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Chappelle OK after brief hospitalization
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_en_ce/people_chappelle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070718/capt.nyol96607180256.people_chappelle_nyol966.jpg?x=130&y=130&sig=n.lMfO3uVcmuhtUIpVdcSg--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="Comedian Dave Chappelle is shown in this 2006 file photo in Los Angeles. Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion, his publicist said Tuesday. The 33-year-old comedian checked into an emergency room on Saturday and was released a few hours later, publicist Carla Sims said. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dave Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion, his publicist said Tuesday. The 33-year-old comedian checked into an emergency room on Saturday and was released a few hours later, publicist Carla Sims said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Harry Potter spoilers proliferate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_en_ot/books_potter_spoilers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.aa4f35770bb94874a4036424db132013.harry_potter_spoilers_ny351.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=vkniFQPCUQsU477eYbhxBg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="This image, provided in 2007 by Melissa Anelli, shows a portion of the home page for Anelli's Web site 'The Leaky Cauldron,' one of several popular sites on the Internet for fans of the 'Harry Potter' book series by J. K Rowling. (AP Photo/Courtesy Melissa Anelli)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the final days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers — or those pretending to spoil — are spreading on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Parker getting used to married life
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_en_ce/people_parker_longoria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070714/capt.sge.bsd76.140707145524.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=XUj48D_IbFH8wbvAAqXd1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French basketball star Tony Parker, seen here in June 2007, has been inducted into the Legion of Honour to mark France's national holiday. Parker recently became the first European to be named the most valuable player in the NBA finals.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - With all the hardware Tony Parker has racked up over the past several years playing for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, it's the latest addition to his collection — his wedding ring — that's on his mind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Daniel Baldwin talks about his addiction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_en_ce/people_daniel_baldwin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.ffe813303a1f4786b08aef6a03439917.people_daniel_baldwin_ny122.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=JkEwMM0Ngx7swXoKeVCOHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Daniel Baldwin enters Midtown Community Court in the New York borough of Manhattan in this Monday, May 18, 1998 file photo. Baldwin opened up about his cocaine addiction in a series of confessional video diaries, taped at various stages of his treatment, that were to be shown Tuesday, July 17, 2007 on ABC News' 'Primetime.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Daniel Baldwin opened up about his cocaine addiction in a series of confessional video diaries, taped at various stages of his treatment, that were to be shown Tuesday night on ABC News' "Primetime."</p><br clear="all"/>
Row in Israel over Potter Sabbath launch
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_en_ot/israel_harry_potter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.e49c8b71db2d41a1bdcfd5e1bfe91c41.mideast_israel_harry_potter_akcf101.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=TNSQ3JSW1vXUNKqFjH4WVw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="An ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past a poster of J. K. Rowling's new book 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' on a bookstore window in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The international launch of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' the latest in the series about the adventures of the world's most famous teenage wizard, falls at 2:01 a.m. local time this Saturday, on the Jewish Sabbath, when the law in Israel requires most businesses to close. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0" /></a>AP - The figure responsible for Israel's latest religious row is a bespectacled British teenager who is gifted with magical powers, world famous and entirely fictional.</p><br clear="all"/>
TVA grabs Maher docu for Canada
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian distributor TVA
Films said Tuesday that it has picked up the Canadian rights to
Larry Charles and Bill Maher's untitled comic religion
documentary for a spring release.
Music Web sites sponsor concerts, albums
(AP)
AP - It's been ten years since Radiohead released "OK Computer," and no album since has been "fitter, happier or more productive."
"Law & Order" decides for Roache
(Reuters)
Reuters - Linus Roache has joined
the cast of NBC's "Law & Order" as the new assistant district
attorney who succeeds Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) after McCoy's
promotion to DA.
CBS wins key to "Kingdom"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The broadcast networks
went medieval over "The Kingdom," a Middle Ages drama set in
Europe's world of castles, kings and typhoid fever.
