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Katie Holmes a 'most influential' celeb
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_ce/celebs_most_influential"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.0c19456cb2b549a5b5327ef6bfd60afb.celebs_most_influential_nyet131.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=G_PiShVHkiU0O67k4jfnrg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Katie Holmes arrives at an event at Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles , March 22, 2007. Holmes, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of 'most influential' celebrities. The list of 19 famous faces appears in the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands Friday, July 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Katie Holmes, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of "most influential" celebrities.</p><br clear="all"/>
J.K. Rowling attends Potter premiere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mo/people_j_k__rowling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.7fc7ca07b273438589ea9c50c04990d6.addition_britain_harry_potter_llp109.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=mP1zDh22U1kj5Y0W7fcJTw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British author of the Harry Potter series of books, JK Rowling poses for the photographers as she arrives with her husband Neil Murray for the premiere of the latest Harry Potter film, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', at a cinema in central London, Tuesday July 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - J.K. Rowling said she was sad, but relieved, to have completed the final "Harry Potter" book as she greeted fans at the European premiere of the latest movie in the young wizard saga.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/obit_randolph"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.46c4b19fca544c70a577f001ae483a1a.obit_randolph_nyet130.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3kHdEKYk5.A5YXRom7kEeg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This file photo originally supplied by Grandfather Mountain, shows saxophonist Boots Randolph playing popular gospel hymns to the delight of thousands at the 80th annual Singing on the Mountain June 27, 2004, at Grandfather Mountain near Linville, N.C. Randolph, one of Nashville's top musicians, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007. He was 80. (AP Photo/Hugh Morton, Grandfather Mountain)" border="0" /></a>AP - Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on "Yakety Sax" endeared him to fans for years on Benny Hill's TV show, died Tuesday. He was 80.</p><br clear="all"/>
Steamy YouTube clip riles EU lawmakers
(AP)
AP - The European Commission has posted a montage of sex scenes from European films on a new video-sharing Web site, drawing criticism from some lawmakers who described it as "soft porn."
`Transformers' grabs $8.8 million in tix
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mo/film_transformers_box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.d6caa6c521cb40309d3098fd1f422b25.transformers_box_office_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=65&sig=XhWh7CBa8LtjpZvA74T8mg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="This image released by DreamWorks LLC and Paramount shows a scene from the new film, 'Transformers,' based on a popular cartoon and toy craze of the 1980s. The sci-fi adventure took in $8.8 million from Monday night screenings in advance of its official Tuesday July 3 release, providing a healthy lead-in for what studios hope will be a strong Fourth of July week at theaters. (AP Photo/DreamWorks-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giant robots transformed into big bucks for Hollywood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Steamy YouTube clip riles EU lawmakers
(AP)
AP - The European Commission has posted a montage of sex scenes from European films on a new video-sharing Web site, drawing criticism from some lawmakers who described it as "soft porn."
3 Doors Down still open for Mississippi
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mu/people3_doors_down"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.3597d1b95ba44fb6a192c14008eb2b7c.people_3_doors_down_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=kqoLHGl56HobWA2qdjctSw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Members of the rock group Three Doors Down pose in New York, in this Feb. 7, 2001, file photo. The Escatawpa band has raised $800,000 to aid Katrina victims on the coast through its charity 'The Better Life Foundation.' (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gulf Coast natives 3 Doors Down have been trying to give Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi a "better life" for the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wayne Brady's wife files for divorce
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_tv/people_wayne_brady"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070704/capt.77ee18ac7dab43478a3ab026802b8b42.people_brady_ny107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=XD0zHetfGC17zjOJXcrSSA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Comedian Wayne Brady from ABC's, 'Whose Line is it Anyway', shown backstage at the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000. Brady's wife has filed for divorce. Mandie Brady cites 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason for ending their marriage, according to court documents filed Monday July 2, 2007 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Maile. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wife of comedian Wayne Brady has filed for divorce. Mandie Brady cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for ending their marriage, according to court documents filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court. She is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Maile.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood's big summer turns ho-hum
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_bu/film_hollywood_s_summer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.b7711576265f4bc8a130a20c5e960fc2.film_hollywood_s_summer_nyet350.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=vqI2Rd8_.UThXbN1kMdH5Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Columbia Pictures, actor Thomas Haden Church as Sandman battles Spider-Man, played by Tobey Maguire, in a scene from 'Spider-Man 3.' While studios are having a brisk season, summer revenues and movie attendance are below the record pace many show-business types had expected. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures)" border="0" /></a>AP - Summertime in Hollywood is not as hot as it looked at the beginning.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Pirate Queen' Cast Album Comes Ashore
(Playbill)
Playbill - The Broadway cast album of <i>The Pirate Queen</i>, the new musical by Claude-Michel Schnberg and Alain Boublil, will be released July 3 by Masterworks Broadway.
