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Opera star Beverly Sills dies of cancer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/obit_beverly_sills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.afaf5d6c65f6403683bc7f2ae7f8d60a.obit_sills_ny134.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=83ao7TGcELF2bdJx65vv8A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Former opera star Beverly Sills, poses in a Jan. 27, 1994 file photo. Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday July 2, 2007 of cancer, said her manager, Edgar Vincent. She was 78. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paris Hilton's dog-food can fetches $305
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_ce/paris_hilton_trash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.236f648869fb4abfa28dc6097ad34d28.paris_hilton_cadb204.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=Ef3kDSnNqrKrnJ9grXJ3iQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this photo released by CNN, Paris Hilton is seen during a taping of 'Larry King Live,' Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CNN, Kyle Christy)" border="0" /></a>AP - An empty can of gourmet dog food taken from Paris Hilton's trash fetched $305 in an eBay auction. The sellers were from the Web site HollywoodStarTrash.com, which also listed several other Hilton items for sale on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/>
Goldman family buys rights to O.J. book
(AP)
AP - The family of Ron Goldman has purchased the rights to O.J. Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It," from a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee in a settlement reached Monday. The book rights will be held in the name of Ron Goldman LLC, Goldman family attorney David Cook said.
Rushdie marital chapter comes to an end
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_ce/people_rushdie_lakshmi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070702/capt.bacbe5c2cd18420b83b2728b41d388db.people_rushdie_lakshmi_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=nrra1_3YphabSRGCnhibdQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi at the Diane von Furstenberg show during Fashion Week in New York City in this file photo from Sept. 10, 2006. The couples three-year marriage has ended their publicists said Monday July 2, 2007. (AP Photo/John SmockFile)" border="0" /></a>AP - The three-year marriage of Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi has ended, their publicists said Monday. "Salman Rushdie has agreed to divorce his wife, Padma Lakshmi, because of her desire to end their marriage," his representative, Jin Auh, said in a statement. "He asks that the media respect his privacy at this difficult time."</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: Emmy nominees short list is out
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_tv/tv_emmy_nominations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.3b36a56347f24ead8afb52da5d9ca483.emmy_nominations_ny118.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=PuqFl7Eg9MQHCwbmw9Z8jg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="This undated photo, supplied by NBC shows, Hayden Panettiere playing a teenager in a small Texas town, one of the characters in the new mystic thriller 'Heroes,' on NBC. Freshmen series 'Heroes' and 'Ugly Betty' are on the Emmy-nominations short list, according to a Web site that tracks entertainment awards. (AP Photo/ NBC, Dean Hendler-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Freshmen series "Heroes" and "Ugly Betty" are on the Emmy-nominations short list, according to a Web site that tracks entertainment awards.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie comedies rushed to theaters, DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor Magnolia
Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie
comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in
theaters and DVD stores.
Opera star Beverly Sills dies of cancer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/obit_beverly_sills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.afaf5d6c65f6403683bc7f2ae7f8d60a.obit_sills_ny134.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=83ao7TGcELF2bdJx65vv8A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Former opera star Beverly Sills, poses in a Jan. 27, 1994 file photo. Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday July 2, 2007 of cancer, said her manager, Edgar Vincent. She was 78. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie comedies rushed to theaters, DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor Magnolia
Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie
comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in
theaters and DVD stores.
Indie comedies rushed to theaters, DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor Magnolia
Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie
comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in
theaters and DVD stores.
A waft of theater lore from the Midwest
(Reuters)
Reuters - There is a
magical spot here, just a short crow's flight from Milwaukee,
that is now designated a national historical landmark and
hallowed ground to anyone with a reverence for the theater's
past, i.e., those days before Broadway ticket prices zoomed up
past the $450 mark (as we've just been informed Mel Brooks'
"Young Frankenstein" is going to cost us per ticket).
Indie comedies rushed to theaters, DVD
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor Magnolia
Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie
comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in
theaters and DVD stores.
Herzog, Bale to the "Rescue" at movie theaters
(Reuters)
Reuters - In "Rescue Dawn,"
screenwriter-director Werner Herzog continues his long
obsession with obsessed men battling nature and themselves in a
merciless wilderness.
