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'Dancing With the Stars' loses another
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_en_tv/tv_dancing_with_the_stars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070502/capt.4f914e7e722a4b1ab432b290a4fdfe72.tv_dancing_with_the_stars_ny118.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=4qspidv_5C2oLdwPaQ4ykg--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="In this photo made available by ABC, John Ratzenberger, right, and his partner, Edyta Sliwinska are seen on week seven of 'Dancing with the Stars,' which aired Monday, April 30, 2007 on the ABC Television Network. Former 'Cheers' mailman and popular Pixar Studios voice Ratzenberger became the latest celebrity casualty Tuesday, May 1, 2007 on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars.' (AP Photo/ABC, CAROL KAELSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former "Cheers" mailman and popular Pixar Studios voice John Ratzenberger became the latest celebrity casualty Tuesday on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>
'Newhart' sidekick Tom Poston dies at 85
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_en_tv/obit_poston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.1de5d2ce86b445eb82a83af62ca03707.obit_tom_poston__nyet136.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=FGLXTNAiDE2RsuHK46PU7w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="This file photo originally supplied by CBS shows Tom Poston in the role of 'George' in the television sitcom series, 'Newhart,' in 1985. Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as 'Newhart' and 'Mork and Mindy,' died Monday night, April 30, 2007, at his home. He was 85. (AP Photo/CBS)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as "Newhart" and "Mork and Mindy," has died. He was 85.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Spider-Man 3' has record open in Asia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.3ba1640b045348c381797458504f825d.trl__spider_man_3__nysc112.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=5xMEXsfFql5wGjpqKu2SFg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Toby Maguire who plays Spider-Man, left, and Kirsten Dunst who plays Mary Jane Watson, right, appear on MTV's Total Request Live, Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at MTV studios in New York City. 'Spider-man 3' opens May 4, 2007 nationwide. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" is off and flying, with record-setting opening-day ticket revenues in Asia on Tuesday. The film, which opens in the United States on Friday, topped the first-day grosses for Spideys 1 and 2 in both Japan and South Korea.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bad back puts DeGeneres in on-set bed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_en_ce/people_ellen_degeneres"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070502/capt.8ab29772ea454a90b7d9f9cbae8e358b.people_ellen_degeneres__la101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=MpzO2yCtubLSMsvHZlbazQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this handout photo released by Warner Bros., talk show host Ellen DeGeneres hosts her show from an adjustable bed as she recovers from a back injury. One of Ellens staff members, right, plays nurse Gail. (AP Photo/Michael Rozman-Warner Bros.,HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - The talk show must go on. Ellen DeGeneres, who injured her back over the weekend, is hosting her syndicated talk show from a hospital bed on the set.</p><br clear="all"/>
Valenti's funeral brings out the stars
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mo/valenti_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.ee5a7f1df3f84186997dcdde8d870262.aptopix_obit_valenti_dcsa202.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=fpWd1nR3zakYZn7BSNZSog--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Veteran Hollywood actors Kirk Douglas, right, and his son, Michael Douglas, left, arrive for the funeral of Jack Valenti, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Valenti was a special assistant and confidant to President Lyndon Johnson when he was lured to Hollywood in 1966 and became president of the Motion Picture Association of America. He died last week at age 85. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - The stars of Hollywood and Washington came out Tuesday to pay their respects to Jack Valenti, a man at home in the power structures of both cities.</p><br clear="all"/>
John Cusack a go for "Stopping Power"
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Cusack is attached to
star in director Jan de Bont's indie action thriller "Stopping
Power,"
`Jersey Boys' heading to new Vegas hotel
(AP)
AP - It's Vegas, baby, for "Jersey Boys."
CBS to premiere "Million Dollar Baby"
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS is joining NBC in
resurrecting theatrical movies on Sunday, scheduling the
broadcast network premiere of Oscar-winning drama "Million
Dollar Baby" on May 20, the final Sunday of the May sweep.
Filmmaker Zaillian, Sony in arthouse movie pact
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a surprising
partnership, writer-director Steven Zaillian is joining forces
with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce modestly budgeted,
character-driven films.
Plays and Playwrights Announced for 2007 PlayPenn Conference in Philly
(Playbill)
Playbill - PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its third annual New Play Development Conference July 9-22, helping to refine six new works.
