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Diddley improves after suffering stroke
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_ce/bo_diddley_hospitalized"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.0b6d2df630d643f6a0aff0e4c397ae40.diddley_hospitalized_ny133.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=IVu4LemInrtCuVswbJClAQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Legendary musician Bo Diddley performs at B.B. King's Blues Club in New York, in this file photo from Aug. 2, 2006. The famed guitarist has been placed in intensive care after suffering a stroke in western Iowa, publicists said Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four days after suffering a stroke, Bo Diddley walked around the intensive-care unit at Creighton University Medical Center, and doctors were encouraged that the singer-songwriter-guitarist would be able to perform again, his manager said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton drops probation-violation appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_ce/people_paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.c3178d23f14a42a6af7554e6dc89fc52.people_paris_hilton_ny136.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=rQ_g1z.dqPvkfwLIIzx7GA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Paris Hilton looks on during the launch of a new timepiece collection at the watch and jewelry show 'Baselworld' in Basel, Switzerland, in this April 14, 2007 file photo. Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities said Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't appeal the 45-day jail term she was sentenced to this month for violating probation, according to court documents filed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banderas voices pride about 'Shrek' role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mo/people_banderas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.f628697458f842c5b9bb660d6283425f.people_antonio_banderas_ny114.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=RQrc1CV5yHSm7ngW0Fr5HA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="This undated handout photo provided by DreamWorks Animation SKG shows Antonio Banderas along with Puss in Boots, the character he voices in the animated comedy 'Shrek the Third.' (AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation SKG, Saeed Adyani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Antonio Banderas says he's flattered to have lent his voice to the character Puss in Boots in the animated "Shrek" films, especially because the role is in a language not his own.</p><br clear="all"/>
LA DA: Lohan won't be charged with theft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_ce/people_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.6766c4b0ebc44399bc8a1216c7df0178.maxim_hot_100_party_nyar130.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=htkEjVu21krimCJA3cOmWQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Actress Lindsay Lohan attends the Maxim Hot 100 Party held at the Gansevoort Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan won't be charged with theft because prosecutors can't confirm she walked off with someone's clothes. The district attorney's office declined to file felony grand theft charges on May 9 because of insufficient evidence, spokeswoman Jane Robison said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hammond passes `SNL' test of time
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_tv/tv_darrell_hammond"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.d07cca862e6647e583aaeb84bd64f191.tv_darrell_hammond_nyet479.jpg?x=130&y=71&sig=o7gfEVIRFziAMjaSr46ftQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="Comedian Darrell Hammond performs at the Comedy Cellar, Monday March 26, 2007 in New York. During a record 12 years on 'Saturday Night Live,' Hammond has provided pitch-perfect impressions of Donald Trump, Al Gore and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - During a record 12 years on "Saturday Night Live," Darrell Hammond has provided pitch-perfect impressions of Donald Trump, Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, even Jesse Jackson. On this night, with a Yankees cap atop his head, the comedy veteran works in a less familiar voice: his own.</p><br clear="all"/>
Butler "Game" for mind-control thriller
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/butler_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t032124_450x316_us_butler.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=AhW1pe2JMSQJ_iM_V7YjIA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Gerard Butler attends the premiere of the film '300' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, in this March 5, 2007 file photo. Butler will topline 'Game,' a high-concept thriller set in the near future. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "300" star Gerard
Butler will topline "Game," a high-concept thriller set in the
near future.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton drops probation-violation appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mu/people_paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.c3178d23f14a42a6af7554e6dc89fc52.people_paris_hilton_ny136.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=rQ_g1z.dqPvkfwLIIzx7GA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Paris Hilton looks on during the launch of a new timepiece collection at the watch and jewelry show 'Baselworld' in Basel, Switzerland, in this April 14, 2007 file photo. Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities said Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't appeal the 45-day jail term she was sentenced to this month for violating probation, according to court documents filed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Wild" time for CW with 3 series ending, 4 added
