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Paris Hilton going to jail for 45 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070504/capt.sge.aij76.040507234731.photo00.photo.default-353x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=2Wi7UW3E7vbFUCp3Y.m7UQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, arrives at the Metropolitan Branch Courthouse, in Los Angeles. The celebrity socialite was given a 45-day prison sentence by a Los Angeles court here Friday after being found guilty of a parole violation.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in county jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress' famous high life.</p><br clear="all"/>
What Paris can expect behind bars?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton_jail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.df1e322be0124bd6acaaa8c79978ab72.paris_hilton_jail_cabk108.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=H5jJd60dHJkoRf7auth7Pg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The Central Regional Detention Center is photographed on Friday, May 4, 2007, in Lynwood, Calif. A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days at the facility, Friday for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton better like chicken. The hotel heiress was sentenced Friday to 45 days at the Century Regional Detention Center, Los Angeles County's jailhouse for women just south of downtown in Lynwood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Celebs attend pre-Derby party in Ky.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_ce/people_derby_celebs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.b940ad611385443cb35ee931fb4f3889.people_derby_celebs_kydc214.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=c1zu4CBuFYR4oaXwbdaNng--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Jenny McCarthy, right, poses with her sister, Joanne McCarthy, as they arrive at the Barnstable Brown Derby party in Louisville, Ky., Friday, May 4, 2007. The 133rd Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 5th. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /></a>AP - Larry Birkhead, ex-boyfriend to the late Anna Nicole Smith and father to her lone heir, was cheered by Louisville residents as he entered the Barnstable Brown gala, the annual party where he met Smith in 2004.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Hazzard' car fetches $10 million bid
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_tv/dukes_of_hazzard_car"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.5914cf07260e4142b81f83bc28701f01.dukes_of_hazzard_car_kypad201.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=S9twfgbKSl9xafX4QT1mjA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor John Schneider of the Dukes of Hazzard looks at a replica the 'General Lee', in this file photo from June 11, 2005, at the Superman Celebration. Schneider put another version of the car, which was not featured in the original show but carries the signatures of the cast, on ebay and it fetched a winning bid of nearly $10 million Friday May 4, 2007 in an online auction. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A version of the General Lee — a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" — fetched a winning bid of nearly $10 million Friday in an online auction.</p><br clear="all"/>
Quiet ordered for Baldwin-Basinger feud
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_ce/people_baldwin_basinger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.d90802255e1744638d21b0d3c9049f4a.people_baldwin_basinger_ny112.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=lpj3XK4n9XvkFaXu9doFZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger arrive at the premiere of 'The Juror' in this Jan. 29, 1996, file photo in Los Angeles. On Friday May 4, 2007, attorneys for Baldwin and his ex-wife Kim Basinger will appear in court for the first time since the tape leaked out as part of the actors' bitter, protracted custody dispute over Ireland. The couple divorced in 2002. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>AP - A bitter custody feud that saw Alec Baldwin lash out at his 11-year-old daughter in a leaked voicemail got quiet Friday when a court commissioner ordered lawyers not to talk about the case and closed a hearing to the public moments after it began.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Malcolm X" inspired faith, not terror: Spike Lee
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spike Lee believes his film
"Malcolm X" may have inspired John Walker Lindh to become a
Muslim, but it did not turn him into the "American Taliban."
Patti Smith celebrates rock 'n' roll history
(Reuters)
Reuters - A musician, poet, activist and
artist for more than 30 years, Patti Smith delves into covers
territory on her new album, "Twelve."
Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070505/tv_nm/hilton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070505/2007_05_04t204221_450x334_us_hilton.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=CLqI9WfKg9OyDVjmPs_gzA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Hotel heiress Paris Hilton (C) leaves the Los Angeles Municipal Court May 4, 2007. Hilton was ordered on Friday to spend 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation for alcohol-related reckless driving. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered the 26-year-old celebrity socialite jailed for driving on a suspended license in February. He ordered her to report to jail on June 5. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A judge sentenced a shocked and
tearful Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail on Friday, ruling that
the hotel heiress violated her probation for a previous traffic
offense by knowingly driving without a valid license.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube faces another legal challenge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_bu/youtube_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070501/2007_05_01t095204_450x349_us_google_viacom.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=2PkxV1aYUYCH.pWB7hy3wA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on March 13, 2007. Viacom Inc.'s copyright infringement suit against Google Inc. and its YouTube video-sharing unit strikes at the heart of how the Internet works, Google argued on Monday in a U.S. federal court filing. REUTERS (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - England's top soccer league and an indie music publisher sued YouTube on Friday, saying the online video pioneer was engaging in widespread copyright infringement to bring traffic to the site.</p><br clear="all"/>
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: There's No Pleasing Some People
(Playbill)
Playbill - There were three Broadway openings this past week and, as with nearly every Broadway opening this spring, the critics just couldn't be won over. Not entirely, anyway.
"Malcolm X" inspired faith, not terror: Spike Lee
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spike Lee believes his film
"Malcolm X" may have inspired John Walker Lindh to become a
Muslim, but it did not turn him into the "American Taliban."
"Four Minutes" best picture at German film awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - A powerful drama about an elderly piano
teacher and her relationship with a young prison convict won
best picture at the German Film Prize awards on Friday.
Celebs haunted by multimedia gaffes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/celeb_pitfalls"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.9300c9df92b942859ffe18fb74338805.people_hasselhoff_ny160.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=sZbDiO6jwMV5SLRx0UpVJg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Actor David Hasselhoff, center, poses his daughters Taylor Ann, right, and Hayley Amber in Los Angeles, in this June 14, 2006, file photo. A videotape made by David Hasselhoff's daughters shows the recovering alcoholic falling off the wagon, Hasselhoff acknowledged Thursday, May 3, 2007, but the actor added that he is doing much better since it was made. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's hard out there for a celebrity. Just ask Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff, two more examples of famous guys caught doing really, really embarrassing things.</p><br clear="all"/>
Liv Tyler Hulks Up
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070504/en_movies_eo/76f369da214f_4b73_955c_d55ba4942472"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070505/capt.5c2c275deb5b7fafbf1307d82611b22d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DBz8KBqDDq45E5bq07JnSA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Liv Tyler Hulks Up(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Liv Tyler likes 'em green and mean. </p><br clear="all"/>
Child Oscar winner Paquin relishes "ballsy" role
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/film_nm/paquin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_04t145012_334x450_us_paquin.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=FrjTXsDsU_xDUaJTxazJeA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Anna Paquin attends a news conference for U.S. director Brett Ratner's out of competition film 'X-Men: The Last Stand' at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, in this May 22, 2006 file photo. Oscar-winning child star Paquin is remembered by many as the prim little girl in 'The Piano,' but these days she's all grown up and enjoys playing a character who punches a guy. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar-winning child star Anna Paquin
is remembered by many as the prim little girl in "The Piano,"
but these days she's all grown up and enjoys playing a
character who punches a guy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Borat's brother composes for Kazakhs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/people_baron_cohen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.lon82505041554.britain_kazakhstan_philharmonic__lon825.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=1wctc8AlarLVZVXEF91Sig--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Composer Erran Baron Cohen listens to the Turan Alem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra as they practice his new piece at St James's church in Piccadilly, central London, Friday May 4, 2007. Baron Cohen was contacted by Kazakh violin virtuoso and conductor Marat Bisengaliev after the latter heard his score for his brother Sacha's film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/PA, Ian West)" border="0" /></a>AP - The West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra chose an unusual composer to headline its London performance Friday: Borat's real-life brother.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baldwin Absent, Basinger Pleased by Custody Proceedings
