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Pinkett Smith: Holmes is equal partner
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_ce/people_jada_pinkett_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070502/capt.29630105ec094d708ae71b06fa382af5.people_jada_pinkett_smith_nysr102.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=00PY1jmlIWOwE_3IefcCsA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this photo from Duracell, actress Jada Pinkett Smith holds a new child safety book, co-developed by Duracell and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, at the Preschool of America, New York, Wednesday, May, 2, 2007. The Great Tomato Adventure, with a foreword by Pinkett Smith, is part of the Power of Parents program which dispels outdated child safety messaging by introducing new, free resources for families. The book and other tools are available for free at www.powerofparentsonline.com ( AP Photo/Duracell,Stuart Ramson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jada Pinkett Smith says good friend Katie Holmes is an equal partner in her marriage with Tom Cruise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oprah at Chicago premiere of 'Purple'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_ce/winfrey_color_purple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.5ac2e4c9260f4e3db965dc4129b13675.winfrey_color_purple__otkca101.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=9zw1LGcQ4x3Qm.ZaM3YFXg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Talk Show host Oprah Winfrey smiles as she arrives for the Chicago premier of the the Broadway hit The Color Purple Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe the carpet should have been purple, instead of red. Twenty-two years after making her Hollywood debut in the movie version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and two years after her Broadway debut as producer of the musical of the same name, Oprah Winfrey walked the carpet Thursday evening as the stage show premiered in her home city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Prosecutors want Paris Hilton in jail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_en_tv/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.1d9cf889eddf4bf8ab3a0559a1b5a573.people_paris_hilton_nyet156.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=pMw2AIeuK29HofmWaQAUWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Paris Hilton arrives for Us Weekly magazine's Hot Hollywood 2007 party in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 26, 2007. Hilton should be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction, city prosecutors say. In documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, prosecutors also want Hilton to be required to stay away from alcohol for 90 days and wear a monitoring device that will chart whether she complies. Hilton appears for a probation violation hearing on Friday, May 4, 2007.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton will have a very unglamorous new address if prosecutors get their way: the Los Angeles County jail. The city attorney's office filed documents in Superior Court recommending the hotel heiress and TV star be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lawyer: Imus to sue for nearly $40M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_en_ot/imus_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.93dc92a7c20a46dbaa44a3dada91dfdb.cbs_imus_lawsuit_nyet157.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=qI.39oAHDmNEibejubRAbA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Radio personality Don Imus in New York, April 9, 2007. The disgraced radio host will sue CBS Radio for the huge portion of his $40 million contract that was left unpaid after he was fired for racist and sexist comments, his attorney said Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP File Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Disgraced radio host Don Imus will sue CBS Radio for the huge portion of his $40 million contract that was left unpaid after he was fired for racist and sexist comments, his attorney said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tape shows drunk David Hasselhoff
(AP)
AP - A videotape made by David Hasselhoff's daughters shows the recovering alcoholic falling off the wagon, Hasselhoff acknowledged Thursday, but the actor added that he is doing much better since it was made.
Black Australia in film festival spotlight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australia's indigenous film festival
"Message Sticks" starting Friday offers a snapshot of
contemporary aboriginal life, from black lesbians in an outback
town to an adopted Aborigine seeking his mother in the city.
Rapper Eve to be charged with drunk driving in LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Eve will be charged on
Friday in connection with a drunken driving accident in
Hollywood, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office said.
Oprah at Chicago premiere of 'Purple'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_tv/winfrey_color_purple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.5ac2e4c9260f4e3db965dc4129b13675.winfrey_color_purple__otkca101.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=9zw1LGcQ4x3Qm.ZaM3YFXg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Talk Show host Oprah Winfrey smiles as she arrives for the Chicago premier of the the Broadway hit The Color Purple Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe the carpet should have been purple, instead of red. Twenty-two years after making her Hollywood debut in the movie version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and two years after her Broadway debut as producer of the musical of the same name, Oprah Winfrey walked the carpet Thursday evening as the stage show premiered in her home city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clear Channel rejects sweetened private equity bid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc., the
largest U.S. radio station operator, on Thursday rejected a
sweetened $19.6 billion bid from a private equity group.
Original 'Rent' Stars Rapp and Pascal Will Return to Larson's Bohemia This Summer
(Playbill)
Playbill - Adam Pascal mentions on his MySpace blog that he and original <i>Rent</i> co-star Anthony Rapp will return to the Broadway production of Jonathan Larson's show in the roles that earned them acclaim.