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/tv_nm/cw_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t023716_318x450_us_cw.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=eO9P6ZxJGCUx7YICeR1Q5g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Actress Lauren Graham, star of the drama series 'Gilmore Girls', poses as she arrives at the launch party for The CW television network at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, in this September 18, 2006 file photo. Saying goodbye to veterans 'Gilmore Girls' and '7th Heaven' and cult favorite 'Veronica Mars,' CW presented to Madison Avenue the fruits of its first full development season. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Saying goodbye to veterans
"Gilmore Girls" and "7th Heaven" and cult favorite "Veronica
Mars," CW presented to Madison Avenue the fruits of its first
full development season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Many hands on deck for latest "Pirates" vid game
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/media_nm/media_pirates_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t020021_450x391_us_media_pirates.jpg?x=130&y=112&sig=u7QWvBac0PWVAgToQDZWvg--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Actor Johnny Depp (R) and Orlando Bloom pose at a premiere event for their film 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' in Tokyo, in this July 10, 2006 file photo. Disney Interactive Studios is ready to set sail with a new video game based on 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' that ships May 22, three days before the movie's theatrical launch. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Disney Interactive
Studios is ready to set sail with a new video game based on
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" that ships May 22,
three days before the movie's theatrical launch.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stoppard's "Rock'n'Roll" coming to Broadway
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Stoppard's "Rock'n'Roll" will come
to Broadway in October, its producers said on Thursday, hoping
to emulate the success of his trilogy "The Coast of Utopia"
that won 10 Tony nominations this week.
Butler "Game" for mind-control thriller
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/butler_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t032124_450x316_us_butler.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=AhW1pe2JMSQJ_iM_V7YjIA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Gerard Butler attends the premiere of the film '300' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, in this March 5, 2007 file photo. Butler will topline 'Game,' a high-concept thriller set in the near future. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "300" star Gerard
Butler will topline "Game," a high-concept thriller set in the
near future.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hong Kong online movie pirate loses appeal
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Hong Kong man, believed to be the
first man convicted of downloading pirated movies using
BitTorrent file-sharing technology, lost his appeal on Friday
in the territory's highest court.
Bleak tale unfolds powerfully in "4 Months"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/film4months_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t035621_450x308_us_film_4months.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=iuLIgj5vXpPbWHqfdP1j8A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="(L-R) Actors Alex Potocean, Vlad Ivanov and Laura Vasiliu, all of Romania, pose with Romanian director Cristian Mungiu for their in-competition film '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, May 17, 2007. (Yves Herman/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Romanian filmmaker
Cristian Mungiu's Cannes competition entry, "4 Months, 3 Weeks
and 2 Days," is a harrowing tale of the grim lengths to which
two young women will go to end an unwelcome pregnancy in a
totalitarian society that is indifferent to their fate unless
it involves punishing them.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Third" time's a harm for "Shrek" rivals
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/weekend_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t025733_450x306_us_weekend.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=oFJEJDymV7j1zpCGtii2iQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Mike Myers, who gives the voice to 'Shrek', signs autographs at the premiere of 'Shrek the Third' at the Mann's Village theater in Los Angeles, May 6, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paramount's "Shrek the
Third" will have the boxoffice swamp pretty much to itself this
weekend. The lucrative franchise from DreamWorks Animation will
be the lone wide release in North America.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jackson in the "Spirit" for Miller
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/jackson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t011404_289x450_us_jackson.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=vhYrOS0sAEV.0ConiNbZZg--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Samuel L. Jackson poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this January 24, 2007 file photo. Jackson is in negotiations to star as a supervillain in the Frank Miller-helmed comic book adaptation 'The Spirit' for Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Samuel L. Jackson
is in negotiations to star as a supervillain in the Frank
Miller-helmed comic book adaptation "The Spirit" for Lionsgate
and Odd Lot Entertainment.</p><br clear="all"/>
Barraza, Mitchell wading into "Poole"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Academy Award nominee
Adriana Barraza is in advanced talks for a role and Radha
Mitchell is set to appear in the comedy-drama "Henry Poole Is
Here" with Luke Wilson.
