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"!" in /etc/shadow where there should be an "*"

I am using Lenny. I saw a couple of "!" in /etc/shadow, where there should be an "*". I thought it might be a rootkit; and so I reinstalled. However, now they are still there. Can anyone tell me what "festival" is?

less /etc/shadow

root:$1$/Ei9RmiI$Zol9C9FfBluzLmTOa9pAm.:14452:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
games:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
man:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
lp:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
mail:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
news:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
uucp:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
proxy:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
www-data:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
backup:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
list:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
irc:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
gnats:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
nobody:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
libuuid:!:14452:0:99999:7:::
Debian-exim:!:14452:0:99999:7:::
statd:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
messagebus:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
avahi:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
gdm:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
haldaemon:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
hplip:*:14452:0:99999:7:::
edhe:$1$TjbN8Wy3$.3mj.lycq7pgg/sIIF1Mq/:14452:0:99999:7:::
festival:*:14452:0:99999:7:::

I might suggest it is a text-to-speech application:

Code:

[root@fedora ~]# yum info festival

Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit

Available Packages

Name      : festival

Arch      : x86_64

Version    : 1.96

Release    : 12.fc11

Size      : 1.4 M

Repo      : updates

Summary    : Speech synthesis and text-to-speech system

URL        : http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/

License    : MIT and GPL+ and TCL

Description: Festival is a general multi-lingual speech synthesis system developed

          : at CSTR. It offers a full text to speech system with various APIs, as

          : well as an environment for development and research of speech synthesis

          : techniques. It is written in C++ with a Scheme-based command interpreter

          : for general control.