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Dogs apparently kill man at actor's home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_ce/people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.86a4bc8c08634fd3b6588738f83fe562.people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling_nyet141.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=uENY0wS4KYX_y4ToS3ijzg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Ving Rhames arrives at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 12, 2007. A 40-year-old man was mauled to death by as many as four dogs at Rhames' Los Angeles home on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames apparently mauled a man to death at the star's home Friday, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
'LonelyGirl15' season ends with a twist
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_ot/lonelygirl15_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070804/capt.ca017ce32ba6416e9f18b1487d53a902.lonelygirl15_finale_ny129.jpg?x=112&y=130&sig=BaF.Z1_C_Czkr4Qz3X7S7A--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="The fate of Bree, the Web's 'LonelyGirl15' star portrayed by Jessica Lee Rose of New Zealand, seen here in a file photo taken in New York on June 5, 2007, was revealed Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. After more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree, was killed off Friday at the hands of the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - After more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree, the main character on the Web drama "LonelyGirl15," was killed off Friday at the hands of the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type.</p><br clear="all"/>
ABC's Robin Roberts has breast surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_tv/tv_robin_roberts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070731/capt.c1b323cd50944dd8a0c26b149c672a6b.tv_robin_roberts_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=uYeKo13yHPmtHF_TOv2.1A--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="ABC 'Good Morning America' anchor Robin Roberts waves to the crowd outside ABC studios in New York's Times Square Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Roberts told viewers Tuesday, July 31, 2007 that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be undergoing surgery Friday. (AP Photo/William Regan)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts had "very successful" surgery for breast cancer Friday and has left the hospital for home, ABC said.</p><br clear="all"/>
2 more James Brown children identified
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_ce/people_james_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070804/capt.d0c0cc70ff33478d8445fbf865b650c6.people_james_brown_ny134.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=jm1lPBRLftXuGRoE_c7Uhg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Godfather of Soul James Brown is shown at a news conference in New York in this Feb. 1992 file photo. DNA testing on about a dozen people who claim James Brown was their father has found that at least two of them are telling the truth, a longtime adviser to the late soul singer said Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)" border="0" /></a>AP - DNA testing on about a dozen people who claim James Brown was their father has found that at least two of them are telling the truth, a longtime adviser to the late soul singer said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sean Penn takes back seat on Chavez tour
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mo/venezuela_sean_and_hugo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.9e5c072ac88e4804941d40aa0116f66e.venezuela_chavez_penn_car101.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=X0V6lC9WxSaUIuAN0TUTaA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with U.S. actor Sean Penn, both seen through the window shield of a vehicle, as they ride together near La Grita, Venezuela, Friday, Aug 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Howard Yanes)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Hugo Chavez reveled in his role as host to Hollywood star Sean Penn as they traveled together through the Venezuelan countryside in an open jeep, stopping to greet adoring crowds.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dogs apparently kill man at actor's home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mo/people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.86a4bc8c08634fd3b6588738f83fe562.people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling_nyet141.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=uENY0wS4KYX_y4ToS3ijzg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Ving Rhames arrives at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 12, 2007. A 40-year-old man was mauled to death by as many as four dogs at Rhames' Los Angeles home on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames apparently mauled a man to death at the star's home Friday, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gwen Stefani to cover up for Malaysia show: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070804/music_nm/malaysia_concert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070804/2007_08_04t015015_450x321_us_malaysia_concert.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rwmYu0YGnEC_MVAqIs6LxA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="U.S. singer Gwen Stefani performs during a show at Simon Bolivar park in Bogota July 21, 2007. There will be no revealing costumes at Stefani's concert in Malaysia this month, a newspaper said on Saturday, after a Muslim student group demanded that the event be cancelled as being too obscene. (Carlos Duran/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There will be no revealing
costumes at U.S. singer Gwen Stefani's concert in Malaysia this
month, a newspaper said on Saturday, after a Muslim student
group demanded that the event be cancelled as being too
obscene.</p><br clear="all"/>
Star Jones: I had gastric bypass surgery
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_tv/people_jones_reynolds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070731/capt.41f0a18ea27c4118965e6e02a36cf18f.people_star_jones_reynolds_ny107.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=PvBrorgcnejvx9Q7febuTw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Star Jones Reynolds poses at the celebrity fashion show in this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo in Miami. Star Jones Reynolds says in a new interview that her dramatic weight-loss was due to gastric-bypass surgery, and that she dodged questions about it for years because she was 'scared of what people might think of me.' Reynolds, 45, says she was 'intentionally evasive' when people asked how she'd dropped 160 pounds in three years. The former 'View' co-host opens up about her weight loss and self-esteem issues in a story featured in the September issue of Glamour magazine, on newsstands Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Star Jones Reynolds skirted questions about her dramatic weight loss for years, saying only that she had undergone a medical intervention. That intervention, it turns out, was gastric bypass surgery.</p><br clear="all"/>
National Geographic launches new music, radio unit
(Reuters)
Reuters - National Geographic Ventures, the
media wing of the venerable science and exploration society, is
launching a music and radio division to accompany its existing
TV, film, magazine and digital units.
