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Larry King lands first Hilton interview
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070624/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070623/capt.nyol97006230059.paris_hilton_nyol970.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=vl4YB1A9tT4njqv1zNAbrA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Paris Hilton leaves the Los Angeles Municipal Court Metropolitan branch with her father Rick, Friday, May 4, 2007, in Los Angeles. Hilton will be issued her get-out-of jail card on Tuesday after spending almost 3 1/2 weeks in the slammer. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paris Hilton plans to appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night, a day after she's scheduled to be released from jail, a spokeswoman for King said Saturday. "We do have Paris on Wednesday," said the show's spokeswoman, Bridget Leininger. "She'll do the whole hour."</p><br clear="all"/>
Lohans battle out divorce in court
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070624/ap_en_ce/people_lohans_divorce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070624/capt.f5183ba0e4e5401eb7955341e5af5572.people_lohans_divorce_ny114.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=lFz4jgfhcM9_fS6CB9hKpA--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Dina Lohan, mother of actress Lindsay Lohan, arrives for the New York premiere of 'Georgia Rule' in this file photo from May 8, 2007. Dina and her ex husband Michael are fighting in a Long Island court over visitation of their younger children. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The parents of troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan are fighting in a Long Island court over visitation of their younger children. Estranged father Michael Lohan claimed at a hearing Friday that Dina Lohan failed to make payments as part of their separation agreement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Critics of 'The Secret' bemoan claims
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_ot/books_the_secret"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070623/capt.nyet30006231818.books_the_secret_nyet300.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=U.K97MV3fzkKQGJU.mtdZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rhonda Byrne, author of the book 'The Secret,' arrives at the Time 100 gala, in this May 8, 2007 file photo, at the Time Warner Center in New York. The gala celebrated Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The woman with long, dark hair looks yearningly at the gold necklace in the window of a jewelry store. She fixates on the bling. There's some kind of disruption in the atmosphere. And then, the necklace is draped around her neck.</p><br clear="all"/>
'The Secret' draws on long line of 'New
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_ot/the_secret_history"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070623/capt.nyet30106231818.books_the_secret_nyet301.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=itwRE.Tzph5B9d7mdSMk_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Amanda Jacobellis, owner of Makeup Mandy, poses next to copies of the DVD 'The Secret' in her salon, June 5, 2007, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the back of her best seller, "The Secret," author Rhonda Byrne lists the biographies of 29 "teachers" whose wisdom inspired her book.</p><br clear="all"/>
'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' singer dies
(AP)
AP - Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.
Diaz's bag with Maoist slogan raises ire
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mo/people_cameron_diaz"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.498225146d08482690536d8319b26040.peru_cameron_diaz_kn113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YFVhpqAUnmC0koFCTQRxCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US actress Cameron Diaz, right, stands with MTV Canada host Sol Guy as they tour the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Friday, June 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actress Cameron Diaz appears to have committed a major fashion faux pas in Peru. The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" films may have inadvertently offended Peruvians who suffered decades of violence from a Maoist guerrilla insurgency by touring here Friday with a bag emblazoned with one of Mao Zedong's favorite political slogans.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Killers make a splash amid Glastonbury mud
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070624/music_nm/glastonbury_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070624/2007_06_23t140447_450x299_us_glastonbury.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8jJtRmGg83gLwSsPhY5f_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A reveller smokes a cigarette during the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, south-west England, June 23, 2007. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - American indie rock kings The
Killers rounded off the second day of the Glastonbury festival
with a storming 1 1/2 hour-long set that left the main stage
audience cheering for more.</p><br clear="all"/>
Larry Hot, Networks Not for Paris
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070623/en_tv_eo/06cb51e6_c6874a42_b1ec_556396f28b9f"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070624/capt.b6c8138128b81526bd01a58385284345.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=1cyBNvH0GGR.KaQ8PLYjXA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Larry Hot, Networks Not for Paris(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It's an exclusive fit for a King.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dow Jones submits plan for editorial independence: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070623/media_nm/dowjones_newscorp_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070623/2007_06_22t233556_450x289_us_dowjones_newscorp.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=DDz0bsbvlM2iquBpBxI26A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch leaves a midtown Manhattan office building following meetings with several key members of the Bancroft family who control Dow Jones and Co. Inc., June 4, 2007. Murdoch is attempting to buy Dow Jones for a reported $5 billion. Dow Jones and Co. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Dow Jones & Co. delivered a proposal
to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp. on
Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a possible News
Corp. takeover, according to the online edition of the Wall
Street Journal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hard to Be 13: Boarding School Boys at Center of New Musical, 'With Glee', in NYC
(Playbill)
Playbill - John Gregor's <i>With Glee,</i> a new musical comedy about five young boys on their search for friendship and normalcy at a boarding school, will be presented as a staged workshop production 8 PM June 28-29 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan.
