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Live Earth makes going green global
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_en_mu/music_live_earth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070708/capt.80b75b82224144d9b8c54beb03df0236.us_new_jersey_live_earth_njef206.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FG1jvJSxGxSAPWNocXR3aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Police perform during the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, Saturday, July 7, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J. The concert is part of a 24-hour series spanning 7 continents to raise awareness for global warming. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a 24-hour music marathon spanning seven continents, rock stars sharing the spotlight with aboriginal elders and famous scientists urged their fans to turn interest in the Live Earth events into environmental activism.</p><br clear="all"/>
A giddy Gore discusses 'Live Earth'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_en_ce/music_live_earth_gore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070707/capt.b1c65e6c36994121b5ebe0a0e6c364e5.live_earth_washington_dcmc101.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=2beCFrEWW9MrvFKr.Jbbsw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Former Vice President Al Gore speaks during Live Earth concert, a 24-hour global concert series to raise awareness about climate change, at the National Museum of the American Indian, Saturday, July 7, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Al Gore tried to rein in his adrenaline as the train churned between the two North American venues of his Live Earth concerts Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox Sports broadcaster Maas arrested
(AP)
AP - Former NFL player and Fox Sports broadcaster Bill Maas was charged with drug possession and weapons charges following a roadside safety check.
Aiken, woman involved in airplane spat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_en_ce/people_aiken"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070708/capt.c4cff5f5dbe74d979c8a5c2c666eb894.people_aiken_ny107.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=KxqKwstFMMjxs41xbgLQUQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Clay Aiken, a finalist on the FOX television program 'American Idol,' smiles as he listens to a question, Thursday, May 8, 2003, in Raleigh, N.C., Aiken was involved in an airplane disturbance with another passenger Saturday July 7, 2007 while en route to Tulsa International Airport, a newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Clay Aiken was involved in an airplane disturbance with another passenger Saturday while en route to Tulsa International Airport, a newspaper reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Alice' perplexing, longwinded
(AP)
AP - MUNICH, Germany (AP) — It's outrageous at times, boring at others, masterfully melodic in parts and deafeningly discordant elsewhere. And at just under two hours, "Alice in Wonderland" is 30 minutes too long.
Gilmour's Albert Hall "Night" heading to DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070707/film_nm/gilmour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070707/2007_07_07t025354_283x450_us_gilmour.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=MO8qGb5fxzlvpKFXLzAL9A--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="David Gilmour of Pink Floyd performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005. Gilmour wowed audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Guitarist David Gilmour wowed
audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured
keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set
list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Live Earth makes going green global
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_en_mu/music_live_earth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070708/capt.80b75b82224144d9b8c54beb03df0236.us_new_jersey_live_earth_njef206.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FG1jvJSxGxSAPWNocXR3aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Police perform during the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, Saturday, July 7, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J. The concert is part of a 24-hour series spanning 7 continents to raise awareness for global warming. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a 24-hour music marathon spanning seven continents, rock stars sharing the spotlight with aboriginal elders and famous scientists urged their fans to turn interest in the Live Earth events into environmental activism.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox Sports broadcaster Maas arrested
(AP)
AP - Former NFL player and Fox Sports broadcaster Bill Maas was charged with drug possession and weapons charges following a roadside safety check.
Walden and Newman reach top of 20th TV
(Reuters)
Reuters - Eight years after they
took the reins of 20th Century Fox Television as presidents,
Dana Walden and Gary Newman have been upped to chairmen at the
studio.
Ex-Gay Recovery Group Gets a Poke in the Eye in 'H.A.!' in NYC
(Playbill)
Playbill - Actor-writer Perry Ojeda's <i>H.A.!</i>, a developing new comedy with songs, will be seen in a reading July 9 as part of the Dixon Place HOT! Festival in Manhattan.
