| | |
Spidey shatters records with $148M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.65498dd27e5b4a3483356dc5dabbbe2a.film_spider_man_3_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=BZCKrszHCur6gdJT.2kzfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this file handout photo provided by Columbia Pictures, Spider-man, played by Tobey Maguire, is shown in a scene from the film 'Spider-man 3.' Hollywood's biggest superhero now has the biggest box-office debut. 'Spider-Man 3' took in a record $59 million domestically on opening day Friday, May 4, 2007, breaking the previous all-time high of $55.8 million for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in its first day last summer. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, "Spider-Man 3," smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
HBO head arrested in Vegas assault case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_tv/hbo_exec_arrested"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070507/capt.nyol58905070304.hbo_exec_arrested_nyol589.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=ZU4w.T3jcyIEak6Az8mBaA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Home Box Office Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht speaks to reporters in New York before being inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame during the 16th Annual Hall of Fame awards dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in this Oct. 23, 2006 file photo. Albrecht was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand casino hours after a boxing match aired by his company, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The chairman and chief executive of HBO was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand casino hours after a boxing match aired by his company, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin-Cameron reunite for 'Shrek' sake
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/shrek_premiere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070506/capt.4ce29da59d6a45a2a443e6f451243cd3.shrek_the_third_premiere_cacp114.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=nUQigPAKXvpVDnfCuVheGw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="'Shrek the Third' cast member Justin Timberlake, top right, greets fellow cast member and ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz, top left, at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 6, 2007. Looking on are cast members Antonio Banderas, top center, Amy Sedaris, bottom left, and Cheri Oteri, bottom right. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forget the stars of the movie, the princess and the ogre, Fiona and Shrek. Most cameras were focused on another couple at the world premiere of "Shrek the Third": the movie actress and the pop star, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jail time likely to fuel Hilton's fame
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_tv/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.860eaf27047f490dbb4aff195c7511b5.paris_hilton_la101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=9CdtOK6QxIli6xhB29xi8g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This image from video taken, Friday, May 4, 2007 by KCBS-TV in Los Angeles shows the interior of a typical jail cell that would be the home of Paris Hilton if she is incarcerated at the Century Regional Detention Facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood, Calif. Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, was sentenced Friday to 45 days in county jail for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case by driving with a suspended license. She is scheduled to begin her jail term on June 5. (AP Photo/KCBS-TV, pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton is so pampered she doesn't read her mail.</p><br clear="all"/>
Peter Jackson to adapt 'Lovely Bones'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/people_peter_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070507/capt.8c3c6161707b42ff9f1381b4d80cb99b.people_peter_jackson_ny112.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=2pDw3hNsZy3qh6mvDhPyOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Director Peter Jackson arrives for the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 16, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Peter Jackson is teaming with DreamWorks SKG to film his adaptation of the best-selling novel 'The Lovely Bones.' (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Peter Jackson is teaming up with DreamWorks SKG to film his adaptation of the best-selling novel "The Lovely Bones."</p><br clear="all"/>
"Heroes" actress has sights on crime thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Heroes" co-star Stana
Katic plays an assassin in the indie crime thriller "Stiletto,"
which recently began principal photography, The cast also
includes Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn.
Met holds auction to fund future operas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mu/met_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070506/capt.5734269d415c4eabaf97fc509653672c.met_auction_nyma104.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s2CBZmd8I2r5qQQ96CMU1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo supplied by the Metropolitan Opera shows a scene from the final dress rehearsal of Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice' in New York Monday, April 30, 2007. An auction using the 'Orfeo ed Euridice' set as a stage is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for future Met productions.(AP Photo/ Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)" border="0" /></a>AP - Soprano Renee Fleming appeared twice on the Met stage on Sunday — but for once she didn't sing.</p><br clear="all"/>
TV watchers buzzing as pilot season wraps
(Reuters)
Reuters - Just as
consumer-products companies extensively test their wares before
they hit the market, the broadcast networks have been
subjecting their TV pilots to rigorous screenings for both
executives and focus groups.
