monday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Karl Rove, political strategist to
President George W. Bush, just wanted to have fun at a weekend
black-tie dinner, rather than debate global warming with singer
Sheryl Crow, the White House said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Want to play like Hendrix? DVD shows how
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mu/people_hendrix"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.affa2babee954659956f9322a2cb0ea4.people_hendrix_ny117.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=xaH.9j9FTRIwjWe6g8tzVg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Jimi Hendrix performs in this undated file photo. Guitar World magazine will release a special 16-page Hendrix tribute and an instructional DVD that shows how to play each memorable note and string-bending lick on his classic 1967 album, 'Axis: Bold As Love.' (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Guitarists have been copying Jimi Hendrix for decades. Now they can learn some of the legendary rocker's work note for note.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sanjaya: `I'm not just a musician'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mu/people_sanjaya_malakar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070422/capt.1571616d34bd4e70a74ddc04a6279952.correspondents_bloomberg_party_dcsb105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=TLFdFNOUf5r2q0kdZdV3Ew--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Former 'American Idol' contestant Sanjaya Malakar arrives at the Bloomberg News Gala which followed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday April 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Stephen J Boitano)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sanjaya Malakar is so famous, he can't walk anywhere without getting noticed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Romeo Big Enough for College Ball
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070423/en_music_eo/efeda4fd_f7f94c9d_87a9_dd8a90ec54be"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070424/capt.96795e9d4cd72c3394c6dc1eb603f471.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=g1bD9Cohfpbe0ckLaedQ5g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Romeo Big Enough for College Ball(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Like father, like son. Not to disparage Romeo's dancing skills or anything.</p><br clear="all"/>
6 inducted into Music City Walk of Fame
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mu/music_city_walk_of_fame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.e8d65e53140a4bdfa32432858e4fd4e7.music_city_walk_of_fame_tnnat102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MdslPsEHgWsFfLy6ymF.gA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt and Wynonna Judd, from left, pose for a photo as they are honored at the induction ceremony at the Music City Walk of Fame, Sunday, April 22, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Shauna Bittle)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Hiatt slept under a park bench on his first night in Nashville in 1979. Now the city has given the singer-songwriter the star treatment.</p><br clear="all"/>
Shanna Supplies the 411 on Paris
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070423/en_music_eo/288d510f17cc_4fc2_adcd_95ab12161a12"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070424/capt.ae7fa1b2c4ee9d01b9ebb6d641fa146b.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Gu0lMgZrQ1F5fQRzWclZBQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Shanna Supplies the 411 on Paris(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Don't cross Shanna Moakler. The former beauty queen will wish you'd never been listed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hip-hop's Simmons wants to remove offensive words
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/music_nm/usa_hiphop_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t142945_450x309_us_usa_hiphop.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=DHXrLSqM_FDnO6DzzYSXHw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Russell Simmons speaks at a news conference in New York, in this February 28, 2006 file photo. Prominent U.S. hip-hop executive Simmons on Monday recommended eliminating the words 'bitch,' 'ho' and 'nigger' from the recording industry, considering them 'extreme curse words.' (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Prominent U.S. hip-hop executive
Russell Simmons on Monday recommended eliminating the words
"bitch," "ho" and "nigger" from the recording industry,
considering them "extreme curse words."</p><br clear="all"/>
BMI presents Christian Music Awards
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_en_mu/music_bmi_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.6e8c992c0a3b497fac3ce09a4905e920.music_bmi_awards_nyet175.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=IkNcID45vq7e706Hx0wPhQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="''FILE**Mark Hall, left, and the group Casting Crowns perform at the Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn., April 13, 2005. The group's 'Voice of Truth' was awarded song of the year, and Hall, earned songwriter of the year honors at the BMI Christian Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 21, 2007.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Casting Crowns' "Voice of Truth" was awarded song of the year and frontman Mark Hall won songwriter of the year at BMI's 2007 Christian Music Awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Guns N' Roses injury hits S. Africa music fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Africa's biggest outdoor
rock event of 2007 has been left without a major headlining act
after Guns N' Roses canceled a slew of shows due to an injury
suffered by bassist Tommy Stinson.
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