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`Utopia' and `Awakening' take top Tonys
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_ot/tony_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070611/i/r3441879276.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=GXeY1BcBmRDZPHOO4b_H6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Eddie Izzard presents the award for the Best Theatrical Event at the 61st Annual Tony Awards in New York June 10, 2007. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two passionate works — "Spring Awakening," a pounding, post-rock musical of teenage sexual anxiety, and "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's sweeping examination of 19th century Russian intellectuals — dominated the 2007 Tony Awards on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
No easy ending for 'The Sopranos'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_tv/tv_sopranos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070610/capt.59efa2a444b64d3fb65c7d1536c4eacc.sopranos_farewell_flla102.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=7lJOiUB46.jpwbVcMp6iSA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="James Gandolfini of 'The Sopranos poses for a picture on the red carpet at Tonys Swan Song party at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tony Soprano carries on.</p><br clear="all"/>
Is the new Paris really a humble Paris?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070610/capt.0303c3f2af5c4a399e280bf09e5627a6.paris_hilton_cads105.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=hkdXeqhoYzBjwhyE2iuumQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Nicky Hilton, sister of Paris Hilton, left, and Stavros Niarchos, right, arrive at the Twin Towers detention center to visit Paris Hilton in Los Angeles, on Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - One day Paris Hilton is screaming for her mommy as she is cuffed and taken to the pokey in a reckless driving case. The next, she's the model of magnanimity, saying she wouldn't appeal her 45-day sentence and that she is "learning and growing" from her time behind bars.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Ocean's Thirteen' banks $37.1 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.21cab79e7c164229a71e6835e1be6572.oceans_thirteen_cakd128.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=C8M.nidZKfD3DzQxCxyxIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Cast members of the film 'Ocean's Thirteen' pose with producer Jerry Weintraub, third from right, during the premiere of of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. They are from left Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Weintraub, Andy Garcia and Ellen Barkin. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Audiences anted up for the Warner Bros. caper "Ocean's Thirteen," the third of George Clooney and Brad Pitt's casino-heist romps, which debuted as the top flick with $37.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson honored
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_mu/oscar_peterson_tribute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070609/capt.5ef9deb1e3e24765a89e243af538fcd2.oscar_peterson_tribute_nydg101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=l.QcMKOPiMW9o4ZNYgjf9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Musician Wynton Marsalis, performs during the all star tribute to Jazz legend Oscar Peterson at the Carnegie Hall, Friday, June 8, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)" border="0" /></a>AP - His doctor's orders prevented Oscar Peterson from traveling from his home near Toronto to attend the tribute concert featuring Wynton Marsalis and other jazz stars at Carnegie Hall — where the legendary jazz pianist launched his international career nearly 60 years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Global box-office numbers game needs new rule book
(Reuters)
Reuters - In Hollywood, box-office
records exist to be broken. Last month saw several records fall
as Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man 3," and then the Walt Disney
Studios' "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" stormed the
multiplex.
Jazz Foundation fundraiser celebrates American music
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the past six years, the New
York-based Jazz Foundation of America has presented its A Great
Night in Harlem benefit concert at New York's Apollo Theater.
No easy ending for 'The Sopranos'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_tv/tv_sopranos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070610/capt.59efa2a444b64d3fb65c7d1536c4eacc.sopranos_farewell_flla102.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=7lJOiUB46.jpwbVcMp6iSA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="James Gandolfini of 'The Sopranos poses for a picture on the red carpet at Tonys Swan Song party at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tony Soprano carries on.</p><br clear="all"/>
L.A. indie music retailers closing their doors
(Reuters)
Reuters - The past few years have been
bittersweet for music retail in Los Angeles. The opening of
Amoeba Records in 2001 gave the city one of the stronger music
outlets in America, but was followed soon by the closings of
Aron's Records and Rhino Records.
Stoppard, "Spring Awakening" win top Tony Awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Revolution and rebellion were the
theme of this year's big Tony Awards winners on Sunday -- Tom
Stoppard's Russian revolutionary drama and rock musical "Spring
Awakening" about angry teenagers learning about sex.
