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McCartney says new CD is retrospective
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/people_paul_mccartney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.ac7645dc35114990909da854197e47bd.people_paul_mccartney_nyet110.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=VnV3vgdcX1SY_yM.2607Tw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Singer Paul McCartney in New York on Nov. 13, 2006. McCartney says in a statement Monday, April 30, 2007, that his upcoming album, 'Memory Almost Full,' looks back to the past.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Valderrama in biz with `Idol' producer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_tv/people_wilmer_valderrama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.07ebb32283954459b1691d1fbff9c297.people_wilmer_valderrama_ny118.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=RjRpttY_Tg0izle6lC3SnA--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Wilmer Valderrama arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Fast Food Nation in a Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 photo.The actor, who starred in Fox's 'That '70s Show' and has branched into production (MTV's 'Yo Momma') and movie roles ('Fast Food Nation'), will develop and possibly star in series projects for FremantleMedia North America. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wilmer Valderrama and the producers of "American Idol" are getting into business together. The actor, who starred in Fox's "That '70s Show" and has branched into production (MTV's "Yo Momma") and movie roles ("Fast Food Nation"), will develop and possibly star in series projects for FremantleMedia North America.</p><br clear="all"/>
O'Donnell: You'll hear my new plans soon
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_ce/people_o_donnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070427/capt.409893670e2246e0bd86c82be3248125.people_baldwin_la201.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=yvOKZCJ7tdAZGbZLnULN_w--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="In this photo provided by ABC television, actor Alec Baldwin, left, sits with Rosie O'Donnell of the television show 'The View' in his first television appearance since the public airing of a voice mail he left for his daughter. In the pre-taped appearance airing Friday April 27, 2007, Baldwin apologizes to his daughter. (AP Photo/ABC, Heidi Gutman) ROSIE O'DONNELL,ALEC BALDWIN" border="0" /></a>AP - Rosie O'Donnell may quickly be putting "The View" in her rear-view mirror. Asked Monday about her future plans in television, she said, "you'll hear very soon."</p><br clear="all"/>
'View' co-host Hasselbeck pregnant again
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_tv/people_elisabeth_hasselbeck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.79028f370afb4354b3eef8b3e9be8d46.people_elisabeth_hasselbeck_nyet121.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=3fFXATjKfAtWH2.0PNkW0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Pro football player Tim Hasselbeck, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck are seen with their child, Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck, during the Child Magazine Fall 2007 fashion collection showing , held at Bryant Park, on February 9, 2007 in New York. Hasselbeck of 'The View' is pregnant again. She announced the news Monday, April 30, 2007. on the daytime ABC talk show. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host on "The View," is pregnant again. She announced the news Monday on the daytime ABC talk show. Hasselbeck, 29, and her husband, pro football player Tim Hasselbeck, have a 2-year-old daughter, Grace.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Survivor' producer weds 'Angel' Downey
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_ce/people_burnett_downey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.81267de1da0c4590a2dda91f13b9a16b.people_burnett_downey_nyet122.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=fErPCSoWt_VYlmKZeZiMsA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Reality show producer Mark Burnett, right, and actress Roma Downey pose for photographers in this May 15, 2005 file photo in New York. The couple were wed at their Malibu, Calif., home Saturday, April 28, 2007,the couple's publicist said. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett and "Angel" Roma Downey have tied the knot. The couple were married Saturday in a private ceremony at their home. The ceremony was officiated by Downey's "Touched by an Angel" co-star Della Reese, an ordained minister, the couple's publicist, Jim Dowd, confirmed Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Herzog, Linklater bound for Munich film fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Directors Werner Herzog and
Richard Linklater will be featured guests at the 25th annual
Munich Film Festival (June 22-30), organizers said.
McCartney says new CD is retrospective
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/people_paul_mccartney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.ac7645dc35114990909da854197e47bd.people_paul_mccartney_nyet110.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=VnV3vgdcX1SY_yM.2607Tw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Singer Paul McCartney in New York on Nov. 13, 2006. McCartney says in a statement Monday, April 30, 2007, that his upcoming album, 'Memory Almost Full,' looks back to the past.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Classic TV shows downsized for Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/tv_nm/sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070501/i/r3203189804.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=THrrQiwtNKmngyx09BEYpw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Sir Howard Stringer, chairman & chief executive officer of the Sony Corporation arrives to attend the premiere of the film "Spiderman 3" during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony is breathing new
life into such TV series as "T.J. Hooker" and "Starsky & Hutch"
by retooling full-length episodes from its classic television
library into "minisodes" for the Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC Universal looks to feed off Rmail
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal has made a
minor acquisition that will play a part in a major shift for
its business down the road.
