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Barker ends run on `The Price Is Right'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_en_tv/bob_barker_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070607/capt.84084dd98dcf430faa2e2b05de6b36ac.bob_barker_finale_la125.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DGbbqFZ7NbCsdN.hdEcuAA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Legendary game show host Bob Barker, 83, waves to the audience during taping of his final episode of 'The Price Is Right' with two of the show's models in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. At far right is an unidentified contestant. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - With his final show in the can, Bob Barker is officially retired.</p><br clear="all"/>
Richie frets about also landing in jail
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_en_ce/people_richie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.d39dfdf313f643dca67f0e6d92a65946.people_david_letterman_nicole_richie_nyr103.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=2PYYFI29z7T2bm1jVi9Fzw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="In this handout photo released by CBS, reality television star Nicole Richie talks to host David Letterman on the set of the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in New York. Richie co-stars with her friend Paris Hilton in the reality series 'The Simple Life Goes to Camp,' which is currently running on E! (AP Photo/CBS, J.P. Filo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Does Nicole Richie think she's next? Paris Hilton's good buddy told David Letterman during a taping for his talk show on Wednesday that she's worried about landing in the pokey, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBS reverses decision to ax 'Jericho'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_tv/tv_cbs_jericho"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.6c224461ad58417fa2a0dc5015d1b6bd.tv_cbs_jericho_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=y.NJd5KSOHFWGkormlLiaA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="This undated promotional photo, provided by CBS, shows cast members of the network's new series, 'Jericho,' from left, Lennie James, Erik Knudsen, Sprague Grayden, Ashley Scott and Skeet Ulrich. Fans trumpeting the cause of CBS' canceled drama 'Jericho' have caught the network's ear. CBS, deluged with calls, messages and shipments of nuts signifying viewer displeasure, is reconsidering its decision, a source close to the production said Tuesday. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Jericho" fans who slammed CBS with protests over the drama's cancellation have won the battle: It will return next season, the network said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stan Lee signs deal with Disney
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mo/disney_stan_lee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.b4d0c970c9454a1ba3b6a5c21fb82a1d.disney_stan_lee_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=oF2iYj3IVFAZyYmZWacarw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Stan Lee smiles in his office, in an April 16, 2002 photo in Santa Monica, Calif. Stan Lee, the creator of such comic-book superheroes as Spider-Man and X-Men, has signed an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zowie! Stan Lee, the creator of such comic-book superheroes as Spider-Man and X-Men, has signed an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Raimi producing Internet horror shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_en_mo/people_sam_raimi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.b80bcbe5e8af4d1c80adebfc318375fb.film_franchise_directors_nyet323.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=Xn05f6zBIy9Zs8H4KX13eA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="'Spiderman 3' director Sam Raimi poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will help create original Internet shows for FEARnet, a horror and thriller Web site and video-on-demand provider.</p><br clear="all"/>
Perry, Lionsgate plan fifth Madea feature
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070607/film_nm/perry_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_07t014428_281x450_us_perry.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=sx0DVI9ZDotyfXveQIoMog--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Tyler Perry arrives for the 2006 Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles October 15, 2006 file photo. Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns,' the multihyphenate's fifth film for Lionsgate and fourth as director. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tyler Perry will portray
Madea and Uncle Joe in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns," the
multihyphenate's fifth film for Lionsgate and fourth as
director.</p><br clear="all"/>
15 years later, B-52s wrapping new album
(AP)
AP - Fifteen years after their last album of new material, The B-52s are wrapping up work on their next one.
"Six Feet" writer Soloway inks pair of TV projects
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Six Feet Under"
writer-producer Jill Soloway has closed deals to develop a show
with producer J.J. Abrams ("Lost") and to work on Shonda
Rhimes' hit ABC drama "Grey's Anatomy."
"Planet Earth" reaches high-def heights
(Reuters)
Reuters - A British TV documentary
has overtaken "The Departed" to become the biggest
high-definition disc moneymaker yet.
