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Chesney wins entertainer of year award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mu/music_country_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.8452c22fc0b14e7082bc670ba5f1e139.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts124.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=dd1xmHnMeu_kx0gfa7oZCA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Kenny Chesney performs 'Beer in Mexico' during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Dancing With the Stars' drops another
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_tv/tv_dancing_with_the_stars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.4926d62d8631425eaec52cc2d209c823.tv_dancing_with_the_stars_ny149.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=g5Nha2dJBJnVyeQnGRemdA--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="In this photo made available by ABC, Ian Ziering, right, and his partner Cheryl Burke, dance Monday, May 14, 2007. Cyrus, who said appearing on 'Dancing With the Stars' was 'the scariest thing I could possibly think of to do,' has bid farewell to the ballroom. Ziering was booted from the ABC dance-off Tuesday, May 15 during the competition's semifinal round. (AP Photo/ABC, CAROL KAELSON)" border="0" /></a>AP - He earned a perfect score and glowing praise from the judges. But that wasn't enough to keep Ian Ziering on "Dancing With the Stars." The 43-year-old actor was booted from the ABC dance-off Tuesday during the competition's semifinal round.</p><br clear="all"/>
XM suspends Opie and Anthony for 30 days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_ot/shock_jocks_sex_comment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.dc9c94bd53ec4e96b61f395143aee45e.shock_jocks_sex_comment_ny130.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=hW5My0YzIM3UP6KEizo6wQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Opie, right, whose real name is Gregg Hughes, and Anthony Cumia, left, of the radio show 'Opie & Anthony' pose for a photograph in their studio, in this Oct. 8, 2004 file photo, in New York. XM Satellite Radio suspended Opie and Anthony for 30 days Tuesday, May 15, 2007, one week after they aired crude sex comments about Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth and one day after they made light of the incident in their broadcast. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - XM Satellite Radio suspended shock jocks Opie and Anthony for 30 days Tuesday, one week after they aired crude sex comments about Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth II and one day after they made light of the incident in their broadcast.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scenes from the country music carpet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_tv/music_country_awards_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.ebd76b0647884700acd9201e8fe1069f.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts133.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=kwiXx0ueXNiMxIS2Zzt8iw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Taylor Swift performs her song 'Tim McGraw' to the country star sitting in the audience during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Hootie and the Blowfish front man Darius Rucker is hoping to reinvent himself as a country dude.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spielberg, Jackson plan `Tintin' tales
(AP)
AP - Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson each plan to direct at least one film in a series of three movies based on the "Tintin" adventures, a collection of illustrated books about a globe-trotting Belgian reporter.
Verdict reached in dispute over 'Sahara'
(AP)
AP - A jury determined Tuesday that adventure author Clive Cussler breached his contract and ordered him to pay $5 million to the production company that turned his novel "Sahara" into a box-office flop.
Chesney wins entertainer of year award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mu/music_country_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.8452c22fc0b14e7082bc670ba5f1e139.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts124.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=dd1xmHnMeu_kx0gfa7oZCA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Kenny Chesney performs 'Beer in Mexico' during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chesney wins entertainer of year award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_tv/music_country_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.8f746283abbc421282b1c1841f2670dc.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts119.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=BPPJMSTrRtKFrqPI9eXyjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Kenny Chesney performs during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters. The academy honored veteran George Strait, newcomer Carrie Underwood and gave an unprecedented 14th vocal duo award to Brooks & Dunn.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verdict reached in dispute over 'Sahara'
(AP)
AP - A jury determined Tuesday that adventure author Clive Cussler breached his contract and ordered him to pay $5 million to the production company that turned his novel "Sahara" into a box-office flop.
Major Canadian Revival of 'Mack and Mabel' Opens at Shaw Festival
(Playbill)
Playbill - Molly Smith, the respected artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington, DC, puts her own spin on <i>Mack and Mabel</i>, the tuneful - and historically troubled - Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical, opening May 12 at the Shaw Festival in Ontario.
