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'Price is Right' for Drew Carey
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_en_tv/tv_price_carey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.8d14d28a3db5417c96fdb3935eab2e32.tv_price_carey_ny124.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=SpqcA8Bx9jkC4xDZJKmeNg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Drew Carey talks during the CBS Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. in this file photo from July 19, 2007. Carey was tapped Monday July 23,2007 to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show 'The Price is Right.' (AP Photo/Nick Ut-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." The deal was set Monday afternoon shortly before a taping of CBS' "Late Show" with David Letterman, where he confirmed it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kelly Clarkson apologizes to Clive Davis
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_en_mu/people_kelly_clarkson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.bbdc69c2d8434c80aa53595911970312.people_clarkson_ny121.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=RI61xidbSo_IizVVaYX1Hg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Singer Kelly Clarkson appears on stage during a taping of MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios in this Tuesday, May 8, 2007 file photo in New York. Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, 'My December.' Now, she's apologizing. 'I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisors, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family,' the 25-year-old singer said Monday in a statement posted on her Web site. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kelly Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, "My December." Now, she's apologizing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge: Stylist can't add to Foxx suit
(AP)
AP - A stylist who claims Jamie Foxx failed to pay for her services cannot expand her lawsuit against the actor to include allegations he mistreated her, a judge ruled Monday.
Shakur estate moves against songs' sale
(AP)
AP - Tupac Shakur's mother is seeking to prevent his former label, Death Row Records Inc., from selling the late rapper's unreleased recordings as part of a bankruptcy settlement.
Songwriter Ron Miller dies at age 74
(AP)
AP - Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.
"Disturbia" duo reunite for comic adaptation
(Reuters)
Reuters - The director and writer
of the hit thriller "Disturbia" are reteaming for "Y: The Last
Man," an adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book.
Songwriter Ron Miller dies at age 74
(AP)
AP - Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.
Fox debuting pair of shows about TV news
(AP)
AP - Fox is rolling out two "news shows": a sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as fictional news anchors in Pittsburgh, and an unscripted show starring a former bikini model-turned-anchorwoman in Texas.
Bonds ex-mistress to detail relationship
(AP)
AP - Barry Bonds' former mistress, at the center of the government's perjury investigation of the slugger, said Monday she will discuss the couple's relationship in the November issue of Playboy magazine.
Culture Clash brings agitprop hijinks to "Zorro"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Try as it occasionally
might, "Zorro in Hell!" is not really a play. It's more like a
kind of history lesson that a creatively goofy high school of
the performing arts class might have concocted.
"Disturbia" duo reunite for comic adaptation
(Reuters)
Reuters - The director and writer
of the hit thriller "Disturbia" are reteaming for "Y: The Last
Man," an adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book.
Comic anti-hero "Hex" comes to big screen
(Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures is
saddling up to bring DC Comics' Western anti-hero comic book
"Jonah Hex" to the big screen, with the writer/directors of the
thriller "Crank," on board to adapt.
Judge: Stylist can't add to Foxx suit
(AP)
AP - A stylist who claims Jamie Foxx failed to pay for her services cannot expand her lawsuit against the actor to include allegations he mistreated her, a judge ruled Monday.
`Chuck & Larry' leads with $34.2 million
(AP)
AP - Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" debuted as the top weekend movie with $34.2 million.
"Hotel Rwanda" director eyes potential Cruise film
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/film_nm/cruise_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070724/2007_07_23t190502_288x450_us_cruise.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=pBFxaDx4qJWVWF0FEFd56g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="British director Terry George attends a news conference on his film 'Hotel Rwanda' at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin in this February 11, 2005 file photo. George is in talks with Columbia Pictures to direct an espionage thriller the studio has in the works as a possible star vehicle for Tom Cruise. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Oscar-nominated filmmaker
behind genocide drama "Hotel Rwanda" is in talks with Columbia
Pictures to direct an espionage thriller the studio has in the
works as a possible star vehicle for Tom Cruise.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Simpsons" filmmakers at odds on Homer's stupidity
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/film_nm/simpsons_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070724/2007_07_23t184218_450x290_us_simpsons.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=xcu_KjcYBNw8rb2qVCbxlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Matt Groening, creator of 'The Simpsons', poses for photographs while promoting 'The Simpsons Movie' in Beverly Hills, California July 22, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - So this is what Hollywood has come
to -- two producers of one of the summer's most keenly
anticipated films are at odds over how dumb their star is.
D'oh! It must be "The Simpsons Movie."</p><br clear="all"/>
Striking `Arctic Tale' a bit of a trick
(AP)
AP - Think of "Arctic Tale" as a mash-up between "March of the Penguins" and "An Inconvenient Truth" — apropos, since it's being marketed at Starbucks like some innocuous folk-rock music — except unlike both of those movies, it isn't even trying to be a pure documentary.
Cinematographer Lazlo Kovacs dies at 74
(Reuters)
Reuters - Laszlo Kovacs, one of
Hollywood's most influential and respected directors of
photography, died Saturday night in his sleep. He was 74.
Harrowing true tale fails to connect in "GW"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Filmmaker Nick Gaglia has
based this debut feature on his own hellish experiences in a
New Jersey rehab center that subsequently was shut down by the
authorities.