Domingo & Co. deliver spirited "Fernanda"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070607/stage_nm/stage_fernanda_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_07t010750_450x325_us_stage_fernanda.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Dd3p_tC04FUX90cQNP3VwA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Spanish tenor Placido Domingo addresses a news conference on occasion of his 40th anniversary as singer at the State Opera in Vienna May 15, 2007 file photo. Domingo stars in the play 'Luisa Fernanda.' (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A zarzuela is roughly
defined as "a Spanish musical play consisting of spoken
passages, operatically trained voices, choruses and dances."</p><br clear="all"/>
Perry, Lionsgate plan fifth Madea feature
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070607/film_nm/perry_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_07t014428_281x450_us_perry.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=sx0DVI9ZDotyfXveQIoMog--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Tyler Perry arrives for the 2006 Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles October 15, 2006 file photo. Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns,' the multihyphenate's fifth film for Lionsgate and fourth as director. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tyler Perry will portray
Madea and Uncle Joe in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns," the
multihyphenate's fifth film for Lionsgate and fourth as
director.</p><br clear="all"/>
Director McTiernan places bet on "Stakes"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070607/film_nm/mctiernan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_07t011309_302x450_us_mctiernan.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=qulMlzjMrEq8dBUzpuTurg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="John McTiernan leaves following his arraignment in the Pellicano case at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California April 17, 2006 file photo. McTiernan is set to take the helm on the Las Vegas action thriller 'High Stakes' for Persistent Pictures and Velvet Octopus. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Die Hard" director John
McTiernan is set to take the helm on the Las Vegas action
thriller "High Stakes" for Persistent Pictures and Velvet
Octopus.</p><br clear="all"/>
Watanabe leads strong cast in Alzheimer's drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Memories of Tomorrow" is
the second Alzheimer's disease-themed movie to be released
recently, and like the Julie Christie starrer "Away From Her,"
it boasts a compelling central performance.
"Hannibal" bites off top spot on video sales chart
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070607/film_nm/dvd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_07t045451_450x303_us_dvd.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=sgpvfmReNW8tnYRGUQlxXA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actor Gaspard Ulliel, who plays the fictional killer Hannibal Lecter, arrives for the film premiere of 'Hannibal Rising' in New York January 31, 2007 file photo. The movie topped the national DVD sales chart for the week ending June 3, while equally brutal 'Apocalypto' held on to the No. 1 slot on the rental chart. (Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It was gore in the video
stores last week. The gruesome prequel "Hannibal Rising" topped
the national DVD sales chart for the week ending June 3, while
equally brutal "Apocalypto" held on to the No. 1 slot on the
rental chart.</p><br clear="all"/>
Raimi producing Internet horror shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_en_mo/people_sam_raimi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.b80bcbe5e8af4d1c80adebfc318375fb.film_franchise_directors_nyet323.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=Xn05f6zBIy9Zs8H4KX13eA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="'Spiderman 3' director Sam Raimi poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will help create original Internet shows for FEARnet, a horror and thriller Web site and video-on-demand provider.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Line sued over `Lord of the Rings'
(AP)
AP - Fifteen actors from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy are suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract, claiming they're still owed a percentage of an estimated $100 million in profits from the sales of movie merchandise, their attorney said Wednesday.
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mo/film_capsules"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.8da7cbf800e54126a8af63d4aeaf79cb.film_crazy_love_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=Q0kL8xWYxOrcFbeY1oechg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by Magnolia Pictures shows Linda and Burt Pugach in 1974. The two are the subject of the movie, 'Crazy Love,' which opens June 1 in New York. Burt Pugach was convicted of hiring thugs to throw lye in Linda's eyes after she cut off an affair with him in 1959. When he got out of prison, they wed and have been married for 33 years. (AP Photo/ Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures and Shoot the Moon Productions)" border="0" /></a>AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: `Crazy Love' horrific but funny
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mo/film_review_crazy_love"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.98e081913b984bfd85a0224bf7c2d153.film_crazy_love_nyr102.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=eXKQZzXcqCFYf62ZjFpTNA--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Burt Pugach laughs after kissing his wife, Linda, in the hallway of the Queens Criminal Court in this April 25, 1997, file photo in New York, where Pugach was on trial for threatening another, younger woman, the previous year after she dumped him. Years earlier Pugach was convicted of hiring thugs to throw lye in Linda's eyes after she cut off an affair in 1959. She later married him and their relationship is the subject of the new movie 'Crazy Love.' (AP Photo/Emile Wamsteker, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Crazy Love" is a documentary about a man who was so obsessively possessive of his ex-girlfriend that he lied to her about divorcing his wife, paid guys to beat her up so she'd feel frightened enough to run back to him, and, most shockingly of all, hired a thug to throw lye in her face, leaving her blind and disfigured at 22.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stan Lee signs deal with Disney
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mo/disney_stan_lee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.b4d0c970c9454a1ba3b6a5c21fb82a1d.disney_stan_lee_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=oF2iYj3IVFAZyYmZWacarw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Stan Lee smiles in his office, in an April 16, 2002 photo in Santa Monica, Calif. Stan Lee, the creator of such comic-book superheroes as Spider-Man and X-Men, has signed an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zowie! Stan Lee, the creator of such comic-book superheroes as Spider-Man and X-Men, has signed an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clooney says attention is on young stars
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mo/people_clooney_pitt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.bd8b526406a449b787e9648b20cf86c2.oceans_thirteen_cakd101.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=eNqx8a6gYcwX4t2jICeN8Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="George Clooney arrives at the premiere of 'Ocean's Thirteen' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - George Clooney says he couldn't handle the pressure that young Hollywood stars face today.</p><br clear="all"/>
15 years later, B-52s wrapping new album
(AP)
AP - Fifteen years after their last album of new material, The B-52s are wrapping up work on their next one.