Verdict reached in dispute over 'Sahara'
(AP)
AP - A jury determined Tuesday that adventure author Clive Cussler breached his contract and ordered him to pay $5 million to the production company that turned his novel "Sahara" into a box-office flop.
Chesney wins entertainer of year award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mo/music_country_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.8f746283abbc421282b1c1841f2670dc.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts119.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=BPPJMSTrRtKFrqPI9eXyjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Kenny Chesney performs during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters. The academy honored veteran George Strait, newcomer Carrie Underwood and gave an unprecedented 14th vocal duo award to Brooks & Dunn.</p><br clear="all"/>
NYC photographer sues Lohan and her mom
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mo/people_lohan_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070509/capt.118cc6a4b36641bf93e77f21c47614e3.correction_georgia_rule_premiere_nyjc127.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=SXAyOIdV0Re6HFunbqoEyw--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actress Lindsay Lohan poses with her mother Dina as she arrives for the New York premiere of 'Georgia Rule' Tuesday May 8, 2007. Lohan stars in the film that opens May 11. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan and her mother have been sued by a freelance photographer who claims the "Georgia Rule" actress hit him with a car in the West Village.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chinese director lights up Cannes with "Nights"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/film_nm/cannes_wongkarwai_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t211840_323x450_us_cannes_wongkarwai.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=lk.FhZe1c9sMrWD7nr7SwA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="British actor Jude Law attends a photocall before the Japan premiere of his movie 'The Holiday' in Tokyo in this file photo from March 15, 2007. Law and singer Norah Jones star in Wong Kar Wai's 'My Blueberry Nights'. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Cannes Film Festival's
best director award winner in 1997 for "Happy Together" and
president of the Competition jury in 2006, Wong Kar Wai returns
to the Croisette Wednesday to open the 2007 festival with his
first English-language film, "My Blueberry Nights."</p><br clear="all"/>
Whitaker, Biel sink into "Blue" mood
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/film_nm/whitaker_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070424/i/r3528563552.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=B3MKVwoP439_MVEg0crL6A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actor Forest Whitaker (R) is followed by South African politician Ahmed Kathrada as he boards a boat to visit Robben Island, off Cape Town, April 23, 2007. The island was primary used as a prison since the mid-16th century and is the place where Kathrada and Nelson Mandela were imprisoned. REUTERS/Mujahid Safodien (SOUTH AFRICA) SOUTH AFRICA OUT" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar winner Forest Whitaker
and Jessica Biel are set to star in the inspirational drama
"Powder Blue."</p><br clear="all"/>
A pair of Altman cult items out on DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Everyone has a handful
of favorite Robert Altman films; chances are Fox's new releases
"A Perfect Couple" and "Thieves Like Us" aren't among them.
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Spielberg, Jackson plan `Tintin' tales
(AP)
AP - Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson each plan to direct at least one film in a series of three movies based on the "Tintin" adventures, a collection of illustrated books about a globe-trotting Belgian reporter.
Curtains go up as Cannes film festival turns 60
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/film_nm/cannes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t135043_450x348_us_cannes.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=aeRoxKofatXmVy6qgcfdyA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Jury president of the 60th Cannes Film Festival, British director Stephen Frears, holds a film clapper in Cannes May 15, 2007. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Cannes Film Festival opens on
Wednesday with a mix of arthouse movie making and raw star
power fitting for cinema's greatest showcase, which turns 60
this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Shrek the Third' faces box office challenges
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Shrek the Third" will likely
capture the box office throne this weekend, but Wall Street is
closely watching to see whether the green ogre's reign over
ticket sales may be cut short by pirates.