Diaz's bag with Maoist slogan raises ire
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mo/people_cameron_diaz"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.498225146d08482690536d8319b26040.peru_cameron_diaz_kn113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YFVhpqAUnmC0koFCTQRxCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US actress Cameron Diaz, right, stands with MTV Canada host Sol Guy as they tour the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Friday, June 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actress Cameron Diaz appears to have committed a major fashion faux pas in Peru. The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" films may have inadvertently offended Peruvians who suffered decades of violence from a Maoist guerrilla insurgency by touring here Friday with a bag emblazoned with one of Mao Zedong's favorite political slogans.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jury: novel bought by company fraudulent
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mo/literary_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.9ce765c98b52406c8e99220f19add412.literary_lawsuit_nyll102.jpg?x=67&y=130&sig=Nr8FqzbghZkW2hWNnjPa6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="67" alt="Writer Laura Albert leaves Manhattan federal court following a jury's verdict, Friday, June 22, 2007, in New York. Albert was found guilty of fraud in a civil suit filed by a producer and was ordered to pay $110,000 in economic damages as well as $6,500 in punitive damages. (AP Photo / Louis Lanzano)" border="0" /></a>AP - To writer Laura Albert, her alter ego was a psychological necessity, but to jurors, the fictitious male prostitute JT LeRoy was a fraud. A Manhattan jury decided Friday that Albert had defrauded a production company that bought the movie rights to an autobiographical novel marketed as being based on LeRoy's life.</p><br clear="all"/>
Andy Griffith, the unlikely movie star
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mo/film_andy_griffith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.83b2ede3883c40939b986bcc8971ed71.film_andy_griffith_wxs602.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=rE1JowjqAlOkmO_EZuTHdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This undated photo provided by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows actor Andy Griffith on the set of 'Waitress.' Griffith stars as a diner owner in the critically acclaimed film. At the age of 81, Andy Griffith has been discovered. But he's now a breakout star of sorts in the critically acclaimed 'Waitress.' He's only a supporting character in a movie starring Keri Russell as Jenna, a top-notch pie maker trying to leave her brutish husband, but steals the show as the cranky owner of the diner where she works. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight Pictures)" border="0" /></a>AP - At age 81, Andy Griffith has been discovered. Sure, he'll always be known as Sheriff Andy Taylor, the gentle father to son Opie and gunless lawman in Mayberry who dispensed a homegrown wisdom on the "The Andy Griffith Show." Or as the disheveled yet shrewd Atlanta defense lawyer Ben Matlock.</p><br clear="all"/>
Owen Wilson among celebs going green
(AP)
AP - It's not just trendy to be environmental, it's easy. So says a new book that features everyday tips for greener living, plus advice from celebs — from Jennifer Aniston to Owen Wilson — who've already gone green.
Actors to get HIV tests for new campaign
(AP)
AP - Regina King, Howard Hesseman and Jimmy Jean-Louis of NBC's "Heroes" are among a group of performers getting HIV tests next week to raise awareness of the spread of the virus in black communities.
Orson Welles part of `Transformers' lore
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_en_mo/film_transformers_orson_welles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.fb17045613e44e7e8139819bfca18a27.film_transformers_orson_welles___nyet182.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=ywAiYpMbEO.eYilL5RsbaQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Director Orson Welles was honored at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association tribute on Oct. 18, 1981, in Los Angeles. The new 'Transformers' movie boasts a solid cast, but it's got nothing on the original. In a classic bit of movie trivia, the 1986 animated feature film 'Transformers: The Movie' was Welles' last film. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new "Transformers" movie boasts a good cast, but it's got nothing on the original.</p><br clear="all"/>
Morgan Freeman to play Nelson Mandela in new movie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070622/film_nm/mandela_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070623/2007_06_22t190425_450x313_us_mandela.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=PHXsqAmYxy9wsVvjcI0w0g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Morgan Freeman attends a news conference at the start of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival, in this file photo from November 15, 2006. Freeman and his film production company on Friday unveiled plans to make a movie starring Freeman as former South African president and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman
and his film production company on Friday unveiled plans to
make a movie starring Freeman as former South African president
and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.</p><br clear="all"/>
Toronto lineup taking shape with early picks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070622/film_nm/toronto_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070623/2007_06_22t192629_450x288_us_toronto.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=iBM5mF3xo02BiNssF6dzzg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Filmgoers walk by promotional movie posters during the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, in this file photo from September 13, 2006. Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival will begin making formal lineup announcements Tuesday, but confirmation of slots for the September 6-15 event is already emerging. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Organizers of the Toronto
International Film Festival will begin making formal lineup
announcements Tuesday, but confirmation of slots for the
September 6-15 event is already emerging.</p><br clear="all"/>
DVD Sequels Wiped from Disney Drawing Board