Global box-office numbers game needs new rule book
(Reuters)
Reuters - In Hollywood, box-office
records exist to be broken. Last month saw several records fall
as Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man 3," and then the Walt Disney
Studios' "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" stormed the
multiplex.
"Nancy Drew" hits Tinseltown in 2-dimensional update
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/film_nm/film_nancy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t222119_450x331_us_film_nancy.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=v85r6QfnVfvzD9IGy3nStg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Cast member Emma Roberts (L) and producer Jerry Weintraub (R) attend the world premiere of 'Nancy Drew' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, June 9, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - River Heights meets
Mulholland Drive, to lackluster effect, in "Nancy Drew."</p><br clear="all"/>
Father of Senegalese cinema dead at 84
(AP)
AP - Sembene Ousmane, the father of Senegalese cinema and one of the pioneers of the art in Africa, died at his home over the weekend after a long illness. He was 84.
Wesley Snipes: Race a factor in charges
(AP)
AP - Actor Wesley Snipes is a victim of "unscrupulous tax advice" and is being selectively targeted for prosecution on federal tax evasion charges because he is black, his attorneys argue in a motion to dismiss the indictment.
'Ocean's Thirteen' banks $37.1 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.21cab79e7c164229a71e6835e1be6572.oceans_thirteen_cakd128.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=C8M.nidZKfD3DzQxCxyxIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Cast members of the film 'Ocean's Thirteen' pose with producer Jerry Weintraub, third from right, during the premiere of of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. They are from left Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Weintraub, Andy Garcia and Ellen Barkin. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Audiences anted up for the Warner Bros. caper "Ocean's Thirteen," the third of George Clooney and Brad Pitt's casino-heist romps, which debuted as the top flick with $37.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Ocean's Thirteen" steals No. 1 spot at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070610/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070610/2007_06_10t130335_450x298_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4jHX7B6TMH8hvXUuHH_7Cw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Cast members (L-R), Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon arrive for the world premiere of U.S. director Steven Soderbergh's film 'Ocean's 13' at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 24, 2007. The all-star caper film 'Ocean's Thirteen' made off with $37.1 million in North American ticket sales during its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The all-star caper film "Ocean's
Thirteen" made off with $37.1 million in ticket sales during
its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the North
American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oceans Away at the Box Office
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070610/en_movies_eo/8cca819c3290_4960_bf3d_3b10998f9ebb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070611/capt.f7b5b010feeea52a433ac48cad89bb7f.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=nKVjAeW8KBBZDL1aFTntcA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Oceans Away at the Box Office(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Maybe 13's not such an unlucky number after all.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lee urges people to vote, cites Katrina
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_en_mo/people_spike_lee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070608/capt.6ae1a9dabbf44772b9d913aecf010ba4.cartier_love_nyrm118.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=p6N5FK.eCd2OLcGtOpPwxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Spike Lee, right, arrives with his wife, left, at the Cartier Celebrates Love party in New York on Thursday, June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spike Lee, screening his documentary about Hurricane Katrina, urged people to vote to ensure government functions better in the future than it did after the deadly storm.</p><br clear="all"/>
12 students honored for their films
(AP)
AP - Twelve students were honored with trophies and prize money Saturday for their short films at the 34th annual Student Academy Awards.
Rang de Basanti wins in Indian movie awards
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070610/film_nm/britain_bollywood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070610/2007_06_09t211459_450x256_us_britain_bollywood.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=_ozZxyfBmZJ1Ai2valPf1Q--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra accepts an award for cinematography for his film, Rang De Basanti as actors Kabir Bedi (R) and Soha Ali Khan look on during the Indian International Academy Awards (IIFA) in Sheffield, northern England June 9, 2007. (Darren Staples/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Bollywood came to Britain this
weekend as 12,000 people crammed into a stadium in northern
England to see Hindi movie Rang De Basanti (Paint It Saffron)
scoop nearly a dozen awards, including best picture.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz Foundation fundraiser celebrates American music
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the past six years, the New
York-based Jazz Foundation of America has presented its A Great
Night in Harlem benefit concert at New York's Apollo Theater.