Alger Kids Will Sing Cohan Tunes in New Musical 'Bowery Boys' for Marriott
(Playbill)
Playbill - A new musical featuring one of Horatio Alger's famous rags-to-riches characters will get its world premiere in 2008 as part The Marriott Theatre's season in Lincolnshire, IL.
Dogs apparently kill man at actor's home
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mo/people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.86a4bc8c08634fd3b6588738f83fe562.people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling_nyet141.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=uENY0wS4KYX_y4ToS3ijzg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Ving Rhames arrives at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 12, 2007. A 40-year-old man was mauled to death by as many as four dogs at Rhames' Los Angeles home on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames apparently mauled a man to death at the star's home Friday, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Murphy says he fathered Brown's daughter
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mo/people_brown_murphy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.1f8dcf947bfd4bcc944d28d2c71b88a6.people_murphy_brown_nyet130.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=7ihXyTzMZ3YAeDXNPcnOCA--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Eddie Murphy arrives for the Academy Awards on Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. A DNA test has shown that Murphy is the father of Melanie Brown's 4-month-old baby 'but paternity has not been legally acknowledged,' a lawyer for Brown said Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eddie Murphy acknowledged he is the father of Melanie Brown's young daughter Friday, a day after the former Spice Girl took legal action to establish him as the child's parent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sean Penn takes back seat on Chavez tour
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mo/venezuela_sean_and_hugo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.9e5c072ac88e4804941d40aa0116f66e.venezuela_chavez_penn_car101.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=X0V6lC9WxSaUIuAN0TUTaA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with U.S. actor Sean Penn, both seen through the window shield of a vehicle, as they ride together near La Grita, Venezuela, Friday, Aug 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Howard Yanes)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Hugo Chavez reveled in his role as host to Hollywood star Sean Penn as they traveled together through the Venezuelan countryside in an open jeep, stopping to greet adoring crowds.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Bratz movie, new Bratz message?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_en_mo/bratz_world"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.94fab217b6e54d718b273d5b557ec24c.bratz_world_nyet139.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=TmRuMTIJ2QAPIaS4sp2U5Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This undated photo, supplied by MGA Entertainment, shows the new line of Bratz dolls released in conjunction with the new 'Bratz' movie. This line, the 'Bratz Movie' dolls, is the latest of the pouty-lipped, bare-midriffed dolls that have enthralled girls and annoyed many of their parents for six years. (AP Photo/MGA Entertainment)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Bratz universe was humming along as usual this week at the Toys "R" Us flagship store in Manhattan. Like bees to honey, little girls buzzed about shelves lined with those famous pouty dolls with huge heads, plush lips to put Angelina to shame, and bared, toned midriffs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lohan discussed rehab in mag interview
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_en_mo/people_lindsay_lohan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.c6c5f4edec3e459698380449e5ed7af6.people_llindsay__lohan_nyet140.jpg?x=120&y=130&sig=YWvrjn0eHP_7VgieMVq5xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="Lindsay Lohan appears on stage during a taping of MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios on May 8, 2007 in New York. Lohan opened up about her first rehab stint for an interview that Elle magazine says took place 36 hours before her drunken driving arrest on May 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lindsay Lohan talked about her first stay in rehab in an interview that Elle magazine says took place 36 hours before her drunken driving arrest over Memorial Day weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anthony says working with J.Lo was easy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_en_mo/people_lopez_anthony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.92e51fdb622e41a8807c7a6587911913.el_cantante_premiere_camw117.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=WVpQfn7cpq2baTYsq_PuMw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Jennifer Lopez, left, and Marc Anthony speak to a guest at the 'El Cantante' premiere after party in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marc Anthony says he was prepared for the worst when working with his wife, Jennifer Lopez, on their new film, "El Cantante," a biopic of salsa legend Hector Lavoe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jennifer Aniston Promoted to Management
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070803/en_movies_eo/63d4ec243868_4b43_bcbe_31f5b6da7c99"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070804/capt.5e9579c4f1421d38db3981cb7d59b64f.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=0p8J0KN5lCT.0.NKMD0Qog--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jennifer Aniston Promoted to Management(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Jennifer Aniston is trading in her office space for the open road.</p><br clear="all"/>
Heigl tackles producer role
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/film_nm/heigl_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t114555_450x365_us_heigl.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=Si86YI5Yv69sxxcIkd9uFg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Katherine Heigl gestures at the premiere of 'Knocked Up' in Los Angeles, May 21, 2007. (Fred/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Grey's Anatomy" star
Katherine Heigl is ready to embark on a new role as producer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bruce Willis rocks Kennedy Space Center
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_en_mo/people_bruce_willis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.c313843035ae4a3091f91b398428f81b.people_bruce_willis_flpe102.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=RpVdJ393EzNvWciO5603mw--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Bruce Willis performs with his band, The Accelerators, during a concert at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some 7,000 people showed up to watch Bruce Willis and his blues band perform at the Kennedy Space Center's rocket garden.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Laura Smiles" hits close to home for filmmaker
(Reuters)
Reuters - When director Jason Ruscio wrote a
movie centered on a woman and inspired by the emotional highs
and lows of his failed marriage, he knew the perfect person for
the leading role -- his ex-wife.
