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AFI again rates 'Kane' as top movie (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/film_afi_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.6830f8baf1d34b0eb3bb49e76b00c21a.afi_top_movies_la106.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=KoSwndYBGqaN2rwqd46bGw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Legendary actorsJimmy Stewart and Kim Novak are shown in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1958, 'Vertigo.' The Orson Welles classic 'Citizen Kane,' the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice, was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday, June 20, 2007, by the American Film Institute. On the new list, Hitchcock's thriller 'Vertigo' moved up from No. 61 to No. 9. (AP Photo/Paramount)" border="0" /></a>AP - The years have been kind to "Citizen Kane," including the last decade. The 1941 Orson Welles classic &#151; the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse &#151; was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wes Craven sues neighbor Pauly Shore (AP)
AP - Wes Craven sued his neighbor Pauly Shore, alleging that water from the comedian's home seeped down a slope and damaged the director's property.
Barker: Remarks not a Rosie endorsement (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_ce/people_barker_o_donnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070619/capt.081f5dc9ed2240f582bdb53e94b439e3.people_rosie_o_donnell_ny122.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=Fmn_qY5PaKfqGq4FYVKgcw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Rosie O'Donnell, fills the moderator slot on 'The View' during the taping of the first show of the 10th season of the ABC women's talk show in this, Sept. 5, 2006, file photo, in New York.'The Price Is Right' needs a host, and Rosie O'Donnell is interested. Very interested. The 45-year-old said on her blog recently that she was meeting with the 'Price' people this week and that she 'sure would' accept the job if they offer. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - It may have sounded like an endorsement, but Bob Barker's recent remarks about Rosie O'Donnell weren't meant that way. "The Price Is Right" host, who retired this month after 35 years with the show, told reporters last week at the Daytime Emmy Awards that he had "no doubt" that O'Donnell would make a fine host for the CBS game show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Birkhead says Dannielynn pouts like Anna (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_ce/people_larry_birkhead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.842756ed43e440e790168555a4e0eb99.people_larry_birkhead_ny121.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=adRVlBm.kxC2T1TF3y6d.w--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="In this photo released by OK! magazine, Larry Birkhead and his daughter Dannielynn are shown on the cover of OK! magazine, on newsstands nationwide on Friday, June 22, 2007. When Larry Birkhead looks at his 9-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, he sees her mother, Anna Nicole Smith. 'She has long legs and chubby little toes exactly like Anna's; it's like a mirror image,' Birkhead tells OK! magazine in its latest issue. 'It's really incredible. And I think her lips are her mom's lips; especially when she pouts. ... She also gets what she wants exactly like her mom always did as soon as she'd pout.' (AP Photo/OK! magazine)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Larry Birkhead looks at his 9-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, he sees her mother, Anna Nicole Smith. "She has long legs and chubby little toes exactly like Anna's; it's like a mirror image," Birkhead tells OK! magazine in its latest issue. "It's really incredible. And I think her lips are her mom's lips; especially when she pouts. ... She also gets what she wants exactly like her mom always did as soon as she'd pout."</p><br clear="all"/>
Broadbent co-stars in 'Indiana Jones' (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/people_jim_broadbent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.4150b3caf7ab404e95a2ec680815a1a4.people_jim_broadbent_ny122.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=1wfOMr2qi_5Z.QORL9hmLA--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Jim Broadbent is shown at the British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA'S, in London in this May 20, 2007, file photo. Broadbent is joining Indiana Jones on his latest adventure. The Academy Award-winning actor has joined the cast of the fourth installment in the 'Indiana Jones' series, according to an announcement posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007, on Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Indiana Jones Web site. (AP Photo/Max Nash, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jim Broadbent is joining Indiana Jones on his latest adventure. The Academy Award-winning actor has joined the cast of the fourth installment in the "Indiana Jones" series, according to an announcement posted Wednesday on Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Indiana Jones Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Singer Rodriguez faces drug charges (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mu/singer_arrested"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.f8658394f40846cca92c1986d4064d91.singer_arrested_ny131.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=pjH037PRxx8UdMaLm49_wQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Johnny Rodriguez, is seen in this July 3, 1996 file photo in Nashville, Tenn. Rodriguez, who topped the country-music charts in the 1970s, has been charged with three felony drug counts. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Johnny Rodriguez, who topped the country-music charts in the 1970s, has been charged with three felony drug counts. Blanchard police stopped Rodriguez on Friday on a complaint of speeding, according to a court affidavit filed with the charges.</p><br clear="all"/>
VH1 develops series with Salt-N-Pepa, Bonaduce (Reuters)
Reuters - VH1 has ordered seven new series, ranging from celebrity-driven shows starring Danny Bonaduce and rappers Salt-N-Pepa to reality competitions to improv comedy.