"Transformers" grabs $8.8 million at box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Transformers," director
Michael Bay's screen interpretation of the Hasbro toy line,
rolled into theaters Monday and quickly amassed $8.8 million in
North America.
Steamy YouTube clip riles EU lawmakers
(AP)
AP - The European Commission has posted a montage of sex scenes from European films on a new video-sharing Web site, drawing criticism from some lawmakers who described it as "soft porn."
Jones reads Declaration of Independence
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mo/people_james_earl_jones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.f7aebdbe06984a3f863af7164e4d61f9.people_james_earl_jones__px101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Dwh0iaMtFWgr.JQlHt6nwg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor James Earl Jones interacts with an audience before reading excerpts from the Declaration of Independence at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. The reading took place during the unveiling of one of four surviving copies of the Magna Carta which is scheduled to be on displayed for three weeks beginning Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - All men may be created equal, but all voices are not. James Earl Jones read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence in his unmistakable baritone Tuesday, the day before Independence Day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paul Newman donates $5,000 to drama club
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mo/people_newman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.8a59a0ceda614d7eb9999cd3cf38385d.people_newman_ny118.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=F5Olun0Bsa1g9J0tqL3A2g--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Actor Paul Newman poses as he arrives at Singers and Songs Celebrate Tony Bennett's 80th, in this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Newman donated $5,000 to the Ypsilanti High School drama club as part of its ongoing fundraising effort.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Ypsilanti High School drama teacher Michelle Peet checked her mailbox Monday and discovered the color of money.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Transformers' grabs $8.8 million in tix
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mo/film_transformers_box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.d6caa6c521cb40309d3098fd1f422b25.transformers_box_office_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=65&sig=XhWh7CBa8LtjpZvA74T8mg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="This image released by DreamWorks LLC and Paramount shows a scene from the new film, 'Transformers,' based on a popular cartoon and toy craze of the 1980s. The sci-fi adventure took in $8.8 million from Monday night screenings in advance of its official Tuesday July 3 release, providing a healthy lead-in for what studios hope will be a strong Fourth of July week at theaters. (AP Photo/DreamWorks-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giant robots transformed into big bucks for Hollywood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Katie Holmes a 'most influential' celeb
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mo/celebs_most_influential"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.0c19456cb2b549a5b5327ef6bfd60afb.celebs_most_influential_nyet131.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=G_PiShVHkiU0O67k4jfnrg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Katie Holmes arrives at an event at Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles , March 22, 2007. Holmes, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of 'most influential' celebrities. The list of 19 famous faces appears in the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands Friday, July 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Katie Holmes, Rosie O'Donnell and Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, are among the boldface names on OK! magazine's list of "most influential" celebrities.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Lives of Others" director supports Cruise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/film_nm/cruise_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070704/2007_07_03t205957_450x300_us_cruise.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=C1GxBOc2QmRrWwtqfABKDA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck during an interview with Reuters in New York, February 2, 2007. Henckel von Donnersmarck, the Oscar-winning director of the German film 'The Lives of Others', has supported Tom Cruise's bid to play a would-be Hitler assassin in the movie 'Valkyrie.' (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Oscar-winning
director of the German film "The Lives of Others" has supported
Tom Cruise's bid to play a would-be Hitler assassin in the
movie "Valkyrie."</p><br clear="all"/>
Spike Lee gives voice to black American soldiers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood has mostly ignored the role
played by black American soldiers during World War Two, but
director Spike Lee is about to set the record straight.
