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`In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:12:01 GMT

AP - "In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show.

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:50 GMT

AP - ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

`America's Most Wanted' notches 1,000th arrest (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:56 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_amw_john_walsh"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.955138d8486640fea421a20eeef15f86.tv_amw_john_walsh_nyet147.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=EkkK3GlGbP6cVLJHWgu14A--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="In this image released by FOX, John Walsh, host of 'America's Most Wanted,' is shown. The program recently marked 20 years on the air. And this week (Saturday at 9 p.m. EDT on Fox) it observes another milestone: arrest of the thousandth fugitive targeted by 'AMW' since April 1988. (AP Photo/FOX)" border="0" /></a>AP - When he started "America's Most Wanted," John Walsh could point to at least one thing in its favor: Society's swampland of bad people doing bad things would never run dry. On that basis, the show seems a cinch to run forever.

Obama leads field in unsolicited campaign songs (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:52:01 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_en_mu/music_campaign_songs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.806dd9df2589417da207f7e38516993e.music_campaign_songs_nyet125.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=URbZHefQCvni6Wef8t5_zQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this Aug. 23, 2007 file photo, musician will.i.am, producer and also member of Black Eyed Peas, poses at a home in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago — no superdelegates needed.

Spielberg joins regulars for Cannes film fest (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:42:02 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_en_ot/film_cannes_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.a62e72046c56481883b489dc3f21982c.france_cannes_film_festival_cir107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_TDEcTjrhX_xL4vL4p.B3A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Posters of the 61st International Cannes film festival are seen at an entrance of the Cannes Festival Palace two days before the opening of the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Monday, May 12, 2008. The Cannes film festival takes place until May 25. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rounding up a lot of the usual suspects, the Cannes Film Festival presents a lineup from an illustrious if somewhat predictable gang of regulars, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Atom Egoyan and Wim Wenders.

Spielberg joins regulars for Cannes film fest (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:42:02 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_en_mo/film_cannes_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.a62e72046c56481883b489dc3f21982c.france_cannes_film_festival_cir107.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_TDEcTjrhX_xL4vL4p.B3A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Posters of the 61st International Cannes film festival are seen at an entrance of the Cannes Festival Palace two days before the opening of the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Monday, May 12, 2008. The Cannes film festival takes place until May 25. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rounding up a lot of the usual suspects, the Cannes Film Festival presents a lineup from an illustrious if somewhat predictable gang of regulars, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Atom Egoyan and Wim Wenders.

Obama leads field in unsolicited campaign songs (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:52:01 GMT

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:50 GMT

AP - ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

Sirius Satellite quarterly net loss narrows (Reuters)

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:26 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080513/media_nm/siriussatellite_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080513/2008_05_12t170419_450x301_us_siriussatellite.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=poLzIxGeHm2Uw5ntfu8kWg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Sirius Satellite Radio unit is shown installed in a private vehicle in Washington February 20, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc, which plans to merge with rival XM Satellite Radio, said on Monday its quarterly net loss narrowed on increased revenues from new subscribers to its pay radio service.

'Contact''s Hingston Steps Into Broadway's 'Curtains' (Playbill)

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:03:05 GMT

Playbill - Sean Martin Hingston, who starred in the Tony Award-winning musical Contact, will step into the role of Bobby Pepper in the Broadway production of Kander and Ebb's Curtains for two weeks starting May 13.

Malawi court set to approve Madonna adoption (AFP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:12 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080513/en_afp/childrenadoptionpeoplemadonnamalawi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080513/capt.cps.ndx61.130508151921.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=zewLYoM78kP0rUvFifkvLA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Pop star Madonna poses with her Malawian son David Banda in Mphandula, 2007. Madonna is expected to hear from a court in Malawi this week that her controversial application to adopt a three-year-old boy from one of Africa's poorest countries has been approved.(AFP/File/Stringer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pop star Madonna is expected to hear from a court in Malawi this week that her controversial application to adopt a three-year-old boy from one of Africa's poorest countries has been approved.

MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers (Reuters)

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:52 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/lf_nm_life/britain_internet_fashion_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t110003_450x296_us_britain_internet_fashion.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=U1FcxHZX9h_qgtxyhCgpVA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Fashionspace.com, taken on May 8, 2008. (www.fashionspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.

Pat Tillman's mother recalls journey for facts (AP)

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:48:38 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_en_ot/tillman_book"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.fdb99e5101fc47a386ec1f0217ec67a2.tillman_book_fx103.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=EKOeGli6s_ZJo3Gwn2CKpQ--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="In this April 24, 2007 file photo Mary Tillman, mother of NFL star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman, testifies before the Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill. In 'Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman,' Mary Tillman charts her family's efforts to cut through misleading official accounts of how the one-time NFL star died as a U.S. Army Ranger in Afghanistan. It was just issued by Modern Times books. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman suspects the military's account of how fellow Army Ranger comrades shot and killed her son in Afghanistan is still not the true story, four years later, according to her new book.