Digital innovations to boost film spending: PWC (Reuters)
Reuters - Digital cinema and high-definition DVD sales are expected to fuel worldwide consumer spending on filmed entertainment through 2011, PriceWaterhouseCoopers said in its latest five-year outlook on Thursday.
Starting in 2007-08, Sound Designers Will Be Recognized by Tony Awards (Playbill)
Playbill - There will be two new Tony Awards in 2008, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced June 19. The committee met for the first time this season to vote on the addition of two new competitive categories - Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical.<p>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/film_afi_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.6830f8baf1d34b0eb3bb49e76b00c21a.afi_top_movies_la106.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=KoSwndYBGqaN2rwqd46bGw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Legendary actorsJimmy Stewart and Kim Novak are shown in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1958, 'Vertigo.' The Orson Welles classic 'Citizen Kane,' the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice, was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday, June 20, 2007, by the American Film Institute. On the new list, Hitchcock's thriller 'Vertigo' moved up from No. 61 to No. 9. (AP Photo/Paramount)" border="0" /></a>AP - The years have been kind to "Citizen Kane," including the last decade. The 1941 Orson Welles classic &#151; the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse &#151; was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Citizen Kane" leads "Godfather" in movie poll (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/film_nm/afi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_20t232033_333x450_us_afi.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=iHSr7Pf1kGV6BkDf0rf45w--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="The Oscar that Orson Wells won for Best Screenplay for the movie 'Citizen Kane' is displayed at Christie's auction house in New York on July 18, 2003. 'Citizen Kane,' Orson Welles' powerful portrait of an unscrupulous media baron, beat back an assault from 'The Godfather,' on Wednesday to retain its title as the greatest American film. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - &quot;Citizen Kane,&quot; Orson Welles&#39; powerful portrait of an unscrupulous media baron, beat back an assault from &quot;The Godfather,&quot; on Wednesday to retain its title as the greatest American film.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hudson has date with Cook in "Bachelor' (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/film_nm/hudson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t014707_314x450_us_hudson.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=Y3i5_4u7WXXyzpZKtbTboQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Kate Hudson poses as she arrives for the Australian premiere of her movie 'You, Me and Dupree' at a cinema complex in western Sydney, July 23, 2006. Hudson is set to star opposite Dane Cook in the comedy 'Bachelor No. 2.' (Will Burgess/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Kate Hudson is set to star opposite Dane Cook in the comedy &quot;Bachelor No. 2.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>
Michael Apted to direct 3rd `Narnia' pic (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/people_apted_narnia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.55eb27652fa94017b41a6c6e44439418.people_apted_narnia_ny130.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=Ae8UP8xc8yQyRwFLIpGEdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Director Michael Apted poses in New York, in this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 file photo. Apted will direct 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,' the third installment in the series, Disney Pictures and Walden Media announced. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Filmmaker Michael Apted will direct "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," the third installment in the series, Disney Pictures and Walden Media announced.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Mighty Heart' relates terror tragedy (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/film_a_mighty_heart"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.5fc7ac8151a347ff8b4d685b35efc581.film_a_mighty_heart__la305.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=n2U8s4878fDxtGc.mepvTQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Paramount Vantage actress Angelina Jolie appears as Mariane Pearl in a scene from Michael Winterbottom's film, 'A Mighty Heart.' (AP Photo/Paramount Vantage, Peter Mountain)" border="0" /></a>AP - The filmmakers behind the Daniel Pearl drama "A Mighty Heart" wanted to honor the slain journalist by doing what he did best &#151; tell the straight story, unadorned by opinion, ideology or bias.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Ghost Rider" burns rubber on video charts (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/film_nm/video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t014535_450x291_us_video.