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Vt. town welcomes Simpsons film debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/simpsons_movie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.baa5d6fbfdfb4732a7107fe9ca2c8d83.simpsons_premiere_vtlp103.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uyZ9t5VgXOrAOOrODdGumw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A poster of character Homer Simpson is displayed in the window of the 56 Main Street restaurant, Friday, July 20, 2007 along Main Street of Springfield, Vermont the day before the premiere of 'The Simpsons Movie,' in the town's 100-seat movie theater. Springfield, Vermont beat out 13 other like-named cities for the right to host the premiere. The movie opens July 27. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rolling out the yellow carpet, the "hometown" of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie played host Saturday to the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," with creator Matt Groening among thousands who turned out to toast the debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Everyone's talking Potter; last book out
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_ot/harry_potter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.5f737c0c4de64eaba9b275ea1a8d6572.harry_potter_azrf105.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=kJ6EHzAnunL6Wmm2mqbaAA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Nathan Blain, left, and Jen Eckles, both of Tempe, Ariz., dressed as their favorite characters, eagerly wait in line for 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter book at the Changing Hands Bookstore Friday, July 20, 2007 in Tempe, Ariz., ahead of the release of the latest novel in the blockbuster series about the boy wizard. The book is due in stores just after midnight on Saturday, July 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The books are out; the word is spreading. "The last Potter is amazing. It has definitely gone way beyond what I expected," Deb Kiehlmeier, 16, of the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, N.J., says of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which was released Saturday to worldwide ecstasy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Colo. paper honors Hunter S. Thompson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_en_ot/people_thompson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.12e0763284614aa7b15174c310fa4180.correction_people_thompson__ny114.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=qGWPtuXpQflb.YLch2QmZA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Author Hunter S. Thompson at the premiere of the movie based on his book, 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,' in this May 19, 1998 file photo in New York. The hometown newspaper of the late Hunter S. Thompson, the Aspen Daily News, published a tribute edition Saturday July, 21, 2007, three days after what would have been his 70th birthday, celebrating the champion of 'gonzo journalism' who lived in Aspen,Co. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - The hometown newspaper of the late Hunter S. Thompson published a tribute edition Saturday, three days after what would have been his 70th birthday, celebrating the champion of "gonzo journalism."</p><br clear="all"/>
Top cellist, 59, becomes paramedic
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_en_mu/siren_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.99eef103f89f471ab09f5e91963d3828.siren_call_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=V8RSeBNGkhjD.BkuCb4dcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the New York Philharmonic, Nancy Donaruma plays cello in her paramedic uniform at her home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Monday, June 18, 2007. After three decades in the New York Philharmonic, the 59-year-old cellist is retiring from the top-tier orchestra to take on another job she loves -- as a full-time paramedic. (AP Photo/New York Philharmonic, Chris Lee)" border="0" /></a>AP - A blaring ambulance siren and a mellow-toned cello: They hardly make perfect harmony.</p><br clear="all"/>
Doctor: Fleiss had no signs of assault
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_en_ot/people_sizemore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.bdef9161bebe47149609a8bf9f5c50d2.people_sizemore_ny115.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=.zpf_NB38TPccG3vyWjNzw--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Actor Tom Sizemore gestures during a probation violation hearing in this July 22, 2005 file photo, at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles. A plastic surgeon testified that he didn't see bruises on the face of Tom Sizemore's former girlfriend days after she claimed he assaulted her. 'There was no sign of any trauma, bruising or anything like that?' Fay Arfa, Sizemore's attorney, asked Dr. Michael Cardenas on Friday July 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - A plastic surgeon testified that he didn't see bruises on the face of Tom Sizemore's former girlfriend, former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, days after she claimed he punched her in the jaw at a Beverly Hills hotel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vt. town welcomes Simpsons film debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/simpsons_movie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.baa5d6fbfdfb4732a7107fe9ca2c8d83.simpsons_premiere_vtlp103.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uyZ9t5VgXOrAOOrODdGumw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A poster of character Homer Simpson is displayed in the window of the 56 Main Street restaurant, Friday, July 20, 2007 along Main Street of Springfield, Vermont the day before the premiere of 'The Simpsons Movie,' in the town's 100-seat movie theater. Springfield, Vermont beat out 13 other like-named cities for the right to host the premiere. The movie opens July 27. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rolling out the yellow carpet, the "hometown" of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie played host Saturday to the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," with creator Matt Groening among thousands who turned out to toast the debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iggy Pop: The New Weirdness
(AP)
AP - Iggy Pop is on his knees, prostrating himself to a Texas audience illuminated by the pale glow of cell phones and digital cameras.
