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Potter magic: Book breaks sales records
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_bu/harry_potter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.isl10607211241.pakistan_harry_potter_isl106.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=qL_UIeG_r84NcN2K2hWllw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Pakistani women buy the copies of J.K. Rowling's latest and last novel 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' on the day of its release in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0" /></a>AP - It is the richest going-away party in history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Female president next for Fox's '24'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_tv/tv_fox24"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.34cf6674691f4e8090e6f10501cc248d.tv_us_fox_cagr101.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=cPEqVyGruAveqK9LXhzE5w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori fields questions from the media during the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association, Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United States will have a female president next year — on the Fox TV series "24."</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox to revise school violence scenes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_tv/tv_fox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.1a3b425acf3c4677a80586d9a4821316.tv_us_fox_cagr102.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=AAWHPGiV7oAXYaomS.zqtA--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori, right, and Fox programming chief Kevin Reilly field questions from the media during the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association, Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scenes of campus violence in a new Fox drama based on "The Terminator" movies were filmed before the Virginia Tech shootings and will be revised, a network executive said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Chuck & Larry' has box-office edge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.93fe924358614420b4f8c6c4d8fc085a.i_now_pronounce_you_chuck_and_larry_screening_nyr113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HOSNeDkw.3mExiz7T6wUUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Universal Pictures, actors Adam Sandler, left, Jessica Biel, center, and Kevin James attend a special screening saluting New York Firefighters of 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry', in New York, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Allocca, Universal Pictures)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named Harry at the weekend box office. Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" overcame bad reviews to debut ahead of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," according to studio estimates Sunday. But they were close enough that there was a slight chance rankings could change when final weekend figures come out Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Insurance agent wins Hemingway contest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_ot/hemingway_days"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.fb19b6bfab75449db1837ee939cadd6d.hemingway_days_flan101.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=it0lslBqcNFm1xwDbii45g--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Larry Austin, center, of Palm Harbor, Fla., celebrates his 'Papa' Hemingway Look-Alike contest victory late Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Austin is surrounded by past winners including 2006 victor Chris Storm, lower left, from Amarillo, Texas. The zany contest was the highlight event of the six-day Hemingway Days festival that celebrates the literary prowess and vigorous lifestyle novelist Ernest Hemingway experienced when he lived in Key West in the 1930s. The festival ends Sunday. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)" border="0" /></a>AP - A white-bearded insurance agent from Florida won the Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of the annual festival honoring the famed writer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fairchild, Sirico opt in to "Sno Cone Stand"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tony Sirico, who played
Paulie Walnuts on "The Sopranos," and Morgan Fairchild have
been tapped to star in the independent film "Sno Cone Stand
Inc."
Hollywood luminaries welcome Beckhams
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/people_beckhams_party"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.tokpa80107220656.chelsea_galaxy_soccer_tokpa801.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=Q1y1ivlpE_rgPLB.uLq7eQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham, left, is watched by the TV cameras during their friendly match against Chelsea at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., Saturday, July 21, 2007.(AP Photo/PA, Owen Humphreys)" border="0" /></a>AP - David Beckham attracted Hollywood stars Sunday the same way he draws defenders on the soccer field.</p><br clear="all"/>
Morales to fight battle of "Jericho"
(Reuters)
Reuters - "NYPD Blue" alum Esai
Morales is moving to "Jericho."
Reuters FX trading platform suffers outage
(Reuters)
Reuters - The currency trading platform of news and
information provider Reuters Group suffered an outage on
Monday, prompting some dealers to switch to alternative venues
or trade over the phone.
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.
Tucci cracks DreamWorks' "Bones"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Stanley Tucci is in
negotiations to play the pivotal role of killer George Harvey
in Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones" for
DreamWorks.
Fairchild, Sirico opt in to "Sno Cone Stand"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tony Sirico, who played
Paulie Walnuts on "The Sopranos," and Morgan Fairchild have
been tapped to star in the independent film "Sno Cone Stand
Inc."
"Chuck and Larry" overtakes "Potter" at box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070723/2007_07_22t123702_450x450_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=130&sig=DKbNn0XuXmnfcM_obuHQtA--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="Cast members Adam Sandler (R) and Kevin James pose at the premiere of 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' at the Gibson amphitheater in Universal City, California July 12, 2007. The movie opened at number one at the weekend box office. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Adam Sandler's faux gay comedy "I
Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" charmed $34.8 million from
moviegoers its first weekend in theaters to nudge the latest
"Harry Potter" film from the top of the box office, according
to studio estimates on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Phoenix" still rising at overseas box office
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix" mopped up on the international circuit
for the second consecutive weekend, towering over the
competition with an estimated box office of $100.8 million from
more than 13,000 screens in 58 markets.
"Family Guy" movie possible, MacFarlane says
(Reuters)
Reuters - The team behind Fox's hit
animated show "Family Guy" has been considering a "Family Guy"
movie down the line, creator Seth MacFarlane told The Hollywood
Reporter.