Woody Allen to begin work on new movie
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mo/people_woody_allen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070702/capt.779717f64e0645f0acdb19971cd6f364.spain_woody_allen_fsx802.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=HzT4Iie4RRFOTNfe2_4XsQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S. actor and director Woody Allen gestures during a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, July 2, 2007, where he announced he will start filming his new movie on July 9. (AP Photo/EFE, Alberto Estevez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Woody Allen says he hopes to create a portrait of the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona on a par with his 1979 film, "Manhattan." Allen told a news conference in the Catalan capital Monday that he would begin filming July 9. The movie, starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, is not yet titled.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Transformers" bring out the kid in grown-ups
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070702/film_nm/transformers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070702/2007_07_01t162052_450x300_us_transformers.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=2LP4B6pxSCxBjc0SWbXdrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A scene from the film 'Transformers' in an image courtesy of DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures. Good early reviews and positive advance buzz could mean strong ticket sales for 'Transformers' and show the rest of Hollywood that crowd-pleasing action movies can be made at a lower cost which, in turn, might spur more of them. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - For much of its core 20- and
30-something male audience, Michael Bay's "Transformers" film
is more than just a reason to go to the movies on a hot, summer
night. It's also an excuse for a grown man to head to the toy
store.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Rat' leads box office with $47 million
(AP)
AP - Moviegoers had an appetite for "Ratatouille" as the animated adventure took in $47 million to debut at the top of the weekend box office.
Disney animator Art Stevens dies at 92
(AP)
AP - Longtime Disney animator Art Stevens, who began his studio career working on "Fantasia" and went on to co-direct "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Rescuers," has died. He was 92.
Say `I don't' to `License to Wed'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mo/film_review_license_to_wed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070626/capt.132295407bd84397bf24cb3ce12035e4.license_to_wed_premiere_capm103.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=WJCHBVQgmU8yUvUu79HanQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Cast members John Krasinski, left, Mandy Moore, center, and Robin Williams, right, attend the premiere 'License to Wed' Monday, June 25, 2007, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here's how bad "License to Wed" is: Even the outtakes at the end are lame.</p><br clear="all"/>
GM hopes movie will transform sales
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mo/film_gm_s_transformers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070702/capt.aafd4e41f9354051955479e1e3111bf5.gms_transformers_mico201.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=GkNGt98tqR4x2RyAeOL0Mw--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="A Chevrolet Camaro, left, and a Pontiac Solstice are shown at a 'Transformers' display in Detroit, June 22, 2007. Posters outside theaters across the country list Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Dumanel and Megan Fox as the stars of the summer action flick 'Transformers.' But in the labs and cubicles where General Motors Corp. workers design cars, the true leads are the Camaro, Solstice, GMC TopKick and the Hummer H2. The automaker is spending millions to promote and market its 'Transformers' tie-ins. With a shrinking U.S. automotive market and amid stiff competition from overseas rivals, GM is banking on the exposure translating into sales. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - Posters outside theaters across the country list Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox as the stars of the summer action flick "Transformers."</p><br clear="all"/>
Balkans' only blind cinema puts movies in the mind
(Reuters)
Reuters - "From a bird's eye view, the camera
zooms in on an ordinary American provincial town, small houses
come in closer and get bigger until we swoop into one of them,
where a girl lies on her bed."
Rats Rule, Relatively
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070702/en_movies_eo/d37d5223235c_4d97_b902_169c7a3aa168"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070702/capt.dcd56f70b87767117ba16f469813f818.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DDhGjE_33aYRpQfrS1TH0g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Rats Rule, Relatively(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Well, the blurb writers will be happy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rock band Editors snag first UK No. 1 album
(Reuters)
Reuters - As Rihanna's "Umbrella" logged a
seventh week atop the UK singles chart, rock band Editors
achieved their first No. 1 album.
