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Hilton creates frenzy with clothing line
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_ce/people_paris_hilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.a39fac1ed7734a5fbdcb14199113cce5.paris_hilton_cads104.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=ut5GzGZSwFz1FaNc167r3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Fans, press, and paparazzi swarm actress Paris Hilton as she arrives at a clothing store for an autograph signing in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police and city workers were called in to handle the crowd and a lane of traffic was closed as Paris Hilton unveiled her clothing line Thursday at a trendy boutique.</p><br clear="all"/>
Record crowd recalls Elvis 30 years gone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/elvis30th_anniversary_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.5c010e798f5e42ad9b088c6cb5a6db6e.aptopix_elvis_30th_anniversary_death_anniversary_tnmh109.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=G4ObT.7bg24RyO4i5QFohQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Fans visit the flower-covered grave of Elvis Presley, second gravemarker on the left, on the grounds of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on the 30th anniversary of his death Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Presley is buried with his grandmother Minnie Mae, his father Vernon; and his mother Gladys. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Under a scorching sun at Graceland, his beloved home, fans streamed by Elvis Presley's grave on Thursday, the 30th anniversary of the death of the king of rock `n' roll. It was, for most, a time to remember.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz master Max Roach dies at 83
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/obit_roach"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.3ea0b2f7e13b41ac9de4118d4129fef9.obit_max_roach_nyet137.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xq2oio8g6XCEH2R2mQ0f4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Max Roach performs at the Playboy Jazz Festival on June 16, 2001, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations provided the dislocated beats that defined bebop jazz, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, at an undisclosed hospital in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 83. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roach, whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a career marked by expectations defied and musical boundaries ignored, died late Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital after a long illness.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ailing Winehouse cancels month of shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/people_winehouse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.33824749e77c465099670493df21090a.britain_winehouse_ldj802.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Og5u1xbCAxPmMVslv3vpJA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="British singer Amy Winehouse leaves her house in Camden, London, with unidentified companion. Thursday Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Yui Mok,PA)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Amy Winehouse said, "no, no, no" to rehab, she meant it. Taking better care of herself is a different matter, though. The 23-year-old British soul singer has decided to cancel her scheduled August concerts for health reasons, a spokeswoman said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney strikes Allure pose and no more
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_ce/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.16688b8553a94cd2adc1dd3cb54ed79d.people_britney_spears_ny128.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=r7ay8yecKr2JtAr2Bzojug--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Britney Spears arrives to the showing of Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat fall 2007 collection in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo during Fashion Week in New York. She very cooperatively posed for shots in April FOR Allure magazine. When it came to sitting for the interview she had also agreed to, that became a much different matter. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Another day, another bit of bizarre Britney behavior. The cover of the September issue of Allure magazine features Britney Spears posed provocatively in jeans and dark brown wig, her bare breasts covered by her arms. There are two similar shots inside the mag. She very cooperatively posed for the shots in April.</p><br clear="all"/>
Legal fights uncovered in Flynt documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - Larry Flynt is no
stranger to the big screen.
Elvis fans brave heat and long lines in tribute
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/music_nm/elvis_vigil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t191905_450x300_us_elvis_vigil.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=M7qJiAMNBMzXXSMqFyemEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Elvis fan poses with a convertible in front of Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee where Elvis recorded several of his first songs August 16, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of Elvis Presley
fans, many carrying pictures of the late singer, braved a
sweltering heat wave to stream through Presley's Memphis home
on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Bratz" starlet joins "Heroes" team
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Bratz: The Movie" star
Janel Parrish will appear in a few episodes of NBC's hit sci-fi
series "Heroes." She will play May, the head cheerleader at the
new school that Claire (Hayden Panettietre) attends.
Videogame industry hopes to harness girl power
(Reuters)
Reuters - Can "High School
Musical" and "Hannah Montana" finally take girl gaming to the
next level?
Plays recall World War One, present-day conflicts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Voices from the 1914-18 "War to End
Wars" are haunting audiences in Edinburgh this year, reminding
theatergoers of the horrors of conflict while British soldiers
fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Legal fights uncovered in Flynt documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - Larry Flynt is no
stranger to the big screen.
Jamie Foxx tunes in to "Soloist" biopic
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/film_nm/foxx_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t213206_450x320_us_foxx.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=vLKJEXcTyUh0GiYm74H4yw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Jamie Foxx attends the Weinstein Company's 2007 Golden Globe after party in Beverly Hills, January 15, 2007. Foxx is returning to the genre that won him an Oscar. The 'Ray' star has signed on to 'The Soloist,' a musical biopic that Joe Wright ('Pride and Prejudice') will direct at DreamWorks. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jamie Foxx is returning
to the genre that won him an Oscar. The "Ray" star has signed
on to "The Soloist," a musical biopic that Joe Wright ("Pride
and Prejudice") will direct at DreamWorks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Quartet pulled in for thriller "Push"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chris Evans, Djimon
Hounsou, Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle are set to star in
the supernatural thriller "Push."
