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'The Bourne Ultimatum' earns $70 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070802/capt.443b8eb6e4bb4892b7250208958d70ff.film_the_bourne_ultimatum_nyet680.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=rxNy1L3L_PYrMX.Add3zLQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Universal Pictures provided this photo of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in 'The Bourne Ultimatum.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures/Jasin Boland)" border="0" /></a>AP - Superspy Jason Bourne delivered more than an ultimatum this weekend as the third in a series of spy thrillers topped box office charts and delivered the biggest August opening of a film ever.</p><br clear="all"/>
Village rises for New Orleans' musicians
(AP)
AP - Standing outside his new mint-green house, Fredy Omar hears the rumble of construction trucks, the buzz of drills and the thud of hammers. It's all an overture for something far sweeter — the sound of music.
Candidates line up to visit Jon Stewart
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_en_tv/tv_stewart_candidates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.a037e71fb72a454da384bb4564e9c15b.biden_2008_dccd112.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=4YL1fh_nVGBJbK3xRbrRZA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., left, has a word with his mother Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden, while signing copies of his new book, 'A Promise to Keep,' Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its "Indecision 2008" coverage.</p><br clear="all"/>
Man mauled at Rhames' house identified
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_en_ce/people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070805/capt.798e406a63ec4359be0f6763316f42ff.people_ving_rhames_dog_mauling_nyet141.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=wunltQ_IYX5M.cgNpPHdlQ--" 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 - A man who died in a dog attack at the home of actor Ving Rhames was identified Saturday as Jacob Adams, 40, of Los Angeles.</p><br clear="all"/>
MSNBC, radio could split over Imus slot
(AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Don Imus' former radio and television empire is being broken up, with MSNBC very likely hiring Joe Scarborough for its morning telecast while radio looks elsewhere, according to people close to the negotiations.
Rudin completes "Dangerous" deal with Disney
(Reuters)
Reuters - Producer Scott
Rudin has acquired the much-coveted rights to Conn and Hal
Iggulden's best-selling tongue-in-cheek manual "The Dangerous
Book for Boys" and will produce the adaptation for Walt Disney
Pictures.
"Graduation" day nears for Kanye West
(Reuters)
Reuters - Urban music lately has dabbled in
electronic sounds, but Kanye West takes it a step further with
the synth-heavy first single from his upcoming CD.
"Oaks" takes root at Fox
(Reuters)
Reuters - In his first major
development move since taking the reins of Fox Entertainment,
Kevin Reilly has picked up the high-concept drama "The Oaks"
with a series commitment.
Amazon leads investment in music site AmieStreet
(Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -AmieStreet, a digital music site that
prices songs of new artists according to their popularity, said
on Monday that Amazon.com Inc. is leading a first round of
investment in the start-up.
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.
Rudin completes "Dangerous" deal with Disney
(Reuters)
Reuters - Producer Scott
Rudin has acquired the much-coveted rights to Conn and Hal
Iggulden's best-selling tongue-in-cheek manual "The Dangerous
Book for Boys" and will produce the adaptation for Walt Disney
Pictures.
'The Bourne Ultimatum' earns $70 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_en_mo/box_office"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070802/capt.443b8eb6e4bb4892b7250208958d70ff.film_the_bourne_ultimatum_nyet680.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=rxNy1L3L_PYrMX.Add3zLQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Universal Pictures provided this photo of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in 'The Bourne Ultimatum.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures/Jasin Boland)" border="0" /></a>AP - Superspy Jason Bourne delivered more than an ultimatum this weekend as the third in a series of spy thrillers topped box office charts and delivered the biggest August opening of a film ever.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Simpsons" retains top spot at overseas box office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/film_nm/boxoffice_overseas_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070806/2007_08_05t194402_450x325_us_boxoffice_overseas.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=2p83NufCgwbsEGodVI25VQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Homer and Bart Simpson characters of the television programme The Simpsons pose for film crews at the UK premiere of The Simpsons Movie at the O2, formally known as the Millennium Dome in London July 25, 2007. 'The Simpsons Movie' dominated the international market for the second consecutive weekend, grossing an estimated $47.3 million from 6,600 screens in 75 markets and pushing its overseas box-office total to $187 million and $315.6 million worldwide. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Simpsons Movie"
dominated the international market for the second consecutive
weekend, grossing an estimated $47.3 million from 6,600 screens
in 75 markets and pushing its overseas box-office total to $187
million and $315.6 million worldwide.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Underdog" delivers winning wit, but no best in show
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Underdog," the
live-action Walt Disney Pictures film based on the 1964-73
Saturday morning cartoon series, has a tail-wagging sense of
wit and fun but is undone by an increasingly lame story and
physical gags in the latter phases.