Rowling joins stars of "Harry Potter" film
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/film_nm/potter_premiere_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070704/2007_07_03t163306_450x349_us_potter_premiere.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=_YwQl6.9lrkVA.YMACuFUg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Author J.K. Rowling and her husband Neil Murray arrive at the British premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' in London, July 3, 2007. (James Boardman/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Best-selling author J.K. Rowling joined
the young stars of the Harry Potter movies on Tuesday at the
London premiere of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,"
the fifth in the seven-part franchise.</p><br clear="all"/>
J.K. Rowling attends Potter premiere
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mo/people_j_k__rowling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.7fc7ca07b273438589ea9c50c04990d6.addition_britain_harry_potter_llp109.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=mP1zDh22U1kj5Y0W7fcJTw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British author of the Harry Potter series of books, JK Rowling poses for the photographers as she arrives with her husband Neil Murray for the premiere of the latest Harry Potter film, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', at a cinema in central London, Tuesday July 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - J.K. Rowling said she was sad, but relieved, to have completed the final "Harry Potter" book as she greeted fans at the European premiere of the latest movie in the young wizard saga.</p><br clear="all"/>
3 Doors Down still open for Mississippi
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_en_mu/people3_doors_down"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.3597d1b95ba44fb6a192c14008eb2b7c.people_3_doors_down_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=kqoLHGl56HobWA2qdjctSw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Members of the rock group Three Doors Down pose in New York, in this Feb. 7, 2001, file photo. The Escatawpa band has raised $800,000 to aid Katrina victims on the coast through its charity 'The Better Life Foundation.' (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gulf Coast natives 3 Doors Down have been trying to give Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi a "better life" for the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rolling Stones set foreign release for DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/music_nm/rollingstones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.cb2a7310e9a847f898a57f02e546c025.fireworks_choreographer_bx203.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=w6gYegBuSH.LHuQQwoWtzQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Eric Tucker examines a 12 inch, 35-pound fireworks projectile on a barge in the Charles River in Boston, Sunday, July 1, 2007, in preparation for the annual Fourth of July celebration. Tucker has orchestrated firework spectaculars for the Olympics, Super Bowls, Disney World, and Rolling Stones concerts. But he is perhaps best known for synchronizing 20,000 pounds of pyrotechnics with the musical score of the Boston Pops, and making it look effortless. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Rolling Stones will release their
four-disc DVD package internationally on July 30, seven weeks
after Best Buy started selling it on an exclusive basis in the
United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reunited Van Halen eyeing fall arena run
(Reuters)
Reuters - A proposed summer amphitheater tour
by a reunited Van Halen that was derailed when guitarist Eddie
Van Halen checked into rehab now could be resurrected as a fall
arena run. Several arena holds are in place in major markets
for potential Van Halen dates, Billboard.com has learned.
Sills transcended opera stages
(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.13cdd72a32e347e3bc00545cbe84bdf9.obit__sills_ny120.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=PnIDz9NxARDPBxTIfU8VZg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Beverly Sills smiles during a ceremony at the Metropolitan Opera in this file photo from Jan. 16, 2006 in New York. 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/Mary Altaffer-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - In remembering Beverly Sills, Henry Kissinger didn't think about her singing — he never heard her perform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/obit_randolph"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.46c4b19fca544c70a577f001ae483a1a.obit_randolph_nyet130.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3kHdEKYk5.A5YXRom7kEeg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This file photo originally supplied by Grandfather Mountain, shows saxophonist Boots Randolph playing popular gospel hymns to the delight of thousands at the 80th annual Singing on the Mountain June 27, 2004, at Grandfather Mountain near Linville, N.C. Randolph, one of Nashville's top musicians, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007. He was 80. (AP Photo/Hugh Morton, Grandfather Mountain)" border="0" /></a>AP - Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on "Yakety Sax" endeared him to fans for years on Benny Hill's TV show, died Tuesday. He was 80.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Unchained Melody' writer Hy Zaret dies
(AP)
AP - Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.
Pavarotti working on new recording
(AP)
AP - Luciano Pavarotti, who is battling pancreatic cancer, is working on a recording of sacred songs.
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.
After 25 years, Sly Stone speaks out
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_en_mu/people_sly_stone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070703/capt.09fc4e7a36aa43239c8c38cbb85c66c1.people_sly_stone_nyet127.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=7HqWc9_1QlZFGEXIeu0xbg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. The famously reclusive funkster broke his silence by granting his first interview since the `80s to Vanity Fair. In the magazine's August 2007 issue, the frontman of the late-'60s band, talks about his music, his disappearance from public view and his long-awaited return.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - After 25 years, Sly Stone speaks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cycling doping scandals inspire "prank" song
(Reuters)
Reuters - The French record label behind a hit
single inspired by Zinedine Zidane's fateful head-butt on
Italian defender Marco Materazzi at the soccer World Cup hopes
to repeat the success with a dig at the Tour de France.
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