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'Pirates' nabs $112.5M, missing record
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070525/capt.3a279c7308bb4a3c98d6fdd6be24ce22.film_past_pirates_nyet198.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.586oiTkO581npf7em5RgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This undated photo released by Disney Enterprises shows actors Johnny Depp, left, as Jack Sparrow and Orlando Bloom in a scene from 'Pirates of Caribbean: At Worlds End.' Pirate films are almost as old as movies themselves. Depp defines the pirate of the new millennium with his drunken, dreadlocked scamp at the center of Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy. With his flamboyant style and campy charm, Depp's Jack Sparrow is a departure from the macho swashbucklers of yore, yet with the same good looks and rebellious edge that have long made pirate films so popular. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Stephen Vaughan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."</p><br clear="all"/>
Romanian abortion film wins Cannes prize
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_mo/france_cannes_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070527/2007_05_27t145426_450x362_us_cannes_winner.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=oogJ4Y.GFWiqbTmlbm9NzA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (C) holds the Palme d'Or award for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') as he is watched by British actress Charlotte Rampling (L) and hugged by Jury President British director Stephen Frears during the awards ceremony at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2007. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A harrowing film about illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania beat 21 movies by well-known directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Wong Kar-wai to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Venezuelan TV station goes off the air
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_tv/venezuela_chavez_vs_tv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070528/capt.16a44cb886b64ee6b90aa44f676a1890.aptopix_venezuela_chavez_vs_tv_car117.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=1fx1m_DwLO4W5FmpVro.YQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Opposition supporters try to break through a police barrier during a protest outside of the National Commission of Telecommunications (CONATEL), in Caracas, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas after hundreds took to the streets Sunday to condemn a decision by President Hugo Chavez to force Radio Caracas Television channel, the sole opposition-aligned TV station with nationwide reach, off the air by not renewing its broadcasting license.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>AP - Venezuela's oldest private television station went off the air at midnight Sunday as thousands banged on pots and pans in protest against President Hugo Chavez's decision not to renew the license of the opposition-aligned channel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fire interrupts WABC-TV broadcast in NYC
(AP)
AP - A fire at the WABC-TV studio in New York City interrupted Sunday night's broadcast and caused the evacuation of the television network's building.
Actor Charles Nelson Reilly dies at 76
(AP)
AP - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, has died. He was 76.
Romanian abortion film wins Cannes prize
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_mo/france_cannes_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070527/2007_05_27t145426_450x362_us_cannes_winner.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=oogJ4Y.GFWiqbTmlbm9NzA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (C) holds the Palme d'Or award for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') as he is watched by British actress Charlotte Rampling (L) and hugged by Jury President British director Stephen Frears during the awards ceremony at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2007. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A harrowing film about illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania beat 21 movies by well-known directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Wong Kar-wai to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Crespo updates aging merengue genre with new sounds
(Reuters)
Reuters - Elvis Crespo's first album in three
years is titled "Regreso El Jefe" (The Boss Is Back). Due June
5, its name isn't subtle, but then again, there's nothing
subtle about the artist who, in his heyday in the late '90s,
reinvented merengue and took it to a broader audience than ever
before.
Actor Charles Nelson Reilly dies at 76
(AP)
AP - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, has died. He was 76.
Venezuelan TV station goes off the air
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_bu/venezuela_chavez_vs_tv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070528/capt.16a44cb886b64ee6b90aa44f676a1890.aptopix_venezuela_chavez_vs_tv_car117.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=1fx1m_DwLO4W5FmpVro.YQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Opposition supporters try to break through a police barrier during a protest outside of the National Commission of Telecommunications (CONATEL), in Caracas, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas after hundreds took to the streets Sunday to condemn a decision by President Hugo Chavez to force Radio Caracas Television channel, the sole opposition-aligned TV station with nationwide reach, off the air by not renewing its broadcasting license.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>AP - Venezuela's oldest private television station went off the air at midnight Sunday as thousands banged on pots and pans in protest against President Hugo Chavez's decision not to renew the license of the opposition-aligned channel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Not Yet Open, '10 Million Miles' Musical Gets Extension by Atlantic
(Playbill)
Playbill - Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical, <i>10 Million Miles</i>, featuring music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Patty Griffin and book by Keith Bunin, will play two weeks longer than originally announced.