Antarctic Explorer 'Tom Crean' Finds Irish Rep Home
(Playbill)
Playbill - Writer-performer Aidan Dooley's <i>Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer</i> makes its New York City debut July 17 in a staging at Irish Repertory Theatre.
TVA grabs Maher docu for Canada
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian distributor TVA
Films said Tuesday that it has picked up the Canadian rights to
Larry Charles and Bill Maher's untitled comic religion
documentary for a spring release.
Toronto fest to fete Arcand, Cronenberg pics
(Reuters)
Reuters - David Cronenberg's "Eastern
Promises," starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen, and Denys
Arcand's "L'Age des Tenebres" (The Age of Ignorance) will get
the red-carpet treatment at the Toronto International Film
Festival, organizers said Tuesday.
Busy Breslin preparing for laughs, thrills
(Reuters)
Reuters - Spencer Breslin has landed
the title role in the high school comedy "Harold" opposite
actor-producer Cuba Gooding Jr. and a lead role in M. Night
Shyamalan's thriller "The Happening."
"Monsters" joins the 3-D invasion in May 2009
(Reuters)
Reuters - DreamWorks Animation's
"Monsters vs. Aliens" has been slated for domestic release May
15, 2009, a week earlier than previously announced.
Saigon-set "Owl" a charmer of a drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Stephane Gauger's keenly
observed debut feature, "Owl and the Sparrow," takes
verite-style filmmaking to the streets of Saigon.
Filmmakers' patience paid off in "Arctic Tale"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The breathing of a polar
bear woke up filmmaker Adam Ravetch.
French actor Depardieu to be feted by U.S. film society
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070717/film_nm/depardieu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070718/2007_07_17t094857_322x450_us_depardieu.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=JjQ_oxMrXklXvXVQSLa2MA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="French actor Gerard Depardieu arrives for a gala screening of British director Michael Winterbottom's film 'A Mighty Heart' at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, in this file photo from May 21, 2007. Depardieu will be honored at this year's tribute of the Film Society of the Lincoln Center which recognizes the extraordinary career of a distinguished film artist each year. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - French actor Gerard Depardieu will be
honored at this year's salute by the Film Society of the
Lincoln Center, which recognizes the extraordinary careers of
distinguished film artists each year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Murdoch seen closer to getting Dow Jones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mo/dow_jones_murdoch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.23ab0972806748ffaf4e4eb998e8d87d.dow_jones_murdoch_nybz119.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=LExjbONh8TXA2gQ2MFs0Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch reads a copy of The Wall Street Journal during lunch at an annual media conference sponsored by the Allen and Co. investment bank in this July 13, 2007 file photo, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Rupert Murdoch moved a big step closer to his dream of owning Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. by reportedly sealing a tentative agreement to buy the company for his original offering price of $5 billion. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - NEW YORK (AP) — With Rupert Murdoch reportedly sealing a tentative agreement to acquire The Wall Street Journal, the question now turns to the biggest obstacle remaining for a deal: winning over the mercurial Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co.'s shareholder vote.</p><br clear="all"/>
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Review: `Chuck & Larry' is unfabulous
(AP)
AP - As you've probably guessed from the TV commercials, or even just the billboards, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" is a one-joke movie — and that joke might have seemed edgy back in 1977, when Billy Crystal was playing a gay man on "Soap."
Music Web sites sponsor concerts, albums
(AP)
AP - It's been ten years since Radiohead released "OK Computer," and no album since has been "fitter, happier or more productive."
