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Imus producer: Sharpton a 'race-baiter'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ot/imus_producer_sharpton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.28e65691cefa47f3802d3dc9a68efb4c.imus_producer_sharpton_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=.qoGAmq09beEWpmrEklXaw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this image taken from video and released by the FOX News Channel, Rev. Al Sharpton, right, makes a point as Bernard McGuirk, former producer of 'Imus in the Morning,' listens during their live debate on the 'Hannity and Colmes' show in New York, Friday, May 11, 2007. The two men faced off on the Fox News Channel program over the fairness of having Don Imus pulled from the air for his inappropriate remarks about the Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team in April 2007. McGuirk lost his job along with Imus. (AP Photo/Fox News Channel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Don Imus' former producer on Friday called Rev. Al Sharpton a "race-baiter" who was looking for attention when he led a campaign to fire the radio host, while Sharpton said Imus and his producer got what they deserved for making a racist, sexist remark on the air.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fan ordered to stay away from Bullock
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ce/people_bullock_james"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.159b7f4ddd5e4b6f80d0958a3ba092bd.people_bullock_james_ny108.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=ZPicEE6.ys0Ch.HOk1w6Pg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Marcia Valentine is shown in an undated provided by the Orange County (Calif.) Sheriff's Department. Actress Sandra Bullock won a restraining order Friday May 11, 2007 against the fan she says repeatedly visited her home and tried to run down her husband, Jesse James. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sandra Bullock won a restraining order against a fan she says repeatedly visited her home and tried to run down her husband, Jesse James.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kooper, Redding inducted into RockWalk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/rockwalk_ceremony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.e93fed3c8643477c909ea646c91b16c2.people_al_kooper_la126.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=lSR8h098ZyyhldudlGMGPA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="American songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper poses after being inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, Friday, May 11, 2007, at the Hollywood Guitar Center in Los Angeles.The ceremony is part of a series of events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Monterey International Pop Festival. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Mamas and the Papas, Al Kooper and Otis Redding — all performers at 1967's Monterey International Pop Festival — were inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk.</p><br clear="all"/>
Radio host: Tracy Morgan 'groped me'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ot/people_morgan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.86730590e2294ca199b1f984e3a24cfe.people_tracy_morgan_ny107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=HkXbNQQDoTsffOAIPkYkoA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Comedian Tracy Morgan arrives at VH-1 Hip Hop Honors in this Oct. 7, 2006, file photo at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Morgan was accused by a local disk jockey of inappropriately touching her at a South Florida radio station, the Miramar Police Department said Friday May 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Gary He, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A disk jockey filed a misdemeanor battery complaint against comedian Tracy Morgan, saying the NBC sitcom star inappropriately groped her at a South Florida radio station Friday morning.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Angeles police arrest The Game
(AP)
AP - The Game was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats after police searched his home for more than three hours, authorities said.
Blacklisted writer Bernard Gordon dies
(AP)
AP - Bernard Gordon, a screenwriter blacklisted during Hollywood's anti-communist crusade in the 1950s, has died. He was 88.
Los Angeles police arrest The Game
(AP)
AP - The Game was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats after police searched his home for more than three hours, authorities said.
Imus producer: Sharpton a 'race-baiter'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_tv/imus_producer_sharpton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.28e65691cefa47f3802d3dc9a68efb4c.imus_producer_sharpton_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=.qoGAmq09beEWpmrEklXaw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this image taken from video and released by the FOX News Channel, Rev. Al Sharpton, right, makes a point as Bernard McGuirk, former producer of 'Imus in the Morning,' listens during their live debate on the 'Hannity and Colmes' show in New York, Friday, May 11, 2007. The two men faced off on the Fox News Channel program over the fairness of having Don Imus pulled from the air for his inappropriate remarks about the Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team in April 2007. McGuirk lost his job along with Imus. (AP Photo/Fox News Channel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Don Imus' former producer on Friday called Rev. Al Sharpton a "race-baiter" who was looking for attention when he led a campaign to fire the radio host, while Sharpton said Imus and his producer got what they deserved for making a racist, sexist remark on the air.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ex-HBO chief pleads no contest to battery charge
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070512/media_nm/albrecht_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070512/2007_05_11t204820_369x450_us_albrecht.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=nveUXPxKSW0owLV4msStVw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Chris Albrecht, Chairman and CEO of HBO, speaks during a session at the Cable Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, in this July 12, 2006 file photo. Albrecht , who was forced to resign from his position after being charged with battery on his girlfriend, received a six month suspended sentence May 11, 2007 and paid a $1,000 fine in the case. (Chris Pizzello/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former HBO chief Chris Albrecht,
ousted this week from the network after being accused of
assaulting his girlfriend, pleaded no contest on Friday to a
battery charge and received a suspended sentence.</p><br clear="all"/>
Distaff 'Lear' and New Clown Show Will Premiere in Ann Arbor in 2008
(Playbill)
Playbill - Performance Network in Ann Arbor will present the world premiere of local clown Malcolm Tulip's new work, as well as a new twist on <i>King Lear,</i> in its 2007-08 season.