Romanian abortion film wins Cannes prize
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_mo/france_cannes_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070527/2007_05_27t145426_450x362_us_cannes_winner.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=oogJ4Y.GFWiqbTmlbm9NzA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (C) holds the Palme d'Or award for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') as he is watched by British actress Charlotte Rampling (L) and hugged by Jury President British director Stephen Frears during the awards ceremony at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2007. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A harrowing film about illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania beat 21 movies by well-known directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Wong Kar-wai to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bahamas aims for smooth sailing with film biz
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070528/film_nm/bahamas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070528/2007_05_27t230516_450x336_us_bahamas.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3rGQASAFRjbK9I5kajcejA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A female tourist is given a massage on the beach by an employee at a luxury hotel on the Nassau's Paradise Island in this file photo from December 1996. Looking through James Bond's eyes at the Bahamas all one can see are miles of blue-glass sea and smooth white beaches made for bedding perfect women in microscopic bikinis. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Looking through James
Bond's eyes at the Bahamas -- Agent 007's locale of choice for
six films -- all one can see are miles of blue-glass sea and
smooth white beaches made for bedding perfect women in
microscopic bikinis.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hawaii film rebate heightens its aloha allure
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070528/film_nm/hawaii_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070528/2007_05_27t214208_450x326_us_hawaii.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=YClsNWt.brhuy.1nZrtqbA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Shinpei Horiguchi of Japan rides a wave at the 'Banzai Pipeline' during the Monster Pro Pipeline surfing contest on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu February 6, 2007. Oahu is the site of Richard Vane, executive producer of Universal's upcoming release 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall.' (Lucy Pemoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A 36-day shoot on Oahu
is a sweet proposition by any standards. Richard Vane,
executive producer of Universal's upcoming release "Forgetting
Sarah Marshall," couldn't be happier with the production's
North Shore digs at the Turtle Bay Resort, where much of the
comic action takes place. He also knows that until Hawaii
increased its production tax credit last year, such a shoot
was, for many projects, an impossible dream.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gritty Romanian film wins Palme d'Or in Cannes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070528/film_nm/cannes_winners_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070528/2007_05_27t204302_450x356_us_cannes_winners.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=i1FUh9XU_BvEKPeJyEINAQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu holds the Palme d'Or award for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') during a photocall at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2007. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A hard-hitting Romanian movie
set toward the end of the Communist era won the Cannes Film
Festival's top honor on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Pirates' nabs $112.5M, missing record
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070525/capt.3a279c7308bb4a3c98d6fdd6be24ce22.film_past_pirates_nyet198.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.586oiTkO581npf7em5RgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This undated photo released by Disney Enterprises shows actors Johnny Depp, left, as Jack Sparrow and Orlando Bloom in a scene from 'Pirates of Caribbean: At Worlds End.' Pirate films are almost as old as movies themselves. Depp defines the pirate of the new millennium with his drunken, dreadlocked scamp at the center of Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy. With his flamboyant style and campy charm, Depp's Jack Sparrow is a departure from the macho swashbucklers of yore, yet with the same good looks and rebellious edge that have long made pirate films so popular. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Stephen Vaughan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."</p><br clear="all"/>
The top 10 films at North American box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 10 movies at
the North American box office for the three-day weekend
beginning May 25, led by new release "Pirates of the Caribbean:
At World's End," according to studio estimates released on
Sunday.
Cannes Makes Date with 4 Months, Fonda
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070527/en_movies_eo/57e83cd04cf9_4dbe_9efd_c89a534a6d33"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070528/capt.fd70111eb640bc1b6359fe380d44feac.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=5jKBR3.mhB7BPm3Nxy1jUg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Cannes Makes Date with 4 Months, Fonda(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days...and one winner.<p>After 12 days of black-tie screenings, Brangelina and Michael Moore, the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival wrapped by bestowing the coveted Palm d'Or on Romanian director Cristian Mungui's abortion film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.<p>The naturalistic drama following two students who must contend with an unwanted pregnancy in the waning days of the Ceausescu regime, beat out 21 other films in competition, including Wong Kar-Wai's Cannes opener My Blueberry Nights, Emir Kustirica's Promise Me This, Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, the Coen brothers No Country for Old Men and Russian auteur Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra.<p>Mungui, who received the fest's top prize from Jane Fonda (in town to accept a lifetime achievement award), said he was humbled that his entry, made on a fairly low budget, was singled out amid works from some of the world's top filmmakers.<p>"It looks a little bit to me like [a] fairytale," he said during Sunday's awards ceremony, adding that "you don't need big budgets and big stars to make stories."<p>Earning Cannes' runner-up trophy, the Grand Prize, was Japanese director Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest, about the journey of a caregiver and her elderly patient who wind up stranded in the woods after setting out on a drive in the country.