"Superbad" vies for box office honors
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/film_nm/boxoffice_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t202651_450x348_us_boxoffice.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=06LDfTtfChUqQhPRis1Hjw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Cast member Jonah Hill poses at the premiere of 'Superbad' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, August 13, 2007. Does the summer box office have room for just one more break-out hit? As an overheated season draws to a close in North America, Sony Pictures is betting that it can eke out yet one more chart topper with the teen-sex comedy 'Superbad,' which opens Friday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Does the summer box
office have room for just one more break-out hit? As an
overheated season draws to a close in North America, Sony
Pictures is betting that it can eke out yet one more chart
topper with the teen-sex comedy "Superbad," which opens Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Delirious' dissects celebrity culture
(AP)
AP - Early in "Delirious," two paparazzi argue over their positions in a scrum of photographers on an otherwise empty Manhattan street.
Tom Cruise film company raises $500 million
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/film_nm/unitedartists_cruise_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t171452_450x356_us_unitedartists_cruise.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=aAX6ryO8IYuhNyRbsJniug--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Honoree Tom Cruise smiles at his wife actress Katie Holmes at the Mentor LA's Promise gala in Los Angeles March 22, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - United Artists, the film company
run by actor Tom Cruise and Chief Executive Paula Wagner, said
on Thursday it raised $500 million through Merrill Lynch to
fund 15 to 18 movies over the next five years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wong has stellar reputation in West
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mo/film_hong_kong_wong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.9d1422e2b5c44064a16f6e4062590367.hong_kong_wong_s_way_nyet351.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=VRSiJtmonDEeqC6AZuW5ng--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Chinese director Wong Kar-wai pauses while speaking at a press conference for the World Cinema Foundation, at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, May 22, 2007. Wong's stellar reputation in the West, despite spending most of his career making moody Chinese-language art-house movies, is testimony to his visual flair, his painstaking approach to filmmaking — and some self-generated mystique, actors and movie insiders say. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - For his English-language debut "My Blueberry Nights," Wong Kar-wai didn't have to churn out a B-movie for a Hollywood studio. Instead, he called his own shots, working with his own production company to make a movie about an American road trip that drew some big stars: Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz.</p><br clear="all"/>
New postage stamp honors James Stewart
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mo/stewart_stamp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070813/capt.7fc7744514c94b79b566c5ef0a2f6ae3.people_jimmy_stewart_stamp_wx105.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=i6ljVEouCHUf7fd_CdXioQ--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="This handout image provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows the postage stamp honoring legendary actor Jimmy Stewart. The Postal Service will hold ceremonies in Hollywood and Pennsylvania on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/USPS)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lots of actors play war heroes on the screen. James Stewart was one in real life. A decorated World War II bomber pilot who returned from battle to star in "It's a Wonderful Life," Stewart will be commemorated on a new 41-cent postage stamp being released Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Julie Christie to attend Aspen Filmfest
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mo/people_julie_christie"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.aa00b46d1c4342aba907e2b0b4b67fe2.people_julie_christie_nyet134.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=TawdK3N7OiEQzdlX_MRgBw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo originally provided by Lionsgate, Julie Christie stars in her latest film, 'Away From Her,' about a woman stricken with Alzheimer,' with Gordon Pinsent. Christie will accept the Independent by Nature Award at the 29th annual Aspen Filmfest. She will receive the award, which recognizes individualism and creative risk-taking, Sept. 29, festival organizers said Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007.(AP Photo/Lionsgate Films,Michael Gibson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Julie Christie will accept the Independent by Nature Award at the 29th annual Aspen Filmfest.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lee's `Enter the Dragon' to get remake
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mo/people_bruce_lee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.tok11108161306.hong_kong_bruce_lee_remake_tok111.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=do63ekqCJNeWQTSD05dFxA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="In this 1973 file photo released by Columbia Picture, shown is the late martial art movie star Bruce Lee. Hollywood studio Warner Bros. said Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, it plans to remake the 1973 Bruce Lee movie 'Enter the Dragon.' (AP Photo/Columbia Picture, HO, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bruce Lee's classic 1973 film, "Enter the Dragon," will be remade by Warner Bros.</p><br clear="all"/>
Elvis fans brave heat and long lines in tribute
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/music_nm/elvis_vigil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t191905_450x300_us_elvis_vigil.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=M7qJiAMNBMzXXSMqFyemEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Elvis fan poses with a convertible in front of Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee where Elvis recorded several of his first songs August 16, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of Elvis Presley
fans, many carrying pictures of the late singer, braved a
sweltering heat wave to stream through Presley's Memphis home
on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stefani says she wants more children