Games on Fox, ESPN up in viewers, young demos
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/media_nm/sports_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070507/2007_05_07t034656_392x450_us_sports.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=D_GUeSUOhQiQ_qJ2E.5VuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="File photo showing Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez (R) leaping to avoid a slide by New York Yankees runner Derek Jeter, on August 6, 2003 at Yankee Stadium. MLB telecasts on Fox and ESPN have been getting strong ratings in the first month of the season. Fox's 'Saturday Afternoon Game of the Week' has been averaging 4 million viewers so far, its best start to a season ever. ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' has been on a tear as well, up 56% to an average 3.5 million viewers compared with this part of the season last year. (Ray Stubblebine/FILE RFS/HB/GN/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The NBA and NHL playoffs
are in full swing, but it's the early season of Major League
Baseball that is hitting its ratings stride right out of the
gate.</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.
"Heroes" actress has sights on crime thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Heroes" co-star Stana
Katic plays an assassin in the indie crime thriller "Stiletto,"
which recently began principal photography, The cast also
includes Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn.
Book offers inside look at making of Spider-Man
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/film_nm/spiderman_villain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070507/2007_05_07t032457_450x338_us_spiderman_villain.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=rwjNEp34UcO_OMIGTx.biQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A man dressed as Spider-Man poses for photographers at the 'Spider-Man 3' world premiere event in Tokyo April 16, 2007. While working on one of the biggest films in history, 'Spider-Man 3' producer Grant Curtis found time to write a book about his experience. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While working on one of
the biggest films in history, "Spider-Man 3" producer Grant
Curtis found time to write a book about his experience.</p><br clear="all"/>
Party of three for "Made of Honor"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/film_nm/pollack_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070507/2007_05_07t021506_450x339_us_pollack.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=AcRPmg9Qh3B6Nyd3frBoWQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Film director Sydney Pollack speaks during a session 'A Conversation with Frank Gehry' about the famed architect during the 10th Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California in this April 23, 2007 file photo. Pollack, Kadeem Hardison and Beau Garrett are joining Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan in the romantic comedy 'Made of Honor.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sydney Pollack, Kadeem
Hardison and Beau Garrett are joining Patrick Dempsey and
Michelle Monaghan in the romantic comedy "Made of Honor."</p><br clear="all"/>
Director on deck for next "Shrek"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/film_nm/shrek_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070507/2007_05_07t031830_363x450_us_shrek.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=v0ke3O7XkcBPnuzwfvc.jw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Shrek at a photo session promoting the Hollywood animation film Shrek 2 in Tokyo, in this July 13, 2004 file photo. Just as the big green ogre is about to storm into theaters with 'Shrek the Third,' the director of 'Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo' is in negotiations to shoot the fourth installment. (Eriko Sugita/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Just as the big green
ogre is about to storm into theaters with "Shrek the Third,"
the director of "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" is in negotiations
to shoot the fourth installment.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tracy Morgan is Guys' guy for Spike awards
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/film_nm/spike_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070507/2007_05_07t033021_450x323_us_spike.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=_LB.tNLSF_3niUlMnsrscA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Tracy Morgan gestures at the panel for the NBC television series '30 Rock' at the 'Television Critics Association' summer 2006 media tour in Pasadena, California, in thisJuly 22, 2006 file photo. Morgan will host Spike TV's inaugural Guys Choice awards show, set to air June 13. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "30 Rock" star Tracy
Morgan will host Spike TV's inaugural Guys Choice awards show,
set to air June 13.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jail time likely to fuel Hilton's fame
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.860eaf27047f490dbb4aff195c7511b5.paris_hilton_la101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=9CdtOK6QxIli6xhB29xi8g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This image from video taken, Friday, May 4, 2007 by KCBS-TV in Los Angeles shows the interior of a typical jail cell that would be the home of Paris Hilton if she is incarcerated at the Century Regional Detention Facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood, Calif. Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, was sentenced Friday to 45 days in county jail for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case by driving with a suspended license. She is scheduled to begin her jail term on June 5. (AP Photo/KCBS-TV, pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton is so pampered she doesn't read her mail.</p><br clear="all"/>
Justin-Cameron reunite for 'Shrek' sake
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/shrek_premiere"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070506/capt.4ce29da59d6a45a2a443e6f451243cd3.shrek_the_third_premiere_cacp114.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=nUQigPAKXvpVDnfCuVheGw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="'Shrek the Third' cast member Justin Timberlake, top right, greets fellow cast member and ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz, top left, at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 6, 2007. Looking on are cast members Antonio Banderas, top center, Amy Sedaris, bottom left, and Cheri Oteri, bottom right. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forget the stars of the movie, the princess and the ogre, Fiona and Shrek. Most cameras were focused on another couple at the world premiere of "Shrek the Third": the movie actress and the pop star, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spidey shatters records with $148M