<p>Best Director went to Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the harrowing story of a 43-year-old French journalist whose entire body was paralyzed by a massive stroke except his left eye, which he subsequently used to blink out a memoir composed entirely in his head.<p>Cannes' third-place award, the Jury Prize, was a tie between Persepolis, an animated feature by first-time French-Iranian director Marjane Satrapi, and Silent Night by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. The former is the filmmaker's autobiographical account of growing up under fundamentalist rule in Iran and features voice work by French acting goddess Catherine Deneuve. The latter explores a father's faith after he falls for another woman.<p>Russia's Konstantin Lavronenko as named Best Actor for his role in The Banishment, while South Korean Jeon Do-yeon was named Best Actress for he comedy romance Secret Sunshine.<p>Gus Van Sant, a Palm d'Or winner in 2003 for his high school drama Elephant, was given a special 60th Anniversary Prize for Paranoid Park, about a Portland skateboarder whose life is turned upside down after he accidentally kills a security guard.<p>Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin, who won the Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival with the hard-hitting love story Head On, scored Best Screenplay Award for his latest, The Edge of Heaven.<p>Walking away with the Camera d'Or, which honors a first-time filmmaker, was the Israeli husband and wife team of Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen for Meduzot. The short film prize went to Watching It Rain by Elisa Miller of Mexico.<p>As for Fonda, Cannes festival head Gilles Jacob paid tribute to her status as a film icon and her anti-war activism by bestowing her with a surprise Palm d'Or for lifetime achievement. Fonda is just the fourth recipient of the honor, following French filmmakers Alain Resnais and Gérard Oury and French actress Jeanne Moreau.<p>"I never imagined that the Cannes film festival would honor a person who was spied on and tracked by the FBI, a person who has a 20,000-page file," Jacob said, noting the Georgia Rule star's stance against the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Iraq.  "You are a woman who fights and wins."<p>In a nod to her famous father, the award was handed out following a screening of Sidney Lumet's classic courtroom melodrama 12 Angry Men, starring her Oscar-winning dad, Henry Fonda.<p>The 69-year-old Jane Fonda was accompanied by daughter Vanessa, whom she had with French helmer Roger Vadim.<p>"I have the feeling my father is with me tonight. The whole Fonda family thanks you," she said in French, then commented on the influence the elder Fonda had on her. "He loved progressive films and those films taught me the important things: justice, democracy...I feel inspired by and proud of the heritage he left us."<p>While last year's Cannes helped to launch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, 2007 will likely go down as the year of Sicko, Michael Moore's latest polemic on the current health-care crisis in the U.S.<p>The firebrand filmmaker debuted Sicko out of competition and the exposé received a standing ovation from the Croisette crowd. Moore has always been a hit, with 2002's Bowling for Columbine winning the 55th Anniversary Prize and 2004's Fahrenheit 9/11 becoming the first doc ever to win the Palm d'Or.<p>As always, the  was thick with A-listers, among them George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, who used their Ocean's Thirteen screening and a benefit to put the spotlight to raise more than $8 million (with a $1 million donation from Steven Spielberg) to aid victims of the genocide in Darfur.<p>Pitt also coproduced A Mighty Heart, featuring a star turn by wife Angelina Jolie. The Michael Winterbottom-helmed film dramatized the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl by Al Qaeda terrorists and the strength of his widow, Mariane, played by Jolie.<p>This year's jury was headed by Oscar-nominated British director, Stephen Frears (The Queen), and the jury included Aussie actress Toni Colette, Hong Kong star Maggie Cheung, French screen star Michel Piccoli and Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk.<p>Get more E! Online Cannes coverage from Reel Girl and check out the hottest pics from the Croisette in our Cannes photo gallery. <p></p><br clear="all"/>
Gritty Romanian film wins Palme d'Or in Cannes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070527/film_nm/cannes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070527/2007_05_25t082222_450x337_uk_cannes.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=A75WHTdnxfeq6ESzG0XMMg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (L) poses with cast members and compatriots Laura Vasiliu (2nd L), Vlad Ivanov (2nd R) and Alex Potocean during a photocall for his in-competition film '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2007. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A hard-hitting Romanian movie
set towards the end of the communist era won the Cannes Film
Festival's top honor on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lindsay Lohan booked on suspicion of DUI
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_mo/people_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070526/capt.nyol20105262207.people_lohan_nyol201.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=mcxKimxhs3bfjera.gBZug--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="**FILE Lindsay Lohan arrives at the 2007/8 Chanel Cruise Show presented by Karl Lagerfeld, Friday, May 18, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday after her convertible struck a curb, and investigators found what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Romanian entry wins Cannes top prize
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070527/film_nm/cannes_winner_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070527/2007_05_27t151152_450x355_us_cannes_winner.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=yZYee8fknsY_bgx9x.aoGQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Romanian director Cristian Mungiu holds the Palme d'Or award for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' ('4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days') during a photocall at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2007. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A hard-hitting Romanian film set
towards the end of the communist era won the Cannes Film
Festival's top honor on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Crespo updates aging merengue genre with new sounds
(Reuters)
Reuters - Elvis Crespo's first album in three
years is titled "Regreso El Jefe" (The Boss Is Back). Due June
5, its name isn't subtle, but then again, there's nothing
subtle about the artist who, in his heyday in the late '90s,
reinvented merengue and took it to a broader audience than ever
before.