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=LnpHCmTJS.s8CGUgt6g.Bw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nicolas Cage poses during a photocall to promote his film 'Ghost Rider' in Madrid January 29, 2007. 'Ghost Rider' blasted its way to the top of the national DVD sales and rental charts, according to data issued Wednesday. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Nicolas Cage action movie &quot;Ghost Rider&quot; blasted its way to the top of the national DVD sales and rental charts, according to data issued Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mo/people_jim_broadbent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.4150b3caf7ab404e95a2ec680815a1a4.people_jim_broadbent_ny122.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=1wfOMr2qi_5Z.QORL9hmLA--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Jim Broadbent is shown at the British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA'S, in London in this May 20, 2007, file photo. Broadbent is joining Indiana Jones on his latest adventure. The Academy Award-winning actor has joined the cast of the fourth installment in the 'Indiana Jones' series, according to an announcement posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007, on Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Indiana Jones Web site. (AP Photo/Max Nash, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jim Broadbent is joining Indiana Jones on his latest adventure. The Academy Award-winning actor has joined the cast of the fourth installment in the "Indiana Jones" series, according to an announcement posted Wednesday on Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Indiana Jones Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
AFI: Citizen Kane Still Stands Alone (E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070620/en_movies_eo/ecbf87d79534_4021_a852_ab3afe9c962b"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070621/capt.4919aff527edac38ac7a3af81b2fb4da.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=eBwWCexn4va6wUhs2wfP3A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="AFI: Citizen Kane Still Stands Alone(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Everything is once again coming up Rosebud for the American Film Institute.</p><br clear="all"/>
Zeta-Jones makes family her main concern (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_en_mo/people_catherine_zeta_jones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.0bbf16fc6dd74f18b5c9a43efd948a95.people_catherine_zeta_jones_ny126.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=FsIzmaJOPniibXWUQomwKA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is shown on the green at the 9th annual Michael Douglas and Friends Celebrity Golf event in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., in this April 29, 2007, file photo. Zeta-Jones' main priority isn't her acting career, it's her husband, Michael Douglas, and their two young children. 'Years ago if someone said they were doing a movie in Romania, I was, like, `What time is my flight?' I couldn't see beyond the script,' the 37-year-old actress tells InStyle magazine in its July issue, on newsstands Friday, June 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Catherine Zeta-Jones' main priority isn't her acting career, it's her husband, Michael Douglas, and their two young children.</p><br clear="all"/>
Broadbent Aboard Indy 4 (E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070620/en_movies_eo/d70751d96bda_486d_8f6f_cb59e3604038"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070621/capt.8e6caf93482e02b75aa2ea2cc9ea0896.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=2k3b8HcpaEQn23T8X4FJ1Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Broadbent Aboard Indy 4(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Indiana Jones has just collected another prize acquisition: Jim Broadbent.</p><br clear="all"/>
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_en_mu/singer_arrested"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.f8658394f40846cca92c1986d4064d91.singer_arrested_ny131.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=pjH037PRxx8UdMaLm49_wQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Johnny Rodriguez, is seen in this July 3, 1996 file photo in Nashville, Tenn. Rodriguez, who topped the country-music charts in the 1970s, has been charged with three felony drug counts. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Singer Johnny Rodriguez, who topped the country-music charts in the 1970s, has been charged with three felony drug counts. Blanchard police stopped Rodriguez on Friday on a complaint of speeding, according to a court affidavit filed with the charges.</p><br clear="all"/>
White Stripes resurrect Tower Records for one-off L.A. gig (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - When iconic record store chain Tower Records shuttered its doors for good earlier this year, it truly marked the end of an era. But last night (Wednesday, June 20), Tower&#39;s former Hollywood flagship location on the Sunset Strip got a new lease on life, as the White Stripes temporarily reopened it as &quot;Icky Thump Records&quot; to celebrate the release of their sixth album, Icky Thump.