Overture goes global with Paramount
(Reuters)
Reuters - Overture Films,
Paramount Vantage and Paramount Pictures International have
teamed for a global distribution deal.
Almodovar bringing "Purple" to screen
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/purple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_17t215153_312x450_us_purple.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=WAzSMuuPX09Zb9D1i_CVpQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Film director Pedro Almodovar poses with his award during the European Film Awards 2006 ceremony in Warsaw on December 2, 2006. 'The Ice Storm' author Rick Moody's novel 'Purple America' will be adapted for the big screen in an international co-production that includes Almodovar's production company. (Jacek Turczyk/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Ice Storm"
author Rick Moody's novel "Purple America" will be adapted for
the big screen in an international co-production that includes
Pedro Almodovar's production company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banderas voices pride about 'Shrek' role
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mo/people_banderas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.f628697458f842c5b9bb660d6283425f.people_antonio_banderas_ny114.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=RQrc1CV5yHSm7ngW0Fr5HA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="This undated handout photo provided by DreamWorks Animation SKG shows Antonio Banderas along with Puss in Boots, the character he voices in the animated comedy 'Shrek the Third.' (AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation SKG, Saeed Adyani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Antonio Banderas says he's flattered to have lent his voice to the character Puss in Boots in the animated "Shrek" films, especially because the role is in a language not his own.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Shrek 3" advance sales on par with "Shrek 2"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/film_nm/shrek_sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_17t210917_450x350_us_shrek_sales.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=Ylthlzaz9HCJkYtr9nVRmA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Cast member Mike Myers (L), who gives the voice to 'Shrek', smiles with co-star Cameron Diaz, who gives the voice to 'Princess Fiona', at the premiere of 'Shrek the Third' at the Mann's Village theater in Los Angeles May 6, 2007. Advance ticket sales for 'Shrek the Third' are on track to equal or exceed the previous film in the blockbuster 'Shrek' franchise a day before the film opens in theaters, the two largest U.S. movie-ticketing Web sites said on Thursday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Advance ticket sales for "Shrek the
Third" are on track to equal or exceed the previous film in the
blockbuster "Shrek" franchise a day before the film opens in
theaters, the two largest U.S. movie-ticketing Web sites said
on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton drops probation-violation appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mu/people_paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.c3178d23f14a42a6af7554e6dc89fc52.people_paris_hilton_ny136.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=rQ_g1z.dqPvkfwLIIzx7GA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Paris Hilton looks on during the launch of a new timepiece collection at the watch and jewelry show 'Baselworld' in Basel, Switzerland, in this April 14, 2007 file photo. Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities said Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton won't appeal the 45-day jail term she was sentenced to this month for violating probation, according to court documents filed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple iPhone gets FCC approval
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mu/fcc_apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.f9e0f69faa8b44f688a91b0bc7fc30af.silicon_valley_gore_fx104.jpg?x=130&y=127&sig=Fyj508kCg_JBAcoqvaGrmA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="Former Vice President Al Gore, left, speaks with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, right, in this file photo taken during the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, Jan. 11, 2005. The former vice president — who insists he's not running for president, although he hasn't firmly ruled out a bid — has close ties to some of the biggest names in the technology industry. Gore sits on the Apple board of directors, serves as an adviser to Google and has his own startup. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. received the required approval Thursday from the Federal Communications Commission for its upcoming iPhone, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bo Diddley's condition improves
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_en_mu/bo_diddley_hospitalized"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.0b6d2df630d643f6a0aff0e4c397ae40.diddley_hospitalized_ny133.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=IVu4LemInrtCuVswbJClAQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Legendary musician Bo Diddley performs at B.B. King's Blues Club in New York, in this file photo from Aug. 2, 2006. The famed guitarist has been placed in intensive care after suffering a stroke in western Iowa, publicists said Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four days after suffering a stroke, Bo Diddley walked around the intensive-care unit at Creighton University Medical Center, and doctors were encouraged that the singer-songwriter-guitarist would be able to perform again, his manager said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anti-gay church parodies video
(AP)
AP - A church known nationally for picketing soldiers' funerals is being accused by a music company of violating copyright laws with an Internet video parody of the 1980s song, "We Are the World."