Gwen Stefani to cover up for Malaysia show: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070804/music_nm/malaysia_concert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070804/2007_08_04t015015_450x321_us_malaysia_concert.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rwmYu0YGnEC_MVAqIs6LxA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="U.S. singer Gwen Stefani performs during a show at Simon Bolivar park in Bogota July 21, 2007. There will be no revealing costumes at Stefani's concert in Malaysia this month, a newspaper said on Saturday, after a Muslim student group demanded that the event be cancelled as being too obscene. (Carlos Duran/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There will be no revealing
costumes at U.S. singer Gwen Stefani's concert in Malaysia this
month, a newspaper said on Saturday, after a Muslim student
group demanded that the event be cancelled as being too
obscene.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spears accused of threatening paparazzi
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.237bab0b013a44448f56b2cde1ddb07d.people_britney_spears_nyol961.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=E4AHj.70JFX0bL2xnEdELQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Singer Britney Spears watches the Houston Rockets play the Los Angeles Lakers during their NBA basketball game in this March 30, 2007 file photo in Los Angeles. Two photographers said in a statement on Tuesday July 31, 2007 that Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened them after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - LAS VEGAS (AP) — Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, the photographers said in a statement Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
2 more James Brown children identified
(AP)
AP - DNA testing on about a dozen people who claim James Brown was their father has found that at least two of them are telling the truth, a longtime adviser to the late soul singer said Friday.
Cyrus "Home at Last" with chart return
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fourteen years after last appearing
in the Billboard 200's top 20, Billy Ray Cyrus is back with
"Home at Last."
Singer-songwriter Bedingfield explores mating game
(Reuters)
Reuters - With Natasha Bedingfield's
"Unwritten" wrapping up 2006 in the year-end top five on the
adult contemporary, adult top 40 and Hot Digital Songs charts,
the last thing the British singer-songwriter is hung up on is a
potential sophomore curse.
k.d. lang to serenade cruise passengers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Olivia, the lifestyle community for
lesbians, which offers luxury travel and social networking,
celebrates its 35th anniversary next year. To help with the
festivities, singer k.d. lang will perform at the launch of
Olivia's first Caribbean cruise of 2008.
DeLuna's Caribbean dance fever turning heads
(Reuters)
Reuters - On a recent summer day in New York,
recording newcomer Kat DeLuna would not let a little heat or
humidity dampen her spirits. In fact, it appeared only to
heighten her positivity.
Murphy says he fathered Brown's daughter
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_en_mu/people_brown_murphy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.1f8dcf947bfd4bcc944d28d2c71b88a6.people_murphy_brown_nyet130.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=7ihXyTzMZ3YAeDXNPcnOCA--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="Eddie Murphy arrives for the Academy Awards on Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. A DNA test has shown that Murphy is the father of Melanie Brown's 4-month-old baby 'but paternity has not been legally acknowledged,' a lawyer for Brown said Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eddie Murphy acknowledged he is the father of Melanie Brown's young daughter Friday, a day after the former Spice Girl took legal action to establish him as the child's parent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Q&A: Lovett living 'Large' on first CD in 4 years
(Reuters)
Reuters - Texas-bred singer/songwriter/actor
Lyle Lovett has been as busy as ever in the past year in
preparation for his new album, "It's Not Big It's Large."
Jazz stars shine on Umbria; Jarrett takes umbrage
(Reuters)
Reuters - Every July in the sleepy Italian
university city of Perugia, in the heart of the province of
Umbria, jazz gushes for 10 days in a vibrant torrent, from the
Etruscan-era piazza to the soccer-stadium arena below the
ancient walls. But one jazz great apparently won't be welcomed
back to the Umbria Jazz Festival any time soon.
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