Frenchman to head famed Vienna State Opera
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/music_nm/austria_opera_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070607/2007_06_06t185356_450x259_us_austria_opera.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=jNJ47a0tUfzSE52oj84CAA--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Bulgarian singer Nadia Krasteva (R) and Marian Talaba of Ukraine perform on stage during a dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov' as Marina and Grigori at Vienna's State Opera in this file photo from May 24, 2007. Frenchman Dominique Meyer has been named the new director of Vienna's famed State Opera, the Austrian government said on Wednesday. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Frenchman Dominique Meyer has been named
the new director of Vienna's famed State Opera, the Austrian
government said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Five Years After Kid Porn Charges, Kelly Doubles Pleasure
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070606/en_music_eo/a2ae8136_a87144da_b612_93354328e561"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070607/capt.f79325a13da8bd61db3aa822e4c7fdad.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=ugTp5XrbkTE8d_WzmQfuJw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Five Years After Kid Porn Charges, Kelly Doubles Pleasure(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Happy anniversary, R.</p><br clear="all"/>
Akon Gets the Drop on Concertgoer
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070606/en_music_eo/e268a1d1_aa534d22_947f_aa97cc2ce448"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070607/capt.370f1d149fb702f203cade2479ee4d7d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=8MZHC26oqxDVn50wZ1xBMA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Akon Gets the Drop on Concertgoer(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The teenage boy didn't look to be on fire during Akon's concert, but you'd have though he was the way Akon flung him off the stage.</p><br clear="all"/>
Crowded House play packed house at private L.A. show
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - To celebrate the upcoming release of their reunion album Time On Earth (out July 10), New Zealand pop legends Crowded House played a very special private lunchtime concert at Hollywood's intimate, 200-capacity Hotel Cafe.
Spector Detective: Clarkson's Death Had "Sexual Overtones"
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070606/en_music_eo/560d4655580e_4476_8256_aa2cfdd91258"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070607/capt.f3970e50b1b5fb3d7d93ae8400fa56d8.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=h_rum3YJGU45GIPAwg_P_A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Spector Jury Sees Bloody Gun, Matching Holster(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Could it have been a romantic evening gone wrong?</p><br clear="all"/>
Toby Keith goes acoustic on second holiday CD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Toby Keith's new album, "Big Dog
Daddy," arrives on June 12, but he has another present planned
for fans later this year.
Rapper 50 Cent enters virtual world Zwinktopia
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/music_nm/iac_zwinktopia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070606/2007_06_06t162122_450x288_us_iac_zwinktopia.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=Yyz.RYnV6fGgqkNbiKayWQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The registration page for Zwinktopia is seen in this June 6, 2007 screengrab. Zwinktopia, the fashion-conscious virtual community from IAC/InterActiveCorp., is letting major musicians set up shop in its universe, with deals for a boutique from rapper 50 Cent to tout an upcoming album and virtual merchandise from rock bands like the Clash, the Sex Pistols and Slipknot. (Screengrab/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Even in a virtual world on the
Internet, teens long to be cool. And what can be cooler than a
Ramones T-shirt on your self-styled Web persona?</p><br clear="all"/>
Dierks Bentley looks to spread country
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mu/music_dierks_bentley_cma_fest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.7cdf9ca90d3e4606a8dd9c9382f0bc57.music_dierks_bentley_nyet381.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=XhL0iGEcp9lVsUKT.HTVkg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Dierks Bentley is shown during a break in band rehearsal on Thursday, May 31, 2007 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Christopher berkey)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first of Dierks Bentley's two big outdoor shows this month is a gimme.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stones concert stops traffic in Belgium
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_mu/music_rolling_stones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070605/i/r3583937173.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=gZC7XTARF0aMg4AGpZKeWg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger (R) and drummer Charlie Watts (L) perform on stage during a concert of the band's "A Bigger Bang" European Tour in Werchter June 5, 2007. Werchter is the first concert of the European Tour. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Rolling Stones' European tour kicked off in Belgium to a big crowd, rave reviews — and a massive traffic jam.</p><br clear="all"/>
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