Chesney wins entertainer of year award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mu/music_country_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.8452c22fc0b14e7082bc670ba5f1e139.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts124.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=dd1xmHnMeu_kx0gfa7oZCA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Kenny Chesney performs 'Beer in Mexico' during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy Tuesday as the Academy of Country Music also paid tribute to a youngster and some oldsters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scenes from the country music carpet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mu/music_country_awards_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.ebd76b0647884700acd9201e8fe1069f.academy_of_country_music_awards_show_nvts133.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=kwiXx0ueXNiMxIS2Zzt8iw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Taylor Swift performs her song 'Tim McGraw' to the country star sitting in the audience during the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Hootie and the Blowfish front man Darius Rucker is hoping to reinvent himself as a country dude.</p><br clear="all"/>
List of Country Music award winners
(AP)
AP - Winners announced at Tuesday's 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
Clarkson says Davis reports exaggerated
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_en_mu/people_kelly_clarkson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.5dab219786f94e60b8400c0dd2e912fa.kelly_clarkson_ny130.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=uRRnRfhR8i7TH2oHpzpeig--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Kelly Clarkson, the first 'American Idol' winner, appears on the NBC 'Today' television show in New York, in this May 8, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kelly Clarkson says the media is exaggerating reports that she and music mogul Clive Davis clashed over her upcoming CD, "My December."</p><br clear="all"/>
Bono says rich nations badly off track on aid
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/music_nm/bono_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t195514_450x303_uk_bono.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=a5cbXqJuZNGlJKk1sSzxVA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U2 lead singer Bono speaks during a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, May 15, 2007. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Anti-poverty activist and rocker
Bono on Tuesday said the world's industrial nations are badly
off track on their promises of aid to Africa's poor, and he
would remind the Group of Eight financial ministers of their
commitments at a meeting in Germany this weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>
Strait Ahead for George and Carrie at ACM's
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070515/en_music_eo/b061b7df1bfc_4c3f_99ef_11ff1e2026e4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070516/capt.5380d31337b87a248c7405e06e03e9f6.jpg?x=102&y=102&sig=_oDCKVLgFxppEz8sm4Y1Xw--" align="left" height="102" width="102" alt="Strait Ahead for George and Carrie at ACM's(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The Academy of Country Music was just giving it away to Carrie Underwood and George Strait tonight. </p><br clear="all"/>
Concert to raise money for King Memorial
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_en_mu/music_king_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.ffa052177fc549ebbddeee768c8200ca.music_king_memorial_nyet136.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8nXEy9m_XAn0SWJUfcnalg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Music producer Quincy Jones announces plans for year-long celebration of Grammy Awards 50th anniversary during a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday May 8, 2007. Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger are among those spearheading a Sept. 18 concert to raise money to build a memorial to The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger are among those spearheading a concert to raise money to build a memorial to The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mary J. Blige wins Voice of Music award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_en_mu/people_blige"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.e2c8da7bb8094bdf9a7e610b9689b368.people_blige_nyet134.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=VvfzUMBcYkgIzF81zNVk8w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Mary J. Blige arrives for the premiere of the film 'Shrek the Third' in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 6, 2007. The R&B diva, who won three Grammy Awards in February, will receive the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Voice of Music Award, the group announced Tuesday, May 15, 2007.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mary J. Blige better make room on her trophy shelf.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Spring Awakening' leads Tony nominees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_en_mu/tony_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.c634e83cc2af432eab5e7ecd27a7353d.tony_nominations_nyrd101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=gJfZ6p8qExyobOMdDBic.w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actors Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs read the nominees for the 61st annual Tony Awards for Broadway shows, in New York Tuesday May 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spring Awakening," Broadway's most acclaimed rock musical since "Rent," received 11 Tony nominations Tuesday — more than any other show, making it a favorite to dominate next month's awards ceremony.</p><br clear="all"/>
Opera Orchestra to present full season
(AP)
AP - The Opera Orchestra of New York ended months of speculation and announced that it will present three operas and a gala next season starring Renee Fleming, Marcello Giordani and Aprile Millo at Carnegie Hall.
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