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070505/capt.65498dd27e5b4a3483356dc5dabbbe2a.film_spider_man_3_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=BZCKrszHCur6gdJT.2kzfQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this file handout photo provided by Columbia Pictures, Spider-man, played by Tobey Maguire, is shown in a scene from the film 'Spider-man 3.' Hollywood's biggest superhero now has the biggest box-office debut. 'Spider-Man 3' took in a record $59 million domestically on opening day Friday, May 4, 2007, breaking the previous all-time high of $55.8 million for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in its first day last summer. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, "Spider-Man 3," smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Peter Jackson to adapt 'Lovely Bones'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mo/people_peter_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070507/capt.8c3c6161707b42ff9f1381b4d80cb99b.people_peter_jackson_ny112.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=2pDw3hNsZy3qh6mvDhPyOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Director Peter Jackson arrives for the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 16, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Peter Jackson is teaming with DreamWorks SKG to film his adaptation of the best-selling novel 'The Lovely Bones.' (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Peter Jackson is teaming up with DreamWorks SKG to film his adaptation of the best-selling novel "The Lovely Bones."</p><br clear="all"/>
It's All About Spider-Man 3
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070506/en_movies_eo/594d4c711df6_4402_9b65_103c0579989b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070507/capt.99b011311aa529d7bd0e32b4b80e2d6f.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=s4LTNpTvbNX_tvroAliWjg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="It's All About Spider-Man 3(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Spider-Man 3 didn't lead the weekend box office. It was the weekend box office.</p><br clear="all"/>
Met holds auction to fund future operas
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mu/met_auction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070506/capt.5734269d415c4eabaf97fc509653672c.met_auction_nyma104.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s2CBZmd8I2r5qQQ96CMU1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo supplied by the Metropolitan Opera shows a scene from the final dress rehearsal of Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice' in New York Monday, April 30, 2007. An auction using the 'Orfeo ed Euridice' set as a stage is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for future Met productions.(AP Photo/ Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)" border="0" /></a>AP - Soprano Renee Fleming appeared twice on the Met stage on Sunday — but for once she didn't sing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple, labels focus on copy protection
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_en_mu/apple_record_labels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070506/capt.nyol58505062123.apple_record_labels_nyol585.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=fu.4SWsuAIan3zo3FS5xBA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="In this file photo from Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs applauds employees during his keynote address at the MacWorld conference in San Francisco. As a new round of talks ramp up this month between Apple Inc. and major recording companies, Jobs has opened the door to higher prices — as long as music companies let Apple sell their songs without technology designed to stop unauthorized copying . (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The last time Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs took on major recording companies, he refused to budge on his 99-cent price for a song on iTunes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Tristan Project' comes to N.Y.
(AP)
AP - Images of fire, floods and even naked bodies flash on a giant video screen above the stage as the concert hall fills with the sounds of Richard Wagner's doomed lovers playing out their tragic story.
Thousands bid farewell to singer 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/20070506/capt.b817b0ce7ffe4b12a32a8cc832e73c29.don_ho_memorial_himg105.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=XzFLSgO8ozMxXWTbbew74Q--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Haumea Ho, widow of Hawaiian singer Don Ho, scatters the ashes of her husband in the waters off Waikiki Beach during a memorial service Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Honolulu. Ho, known for his catchy signature tune 'Tiny Bubbles,' died April 14 of heart failure at age 76. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of fans of different generations gathered on a beach at Waikiki to honor Hawaiian crooner Don Ho, some clad in bikinis and others in electric wheelchairs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Streisand's U.K. shows sell out in minutes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/music_nm/streisand_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070506/2007_05_06t055919_450x330_us_streisand.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=St5FlRiori7c2qgJZYesuQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Barbra Streisand performs during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, October 9, 2006. Tickets for Barbra Streisand's first UK shows in 13 years have sold out in minutes, despite the best seats costing 600 pounds, the star's representative said on Saturday. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tickets for Barbra Streisand's first
British shows in 13 years have sold out in minutes, despite the
best seats costing 600 pounds ($1,200), the star's
representative said on Saturday.</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.4aa2e12abfe84aff9160ce07aae4f7d2.jazz_fest_musician_help_lawh102.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=bINEKKJOOQIPqhCDP1gnHQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="New Orleans musician and native Harry Connick, Jr. talks about 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"/>
|
|
|
|