Sting ordered to pay $51,000 to ex-chef
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mu/people_sting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.756c071fff33485dbccc732866c2fab7.people_sting_ny111.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=IN.gjp9EBLMCsFMTH76lyg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British pop star Sting poses with his wife Trudie Styler after the screening of the film 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints' at the 63rd edition of the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy in this Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006 file photo. An employment tribunal ordered Sting and his wife on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, to pay a former chef $51,000 in compensation after she won a sexual-discrimination claim against them. Jane Martin, 41, won her claim in May. She said she was fired after she became pregnant. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - An employment tribunal ordered Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, on Tuesday to pay a former chef $51,000 in compensation after she won a sexual-discrimination claim against them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jackson ordered to pay legal fees
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mu/people_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.53d02e3db1c9463a849bba913e9bddcd.people_michael_jackson_ny115.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=00qVtVv7Usdi6y5QJkzOzw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Michael Jackson waves in Tokyo in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Jackson has been told to pay more than $256,000 in legal fees to a firm that handled some side issues during his 2005 child molestation trial. A Superior Court judge signed a judgment Friday, July 13, 2007, that awarded $216,837 along with $39,177 in interest to the Torrance firm of Ayscough & Marar, according to court records. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson has been told to pay more than $256,000 in legal fees to a firm that handled some side issues during his 2005 child molestation trial.</p><br clear="all"/>
Squeeze, Crowded House on summer tours
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mu/music_summer_reunions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.a71b54bc28dd4823a57f38868232fe7b.music_summer_reunions_nyet398.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s3sZLLyVwzqXMg8jTCoEsg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Music group Crowded House from left, Mark Hart, Neil Finn, Matt Sherrod and Nick Seymour are photographed in New York on June 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Police and Genesis are the rock reunions getting most of the attention this summer. Two other bands with smaller but rabid followings — Crowded House and Squeeze — are also getting back together after taking dramatically different paths.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brandon Flowers' Killer Baby
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070717/en_music_eo/9677f63a_c5e44921_8e3c_b174449d6154"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070718/capt.c663a586983091b7da34e076f105c5d1.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=W6vF7Phfw15BqLpnXGyStA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Brandon Flowers' Killer Baby(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - All the things that Brandon Flowers has done now include fatherhood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Guess who's on Pegi Young's disc?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mu/music_pegi_young"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.e1dae027dbfb4acc98843fe07c682b8c.music_pegi_young_nyet343.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=E26SUq57lWeOWqo5cw_pDw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Singer Pegi Young is photographed in New York's Central Park, April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/ Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's no surprise that Neil Young plays guitar, harmonica and electric sitar on his wife Pegi's first-ever CD. What's unusual is how it happened.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lindsay's Pal Sues to Prove Loyalty
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070717/en_music_eo/1ac486ae_b1cc4ed9_91da_344ffdd4887a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070718/capt.196491d3e869a619037b2cd62ba65e1e.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=KvWPIassSCMKdjVC8PnsQw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Lindsay's Pal Sues to Prove Loyalty(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Samantha Ronson is out to prove just how much she values her friendship with Lindsay Lohan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ricky Martin to do anti-trafficking PSAs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_en_mu/people_ricky_martin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070717/capt.aeb5576b1df24674a933e3fc1e246354.people_ricky_martin_ny112.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=W2qByR2lPiO.oCw5VkUvCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Ricky Martin jokes with a photographer after video taping a show for MTV Unplugged in this Aug. 17, 2006 file photo in Coral Gables, Fla. Martin will appear on Dominican television and radio for the next six months to warn people about human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Starting Wednesday, the 35-year-old singer will make public service announcements as part of the 'Llama y Vive (Call and Live)' counter-trafficking campaign that has already done work in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Peru. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ricky Martin will appear on Dominican television and radio for the next six months to warn people about human trafficking and sexual exploitation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sting Burned by Former Chef
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070717/en_music_eo/c446ce417fba_475f_8529_a9f5411491bb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070717/capt.f08c61c3ee43ab8a89d491fbaef09c04.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=dmwfbSo2QWCipN1KtFMUBA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Sting Burned by Former Chef(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Sting's former chef had one too many buns in the oven for the rocker's liking.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bobby Brown fears Osama
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Bobby Brown has spoken of his fear that he maybe killed by al-Qaeda on his upcoming tour of Australia.
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