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070504/en_movies_eo/82047306_b94347bb_843b_469f2bd13852"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070505/capt.3752f57e7ec2b8c2ef363ecfe741c06b.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=M9zoE4_cS.JLwDpMfBiBjA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Baldwin Absent, Basinger Pleased by Custody Proceedings(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - She can't really say why, but Kim Basinger is "very, very happy" with the court's decision following the latest chapter in her now-epic custody battle with ex-hubby Alec Baldwin. </p><br clear="all"/>
Jessica Biel wants respect as an actress
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/people_jessica_biel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.a6e3b6f6e54448a8806fedeea9448c1c.people_jessica_biel_nyet164.jpg?x=71&y=130&sig=Lsp.iBzNe3TF.IV3nShDXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="71" alt="Actress Jessica Biel arrives for the 79th Academy Awards on Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. Biel , in an interview in Elle magazine's June issue, on newsstands Tuesday, May 8, 2007.says she still struggles to get respect in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jessica Biel says she still struggles to get respect in Hollywood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Critics underwhelmed by "Spider-Man 3"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070504/film_nm/spiderman1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070504/2007_05_04t135343_450x330_us_spiderman_1.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=R0ij3tJaQxZeLwQ1eVNejA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor Tobey Maguire greets fans as he arrives to attend the premiere of the film 'Spiderman 3' during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in this April 30, 2007 file photo. Sony Pictures spent more than $250 million making 'Spider-Man 3,' but all it got was a loud yawn from some major critics on its opening day. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Pictures spent more than $250
million making "Spider-Man 3," but all it got was a loud yawn
from some major critics on its opening day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Basinger in court for custody hearing
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_en_mo/people_baldwin_basinger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.d90802255e1744638d21b0d3c9049f4a.people_baldwin_basinger_ny112.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=lpj3XK4n9XvkFaXu9doFZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger arrive at the premiere of 'The Juror' in this Jan. 29, 1996, file photo in Los Angeles. On Friday May 4, 2007, attorneys for Baldwin and his ex-wife Kim Basinger will appear in court for the first time since the tape leaked out as part of the actors' bitter, protracted custody dispute over Ireland. The couple divorced in 2002. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kim Basinger went to court Friday as part of a bitter child custody dispute with ex-husband Alec Baldwin that saw him lash out at his 11-year-old daughter last month on a leaked voicemail.</p><br clear="all"/>
Patti Smith celebrates rock 'n' roll history
(Reuters)
Reuters - A musician, poet, activist and
artist for more than 30 years, Patti Smith delves into covers
territory on her new album, "Twelve."
Album, book unveil Elliott Smith rarities
(Reuters)
Reuters - Releasing "new" music after an
artist has died is always a tricky proposition, especially when
that artist has a fiercely protective fan base.
Billboard album reviews: Streisand, Bjork
(Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Including soundtracks, "Live in
Concert 2006" is Barbra Streisand's 60th album in 45 years.
Showcasing 31 tracks, sequenced according to the set list for
her box-office-busting '06 tour and recorded in New York;
Washington, D.C.; and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the double disc
includes only a few hits that have appeared time and time again
on previous onstage sets.
New laws create second-hand woes for CD retailers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Independent merchants selling and
buying used CDs across the United States say they are alarmed
by stepped-up pawn-broker-related laws recently enacted in
Florida and Utah and pending in Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
Sedaka, Osmond lead veterans' day on album chart
(Reuters)
Reuters - With the Billboard 200 sporting
new entries by Neil Sedaka (No. 22), Donny Osmond (No. 27),
72-year-old R&B singer Chuck Brown (No. 37) and 60-year-old
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith (No. 60), you
might wonder if we've traveled back in time.
Indie labels plan to pull out of digital service
(Reuters)
Reuters - A handful of independent
record labels are poised to launch what they are calling a
"revolt" against digital subscription service eMusic, citing
unhappiness with the company's pricing model as their core
concern.
Bjork in collaborative mood on new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bjork plays well with others.
From Ingram's "Lips" to the country spotlight
(Reuters)
Reuters - "I'm just an old chunk of coal/but
I'm going to be a diamond someday," Jack Ingram sings in an
expansive rehearsal studio on New York's West Side.
McGraw & Hill expand partnership with Jeep
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tim McGraw's first car was a Jeep.
Years later, when McGraw and Faith Hill decided they wanted to
take their relationship to the next level, a red 1976 CJ6 Jeep
provided the wheels for the date.
New Jersey law targets copycat musicians
(AP)
AP - New Jersey has cracked down on musical acts that falsely perform under another group's name.
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