Langella to bring Nixon role to big screen
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/stage_nm/nixon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070501/2007_04_30t192413_450x300_us_nixon.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Uywpftlf37AADkZoRm7TyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Frank Langella arrives for the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures awards ceremony in New York in this file photo from January 10, 2006. Langella has agreed to bring his acclaimed stage role as Richard Nixon to the screen for an upcoming film version of the play about the Nixon's famed 1977 TV interviews with David Frost. REUTERS /Keith Bedford (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor Frank Langella has agreed to
bring his acclaimed stage role as Richard Nixon to the screen
for an upcoming film version of the play about the Nixon's
famed 1977 TV interviews with David Frost.</p><br clear="all"/>
Herzog, Linklater bound for Munich film fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Directors Werner Herzog and
Richard Linklater will be featured guests at the 25th annual
Munich Film Festival (June 22-30), organizers said.
"Museum" director "Back" with summer tale
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/film_nm/levy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070501/2007_05_01t021924_369x450_us_levy.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=mjJTPfS4NvMr82pxJrPP8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Director Shawn Levy arrives at the American Museum of Natural History for the premiere of the movie 'Night at the Museum' in New York December 17, 2006. Levy will follow up his big-budget special effects-laden hit with a modest coming-of-age story. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Night at the Museum"
director Shawn Levy will follow up his big-budget special
effects-laden hit with a modest coming-of-age story.</p><br clear="all"/>
Universal Studios plans film theme park in Dubai
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood-based Universal Studios will
develop a theme park in the Gulf emirate as part of a $2.2
billion project, offering adventures based on films such as
King Kong, a state-owned Dubai firm said.
"Blade II" villain signs for "Hellboy" sequel
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Blade II" villain Luke
Goss is rejoining that film's director, Guillermo del Toro, for
"Hellboy 2: The Golden Army."
Mixed martial athletes gear up for documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - The bone-crunching sport of
mixed martial arts is coming to the big screen.
Chavez opponent switches gears in film
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mo/people_alonso"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.52b888417b064424a0a9b7ab64716c75.venezuela_people_alonso_ny193.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=g5qRPJ0TH0U9RWUUFyJcPA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso poses for a picture in this Jan. 26, 2006 file photo at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Alonso, who grew up in Venezuela and is a staunch opponent of President Hugo Chavez, said Monday, April 30, 2007, she plans to play a die-hard Chavez supporter in a film that takes a critical view of Latin America's most outspoken leader. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who grew up in Venezuela and is a staunch opponent of President Hugo Chavez, plans to play a die-hard Chavez supporter in a film that takes a critical view of Latin America's most outspoken leader.</p><br clear="all"/>
Enron filmmaker focuses on U.S. torture
(Reuters)
Reuters - After examining corruption at energy
giant Enron, director Alex Gibney has turned his lens on what
he calls the "corruption of American values" in a new film
about U.S. torture in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
Langella to bring Nixon role to big screen
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/film_nm/nixon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070501/2007_04_30t192413_450x300_us_nixon.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Uywpftlf37AADkZoRm7TyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Frank Langella arrives for the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures awards ceremony in New York in this file photo from January 10, 2006. Langella has agreed to bring his acclaimed stage role as Richard Nixon to the screen for an upcoming film version of the play about the Nixon's famed 1977 TV interviews with David Frost. REUTERS /Keith Bedford (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor Frank Langella has agreed to
bring his acclaimed stage role as Richard Nixon to the screen
for an upcoming film version of the play about the Nixon's
famed 1977 TV interviews with David Frost.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Disturbia' rules box office again
(AP)
AP - "Disturbia" held the top box-office spot for the third-straight weekend with $9 million, while the ghost story "The Invisible" debuted at No. 2 with $7.7 million.
Review: Spidey's web too long this time
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_mo/film_review_spider_man3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.34eb43e313ee4b299d38f7a80e3e2e55.tribeca_spider_man_3_nyrm125.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=wMWZ_cPpLfbNTj99AERNng--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Rosemary Harris arrives for the premiere of Spider-Man 3 in New York on Monday, April 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forgiveness is on the minds of many characters in "Spider-Man 3." They ponder if they're capable of offering it, worthy of receiving it — and whether, as the saying goes, it will ultimately prove divine.</p><br clear="all"/>
McCartney says new CD is retrospective
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/people_paul_mccartney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.ac7645dc35114990909da854197e47bd.people_paul_mccartney_nyet110.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=VnV3vgdcX1SY_yM.2607Tw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Singer Paul McCartney in New York on Nov. 13, 2006. McCartney says in a statement Monday, April 30, 2007, that his upcoming album, 'Memory Almost Full,' looks back to the past.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin Philharmonic to perform Mahler
(AP)
AP - The Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle will perform landmark late works by Gustav Mahler during a six-concert tour in New York and Boston later this year.
