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Musicians jazz up rebuilding efforts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_en_mu/people_connick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.03d947ad1ee74dbab2b14cc9f5362df2.jazz_fest_musician_help_lawh101.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=AWFhf4yTgCiNJV9GKWNirQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="New Orleans musician and native Harry Connick, Jr., left, and his wife, Jill, talk with Jim Pate, of Habitat for Humanity, at the musicians village in New Orleans, Saturday, May 5, 2007. Connick took time to do a little work around the houses before performing at the Jazz and Heritage Festival later in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Harry Connick Jr. wielded a paintbrush. R&B heartthrob John Legend did a little laundry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sunset farewell at Waikiki for Don Ho
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_en_mu/don_ho_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.3cdfd5dc030f4c84921fec641ca20c1e.don_ho_memorial_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=d6UwxSj0_MXNOtgTjiGYCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Don Ho sings during his nightly show in this June 24, 2004 file photo, at the Waikiki Beachcomer Hotel in Honolulu. So many people were expected Saturday May 5, 2007 for the sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho that the city arranged extra buses, parking and traffic control. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of people, some in electric wheelchairs and others in bikinis, gathered Saturday for a sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Spider-Man 3' nets record $59M in 1 day
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.367af3a1a21a45dfb1b0b6fd5c34fb56.spiderman_3_mack101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=sbuT3k7fe66gNt19RzUBAg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Movie-goers pass a poster featuring Spiderman 3 at Jordan's IMAX theater in Reading, Mass., Friday May 4, 2007. Tickets for Spiderman 3, which made its debut Friday, were completely sold out until Monday at the theater. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood's biggest superhero now has the biggest box-office debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
The heartfelt journey of 'Radio Golf'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_ot/theater_wilson_s_last_play"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070503/capt.de9188bbb6864cc0bdd0581e9f88d990.theater_wilson_s_last_play_nyet310.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MPzweLxQZ8ma9itDYCetsQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Playwright August Wilson, left, sits beside his dramaturg,Todd Kreidler, during a rehearsal for Wilson's play 'Radio Golf' at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in this April 7, 2005 file photo. Kreidler also is advising the company for the current Broadway production of the play, which opens at the Cort Theatre in New York on May 8, 2007. (AP file photo/ Michelle McLoughlin-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Radio Golf," the final chapter in August Wilson's monumental, decade-by-decade look at the black experience in 20th century America, is a play forged by illness, reworked in a furious burst of creativity during the last months of the playwright's life.</p><br clear="all"/>
Accordions rule at New Orleans Jazz Fest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_mu/jazz_fest_sexy_squeezebox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.c0fbf7178f4041fcbb7177eb3d891a0b.jazz_fest_sexy_squeezebox_ladm114.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=dK5d5MRrhyHzzvVw2PtRmA--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Buckwheat Zydeco performs during the 2007 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, May 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The mid-afternoon sun was beating down, wisps of steam rose from the soggy ground and Buckwheat Zydeco danced his way to the edge of the stage, accordion wailing, moving his shoulders with the music.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Spider-Man 3' nets record $59M in 1 day
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.367af3a1a21a45dfb1b0b6fd5c34fb56.spiderman_3_mack101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=sbuT3k7fe66gNt19RzUBAg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Movie-goers pass a poster featuring Spiderman 3 at Jordan's IMAX theater in Reading, Mass., Friday May 4, 2007. Tickets for Spiderman 3, which made its debut Friday, were completely sold out until Monday at the theater. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood's biggest superhero now has the biggest box-office debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sunset farewell at Waikiki for Don Ho
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_en_mu/don_ho_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.3cdfd5dc030f4c84921fec641ca20c1e.don_ho_memorial_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=d6UwxSj0_MXNOtgTjiGYCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Don Ho sings during his nightly show in this June 24, 2004 file photo, at the Waikiki Beachcomer Hotel in Honolulu. So many people were expected Saturday May 5, 2007 for the sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho that the city arranged extra buses, parking and traffic control. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of people, some in electric wheelchairs and others in bikinis, gathered Saturday for a sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
Yahoo untangles licensing web for lyrics service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/media_nm/lyrics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070506/2007_05_05t215341_450x308_us_lyrics.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=u6b4jphtJTCchWC2Au3lLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A new music lyrics service launched by Yahoo illustrates the potential and the challenges of integrating lyrics into digital music products today. File photo shows the letter from the GPO (General Post Office) demanding settlement of an unpaid 'radiophone' bill on the back of which John Lennon wrote the lyrics for the Beatles song 'I'm Only Sleeping', is demonstrated by a porter at Christie's auctioneers in London September 28, 2005. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A new music lyrics service launched by
Yahoo illustrates the potential and the challenges of
integrating lyrics into digital music products today.</p><br clear="all"/>
"American Idol" Finalist Tamyra Gray Will Play Mimi in 'Rent'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tamyra Gray, the popular first season finalist of "American Idol," will join the cast of Broadway's <i>Rent</i> May 29, playing Mimi Marquez.