Groening reveals roots of Marge's hair
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/people_groening"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.1a25fc57ee4c46da8555f7dca8178e5e.simpsons_premiere_vtlp101.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=FenKM9VxB1I9uWBAse1CHA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Characters from The Simpsons pose with creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, center, on the day of the premiere of 'The Simpsons Movie,' Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the town's movie theater in Springfield, Vermont. 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 - Marge Simpson's gravity-defying blue beehive is a hybrid creation, Matt Groening has revealed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chuck and Larry Ousts Harry
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070722/en_movies_eo/f93913844264_4ed9_b70d_c7b9fe10f0a4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070723/capt.3a6f87bed252035a28ddbbae9e892d3d.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=0rnTt9QQSUHWKu03e5G8Dg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Chuck and Larry Ousts Harry(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Harry Potter's no more magical than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  </p><br clear="all"/>
`Chuck & Larry' has box-office edge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.93fe924358614420b4f8c6c4d8fc085a.i_now_pronounce_you_chuck_and_larry_screening_nyr113.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HOSNeDkw.3mExiz7T6wUUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Universal Pictures, actors Adam Sandler, left, Jessica Biel, center, and Kevin James attend a special screening saluting New York Firefighters of 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry', in New York, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Allocca, Universal Pictures)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named Harry at the weekend box office. Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" overcame bad reviews to debut ahead of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," according to studio estimates Sunday. But they were close enough that there was a slight chance rankings could change when final weekend figures come out Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
Hollywood luminaries welcome Beckhams
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/people_beckhams_party"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.tokpa80107220656.chelsea_galaxy_soccer_tokpa801.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=Q1y1ivlpE_rgPLB.uLq7eQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham, left, is watched by the TV cameras during their friendly match against Chelsea at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., Saturday, July 21, 2007.(AP Photo/PA, Owen Humphreys)" border="0" /></a>AP - David Beckham attracted Hollywood stars Sunday the same way he draws defenders on the soccer field.</p><br clear="all"/>
Country singer McCready arrested in Fla.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/people_mccready"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.e75ebd508a0a4b4f98e4f65cb84ade16.people_mindy_mccready_ny108.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=olxIGm8KZhkReStHf0DRow--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Country musician Mindy McCready, left, answers questions about the motion to withdraw her guilty plea for a probation violation in a Aug. 22, 2006 file photo. McCready,31, was charged with battery and resisting arrest in Florida Saturday July 21, 2007, the Lee County Sheriff's Office reported. (AP Photo/John Russell-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Country singer Mindy McCready has been charged with battery and resisting arrest in Florida, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Songwriter Harris takes center stage on new CDs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070722/music_nm/harris_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070723/2007_07_22t171905_288x450_us_harris.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=EikCPzur.GSCEzxaev04LQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Songwriter Jesse Harris at the 45th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Madison Square Garden February 23, 2003 file photo. Harris insists he has no problem with the fact that the majority of folks who recognize his name know him as the guy who wrote 'Don't Know Why,' the Grammy Award-winning smash from Norah Jones' 2002 debut. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New York-based singer-songwriter
Jesse Harris insists he has no problem with the fact that the
majority of folks who recognize his name know him as the guy
who wrote "Don't Know Why," the Grammy Award-winning smash from
Norah Jones' 2002 debut.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lavelle's UNKLE ready to tell "War Stories"
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a dark, underground bar on New
York's Lower East Side, James Lavelle politely, yet wearily,
greets industry folk at a listening party. The mastermind
behind the DJ/rock collective UNKLE seems withdrawn -- and
exhausted -- after shaking hands all day.
Rapper Kingston's summer off to "Beautiful" start
(Reuters)
Reuters - The person who makes you the
happiest can hurt you the most -- just ask 17-year-old
rapper/songwriter Sean Kingston.
Father-son reunion a "blessing" for jazz fans
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070722/music_nm/valdes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070723/2007_07_22t171625_450x322_us_valdes.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=_GVLb222WQPxE0CQduMVWg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, 86, salutes from stage during San Sebastian's 40th Jazz Festival edition late July 27, 2005 file photo. (Pablo Sanchez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Contact between father and son
had been rare and publicly cool for nearly 50 years, and few
thought they would ever see Bebo Valdes, 89 in October, and his
son Chucho, 66, on tour together.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anthony and Lopez mull collaborative tour
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070722/music_nm/lopez_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070723/2007_07_22t171432_450x320_us_lopez.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=ZNeVmrUnhzSlphP1SKIlMg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Actress, presenter Jennifer Lopez and her husband singer Marc Anthony arrive at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 25, 2007 file photo. They've acted in films together and collaborated on each other's albums, and now Anthony and Lopez are mulling a combined tour. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - They've acted in films together and
collaborated on each other's albums, and now husband-and-wife
team Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are mulling a combined
tour.</p><br clear="all"/>
Scion's 'Meistersinger' eagerly awaited
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_en_mu/music_battle_for_bayreuth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.70caa1ad65e04d85b4ac31a9cb7681ee.germany_music_battle_for_bayreuth_bay505.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=4bRfemwQ4nheuOaTjAolhA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Richard Wagner descendant Wolfgang Wagner, center, with his daughter Katharina, left, and his wife Gudrun, right, prior the opening of the Wagner festival in Bayreuth, Germany, in this July 25, 2006 file picture. Katharina who directs the 'Meistersinger' for the 2007 Bayreuth Festival is her father Wolfgang's choice to succeed him as festival director.(AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)" border="0" /></a>AP - A real-life drama of succession as riveting as any Richard Wagner opera is casting a shadow over this year's Bayreuth Festival, raising the anticipation level among devotees of the German master even before the first curtain rises Wednesday at the musical shrine he inaugurated 131 years ago.</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"/>
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