Griffin among Americana award nominees (AP)
AP - Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin and the Avett Brothers lead the nominees for the sixth annual Americana Honors and Awards with three apiece.
Glastonbury: mud, music and madness in rural England (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/music_nm/glastonbury_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070620/2007_06_20t151223_450x291_us_glastonbury.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=6WqY6SrP31G188e0TNGQJA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Mud-caked belongings of festival-goers are seen on the second day of the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, June 25, 2005. Glastonbury music festival, one of the world's biggest, opened on Wednesday with legends such as The Who billed alongside Las Vegas rockers The Killers at concerts expected to be played out in slippery mud. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Glastonbury music festival, one of the world&#39;s biggest, opened on Wednesday with legends such as The Who billed alongside Las Vegas rockers The Killers at concerts expected to be played out in slippery mud.</p><br clear="all"/>
Imeem Web social network offers ad-backed music (Reuters)
Reuters - Imeem Inc., a music-based social networking site, on Wednesday launched a digital music service supported by advertising and will share the revenue with the musicians and record companies.
Toby Keith "Big" man on album chart for 3rd time (Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/music_nm/sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_20t141300_450x358_us_sales.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=jh6DcLssJ01gYXDK_62z2w--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Country musician Toby Keith performs for troops during his fourth USO tour of Germany and the Persian Gulf region, in Schweinhurt, Germany, in this file photo from May 25, 2006. Keith scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, although sales were down sharply from his previous release. (Dave Gatley/USO/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toby Keith scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, although sales were down sharply from his previous release.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mariachi singer Antonio Aguilar dies (AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_en_mu/obit_aguilar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.36a89d4285df464a9a14d2b133334ed1.mexico_obit_antonio_aguilar_xlat301.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.1yIbtM7RPhf7VqqAEuNAA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mexican mariachi singer and actor Antonio Aguilar gestures during an interview in Mexico City in this April 23, 1997, file photo. Aguilar, who recorded more than 150 albums and began his acting career during Mexico's 'Golden Era' of cinema, died late Tuesday after a long fight with pneumonia. He was 88. (AP Photo/Procesofoto/Benjamin Flores)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mexican mariachi singer and actor Antonio Aguilar, who recorded more than 150 albums and began his acting career during Mexico's "Golden Era" of cinema, has died in Mexico City. He was 88.</p><br clear="all"/>
`Candide' back on La Scala program (AP)
AP - La Scala opera house has lifted its cancellation of a production of "Candide" that included a scene in which actors depicting President Bush and other world leaders danced in their underwear.
Toby, Fabolous, Fab Four Score on Charts (E! Online)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070620/en_music_eo/9b1fb5ea_b61640ca_add2_0b6971670a6e"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20070620/capt.eeed37ac30ea7d0135f687594def22f4.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Y6njt1eFuhOumhB9d9IoFw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Toby, Fabolous, Fab Four Score on Charts(E! Online)" border="0" /></a>E! Online - Toby Keith dogged all comers in what turned out to be a busy week on the pop charts.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clintons to be honored at VH1 gala (AP)
AP - Former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will join Mariah Carey and others as honorees at the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's 10th-anniversary gala in September.