Blacklisted writer Bernard Gordon dies
(AP)
AP - Bernard Gordon, a screenwriter blacklisted during Hollywood's anti-communist crusade in the 1950s, has died. He was 88.
Moore blasts Bush over film-trip probe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mo/film_michael_moore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.fb4c3b170c7d4459b445d69b259173b0.michael_moore_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=VXAwVgMg0I9yEAXVle6OjA--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Director Michael Moore poses for a portrait Oct. 9, 2002, in Los Angeles. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary 'Sicko,' The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Filmmaker Michael Moore has asked the Bush administration to call off an investigation of his trip to Cuba to get treatment for ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers for a segment in his upcoming health-care expose, "Sicko."</p><br clear="all"/>
Director's murder makes "Waitress" bittersweet
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070512/film_nm/waitress_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070501/capt.3276b976bcf944ae89d8ec4304742cdd.fox_searchlight_pictures_bw14.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=zAVdIvAxXWH.xB8fjXUlBA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Keri Russell in WAITRESS Photo Credit: Alan Markfield" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Waitress," a romantic comedy directed
by murdered actress Adrienne Shelly, has won rave reviews after
early screenings, but the success is bittersweet for her
husband just six months after she was killed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Leonardo Courts Trouble at Home
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070511/en_movies_eo/eda0bd8b_e3ee4eb9_b6ee_62975efb2db4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070512/capt.e9ec108eef110b8bcfc87f78256d8065.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=aNsuGgAuXao6CGdEROh_NQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Leonardo Courts Trouble at Home(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It looks as if Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbors won't be challenging him to a pickup game anytime soon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cuba: Michael Moore victim of censorship
(AP)
AP - Cuba characterized American filmmaker Michael Moore as a victim of censorship and the U.S. trade embargo as it reported Friday on a U.S. Treasury Department probe of his March visit here for his upcoming health-care documentary, "Sicko."
Calif. judge hails Mel Gibson's progress
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_en_mo/people_mel_gibson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.8ba5f2b0c5b2449dbf91294d8554bde5.people_mel_gibson_nyet113.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=U44U9M2thkn.zNkt8rAHsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Mel Gibson gestures towards photographers during a private screening of his new movie, 'Apocalypto,' in Mexico City, Mexico, on Jan. 15, 2007. A Malibu, Calif., judge praised Gibson on Friday, May 11, 2007, for maintaining his court-ordered treatment for alcoholism following his drunken-driving arrest last July. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge praised Mel Gibson on Friday for maintaining his court-ordered treatment for alcoholism following his drunken-driving arrest last July.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mel Gibson praised for progress in alcohol rehab
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070511/film_nm/gibson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070511/2007_05_11t151820_450x344_us_gibson.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=Fb23mteiF28z23dIDXEGZg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Actor and director Mel Gibson speaks to journalists while promoting his new film 'Apocalypto' in Mexico City in this picture taken January 15, 2007. Gibson got a thumbs up on Friday from a judge overseeing the alcohol rehab program he was ordered to take after a drunken anti-Semitic outburst at police last year. (Henry Romero/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actor Mel Gibson got a thumbs up on
Friday from a judge overseeing the alcohol rehab program he was
ordered to take after a drunken anti-Semitic outburst at police
last year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Drew Barrymore becomes WFP ambassador
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_en_mo/people_drew_barrymore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.fae5f971e3cb4f8c8f972684d0fa6d33.barrymore_hunger_ny134.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=lyr1CypeymOrkdjVUKnTdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo made available Thursday, May 10, 2007 by the United Nations World Food Program shows WFP ambassador against hunger Drew Barrymore, left, and Sudanese refugee Rebecca Ajar in Kakuma, Kenya, March 17, 2007. Barrymore was announced as an ambassador against hunger by the agency on Wednesday, May 9. (AP Photo/WFP, Guillaume Bonn)" border="0" /></a>AP - Drew Barrymore has been named an ambassador against hunger for the World Food Program.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paparazzo Sues Lindsay on Bended Knee
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070511/en_movies_eo/a565be80_bb1846be_8f94_f831b22c8d74"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070512/capt.246cb00e76251dd383967e8a96887641.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=6L2GQZRrmh_BJqXQCFxVhw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Paparazzo Sues Lindsay on Bended Knee(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Some people butt heads with the paparazzi. Lindsay Lohan supposedly knocks knees.</p><br clear="all"/>
Weak dollar, excess cash help fuel M&A boom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Global financial markets awash in
liquidity, due partly to a weak dollar, have spawned a flurry
of mergers and acquisitions this year, and as long as the
greenback remains soft the boom has further to run.