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070622/en_movies_eo/b848dc24_b1a749c7_95dc_92ccd8b2a9ab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070623/capt.fc6e459a97456ff5f9acbea6fc7d6e23.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SGWaCcRtE0VtvuPSk2fuCQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="DVD Sequels Wiped from Disney Drawing Board(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - It looks as if we've seen the last of the likes of The Return of Jafar and The Lion King 1 1/2.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clooney joins protest over Italy project
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_en_mo/people_clooney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.c6968ab6b59f4e3fa92ede46f9d67fb4.people_clooney_ny107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=HLdc6YsNK2FqkdVE3ym8PQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Actor George Clooney shown in this 2006 file photo has joined a protest to stop construction of parking lots and a promenade in the northern Italian lakeside town where he owns a villa because he fears his presence is turning the quiet town into a tourist attraction. Clooney was among some 300 townspeople who signed the petition against the planned construction in the town of Laglio on Lake Como, according to organizers. 'Yes I signed it. Almost every member of the town signed it,' Clooney said in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Friday June 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - George Clooney has joined a protest to stop construction of parking lots and a promenade in the northern Italian lakeside town where he owns a villa because he fears his presence is turning the quiet town into a tourist attraction.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Killers make a splash amid Glastonbury mud
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070624/music_nm/glastonbury_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070624/2007_06_23t140447_450x299_us_glastonbury.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8jJtRmGg83gLwSsPhY5f_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A reveller smokes a cigarette during the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, south-west England, June 23, 2007. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - American indie rock kings The
Killers rounded off the second day of the Glastonbury festival
with a storming 1 1/2 hour-long set that left the main stage
audience cheering for more.</p><br clear="all"/>
'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' singer dies
(AP)
AP - Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.
Digital riches await savvy indie bands
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070623/music_nm/digital_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070623/2007_06_23t143632_450x300_us_digital.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=t6BRIfOKWcf6qLqCS5V4yA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A generic picture of a compact discs. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Unsigned and indie artists for
years have sold CDs and tapes from their merchandise table at
live gigs to earn a little extra scratch while on the road.</p><br clear="all"/>
Five touring tips for developing bands
(Reuters)
Reuters - Developing bands must be in control
of their own destiny when it comes to playing live. Yet before
booking agents come onboard, they will want to know a band has
a budding fan base. An act, therefore, needs to be proactive in
its quest to become a professional touring unit.
Dominican youngster Kat DeLuna poised for stardom
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's not every day that the
president of a major record label refuses to let an untested
artist leave an audition without a contract being signed.
Glastonbury fest keeps up tradition of activism
(Reuters)
Reuters - Glastonbury, the world's biggest
green field arts and music festival, has a history of political
activism and this year was no exception with campaigns about
climate change and big business.
50 Cent in child support court battle
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mu/people50_cent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.c438ec8a3a9145c0ad096bded71ea4b9.music_50_cents_nyet138.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=VkmxMto3tfKRuQ8eXqYaQA--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Rap artist 50 Cent listens as nominee's names are read during the announcement of the BET Awards nominations in Los Angeles on May 16, 2007. His CD, 'Curtis,' due out in September,2007, features a who's who of pop stars: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Akon and Mary J. Blige are among those who collaborate on the rapper's third CD. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - The $25,000 a month in child support and household expenses that rapper 50 Cent pays to the mother of his 10-year-old son is not enough, says the boy's mother, Shaniqua Tompkins.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rock band the Donnas take control after stumble
(Reuters)
Reuters - Female rock quartet the Donnas have
returned to their indie roots after disappointing sales of
their last album for Atlantic Records derailed their dreams of
mainstream stardom.
TV commercials can help promote developing bands
(Reuters)
Reuters - Somewhere in the earliest part of
the 21st century, it became obvious that a profound paradigm
shift had taken place in the relationship of rock'n'roll and
music licensing. With the end of the rock era (1965-1994), the
rules began changing just as fast as the technology.
Rap mogul's Malibu mansion for sale
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/ap_en_mu/people_knight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070623/capt.b55d2340065646918ced15261cb668b3.people_knight_ny118.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=y.XWB37j4fy09uhJrQ.xXw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Rap producer Marion 'Suge' Knight watches the 3rd annual BET Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, in a June 24, 2003 photo. Marion 'Suge' Knight's seven-bedroom, 9-bath home has been placed on the market for $6.2 million, part of the rap music mogul's financial overhaul under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Friday, June 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marion "Suge" Knight's seven-bedroom, 9 1/2-bath home has been placed on the market for $6.2 million, part of the rap music mogul's financial overhaul under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.</p><br clear="all"/>
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