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Portrait of communist leader damaged
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_en_ot/china_mao_portrait_damaged"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070513/capt.xhg80105130308.china_mao_portrait_xhg801.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=5T_aL.s_a8kEhwNBGT.Opw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A giant portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong with burnt marks on its lower left is seen at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Saturday, May 12, 2007. According to the states news agency Xinhua, Beijing police has detained a 35-year-old jobless man from Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, who hurled a self-made burning object to the portrait Saturday, causing the slight burnt mark in the lower left part of the portrait. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man damaged a portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs over Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, prompting police to close the nearby imperial palace, a news report said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Attorney: O.J. won't sue Kentucky eatery
(AP)
AP - O.J. Simpson won't take legal action against a Louisville restaurateur who booted from a steakhouse on the eve of the Kentucky Derby after all, Simpson's attorney said Saturday.
Serbia wins Eurovision Song Contest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_en_mu/music_eurovision_song_contest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.xag14605122235.finland_eurovision_song_contest_xag146.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=IItUarjziLpfdrsTRtl.xw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Marija Serifovic, second left, from Serbia, the winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, celebrates on stage at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, early Sunday May 13, 2007. Marija Serifovic from Serbia won with their song entitled 'Prayer'. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Serbia's Marija Serifovic sang a heart-wrenching power ballad to win the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday — an annual extravaganza of pop, rock and circus acts featuring bare flesh and fiery pyrotechnics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Author Paulo Coelho thrives on extremes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ot/books_paulo_coelho"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.68f3f3b4420e467abd239ba9ca65df0d.france_paulo_coelho_ny322.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=vRIp6mXVj_zYClKhoIQE_A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Brazilian best-selling author Paulo Coelho gestures in his home in Paris, April 24, 2007. With his gray beard, knowing eyes and talk of dreams and inspiration, he seems like a sage, then suddenly he's talking with glee about his global book sales. He's drawn to the ascetic life, following pilgrimage routes or wandering in the Mojave desert, yet he's an Internet addict who's in 'withdrawal' without his computer. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paulo Coelho hates seeing books neglected, gathering dust on his shelves. And so he leaves most of what he reads in parks, bus stations, his local Japanese restaurant, for random readers to find.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Lion King' comes home to South Africa
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ot/theater_lion_king_comes_home"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.nyet31405121758.theater_lion_king_comes_home_nyet314.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=s3Ys09dQ8tuK0jGqqAKohg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Lion King director Julie Taymor interacts with a South African actor during a rehearsal of the Lion King at Pretoria's National Theater in Pretoria, South Africa, March 24, 2007. This first production with an all-South African cast, some new costumes, choreography and songs, promises to punch as big a wallop in the continent's performing arts scene as the theatrical adaptation of Disney's animated film did when it opened on Broadway 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>AP - With an explosion of drumbeats, "The Lion King" has returned to its cultural roots, and its story of assassination, coup and famine, the destruction of a nation and hopes for its rebirth is finding a special resonance in Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>
Depression threatens von Trier's career: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070512/film_nm/denmark_vontrier_depression_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070512/2007_05_12t143837_329x450_us_denmark_vontrier_depression.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=BwJMIF5uF5Nul7I3ijDX1A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this file photo, Danish director Lars von Trier smiles during red carpet arrivals for the official screening of his in-competition film 'Manderlay', at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2005. A deep depression has left Lars von Trier unable to work and is threatening his career, he told the Danish newspaper Politiken on Saturday. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A deep depression has left Danish
film director Lars von Trier unable to work and is threatening
his career, he told the Danish newspaper Politiken on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Serbia's "Prayer" wins Eurovision Song Contest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070513/music_nm/finland_eurovision_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070513/2007_05_12t185517_450x300_us_finland_eurovision.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=a7yvVuuA5APDKvReTNMM_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Marija Serifovic from Serbia celebrates on stage after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki May 13, 2007. (Sari Gustafsson/Lehtikuva/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Serbia's Marija Serifovic won the
Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating competitors from
23 other countries in a three-hour televised mishmash of power
ballads, ethnic rhythms, and bubble-gum pop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Serbia's "Prayer" wins Eurovision Song Contest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070513/tv_nm/finland_eurovision_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070513/2007_05_12t185517_450x300_us_finland_eurovision.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=a7yvVuuA5APDKvReTNMM_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Marija Serifovic from Serbia celebrates on stage after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki May 13, 2007. (Sari Gustafsson/Lehtikuva/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Serbia's Marija Serifovic won the
Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating competitors from
23 other countries in a three-hour televised mishmash of power
ballads, ethnic rhythms, and bubble-gum pop.</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.