Concerts seek Second Life with 3-pronged approach
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070528/music_nm/virtual_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070528/2007_05_27t232106_319x450_us_virtual.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=6JAiEF2KFELD.axP.8pVyg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Performer Suzanne Vega sings at the Save Darfur rally in New York's Central Park in this file photo from September 17, 2006. Vega performed in avatar form on Second Life in 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In a small abandoned warehouse in an
industrial area north of Denver, local bands Bad Weather
California, Born in the Flood and Meese are playing a very
unusual gig.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer Shaw bucks trends with old-school soul
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ryan Shaw is working it. Having
won the coveted opening slot on Joss Stone's national tour, the
newcomer doesn't kick back during the two days' downtime
between each concert.
Vegas hosting big Jackson family auction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_en_mu/people_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070527/capt.7c6861dd1aff4aaa87a951b5686b22fd.poeple_jackson_auction_nvib114.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=5x7fWLCHat5AaoEQkisaHA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Michael Jackson's black crested jacket is on display at the Jackson family auction at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday May 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)" border="0" /></a>AP - Workers pulled glittery suits and platinum records out of cardboard boxes Sunday ahead of what's being called the largest auction of Jackson family memorabilia ever.</p><br clear="all"/>
British hills alive with the sound of Elgar?
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Who?" says a young man hiking with his
wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Sometimes called
Britain's most famous composer, Edward Elgar is clearly no
victim of celebrity.
Toby Keith among 8 chosen for Okla. hall
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_mu/people_toby_keith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070527/capt.2f1fd5abc8734dc282912e301ef76e0b.people_toby_keith_ny107.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=jMBvWYKX.texx9QyqiuFkw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Toby Keith performs at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., in this Monday, April 16, 2007 file photo. Keith is among eight people, including the new majority owner of an NBA franchise and a civil rights pioneer, chosen to be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Toby Keith is among eight people, including the new majority owner of an NBA franchise and a civil rights pioneer, chosen to be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.</p><br clear="all"/>
Latin music songwriter Estefano shot
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_mu/songwriter_shot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070526/capt.4c879950d99c4d11afb4ac514c3fbfc8.songwriter_shot_ny115.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=4d4PxWAA.bTm1IyrAdfRug--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Colombian songwriter Fabio Alonso Salgado, also known as Estefano, arrives for the BMI Latin Music Awards in this Thursday, April 21, 2005 file photo at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. Estefano, a prominent Latin music songwriter and producer, was said to have sustained 'near fatal injuries' after being shot inside his waterfront mansion by a handyman on Friday night, May 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police said a handyman delivering drugs shot and critically wounded a prominent Latin music songwriter and producer inside a waterfront mansion.</p><br clear="all"/>
Beleaguered Brandy Fires Back, Gets Served
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070527/en_music_eo/805a7302943f_4de1_bd63_8e3a11ccded9"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070528/capt.d738c9df1f5be3bd65bb1889879ad394.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=xvkKBDsDHKotOAeYOR0cIg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Beleaguered Brandy Fires Back, Gets Served(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - As remorseful as she might be, Brandy apparently doesn't think much of the lawsuits leveled against her.</p><br clear="all"/>
Campaign tunes not so simple in campaigns
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070527/music_nm/usa_politics_songs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070528/2007_05_27t170715_450x271_us_usa_politics_songs.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=Ulm.v_EC2xB5bNhFGf.DVA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks about her plans to fix the nation's healthcare system during a speech at George Washington University in Washington May 24, 2007. Clinton's online quest for help in picking a campaign song is evoking responses good and bad, in a reminder that the wrong tune can bring legal woes and embarrassing moments, experts say. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Choosing a theme song for a political
campaign may sound fun but can produce plenty of sour notes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Election soundtrack: Theme-song ideas for candidates
(Reuters)
Reuters - All right, look, we've got a year
and a half to the election, right? So let's cut to the chase,
forget about the issues these clowns are going to be avoiding
anyway, and get down to what really matters: the campaign song.
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