Televangelist Tammy Fay Bakker Messner dies
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070722/tv_nm/tammyfaye_death_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070722/2007_07_21t212245_450x421_us_tammyfaye_death.jpg?x=130&y=121&sig=AlD9SQPO_ky74RQWDgqLtg--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Television personality Tammy Faye Messner gestures during an exclusive interview with talk show host Larry King as she announces her recent diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer, on the CNN program 'Larry King Live' in Los Angeles at the CNN studios, in this March 18, 2004 file photo. Messner has died at the age of 65, King announced on CNN July 21, 2007. (HO/Rose M. Prouser/CNN/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tammy Faye Bakker
Messner, a former televangelist who helped lead a huge
television ministry before its collapse in a sex and corruption
scandal, has died, her Web site reported on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hurry Potter: speed-reading critics rush reviews
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070722/media_nm/books_potter_reviews_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070722/2007_07_22t032222_450x332_us_books_potter_reviews.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=qO12DcUy7MUL9ndxskp.6Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A woman buys the latest Harry Potter book, released worldwide on Saturday, inside a shopping mall in Karachi July 21, 2007. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spare a thought for the reviewers of
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."</p><br clear="all"/>
Jane Martin, Steppenwolf, U.S. and NYC Premieres Punctuate 59E59 Fall Season
(Playbill)
Playbill - 59E59 Theaters' artistic director Elysabeth Kleinhans and executive producer Peter Tear announced fall programming for their cluster of Off-Broadway venues on East 59th Street.
Vt. town welcomes Simpsons film debut
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/simpsons_movie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.baa5d6fbfdfb4732a7107fe9ca2c8d83.simpsons_premiere_vtlp103.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uyZ9t5VgXOrAOOrODdGumw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A poster of character Homer Simpson is displayed in the window of the 56 Main Street restaurant, Friday, July 20, 2007 along Main Street of Springfield, Vermont the day before the premiere of 'The Simpsons Movie,' in the town's 100-seat movie theater. Springfield, Vermont beat out 13 other like-named cities for the right to host the premiere. The movie opens July 27. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rolling out the yellow carpet, the "hometown" of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie played host Saturday to the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," with creator Matt Groening among thousands who turned out to toast the debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Kamikaze" film delves behind war propaganda
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070721/film_nm/japan_kamikaze_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070721/2007_07_21t070503_450x300_us_japan_kamikaze.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=kDRpTekJN1bAAx2Jqk56nw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A poster of the documentary film 'TOKKO-Wings of Defeat' is seen while a man walks into a cinema in Tokyo July 21, 2007. Ordered to sacrifice themselves for the nation by crashing their planes into U.S. warships as Japan vainly battled to stave off invasion in the final months of World War Two, some young pilots instead returned alive. As a documentary released in Japan on Saturday shows, not all the young men trained for the suicide missions that struck terror into U.S. servicemen faced their almost certain death gladly. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ordered to sacrifice themselves for the
nation by crashing their planes into U.S. warships as Japan
vainly battled to stave off invasion in the final months of
World War Two, some young pilots instead returned alive.</p><br clear="all"/>
Handmade visual effects warm Boyle's "Sunshine"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Smack in the middle of
the summer's CG-heavy, massively budgeted tentpole
blockbusters, Fox Searchlight is boldly going where few have
gone before. On Friday (July 20), the specialty films
distributor launched the sci-fi thriller "Sunshine."
Wait for Harry Potter finale has ended
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_en_mo/harry_potter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.xmb10107202319.australia_harry_potter_xmb101.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=kIU4Vwvuog2rrguGI4QHQg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Carissa Licciardello holds the first copy released of the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' book in a Sydney bookstore, Australia, Saturday, July 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)" border="0" /></a>AP - At midnight, like magic, Harry Potter appeared.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Hairspray" and female Travolta win over critics
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/film_nm/hairspray_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070721/2007_07_20t173647_450x301_us_hairspray.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=mTxTtQejQyFHvcmWoEetNQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nikki Blonsky (front L) and Zac Efron (front R) of the new movie 'Hairspray' perform a song from the movie on NBC's 'Today' show in New York, July 20, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Featuring the unlikely trio of John
Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfeiffer as a racist and a chubby
singer as its star, "Hairspray" debuts in movie theaters on
Friday aiming to be a box office hit -- again.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lohan surrenders to police in May crash
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_en_mo/people_lindsay_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.c4ea04a064b849aa91e394ed3b11780f.people_lindsay_lohan_ny116.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=1CP67cUw22b_k2jo8dEw_w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Lindsay Lohan poses as she arrives at the 2007/8 Chanel Cruise Show presented by Karl Lagerfeld, Friday, May 18, 2007, in Santa Monica, Calif. Lohan was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence in connection with a Memorial Day weekend car crash, police said Thursday July 19, 2007.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan turned herself in to face charges of driving under the influence in connection with the Memorial Day weekend hit-and-run crash that sent her into rehab.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pakistan gets first modern horror movie