Los Angeles police arrest The Game
(AP)
AP - The Game was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats after police searched his home for more than three hours, authorities said.
Kooper, Redding inducted into RockWalk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/rockwalk_ceremony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.e93fed3c8643477c909ea646c91b16c2.people_al_kooper_la126.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=lSR8h098ZyyhldudlGMGPA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="American songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper poses after being inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, Friday, May 11, 2007, at the Hollywood Guitar Center in Los Angeles.The ceremony is part of a series of events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Monterey International Pop Festival. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Mamas and the Papas, Al Kooper and Otis Redding — all performers at 1967's Monterey International Pop Festival — were inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk.</p><br clear="all"/>
Boston police investigate concert fight
(AP)
AP - Police are investigating a fight that broke out between two men during a Boston Pops concert this week and will refer the case to a magistrate to determine if charges are appropriate.
Don Ho's daughter found dead
(AP)
AP - The late Do Ho's daughter, Dayna Ho-Henry, was found dead Friday, her brother said.
Q&A: West takes "Journey" to hip-hop's roots
(Reuters)
Reuters - Talk about timing. Dr. Cornel
West's upcoming album, "Never Forget: A Journey of
Revelations," touches down at a time when renewed debate over
hip-hop lyrics and video images is still swirling post-Don
Imus. Add to that mix Verizon's recent termination of its ties
with Akon over the singer's sexually suggestive dance onstage
with a female minor during a recent concert.
'Idol' finalists awash in hometown love
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/american_idol_finalists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.2b75a74bff0c41ebae8e04ce56bda8e9.american_idol_finalists_tnmh102.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=c8DvevOuMhXYYNnui870UA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Melinda Doolittle, one of three finalists in the television program 'American Idol,' acknowledges cheers from the crowd as she is introduced at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 11, 2007. Doolittle is a 1999 graduate of Belmont. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - The three remaining `American Idol' contestants took to the streets Friday — of their rapturous hometowns. Local loyalists showed all day just who they thought should win Fox's wildly popular singing contest, which will feature some of the scenes next week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Observers blame climate of scrutiny for Akon flap
(Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless' decision
to drop its sponsorship of the Gwen Stefani Sweet Escape tour
because of the actions of supporting act Akon probably would
not have happened as recently as six weeks ago, many in the
touring and branding sectors believe.
Q&A: McCartney looks forward with "Memory"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070512/music_nm/mccartney1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070512/2007_05_11t222854_450x332_us_mccartney_1.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=oKUjZ97E5_C6awYTo5zIEg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="File photo of Paul McCartney posing for the media before a signing session in London November 22, 2006. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paul McCartney's new album, "Memory
Almost Full," ends his near-45-year association with
Capitol/EMI and begins a new dawn for the former Beatle.</p><br clear="all"/>
Flea ready for summer, teaching kids
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/music_q_a_flea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.c3be60494d024daf938f3bb522b3be55.music_q_a_flea_la301.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=K6MlgyPNIFCQlkbpV_imHg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Musician Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers poses in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - With that gap-toothed grin, those tattoos, Flea (born Michael Balzary) has defined the Red Hot Chili Peppers with his funky bass riffs and bare-chested on-stage moves for more than 20 years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Morello wages "Revolution" as the Nightwatchman
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vocalist Chris Cornell isn't the
only former Audioslave member stepping out on his own with a
solo career. Guitarist Tom Morello has reactivated his protest
singing alter-ego, the Nightwatchman.
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