Black Australia in film festival spotlight
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australia's indigenous film festival
"Message Sticks" starting Friday offers a snapshot of
contemporary aboriginal life, from black lesbians in an outback
town to an adopted Aborigine seeking his mother in the city.
As Spidey opens, box office records hang by thread
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/film_nm/spiderman_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_02t151823_300x450_us_spiderman.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=xiXB5G86PIDZTQFCpuYwqg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Kirsten Dunst arrives to attend the premiere of the film 'Spiderman 3' during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 30, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The summer movie season
is upon us. Let the hyperbole begin!</p><br clear="all"/>
Tribeca rewards political, religious films
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/film_nm/tribeca_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t221713_329x450_us_tribeca.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=uOXAES8qQxIuaK8C0lkDhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this file photo actor Robert DeNiro speaks at the kickoff of the third annual TriBeCa Film Festival in New York, May 1, 2004. DeNiro is one of the founders of the festival. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Films examining extreme
interpretations of religion and a documentary about U.S.
torture in Afghanistan won the major awards at New York's
Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Soldier' the best Iraq war documentary to date
(Reuters)
Reuters - The subtitle of "I Am an
American Soldier," the latest and one of the best of the Iraq
War documentaries that have proliferated in recent years,
perfectly encapsulates its premise: "One Year in Iraq With the
101st Airborne."
`The Matrix' tops mag's sci-fi list
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/sci_fi_list"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.73ad6ac3d69946b3ae4f9cd8977551c2.sci_fi_list_ny128.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=WbM25Cfd.10SJjRLkISs0A--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="'The Matrix Revolutions' cast members Keanu Reeves, left, and Laurence Fishburne gather at the world premiere of the film in Los Angeles, in this file photo from Oct. 27, 2003. The best science-fiction movie or TV show of the past 25 years? As a classic episode of 'The Twilight Zone' once so memorably underscored, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so the answer is surely endlessly debatable. But, according to a list compiled by the editors of Entertainment Weekly, it's 'The Matrix.' (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The best science-fiction movie or TV show of the past 25 years?</p><br clear="all"/>
Tribeca 4 Paquin, Connolly, Farina, Luna
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/film_faces_of_tribeca"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.4713f2ff1b904e8a9dcb2d70c2972339.film_faces_of_tribeca_nyet150.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ryp0eqvaL2j0IRoAof1mFg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This undated photo supplied by the Independent Film Channel shows Dennis Farina in a scene from 'You Kill Me' which was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The ubiquitous character acting veteran was among those who left memorable impressions after hundreds of filmmakers and actors have descended upon downtown New York City for the festival (AP Photo/ Independent Film Channel )" border="0" /></a>AP - Over the past week and a half, hundreds of filmmakers and actors have descended upon downtown New York City for the sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Crashers' star Fisher keen on 'Cookie Queen'
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/film_nm/fisher_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t201614_301x450_us_fisher.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=6NBeL7oq2sNTMNHzwpoRCw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this file photo Australian actress Isla Fisher poses at the G'Day USA: Australia Week 2007 Penfolds Icon gala in Los Angeles, California January 13, 2007. The late Steve Irwin is being honored with a special tribute at the gala. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Wedding Crashers" star
Isla Fisher is attached to play the title character in "The
Cookie Queen," a comedy set up at Universal Pictures.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oliver Stone unveils ad calling for Iraq withdrawal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/film_nm/iraq_stone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t181655_450x300_us_iraq_stone.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8ICQ8srfX_XTgi4ChvCZqw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo director Oliver Stone smiles at the 10th annual Hollywood Awards gala ceremony in Beverly Hills October 23, 2006. Stone, whose movies voiced the frustration of the Vietnam War generation, on Thursday unveiled a political ad calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar-winning director Oliver
Stone, whose movies voiced the frustration of the Vietnam War
generation, on Thursday unveiled a political ad calling for the
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bullock asks court to restrain fan
(AP)
AP - Sandra Bullock wants court protection from a fan who was arrested for investigation of trying to run down her husband outside their home.
O.J.'s Kentucky Derby pick? Tiago
(AP)
AP - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — If O.J. Simpson picked it, here's how the Kentucky Derby would end: Tiago at the wire.
Rapper Eve to be charged with drunk driving in LA
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Eve will be charged on
Friday in connection with a drunken driving accident in
Hollywood, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office said.