Ike Turner jailed on old warrant in LA
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_mu/people_ike_turner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.b90c62e6f83845258ea2c3b54924e475.people_ike_turner_nyet160.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=DfzvfQWDjh53e5X1ARsSDw--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Ike Turner poses during a ceremony inducting him into the Hollywood Rock Walk, on April 4, 2005, in Los Angeles. Turner spent a night in jail after he was arrested on a 1989 narcotics warrant that turned out to be invalid, police said. The 75-year-old musician and ex-husband of Tina Turner was spotted on Interstate 405 in the San Fernando Valley about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday night, May 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ike Turner spent a night in jail after he was arrested on a 1989 narcotics warrant that turned out to be invalid, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna releases new song for charity
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_mu/people_madonna"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.239ddaddae6c496d9f3caf1ab27d78be.malawi_madonna_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=111&sig=7P92yXDgj.4n1sv71.BCZA--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="Madonna holds David Banda in her arms, in this April 19, 2007, file photo at Consol Homes, a day care center that she is funding in the village of Masekese, Malawi. Madonna plans to adopt a child in Malawi, government officials said Wednesday, May 16, 2007, as the pop star arrived fresh from her Confessions Tour on a mission to help AIDS orphans in the desperately poor southern African nation. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Madonna, one of the headliners at this summer's "Live Earth" concerts, released a new digital song for the musical event on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Violinist has celeb fans
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_mu/music_julian_rachlin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.acf0de93786d4c11bff5e992c7ff95c5.music_julian_rachlin_nyet393.jpg?x=114&y=130&sig=rQM6FZuNTzVb7nJpF_6V0g--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Julian Rachlin, a 32-year-old violinist, performs at a piano bar in Vienna, May 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Christian Kurz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sean Connery, Angela Bassett, Gabriel Byrne, Billy Joel, Roger Moore, Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich are all fans of the special sounds made by Julian Rachlin.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sexiness a must for today's lady singers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_mu/music_sexy_singers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.c0dbb6cb402445dfb23fcc19845b4b70.music_sexy_singers_nyet483.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=wyaX3tawe68plv2oiwJbgA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Beyonce performs 'Crazy in Love' during the 3rd annual BET Awards, in this June 24, 2003, file photo, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian/FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stroke leaves Bo Diddley struggling to communicate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070517/music_nm/diddley_stroke1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_18t004219_450x317_us_diddley_stroke_1.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=D7wE4I47e2Wc14jOXnGcag--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Bo Diddley performs in New York in a 2004 photo. The rock 'n' roll pioneer, hospitalized by a stroke on Sunday, was up and walking around on Thursday but still struggling to communicate, his longtime manager and friend told Reuters. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo
Diddley, hospitalized by a stroke on Sunday, was up and walking
around on Thursday but still struggling to communicate, his
longtime manager and friend told Reuters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Madonna releases song for Live Earth concerts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070517/music_nm/madonna_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070517/2007_05_17t151545_450x300_us_madonna.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=e5Ya7ifoHXdSXKbfUYrnAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Madonna looks on during her visit to a clinic in Kazembe outside Lilongwe April 20, 2007 file photo. Madonna has written a new song for the July 7 Live Earth concerts around the world and the first million downloads will result in a donation to a climate protection group, Live Earth organizers said on Thursday. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Madonna has written a new song for
the July 7 Live Earth concerts around the world and the first
million downloads will result in a donation to a climate
protection group, Live Earth organizers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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