Depression threatens von Trier's career: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070512/film_nm/denmark_vontrier_depression_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070512/2007_05_12t143837_329x450_us_denmark_vontrier_depression.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=BwJMIF5uF5Nul7I3ijDX1A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this file photo, Danish director Lars von Trier smiles during red carpet arrivals for the official screening of his in-competition film 'Manderlay', at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2005. A deep depression has left Lars von Trier unable to work and is threatening his career, he told the Danish newspaper Politiken on Saturday. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A deep depression has left Danish
film director Lars von Trier unable to work and is threatening
his career, he told the Danish newspaper Politiken on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studios prepare for possible strikes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mo/hollywood_labor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.3e9d6e0daafe479db75137e160b31573.hollywood_labor_la128.jpg?x=112&y=130&sig=FZ.70pajYQpSIWXCXCA04A--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="Television producer Steven Bochco, is seen in this Sept. 20, 1994, file photo at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. Hollywood studios are speeding production on movies and TV shows, preparing for a possible strike by writers and more trouble next year when contracts with actors and directors expire. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood studios are speeding production on movies and TV shows, preparing for a possible strike by writers and more trouble next year when contracts with actors and directors expire.</p><br clear="all"/>
Depression lays Danish director low
(AP)
AP - The Danish director Lars Von Trier said a period of depression has left him unable to work and he has doubts about when he will return to filmmaking.
McGregor earns minimum wage on stage
(AP)
AP - Ewan McGregor may earn millions making movies, but the actor has decided to perform Shakespeare on the London stage for minimum wage.
Leonardo Courts Trouble at Home
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070512/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"/>
Japan's WWII "kamikaze" film sparks talk of peace
(Reuters)
Reuters - A film celebrating Japan's wartime
"kamikaze" suicide pilots and written by Tokyo's nationalist
governor opened in theatres on Saturday, sparking more of a
pacifist than a patriotic response from audiences.
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"/>
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."
Serbia's "Prayer" wins Eurovision Song Contest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070513/music_nm/finland_eurovision_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070513/2007_05_12t185517_450x300_us_finland_eurovision.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=a7yvVuuA5APDKvReTNMM_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Marija Serifovic from Serbia celebrates on stage after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki May 13, 2007. (Sari Gustafsson/Lehtikuva/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Serbia's Marija Serifovic won the
Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating competitors from
23 other countries in a three-hour televised mishmash of power
ballads, ethnic rhythms, and bubble-gum pop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Serbia wins Eurovision Song Contest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_en_mu/music_eurovision_song_contest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.xag14605122235.finland_eurovision_song_contest_xag146.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=IItUarjziLpfdrsTRtl.xw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Marija Serifovic, second left, from Serbia, the winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, celebrates on stage at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, early Sunday May 13, 2007. Marija Serifovic from Serbia won with their song entitled 'Prayer'. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Serbia's Marija Serifovic sang a heart-wrenching power ballad to win the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday — an annual extravaganza of pop, rock and circus acts featuring bare flesh and fiery pyrotechnics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Geldof criticizes Gore's Live Earth
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/people_geldof_gore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.5580a1ee3b4c462595ad5475144ce06f.britain_blair_celebrities_nyet102.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=XGyjKyA5ITjkRQgvoac3pw--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, who announced Thursday, May 10, 2007 that he would step down on June 27, stands alongside Band Aid founder Bob Geldof on July 6, 2005. Blair was speaking after meeting Geldof and others at Gleneagles, Scotland, ahead of the G8 summit. Curing his tenure Blair mingled with famous. (AP Photo/Bruce Adams, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bob Geldof, who organized the Live Aid and Live 8 benefit concerts, criticized the Live Earth music events Al Gore is putting together this summer, saying they lack a specific goal, according to a Dutch newspaper report Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
CORRECTED: Serbia's "Prayer" wins Eurovision Song Contest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Serbia won the Eurovision Song Contest
on Saturday with Marija Serifovic beating 23 competitors to
clinch victory in a three-hour televised mishmash of power
ballads, ethnic rhythms, and bubble-gum pop.
Musicians stage jazz funeral for Batiste
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_mu/batiste_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070512/capt.3ff6faf7add349159fc46f9c27ce7748.batiste_funeral_lawh101.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=zhC_JW3n8ZWosrjXtv7isw--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="A traditional jazz band plays in front of Gallier Hall in New Orleans, Saturday, May 12, 2007. Jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste's funeral was being held inside the hall and the musicians were waiting to give him a traditional jazz funeral procession. Batiste who toured with Ray Charles, recorded with Branford Marsalis, and taught pianist Henry Butler died of a heart attack shortly before his scheduled appearance at the Jazz Festival. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - A white and black-clad band led a hearse carrying the body of clarinetist Alvin Batiste and hundreds of mourners attached themselves to the jazz funeral Saturday for one of the city's most revered musicians.</p><br clear="all"/>
'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 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (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"/>
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.
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