`Potter' star keeps mum about birthday
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mo/people_daniel_radcliffe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.a4fabde8d63646cbadf7e578a68169e4.people_daniel_radcliffe_ny117.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=A2ahFR.yukkLlEIr6fneww--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Daniel Radcliffe, the movies' Harry Potter, appears on the NBC 'Today' television show in New York, in this July 11, 2007 file photo. Media reports of Radcliffe gaining access to huge amounts of cash on his 18th birthday Monday, July 23, 2007 were overblown, his publicist's office said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Media reports of "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe gaining access to huge amounts of cash when he turned 18 Monday were overblown, his publicist's office said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Songwriter Ron Miller dies at age 74
(AP)
AP - Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.
Judge: Stylist can't add to Foxx suit
(AP)
AP - A stylist who claims Jamie Foxx failed to pay for her services cannot expand her lawsuit against the actor to include allegations he mistreated her, a judge ruled Monday.
Shakur estate moves against songs' sale
(AP)
AP - Tupac Shakur's mother is seeking to prevent his former label, Death Row Records Inc., from selling the late rapper's unreleased recordings as part of a bankruptcy settlement.
Hip-hop's roots celebrated in NY
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_en_mu/hip_hop_history"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070724/capt.5ad1ac14cf444f2a84950ff7a55af881.hip_hop_history_nysw109.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=CAXFLu4OpuL0ZeMbQx2yXA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The front of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. is seen in the Bronx section of New York, Monday, July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than three decades after DJ Kool Herc planted hip-hop's seeds by spinning records in a Bronx apartment building, the pioneer returned Monday for some recognition and to highlight the issue of affordable housing.</p><br clear="all"/>
2 rappers arrested in after NYC concert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_en_mu/people_ja_rule_lil_wayne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.0627446e58cd4a58a891699364c85e50.people_ja_rule_lil_wayne_ny112.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=W137uyYCs31.3_84zM65EA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Rapper Lil' Wayne is photographed in New York on April 26, 2006. Ja Rule and Lil Wayne have been arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in separate incidents, police said. The best-selling rappers were arrested Sunday night, July 22, 2007 shortly after Lil Wayne's concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York. It wasn't immediately clear whether Ja Rule had also performed. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - Top-selling rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne were arraigned on felony gun charges Monday following their separate arrests after a hip-hop concert at which both had performed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Santana releases duet with Tina Turner
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/music_carlos_santana"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.9a83f521d8ea44979573ec5a5c47d986.music_carlos_santana_ny118.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=dcyKaLSkK.broON5iumvmg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Carlos Santana, from Mexico, performs on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival in this Friday, June 2, 2006 file photo, at the Bela Vista park in Lisbon, Portugal. Santana's song 'Game of Love' with Michelle Branch was a huge hit and even won the pair a Grammy. Still, for years, Santana wished that fans could have heard the original version — with Tina Turner as his duet partner. In October, the guitar god will get his wish. Included on the release of 'Ultimate Santana,' a greatest-hits disc, will be the 'Game of Love' song — one version featuring Branch, and one featuring Turner. (AP Photo/Gustavo Bom, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Carlos Santana's song "Game of Love" with Michelle Branch was a huge hit and even won the pair a Grammy. Still, for years, Santana wished that fans could have heard the original version — with Tina Turner as his duet partner. In October, the guitar god will get his wish.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kelly Clarkson apologizes to Clive Davis
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/people_kelly_clarkson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.bbdc69c2d8434c80aa53595911970312.people_clarkson_ny121.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=RI61xidbSo_IizVVaYX1Hg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Singer Kelly Clarkson appears on stage during a taping of MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios in this Tuesday, May 8, 2007 file photo in New York. Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, 'My December.' Now, she's apologizing. 'I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisors, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family,' the 25-year-old singer said Monday in a statement posted on her Web site. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kelly Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, "My December." Now, she's apologizing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer Clarkson praises music boss after dispute
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/music_nm/clarkson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070724/2007_07_23t174356_450x276_us_clarkson.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=OJDckBFTbiAUUB7wznnTRw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Musician Kelly Clarkson performs during the Live Earth New York concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 7, 2007. After months of feuding with her label boss, pop singer and 'American Idol' champion Kelly Clarkson on Monday called music mogul Clive Davis one of the 'great record men of all time' and apologized for the brouhaha. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After months of feuding with her
label boss, pop singer and "American Idol" champion Kelly
Clarkson on Monday called music mogul Clive Davis one of the
"great record men of all time" and apologized for the brouhaha.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer-songwriters, or just singers?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_en_mu/music_who_s_really_writing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.77cc48f795f94674887d3bf8e75f1db4.music_who_s_really_writing_nyet331.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=7LoMQFj.MwkoOKl3M4Qlxg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Chantal Kreviazuk performs during the concert following the opening ceremonies for the AIDS2006 conference in Toronto, in this Aug. 13, 2006, file photo. Of all the names in music, Kreviazuk is among the least likely to appear in a headline. Though she recently released her own album, the songwriter usually stays behind the scenes to pen hits with artists such as Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne. (CP PHOTO/Nathan Denette/FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Of all the names in music, Chantal Kreviazuk may be the least likely to appear in a headline. Though she recently released her own album, the songwriter usually stays behind the scenes to pen hits with artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne.</p><br clear="all"/>
Plain White T's revive the name game
(Reuters)
Reuters - There was a time when girls'
names ruled the Hot 100. In 1962, Tommy Roe's "Sheila" was
succeeded by the Four Seasons' "Sherry." But it's become much
rarer to see a girl's name in the No. 1 spot.
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