`Spider-Man 3' nets record $59M in 1 day
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_mo/film_spider_man3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070504/capt.367af3a1a21a45dfb1b0b6fd5c34fb56.spiderman_3_mack101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=sbuT3k7fe66gNt19RzUBAg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Movie-goers pass a poster featuring Spiderman 3 at Jordan's IMAX theater in Reading, Mass., Friday May 4, 2007. Tickets for Spiderman 3, which made its debut Friday, were completely sold out until Monday at the theater. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood's biggest superhero now has the biggest box-office debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Four Minutes" best picture at German 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.
"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."
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"/>
Sunset farewell at Waikiki for Don Ho
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_en_mu/don_ho_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.3cdfd5dc030f4c84921fec641ca20c1e.don_ho_memorial_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=d6UwxSj0_MXNOtgTjiGYCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Don Ho sings during his nightly show in this June 24, 2004 file photo, at the Waikiki Beachcomer Hotel in Honolulu. So many people were expected Saturday May 5, 2007 for the sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho that the city arranged extra buses, parking and traffic control. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of people, some in electric wheelchairs and others in bikinis, gathered Saturday for a sunset memorial service on the beach at Waikiki for legendary Hawaiian crooner Don Ho.</p><br clear="all"/>
Musicians jazz up rebuilding efforts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_en_mu/people_connick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.03d947ad1ee74dbab2b14cc9f5362df2.jazz_fest_musician_help_lawh101.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=AWFhf4yTgCiNJV9GKWNirQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="New Orleans musician and native Harry Connick, Jr., left, and his wife, Jill, talk with Jim Pate, of Habitat for Humanity, at the musicians village in New Orleans, Saturday, May 5, 2007. Connick took time to do a little work around the houses before performing at the Jazz and Heritage Festival later in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Harry Connick Jr. wielded a paintbrush. R&B heartthrob John Legend did a little laundry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo untangles licensing web for lyrics service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/music_nm/lyrics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070506/2007_05_05t215341_450x308_us_lyrics.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=u6b4jphtJTCchWC2Au3lLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A new music lyrics service launched by Yahoo illustrates the potential and the challenges of integrating lyrics into digital music products today. File photo shows the letter from the GPO (General Post Office) demanding settlement of an unpaid 'radiophone' bill on the back of which John Lennon wrote the lyrics for the Beatles song 'I'm Only Sleeping', is demonstrated by a porter at Christie's auctioneers in London September 28, 2005. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A new music lyrics service launched by
Yahoo illustrates the potential and the challenges of
integrating lyrics into digital music products today.</p><br clear="all"/>
Posthumous releases on tap from Drake, Buckley
(Reuters)
Reuters - As Elliott Smith's "New Moon" CD
hits shelves this week, he's not the only lamented
singer-songwriter whose material is generating posthumous
releases.
Latin rappers aim for transatlantic appeal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/music_nm/rodriguez_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070506/2007_05_05t201833_450x287_us_rodriguez.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=efEXI9dr1VuJohNnAyjLXQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="File photo shows a graffiti artist spraying his design on a wall during a hip-hop festival in Vigo, northwest Spain, August 26, 2006. As Spain's hip-hop scene matures and reggaeton broadens its stateside appeal, urban artists are crisscrossing the Atlantic in search of new audiences. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As Spain's hip-hop scene matures and
reggaeton broadens its stateside appeal, urban artists are
crisscrossing the Atlantic in search of new audiences.</p><br clear="all"/>
Accordions rule at New Orleans Jazz Fest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_en_mu/jazz_fest_sexy_squeezebox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.c0fbf7178f4041fcbb7177eb3d891a0b.jazz_fest_sexy_squeezebox_ladm114.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=dK5d5MRrhyHzzvVw2PtRmA--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Buckwheat Zydeco performs during the 2007 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, May 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The mid-afternoon sun was beating down, wisps of steam rose from the soggy ground and Buckwheat Zydeco danced his way to the edge of the stage, accordion wailing, moving his shoulders with the music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Health issues force McBrayer to quit gospel act Avalon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jody McBrayer, a founding member of
award-winning gospel group Avalon, is leaving the act because
of health issues.
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.
Patti Smith celebrates rock 'n' roll history
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070505/music_nm/smith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070505/2007_05_05t100826_450x296_us_smith.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=W5tk4uVbmhX68FgreAVE_A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Musician Patti Smith performs during a tribute to Bruce Springsteen's music career at Carnegie Hall in New York April 5, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A musician, poet, activist and
artist for more than 30 years, Patti Smith delves into covers
territory on her new album, "Twelve."</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
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