Gilmour's Albert Hall "Night" heading to DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070707/film_nm/gilmour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070707/2007_07_07t025354_283x450_us_gilmour.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=MO8qGb5fxzlvpKFXLzAL9A--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="David Gilmour of Pink Floyd performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005. Gilmour wowed audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Guitarist David Gilmour wowed
audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured
keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set
list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jim Carrey to play Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/film_nm/carrey_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070706/2007_07_06t155814_450x302_us_carrey.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=vGGGRTg_vtxzxZTIHiVNAQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Actor Jim Carrey and girlfriend Jenny McCarthy pose for photographers during the premiere of ''The Number 23'' in Los Angeles, in this file photo from February 13, 2007. In a new big-screen version of Charles Dickiens' 'A Christmas Carol,' Carrey will play Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Future. (Gus Ruelas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jim Carrey, who brought Dr. Seuss'
Grinch to life on the big screen, will soon play another
holiday curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, and three ghosts who
haunt him, in a computerized remake of "A Christmas Carol," the
Walt Disney Co. said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Film industry blooms in volatile Haiti
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_en_mo/film_haiti_goes_hollywood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.6f404e45da21411582542d65805d9a21.film_haiti_goes_hollywood_xac301.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=AtLbqZCj2nlJsmiNs3X1Ag--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Vendors sit before a poster,center, promoting the Haitian film 'Chome-Co' at the entrance of Capitol Theater in Port-au-Prince, Monday, July 2, 2007. In 'Chome-Co,' two broke protagonists struggle to find work from employers who look down on their poorly spoken French, highlighting Haiti's rich-poor divide. The movie's lighting is bad, the camera work wobbly and the acting hardly Oscar-worthy, but fans say the low-budget comedy beats a slick Hollywood blockbuster any day. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even in hard times, Haitians go to the movies. Now they're also making them in record numbers — about 10 feature films a year — rivaling Cuba as the Caribbean's biggest movie producer and often outselling better-financed imports.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elton Brand becoming a Hollywood player
(AP)
AP - The Lakers have always been the more Hollywood basketball team in town, the one that draws the celebrities to those pricey courtside seats to see and be seen.
"Transformers" audiences get peek at new disaster pic
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/film_nm/cloverfield_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070706/2007_07_06t022048_450x334_us_cloverfield.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=BDMMj5m5eJKDGZLbylrOpQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="'Cloverfield' producer J.J. Abrams arrives at the Children Defense Fund's 16th Annual 'Beat the Odds' Awards in Los Angeles, October 12, 2006. While unleashing 'Transformers' onscreen this week, Paramount also lifted the lid on a top-secret project in the form of a teaser trailer for a new film, 'Cloverfield.' (Max Morse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While unleashing
"Transformers" onscreen this week, Paramount also lifted the
lid on a top-secret project in the form of a teaser trailer for
a new film, "Cloverfield."</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney taps writers for 2nd go at "First Ascent"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Screenwriter-turned-comic-book publisher Andrew Cosby and
Johanna Stokes have been hired to do a rewrite on Walt Disney
Pictures' "First Ascent."
'Sex and the City' movie in the works
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_en_mo/film_sex_and_the_city_movie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070705/capt.ca07d26832ba4dd59b753be921e8104d.film_sex_and_city_nyet143.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=qlLPU_KEJFKaIP2lRd1GhA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="The cast of the former HBO series, 'Sex and the City,' from left: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall, arrive for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, on March 11, 2001, in Los Angeles. New Line Cinema is close to inking a deal to finance and distribute a 'Sex and the City' film in association with HBO, John Smith, a representative at New Line, confirmed Thursday, July 5, 2007.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Are Carrie and Mr. Big still together? Did Charlotte adopt a baby from China? How is Miranda liking motherhood? Is Samantha still, uh, keeping things interesting?</p><br clear="all"/>
"Soapbox" a fascinating but unfocused family saga
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/film_nm/film_bronner_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070706/2007_07_06t035711_450x322_us_film_bronner.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Brman3VCdjRhGf6VrMb1Lw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An image of Emanuel H. Bronner holding his soap, from the film 'Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox,' released to Reuters on July 6, 2007. The title figure is the German-born Bronner, who left Germany in 1929, years before his Jewish family's highly successful soap factory was seized by the Nazis and his parents were killed in a concentration camp. (Stewart Nelson/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sara Lamm's documentary
tells the tale of a highly successful, multigenerational family
business, but "Dr.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Liberty" rings true as small-scale but potent drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Audiences have shied
away from gritty dramas about September 11 and its aftermath,
as evidenced by the lackluster boxoffice response to "A Mighty
Heart." So there are challenges facing "Liberty Kid," a
powerful drama that had its premiere in the narrative
competition section at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
"Billy" a haunting portrait of a teenage misfit
(Reuters)
Reuters - Many memorable dramatic
films about adolescence have been made over the decades, but
few of them can match the impact of "Billy the Kid," a
striking, heartfelt documentary that deserves to have a long
shelf life.