Phil Spector trial halted by his lawyer's illness
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/music_nm/spector_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070430/2007_04_30t152525_380x450_us_spector_trial.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=7WbIxAyWcGyIcMYAnfggFg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Phil Spector (C) listens as his attorney Roger Rosen (L) talks to forensic evidence consultant Christopher Plourd during his murder trial at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles April 30, 2007. The murder trial of Spector was halted on Monday after his lead defense attorney apparently became ill, forcing the judge to excuse jurors for the day. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The murder trial of pioneering rock
producer Phil Spector was halted on Monday after his lead
defense attorney apparently became ill, forcing the judge to
excuse jurors for the day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brazilian Bossa Nova star set for new tour
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/music_nm/gilberto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070430/2007_04_30t154920_304x450_us_gilberto.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=fJUYCLjATME9j1IPEBYfiA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto is pictured in this promotional photograph taken in London April 24, 2007. (Philippe Kliot/Six Degrees Records/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Broken hearts usually figure in
Bossa Nova songs but as Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto gets
ready to hit the road again, it's a broken foot that is on her
mind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Boy George's Model Mismanagement?
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070430/en_music_eo/094ad1f9_f4f749c5_80d3_7eb2cb57e23f"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070501/capt.c07e520f65b931cd63666ac1c85a303d.jpg?x=66&y=66&sig=bmFMkIA8HpNFR5arz9i_Lg--" align="left" height="66" width="66" alt="Boy George's Model Mismanagement?(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Did he really want to hurt him? </p><br clear="all"/>
Lambert seeks repeat success with new CD
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_mu/music_miranda_lambert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.ba82b8cd8e96426eb01ddad46273b851.music_miranda_lambert_nyet319.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=7PFP6FjvptiX0mJjCI10Eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Miranda Lambert is shown on her tour bus in Nashville, Tenn., on March 21, 2007. She torched a cheating lover's home in 'Kerosene,' loaded up a shotgun for an abusive man in 'Gunpowder & Lead,' and named the title track to her May 1 release 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' But Lambert laughs at the suggestion she might be the girlfriend from hell. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - She torched a cheating lover's home in "Kerosene" and loaded up a shotgun for an abusive man in "Gunpowder & Lead."</p><br clear="all"/>
Spector trial interrupted for two days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070430/2007_04_30t152525_380x450_us_spector_trial.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=7WbIxAyWcGyIcMYAnfggFg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Phil Spector (C) listens as his attorney Roger Rosen (L) talks to forensic evidence consultant Christopher Plourd during his murder trial at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles April 30, 2007. The murder trial of Spector was halted on Monday after his lead defense attorney apparently became ill, forcing the judge to excuse jurors for the day. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Testimony in Phil Spector's murder trial was canceled Monday because one of his attorneys had to see a doctor, the judge said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carson's foil Tommy Newsom dies at 78
(AP)
AP - Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on "The Tonight Show" whose "Mr. Excitement" nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, has died. He was 78.
Kardashian Gets Cash, Closure for Sex Tape
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070430/en_music_eo/4924a22a8d83_40c9_87a5_8206c71c5581"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070501/capt.bde2ced98c8b41f5bd8ed7d65c29c5df.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=nDsFMzeJoEq9DkS_0kVn2A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kardashian Gets Cash, Closure for Sex Tape(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - There's a reason why Ray J was only hosting Kim Kardashian look-alikes at his video release party in Las Vegas over the weekend.   </p><br clear="all"/>
Love plans to sell Cobain's belongings
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_en_mu/people_courtney_love"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.5b6bb90fa3184950ab0e59115284a515.people_courtney_love_nyet116.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=bNHvyxmLxSgo1UGk6eopEA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Singer Courtney Love and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain pose as they arrive at a gala on Feb. 8, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Love, the widow of the Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, says she intends to sell most of his belongings. 'I'm going to have a Christie's auction,' the 42-year-old singer tells the AOL music Web site Spinner.com. The rocker committed suicide in 1994. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings.</p><br clear="all"/>
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