John Cusack a go for "Stopping Power"
(Reuters)
Reuters - John Cusack is attached to
star in director Jan de Bont's indie action thriller "Stopping
Power,"
Gordon-Levitt leaps to indie "Frog King"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Joseph Gordon-Levitt is
attached as the romantic lead in producer Darren Star's
directorial debut "The Frog King."
Japan warning: "Babel" may make you sick
(Reuters)
Reuters - Watching the Hollywood film "Babel" could
make viewers feel ill, its Japanese distributor said in
national newspaper advertisements published on Wednesday.
CBS to premiere "Million Dollar Baby"
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS is joining NBC in
resurrecting theatrical movies on Sunday, scheduling the
broadcast network premiere of Oscar-winning drama "Million
Dollar Baby" on May 20, the final Sunday of the May sweep.
"Spider-Man 3" sets records in Asian debuts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070502/film_nm/spiderman_boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070502/i/r2374792489.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=HcMZoqSCUxlB_dQEj_8sXg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Tobey Maguire and his fiancee Jennifer Meyer arrive to attend the premiere of the film "Spiderman 3" during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Spider-Man 3" smashed box office
records across eight Asian markets on Tuesday, as the superhero
sequel got a head start on the rest of the world, the film's
distributor said.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Spider-Man 3' has record open in Asia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.3ba1640b045348c381797458504f825d.trl__spider_man_3__nysc112.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=5xMEXsfFql5wGjpqKu2SFg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Toby Maguire who plays Spider-Man, left, and Kirsten Dunst who plays Mary Jane Watson, right, appear on MTV's Total Request Live, Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at MTV studios in New York City. 'Spider-man 3' opens May 4, 2007 nationwide. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man 3" is off and flying, with record-setting opening-day ticket revenues in Asia on Tuesday. The film, which opens in the United States on Friday, topped the first-day grosses for Spideys 1 and 2 in both Japan and South Korea.</p><br clear="all"/>
"300" number up with five MTV noms
(Reuters)
Reuters - The violent epic "300"
leads the pack of nominees for the MTV Movie Awards with five
mentions, followed by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest" with four nominations.
"Spider-Man 3" kicks off hot Hollywood summer
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/film_nm/summermovies_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070502/2007_05_01t191144_450x301_us_summermovies.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9aVZ2KxHfq6x9TRgpBPMQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Tobey Maguire shakes hands with fans while making an appearance on NBC's 'Today' show in New York April 30, 2007. The cast of the new movie 'Spider-Man 3', that opens in the United States this week, appeared on the morning show together. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - This may be one hot summer movie
season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film piracy now a misdemeanor in NYC
(AP)
AP - With the summer blockbuster movie season just ahead, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed legislation on Tuesday that upgrades film piracy from a violation with a $250 fine to a misdemeanor that carries up to six months in jail and penalties of up to $5,000.
Billy Crystal to get Mark Twain prize
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mo/people_billy_crystal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.e8b1ed520e064cdea4e5effd5afc5a03.people_billy_crystal_nyet134.jpg?x=123&y=130&sig=qQP1m6VAgWyLYUYQux6ZWg--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="Billy Crystal speaks ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on April 17, 2007. The comedian will be awarded one of the nation's top comedy prizes for an entertainment career that has spanned film, television and theater for more than three decades. He will be the 10th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which is given annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.the center's chairman said Tuesday, May 1, 2007. The award will be presented Oct. 11 at a tribute performance with former colleagues highlighting Crystal's career. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Billy Crystal will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Jersey Boys' heading to new Vegas hotel
(AP)
AP - It's Vegas, baby, for "Jersey Boys."