Live Earth makes going green global
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_en_mu/music_live_earth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070708/capt.80b75b82224144d9b8c54beb03df0236.us_new_jersey_live_earth_njef206.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FG1jvJSxGxSAPWNocXR3aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Police perform during the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, Saturday, July 7, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J. The concert is part of a 24-hour series spanning 7 continents to raise awareness for global warming. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a 24-hour music marathon spanning seven continents, rock stars sharing the spotlight with aboriginal elders and famous scientists urged their fans to turn interest in the Live Earth events into environmental activism.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aiken, woman involved in airplane spat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_en_mu/people_aiken"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070708/capt.c4cff5f5dbe74d979c8a5c2c666eb894.people_aiken_ny107.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=KxqKwstFMMjxs41xbgLQUQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Clay Aiken, a finalist on the FOX television program 'American Idol,' smiles as he listens to a question, Thursday, May 8, 2003, in Raleigh, N.C., Aiken was involved in an airplane disturbance with another passenger Saturday July 7, 2007 while en route to Tulsa International Airport, a newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Clay Aiken was involved in an airplane disturbance with another passenger Saturday while en route to Tulsa International Airport, a newspaper reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Alice' perplexing, longwinded
(AP)
AP - MUNICH, Germany (AP) — It's outrageous at times, boring at others, masterfully melodic in parts and deafeningly discordant elsewhere. And at just under two hours, "Alice in Wonderland" is 30 minutes too long.
Stars rock the globe for climate change
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070708/music_nm/concert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070708/2007_07_07t232737_450x295_us_concert.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=hvaGEOn3GcmkOGO79iLKlA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Musician Sting performs with The Police during the Live Earth New York concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey July 7, 2007. Former U.S. vice president Al Gore and global partners are staging the Live Earth concerts held on seven continents simultaneously to raise awareness of environmental issues. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Some of the world's
biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna and
The Police played Live Earth concerts worldwide on Saturday to
urge fans and governments to fight global warming.</p><br clear="all"/>
From the jungle to Giants Stadium
(AP)
AP - A former farmer from Ecuador went from battling oil companies in the Amazon to rubbing elbows Saturday with the world's musical elite, a journey he hopes will bring attention to his environmental lawsuit.
Smashing Pumpkins set fall tour plans
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070707/music_nm/pumpkins_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070708/2007_07_07t174838_450x301_us_pumpkins.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_Ahp_nYqwD9_DWaKsqM5uA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo Billy Corgan, lead singer for the Smashing Pumpkins, performs during the bands final show December 2, 2000 at the Metro Theatre in Chicago. The band, which got its start playing at the venue. (Scott Olson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As the July 10 release of their
comeback album approaches, the reconstituted Smashing Pumpkins
have revealed their fall tour itinerary.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nashville sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80
(Reuters)
Reuters - Renowned saxophonist Boots
Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral
hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend
Betty Hofer.
Are oldies the new Jack on NYC radio?
(AP)
AP - Everything oldies is new again. WCBS-FM, the nation's No. 1 oldies station for more than three decades until a 2005 switch, is ready to shift from its current "Jack" format and re-embrace the classic sounds of its past, according to online reports.
Venus wins Wimbledon final against Bartoli
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070707/music_nm/tennis_wimbledon_women_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070707/2007_07_07t115412_450x315_us_tennis_wimbledon_women.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=aIBp21HgKpmuEYXcGJvLig--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Venus Williams holds the trophy after winning the final against France's Marion Bartoli at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, July 7, 2007. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon
title on Saturday beating French 18th seed Marion Bartoli 6-4
6-1 with a commanding performance in the final.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gilmour's Albert Hall "Night" heading to DVD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070707/music_nm/gilmour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070707/2007_07_07t025354_283x450_us_gilmour.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=MO8qGb5fxzlvpKFXLzAL9A--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="David Gilmour of Pink Floyd performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005. Gilmour wowed audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Guitarist David Gilmour wowed
audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured
keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set
list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan.</p><br clear="all"/>
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