"Day Camp" painfully short on fun
(Reuters)
Reuters - Aiming squarely for the
potty and missing virtually every time, "Daddy Day Camp," the
Eddie Murphy-less sequel to 2003's "Daddy Day Care," makes for
an awfully long 85 minutes -- even by the diminished demands of
its juvenile target audience.
"Bourne" slays Homer in biggest August film opening
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_02t204335_450x343_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=BT2AKR3u4JYpLAiXHXh5Fw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Matt Damon attends the premiere of 'The Bourne Ultimatum' at the Arclight in Hollywood, California, July 25, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne
is back, and this time he clobbered Homer Simpson on his way to
scoring the biggest film opening ever for the month of August.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Bourne Weighs in at $70.2 Mil
(E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070805/en_movies_eo/4860db728bce_483b_a6b2_4339c075166d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070805/capt.3c8b40a397e4eb22111a426cb7f694ab.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=6QYHBMGRw9ESQvSbkcQrRQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="New Bourne Weighs in at $70.2 Mil(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - The Simpsons Movie sunk. Bratz and Hot Rod never got off the ground. All of which left plenty of room at the top for The Bourne Ultimatum.</p><br clear="all"/>
Murphy pressed to help raise daughter
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_en_mo/people_brown_murphy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070801/capt.11cc78f11f9b486cb5da891542301f12.people_brown_murphy_la105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qxn15Y2PbiekX4hgrQJKjQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Melanie 'Scary Spice' Brown listens during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Los Angeles. Brown filed a Superior Court petition Wednesday that seeks to legally establish Eddie Murphy as the father of her 4-month-old daughter. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - A day after Eddie Murphy confirmed that he is the father of Melanie Brown's baby, the former Spice Girl's lawyer complained that Murphy isn't accepting his parental responsibilities.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
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"/>
"Graduation" day nears for Kanye West
(Reuters)
Reuters - Urban music lately has dabbled in
electronic sounds, but Kanye West takes it a step further with
the synth-heavy first single from his upcoming CD.
Pearl Jam closes Lollapalooza
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070806/music_nm/lollapalooza_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_05t165408_450x338_us_lollapalooza.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=l4EjSq8mWg6Z9oaFzuE73A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Karen O, lead singer of the rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is projected on the screen at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, August 4, 2007. Ros Krasny/REUTERS (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Veteran rockers Pearl Jam closed the
Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on Sunday night with a
muscular two-hour set for an enthusiastic, if tired and
sunburned, crowd.</p><br clear="all"/>
Winehouse album reignites old debate over imports
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the mid-1980s through the
mid-1990s, major labels cracked down on retailers carrying
import albums as a matter of course -- at one point, CBS
Records even sued Tower Records over the practice.
Muzak moves to Latin beat
(Reuters)
Reuters - With a playlist that dares to
combine Paulina Rubio, the Pinker Tones, Jorge Drexler and
Belinda, Muzak -- the company usually associated with "elevator
music" -- is licensing an array of original Latin music for
play in stores and restaurants.
Former "Idol" contestant living dream come "True"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The fifth season of "American Idol"
has spawned a bumper crop of artists who have landed deals with
country, rock and pop labels. Now, with the July 31 release of
"True Beauty," Mandisa is hoping to become the latest success
story.
Parton Web site leads echomusic's high-profile deals
(Reuters)
Reuters - In the 18 weeks since Ticketmaster
acquired a majority stake in echomusic, the direct-to-fan Web
platform has made a number of significant moves -- not the
least of which is bringing country legend Dolly Parton into the
digital world with her first official Web site.
Hornsby calls jazz "Meeting" with McBride, DeJohnette
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bruce Hornsby refuses to be counted
among the pop stars trying on jazz for size.
Village rises for New Orleans' musicians
(AP)
AP - Standing outside his new mint-green house, Fredy Omar hears the rumble of construction trucks, the buzz of drills and the thud of hammers. It's all an overture for something far sweeter — the sound of music.
Paradigm absorbs, renames boutique agencies
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Paradigm shift is almost
complete. Sources said that Monterey Peninsula Artists and
Little Big Man will be fully integrated into Paradigm Talent
Agency and that the two boutique agencies' names will be
retired, effective August 13.
Ex-bandmate sues Marilyn Manson
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_en_mu/people_marilyn_manson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070804/capt.d393baee4e134fbda4604a90e109f95b.people__manson_ny118.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=7edJxHwI9ERNyp2ccVJNFA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="U.S. rock musican Marilyn Manson poses for photographers in a galery in Cologne, Germany, in this June, 27, 2007 file photo. Manson's former keyboardist has filed a lawsuit claiming the shock rocker owes him at least $20 million in shared profits. The breach-of-contract suit was filed Thursday Aug. 2, 2007 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marilyn Manson's former keyboardist has sued the shock rocker, claiming he kept millions of dollars meant to be shared and bought items including a handbag owned by Hitler's girlfriend and a skeleton in a wheelchair.</p><br clear="all"/>
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