Opera star Beverly Sills dies of cancer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/obit_beverly_sills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.afaf5d6c65f6403683bc7f2ae7f8d60a.obit_sills_ny134.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=83ao7TGcELF2bdJx65vv8A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Former opera star Beverly Sills, poses in a Jan. 27, 1994 file photo. Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday July 2, 2007 of cancer, said her manager, Edgar Vincent. She was 78. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.</p><br clear="all"/>
Beverly Sills, America's Queen of Opera, dead at 78
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/music_nm/sills_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070703/2007_07_02t221733_359x450_us_sills.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=NFzFaPM9fa0g45W16ApebA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Opera singer Beverly Sills is pictured in this undated publicity photograph from the Metropolitan Opera. Sills, the world-renowned soprano who became chairwoman of two great U.S. opera companies, died on July 2, 2007 in New York from cancer, according to media reports. (Don Purdue/Metropolitan Opera/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Beverly Sills, the world-renowned
soprano who became the most popular opera singer in America in
modern times, died on Monday evening in New York from
inoperable lung cancer, her manager said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Live Earth aims to cause lasting change
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/music_live_earth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.b650e2b847fd488dab294d3205f8c3a2.aptopix_live_earth_gore_nytf105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ccdNDfSBw55XWsto_zhz8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Former Vice President Al Gore poses for a photograph beside Live Earth's Seven Point Pledge at the end of a news conference Thursday June 28, 2007 in New York announcing a series of commitments that Live Earth will be asking people across the globe to make to combat the climate crisis. Live Earth is a music event that will take place in more than 100 nations around the world on July 7, 2007 to combat the climate crisis. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Live Earth is ambitious by any standard: eight concerts featuring the biggest names in music, playing for a 24-hour period across the globe, all for the cause of global warming.</p><br clear="all"/>
Berlin Philharmonic turns to 2nd `Ring'
(AP)
AP - "Die Walkuere" holds the raw material of Wagner caricature: horned helmets, spears, endless scenes and "Ride of the Valkyries." But Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic swept past all that Monday with a cleanly staged, beautifully played performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Music Review: Kelly Rowland, 'Ms. Kelly'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mu/music_review_kelly_rowland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070627/capt.22ba3f1aded149ad9c472d626cf72aa7.bet_awards_show_cats128.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=as2iV12m8EpeBRdQGe73Ag--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Kelly Rowland, center, performs during the 7th annual BET Awards Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kelly Rowland, "Ms. Kelly" (Columbia): Kelly Rowland's sophomore album starts with tantalizing promise in the form of the club banger "Like This," featuring the rapper Eve. Listening to that irresistible track, you begin to think the yearlong delay in releasing "Ms. Kelly" was worth it. That this is finally Rowland's time to emerge from the shadows of larger-than-life Beyonce and Destiny's Child and show formidable star power of her own.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Girl from Sao Paulo is CeU
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mu/music_brazil_ceu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070702/capt.75d728a227e94436bd5bd94eb2b2bd23.music_brazil_ceu_ny113.jpg?x=56&y=130&sig=T7ZXZAIvXUeCJNVThme_ig--" align="left" height="130" width="56" alt="Brazilian singer CeU arrives for the Latin Grammy Awards in New York, in this file photo from Nov. 2, 2006. Since April, CeU's self-titled debut CD, on the Six Degrees/Starbucks entertainment label, has sold over 60,000 copies putting her at the No. 1 spot on Billboard's World Music charts and bringing her to 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe it's time for The Girl from Ipanema to step aside and make way for the girl from Sao Paulo.</p><br clear="all"/>
T.I. battles alter-ego on new album
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mu/music_t_i__versus_himself"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070702/capt.8a6ff8ec64eb4e6ab892d25a885d13ca.music_t_i__versus_himself_gajb601.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=KPxtrqt16N_l0Kfj90x0NQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Atlanta rapper T.I. poses in a recording studio Friday, June 15, 2007, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)" border="0" /></a>AP - If the ailing hip-hop is in need of a savior, it may have found the perfect superhero in T.I.</p><br clear="all"/>
Diana's sons pay her homage at concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_en_mu/britain_diana_concert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070701/capt.3f1ae2cd77864d11967cec81317981a9.britain_concert_for_diana_lon167.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=gcjMDbAHCBjRxQttUJQ6TQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Britain's Princes William, left, and Harry speak on stage during a star-studded pop concert in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales at Wembley Stadium in London, Sunday July 1, 2007. More than 63,000 people are at the multi-million pound London stadium on what would have been the Princess's 46th birthday. (AP Photo/ Stephen Hird ,Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Waving their arms in the air and dancing with 70,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium, princes William and Harry celebrated the life of their mother, Princess Diana, on what would have been her 46th birthday Sunday at a concert they organized.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kelly Clarkson Hires Reba's Rep
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070702/en_music_eo/05b79f5e52c6_4c14_a5a1_e3c51f807595"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070703/capt.201e3c392828853f0473ecfc92a4196a.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=FraRqaBIxpCm6iZTzCS5qA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Kelly Clarkson Hires Reba's Rep(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Kelly Clarkson spread her wings and chose to fly to Tennessee.</p><br clear="all"/>
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