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/people_gwen_stefani"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.f0f7e466083e470db7727ddebe2999df.people_gwen_stefani_nyet141.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Vynvfrx303OTwx4GL0z5zQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this file photo originally released by Warner Bros., Gwen Stefani's son Kingston James, left , is watched by mom and Ellen DeGeneres, right, as he makes his television debut during a taping of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' at NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif. on Feb. 7, 2007. Stefani tells InStyle magazine in its September issue, on newsstands Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, that she wants more children -- but not while she's on tour and not until she's done another No Doubt record. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gwen Stefani says she wants more children — but not while she's on tour and not until she's done another No Doubt record. Her 1-year-old son, Kingston, has been traveling with the 37-year-old singer on her "The Sweet Escape" tour.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ailing Winehouse cancels month of shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/people_winehouse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.33824749e77c465099670493df21090a.britain_winehouse_ldj802.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Og5u1xbCAxPmMVslv3vpJA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="British singer Amy Winehouse leaves her house in Camden, London, with unidentified companion. Thursday Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Yui Mok,PA)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Amy Winehouse said, "no, no, no" to rehab, she meant it. Taking better care of herself is a different matter, though. The 23-year-old British soul singer has decided to cancel her scheduled August concerts for health reasons, a spokeswoman said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Record crowd recalls Elvis 30 years gone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/elvis30th_anniversary_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.5c010e798f5e42ad9b088c6cb5a6db6e.aptopix_elvis_30th_anniversary_death_anniversary_tnmh109.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=G4ObT.7bg24RyO4i5QFohQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Fans visit the flower-covered grave of Elvis Presley, second gravemarker on the left, on the grounds of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on the 30th anniversary of his death Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Presley is buried with his grandmother Minnie Mae, his father Vernon; and his mother Gladys. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Under a scorching sun at Graceland, his beloved home, fans streamed by Elvis Presley's grave on Thursday, the 30th anniversary of the death of the king of rock `n' roll. It was, for most, a time to remember.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jazz master Max Roach dies at 83
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_en_mu/obit_roach"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.3ea0b2f7e13b41ac9de4118d4129fef9.obit_max_roach_nyet137.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xq2oio8g6XCEH2R2mQ0f4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Max Roach performs at the Playboy Jazz Festival on June 16, 2001, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations provided the dislocated beats that defined bebop jazz, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, at an undisclosed hospital in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 83. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roach, whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a career marked by expectations defied and musical boundaries ignored, died late Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital after a long illness.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vincent & Rage lead Bluegrass noms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mu/music_bluegrass_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.56fe9e1fb49c47289132b536ea830a37.bluegrass_awards_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=127&sig=65juHkC835YurI7aDw6U4A--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="Rhonda Vincent and Robert Baker, of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, accept the Entertainer of the Year Award at the 12th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards in this Oct. 4, 2001, file photo in Louisville, Ky. Vincent & the Rage received 11 nominations Thursday Aug. 16, 2007 from the International Bluegrass Music Association, including entertainer of the year. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rhonda Vincent & the Rage received 12 nominations Thursday from the International Bluegrass Music Association, including entertainer of the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britney strikes Allure pose and no more
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mu/people_britney_spears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.16688b8553a94cd2adc1dd3cb54ed79d.people_britney_spears_ny128.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=r7ay8yecKr2JtAr2Bzojug--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Britney Spears arrives to the showing of Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat fall 2007 collection in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo during Fashion Week in New York. She very cooperatively posed for shots in April FOR Allure magazine. When it came to sitting for the interview she had also agreed to, that became a much different matter. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Another day, another bit of bizarre Britney behavior.</p><br clear="all"/>
Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach dies at age 83
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/music_nm/maxroach_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t175157_450x361_us_maxroach.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=51pXjFkAAQZWheLc2wf.bg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Jazz musicians Benny Carter (L) Max Roach (C) and Quincy Jones attend ceremonies in Hollywood honoring the late jazz musician Miles Davis with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, February 19, 1998. Roach, who helped revolutionize jazz by creating the fast-paced bebop style along with players like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, has died at age 83, Blue Note Records said on Thursday. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Drummer Max Roach, who helped
revolutionize jazz by creating the fast-paced bebop style along
with players like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford
Brown, has died at age 83, Blue Note Records said on Thursday,</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Jay-Z tops Forbes hip-hop "cash kings" list
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/music_nm/hiphop_entrepreneurs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_16t170508_450x344_us_hiphop_entrepreneurs.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=sXIdOsr1jyGZMar7XyG53w--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Jay-Z introduces inductee 'Grandmaster Flash' and 'The Furious Five,' during the 22nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York March 12, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hip-hop star Jay-Z's talent for
extending beyond rap to the executive worlds of music, fashion
and other businesses has earned him the top spot on Forbes
magazine's "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" list.</p><br clear="all"/>
Compact Disc celebrates 25th anniversary
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_en_mu/compact_disc_anniversary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.d99fbff3ee694783bddb4ed78b2feba5.netherlands_compact_disc_ams101.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=rLtpUKrzDRkuqRJJi4eNGg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Pieter Kramer poses for photographers in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Monday Aug. 13, 2007. Kramer was a leading engineer on the team that developed the CD, which was launched 25 years ago this Friday, in a joint project by Royal Philips Electronics NV and Sony Inc. of Japan. Kramer is holding a show model of the Compact Disc player, which was introduced in August 1982. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany.</p><br clear="all"/>
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