Spears concert rumors sweep southern California
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070502/music_nm/spears_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070502/2007_05_01t153039_450x299_us_spears.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=biSBTQlIS4a2wvn.asp4Fw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Britney Spears performs during her concert, 'The Onyx Hotel Tour' in Zurich, in this May 20, 2004 file photo. Spears fans snapped up tickets on Tuesday to three Southern California concerts by an obscure band known as The M+Ms on rumors that the oft-troubled pop diva would stage a surprise performance at one of the shows. REUTERS SCHWEIZ/Siggi Bucher (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britney Spears fans snapped up
tickets on Tuesday to three southern California concerts by an
obscure band known as The M+Ms on rumors the embattled pop diva
would stage surprise performances at the shows.</p><br clear="all"/>
R. Kelly writes song for Virginia Tech
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/people_r__kelly_va__tech"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.a34565f4206a4b24858bec41a36b5637.people_r_kelly_va_tech_nyet124.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=H27Mvzb8byFGjSTs8zJ7Mw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="R. Kelly performs at New York's Radio City Music Hall on April 18, 2006. The R&B singer and songwriter has written a new song, 'Rise Up,' about healing in the aftermath of the massacre at Virginia Tech, and is donating proceeds from the sale of the single to the Blacksburg, Va., school's memorial fund. 'Rise Up' will be available digitally on May 15, 2007, and 100 percent of the net proceeds from its sale will go to the fund, according to Jive Records, R. Kelly's record label. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - R. Kelly has written a new song, "Rise Up," about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. A gunman killed 32 people and himself on the university's campus in Blacksburg, Va.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lincoln Center renewal starts with Alice
(AP)
AP - Good Night, Alice.
More delay in Phil Spector murder trial
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/phil_spector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070430/capt.406c084d65c9429b8f464b449d09b5e6.phil_spector_wxs304.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=gFH4CZWIlOcDxHRPyu8CXg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Music producer Phil Spector, center, listens as his attorney Roger Rosen, left, talks to forensic evidence consultant Christopher Plourd during his murder trial at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Monday, April 30, 2007. Spector is accused of killing actress Lana Clarkson at his home four years ago. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Testimony in the Phil Spector murder trial has been canceled for the rest of the week, but the judge scheduled a hearing without the jury for Wednesday to hear arguments on pending motions.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bono, U.S. lawmakers push education
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/bono_global_education"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.2be48ca7261444ab9945994be2f2b433.we_are_together_premiere_nysw110.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=2ryemto2yHc5huN4_POihA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Bono poses for a picture with the subjects of the documentary 'We Are Together' in New York, Thursday, April 26, 2007. The film, about a an orphanage in Africa and the stories of the children living there, is showing at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rock star Bono has tried to feed the world and he's tried to heal the world. Now, he's trying to help some U.S. lawmakers teach the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Platters singer Zola Taylor dies at 69
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/obit_taylor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.325e9ee6b47e4f7c87912fbd73ad7517.obit_zola_taylor_nyet133.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=_yLl86DabBcf3EgPWKTgdQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This 1961 file photo of Zola Taylor, center, poses with The Platters outside the London Palladium where they were appearing. Taylor, who broke gender barriers in the 1950s as a member of The Platters, harmonizing with her male colleagues on hits like 'The Great Pretender,' died Monday, April 30, 2007, her nephew said Tuesday. She was 69. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zola Taylor, who broke gender barriers in the 1950s as a member of The Platters, harmonizing with her male colleagues on hits like "The Great Pretender," has died, her nephew said Tuesday. She was 69.</p><br clear="all"/>
NJ co. files suit against Guns N' Roses
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/music_guns_n__roses_sued"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.e25b3e689efe4921ab0d7df151eba71b.music_guns_n__roses_sued_nyet132.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=vEVCr3.xn.AkiMBH1HasqA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Axl Rose, lead singer for the band Guns N' Roses, performs during the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 29, 2002. A New Jersey company filed a lawsuit in Newark, N.J., on April 11 claiming the group owes it $107,000, plus interest, for handling gear and other services during the band's 2006 tour. (AP Photo/ Beth Keiser)" border="0" /></a>AP - A New Jersey company claims Guns N' Roses owes it $107,000, plus interest, for handling gear and other services during the band's 2006 tour.</p><br clear="all"/>
Korean rappers build bridges with blacks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_mu/music_korean_rappers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.ce881d14b0344b45afb32f06c368604f.music_korean_rappers_nyet349.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BSnRrVjpNt95K04YNKsXlA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Eugene Kwak performs during the Ghetto Musik Three talent showcase at the Vision Art Hall in Los Angeles, Calif., April 14, 2007. Ghetto Musik is a annual event which brings together young aspiring rappers, dancers and musicians from the Korean-American community.(AP Photo/Chad K. Uyeno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crammed into a room on the third floor of a church, rapper DumbFounDead spits freestyle rhymes with six other emcees as a small group of 20-somethings bob their heads to the music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music Review: BRMC
(AP)
AP - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Baby 81" (RCA): The main knock on Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is that they cover ground that's been tread plenty of times before — but they still cover it very well on their fourth album, "Baby 81."
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