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_en_mo/film_pakistan_horror_hit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070720/capt.a407c9a7c47d407381065457c11f4e0e.film_pakistan_horror_hit_nyet316.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=ptXDsmP7v4qLuZ7Jc6wASQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Pakistani film director Omar Ali Khan speaks during an interview in Islamabad June 26, 2007. Khan has added a quirky dimension to the description of Pakistan as a frontline of the war on terror: a Hollywood-inspired horror movie that's sparking surprising interest at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0" /></a>AP - Omar Ali Khan has added a quirky dimension to the description of Pakistan as a front line of the war on terror — a Hollywood-inspired movie that's sparking surprising interest at home and abroad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Simpsons movie spotlights an enduring icon
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/film_nm/simpsons_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070720/2007_07_20t090832_450x326_us_simpsons.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=EIGKGe7tdK5zp9LGx7C7dA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A covered bridge stands next to a sign at the edge of the town of Springfield, Vermont, 9July 13, 2007. In the Vermont town of Springfield nestled in a mountain valley, a banner decorated with images of pink doughnuts is festooned across Main Street, welcoming visitors to the 'Home of the Simpsons'. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In the Vermont town of
Springfield nestled in a mountain valley, a banner decorated
with images of pink doughnuts is festooned across Main Street,
welcoming visitors to the "Home of the Simpsons."</p><br clear="all"/>
Death looms over Harry and Tony
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_en_mo/harry_and_tony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070718/2007_07_18t112328_450x326_us_emmys.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=8FM9tx1B55aTYsDy0lxhpw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Actor James Gandolfini in a scene from the series finale of the HBO series ''The Sopranos.' Tony Soprano's fate may remain a mystery, but he is almost certain to muscle his way back into the Emmy race one last time when nominations for U.S. television's highest honors are unsealed on Thursday. (Craig Blankenhorn/HBO/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - How could any two people (OK, they're fictional, but still) be more different than Harry Potter and Tony Soprano?</p><br clear="all"/>
Del Toro Goes Guerrilla
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070720/en_movies_eo/9c291cad_e96f4fe7_9466_bc79d85153a8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070720/capt.c9281273cfa8334df06abbd76371eb0e.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SZ7mryh2D2kCdwmhBc05ZQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Del Toro Goes Guerrilla(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Benicio del Toro is tackling a most unusual suspect.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iggy Pop: The New Weirdness
(AP)
AP - Iggy Pop is on his knees, prostrating himself to a Texas audience illuminated by the pale glow of cell phones and digital cameras.
Top cellist, 59, becomes paramedic
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_en_mu/siren_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.99eef103f89f471ab09f5e91963d3828.siren_call_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=V8RSeBNGkhjD.BkuCb4dcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the New York Philharmonic, Nancy Donaruma plays cello in her paramedic uniform at her home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Monday, June 18, 2007. After three decades in the New York Philharmonic, the 59-year-old cellist is retiring from the top-tier orchestra to take on another job she loves -- as a full-time paramedic. (AP Photo/New York Philharmonic, Chris Lee)" border="0" /></a>AP - A blaring ambulance siren and a mellow-toned cello: They hardly make perfect harmony.</p><br clear="all"/>
Green's duets album turning out like "fresh cream"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Soul legend Al Green says it's been
all love and happiness working on his next album -- a duets
project produced by Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
that will feature collaborations with Anthony Hamilton,
D'Angelo and possibly Alicia Keys and Joss Stone.
Rapper Medusa stands strong in man's world
(Reuters)
Reuters - The ranks of female rappers
remain slim, but that poses no obstacle to Los Angeles
underground queen Medusa.
50 Cent sues over 'Shoot the Rapper'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_en_mu/people50_cent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.f2af7af745614c6e84556c4cfd2915e3.50_cent_nydb101.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=_VBsUrK_9ZYOlytv4rysUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo provided by Hard Rock Cafe, rapper 50 Cent performs at an 'MTV Live Powered by Verizon' taping, Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Hard Rock Cafe in New York. (AP Photo/Hard Rock Cafe, Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper 50 Cent sued an Internet advertising company for $1 million Friday, claiming it illegally used his image in a game where the player pretends to shoot him.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vision Festival honors jazz trumpeter Dixon
(Reuters)
Reuters - A fringe mainstay of jazz since the
late '50s and '60s, the avant-garde movement these days too
often veers from the cutting edge into a recycling spin.
Ben Harper turns sound checks into soul "Lifeline"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Technically speaking, Ben Harper's
new record, "Lifeline," was recorded during a single lively
week in the artist's home base of Paris. But it was born during
two months' worth of sound checks on a European tour by Harper
and his band the Innocent Criminals.
Rapper 50 Cent Sues in New York over Internet ad
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/music_nm/suit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.f2af7af745614c6e84556c4cfd2915e3.50_cent_nydb101.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=_VBsUrK_9ZYOlytv4rysUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo provided by Hard Rock Cafe, rapper 50 Cent performs at an 'MTV Live Powered by Verizon' taping, Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Hard Rock Cafe in New York. (AP Photo/Hard Rock Cafe, Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper 50 Cent on Friday sued Internet
advertising company Traffix Inc. for using his image without
permission in the graphic "Shoot the Rapper" ad, which he says
promotes violence and threatens his safety.</p><br clear="all"/>
Billboard DVD reviews: Pet Shop Boys, Flaming Lips
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pet Shop Boys had a lot to celebrate
in 2006.
Billboard CD reviews: Prince, Anastasio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Prince's decision to package this
disc inside copies of tabloid newspaper the Mail infuriated
British retailers.
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