Clear Channel board rejects buyout offer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mu/clear_channel_buyout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070503/2007_05_02t153051_450x297_us_clearchannel_divestitures.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=d7x1bqDU7ilprmgN_yCWLg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo for Clear Channel Communications is seen on a billboard in a file photo. U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Wednesday it agreed to sell 362 radio stations for $820 million as it continues to divest assets in accordance with its embattled $19.5 billion plan to go private. (Marc Serota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Clear Channel Communications Inc. said Thursday its board of directors has rejected a private equity group's modified buyout offer for the radio and billboard company, and there already are enough shareholder votes against the existing $19.35 billion bid to defeat it.</p><br clear="all"/>
James Brown remembered at Apollo
(AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and relatives gathered on what would have been James Brown's 74th birthday Thursday to remember the soul singer — and question the direction of the music industry.
Sharpton leads march for "decency" in music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/music_nm/usa_hiphop_sharpton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t220026_382x450_us_usa_hiphop_sharpton.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=Y_IuLNaGpAfg027JlmetLw--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Rev. Al Sharpton speaks with radio talk-show host Don Imus (not pictured) during Sharpton's radio show, in New York, April 9, 2007, (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Black activist Al Sharpton led a march
against racist and sexist language in music on Thursday,
targeting the big record companies three weeks after he pushed
for the firing of radio host Don Imus because of an on-air
racial slur.</p><br clear="all"/>
Witnesses say Spector defense team found evidence
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/music_nm/spector_trial_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t201312_380x450_us_spector_trial.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=c35qxqTiw0OoGfT4enn4IQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Music producer 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. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A famed criminalist working for
Phil Spector's lawyers picked up evidence overlooked by police,
two former members of the defense team said on Thursday at a
hearing into accusations that a piece of the victim's
fingernail has disappeared.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Busta Rhymes arrested in New York
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/music_nm/crime_rhymes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070503/2007_05_03t111915_450x355_us_crime_rhymes.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=2qvfjoDJY9WI6UFKY5URTQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Busta Rhymes departs from a superior court regarding assault charges, in New York, in this October 24, 2006 file photo. The rapper was arrested early Thursday morning in New York for driving while impaired by alcohol, police said. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grammy-nominated rapper Buster Rhymes
was arrested in New York on Thursday for driving while
intoxicated, marking his fourth arrest in 10 months.</p><br clear="all"/>
Popular Spanish singer arrested in bribes probe
(Reuters)
Reuters - One of Spain's most flamboyant singers
has been arrested in a construction bribery investigation in
the flashy resort town of Marbella which has already put her
ex-mayor boyfriend behind bars.
Maroon 5 tops singles chart with record leap
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/music_nm/sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_03t172301_450x267_us_sales.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=.XBS2Bah0tnBIy6CIyWKDA--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Members of the band Maroon 5 attend the Global Green USA 3rd Annual Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles, California February 21, 2007. Grammy-winning pop band Maroon 5 scored its first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 Thursday, with the largest jump to the top in the almost 49-year existence of the chart. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grammy-winning pop band Maroon 5
scored its first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100
Thursday, with the largest jump to the top in the almost
49-year existence of the chart.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lavigne: Mandarin toughest to record
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_en_mu/people_avril_lavigne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.4ea3efb76e28411d85ee821c6d9acd56.people_avril_lavigne___nyet161.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=Kw9qE6Rsf9YWvi0JYyQBnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Singer Avril Lavigne poses during an appearance at Virgin Megastore in support of her new CD, 'The Best Damn Thing,' in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 19, 2007. The Canadian pop star recorded the chorus to her new single 'Girlfriend' in eight languages, and Mandarin was the toughest to master, she told a Hong Kong news conference, Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Avril Lavigne recorded the chorus to her new single "Girlfriend" in eight languages, and Mandarin was the toughest to master.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chris and Phil Slip Through Idol's Double Doors
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070503/en_music_eo/23c374191652_4c8c_a6af_54bc9078c2d5"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070504/capt.f5e767464a7700c78c0909094feb8236.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=NJLOeCIjpGwO7wcs6lb.lA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Chris and Phil Slip Through Idol's Double Doors(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It wasn't exactly in a "Blaze of Glory," but Phil Stacey did go down, and it turns out Chris Richardson wasn't "Wanted Dead or Alive" on American Idol anymore.</p><br clear="all"/>
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