Duranguense group Alacranes tops Latin chart
(Reuters)
Reuters - Duranguense music continues to be a
driving force in regional Mexican music, four years after it
exploded onto Billboard's charts.
Melodeo puts artist-friendly twist on mobile music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/music_nm/mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t221146_334x450_us_mobile.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=WpA_cS9obkrb5.mtBMbMsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="File photo shows a close-up of the ROKR, the world's first mobile phone with iTunes, which was introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at an event in San Francisco on September 7, 2005. Music fans have been slow to buy music on their mobile phones. (Lou Dematteis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Music fans have been slow to buy music
on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded
with services that let users access from their phones music
that is stored on their computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson honored
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_mu/oscar_peterson_tribute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070609/capt.5ef9deb1e3e24765a89e243af538fcd2.oscar_peterson_tribute_nydg101.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=l.QcMKOPiMW9o4ZNYgjf9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Musician Wynton Marsalis, performs during the all star tribute to Jazz legend Oscar Peterson at the Carnegie Hall, Friday, June 8, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)" border="0" /></a>AP - His doctor's orders prevented Oscar Peterson from traveling from his home near Toronto to attend the tribute concert featuring Wynton Marsalis and other jazz stars at Carnegie Hall — where the legendary jazz pianist launched his international career nearly 60 years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Songwriter serves up ice-cream truck alternative
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ears weary of "Pop Goes the Weasel"
and the Mister Softee theme during these hot summer months now
have an alternative: Michael Hearst's album "Songs for Ice
Cream Trucks."
Interpol maintains unified front with "Love"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Interpol has always been a band with
a dark -- some might even say twisted -- sensibility.
L.A. indie music retailers closing their doors
(Reuters)
Reuters - The past few years have been
bittersweet for music retail in Los Angeles. The opening of
Amoeba Records in 2001 gave the city one of the stronger music
outlets in America, but was followed soon by the closings of
Aron's Records and Rhino Records.
Lovett, Harris man the decks for Cayamo cruise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/music_nm/cruise_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t215419_450x307_us_cruise.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=dApAG_O7HGP.WnCemxZaEA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Lovett performs during a concert in New York in this June 6, 2000 file photo. Lovett and Emmylou Harris will take to the seas together to headline the inaugural Cayamo music cruise, which will set sail February 4 through February 10. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lyle Lovett and Emmylou
Harris will take to the seas together to headline the inaugural
Cayamo music cruise, which will set sail February 4 through
February 10.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bon Jovi, Ticketmaster bundle digital album, tickets
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070610/music_nm/bonjovi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t173302_450x300_us_bonjovi.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=VJQBb7SU5zmPSmt1eK5i7Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora (L) and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the 10th annual Tiger Jam at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada May 26, 2007. In what's being billed as a first, Bon Jovi is bundling a digital iTunes copy of the band's upcoming album, 'Lost Highway,' with advance tickets for October concerts in Newark, New Jersey. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In what's being billed as a first,
Bon Jovi is bundling a digital iTunes copy of the band's
upcoming album, "Lost Highway," with advance tickets for
October concerts in Newark, New Jersey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ricky Martin chosen king at NYC parade
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_en_mu/people_ricky_martin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070610/capt.5684efa3792044449cddcc6e8519d4a8.puerto_rican_parade_nyr107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4Ug6aQL2jlBWHk3p9Ecj8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Ricky Martin waves at the crowd as he makes his way up Fifth Ave in the Puerto Rican Parade Sunday, June 10, 2007 in New York. Fifth Avenue pulsed with music and blazed with color on Sunday as tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans gathered for the 50th anniversary of the parade that celebrates their island. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ricky Martin reigned as king at the 50th anniversary of the Puerto Rican parade on Sunday as tens of thousands gathered to celebrate their homeland.</p><br clear="all"/>
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