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Brian Wilson Dialing Up Katrina Donors (AP)
 AP - "Iowa Jim" was suspicious. Was Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson really putting messages on his official Web site urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts?
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Patsy Cline Home Gets Landmark Status (AP)
 AP - The home of Patsy Cline, already a favorite stop for country music fans, is now recognized by Virginia as a landmark.
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McCready in Fair Condition After Overdose (AP)
 AP - Country singer Mindy McCready was hospitalized after overdosing on antidepressants early Friday following a quarrel with the father of her unborn child. She was in fair condition Friday afternoon, officials said.
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Polanski Debuts 'Oliver Twist' in Prague (AP)
 AP - Roman Polanski, debuting his new film "Oliver Twist" on Saturday, said he chose to adapt the classic novel because he admires 19th-century English literature and wanted to make a movie his children would enjoy.
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TV Networks Offer Extensive Rita Coverage (AP)
 AP - Mindful of the devastation wrought by Katrina, television networks brought a seriousness of purpose to live coverage of Hurricane Rita as it hit land Saturday at the Texas-Louisiana border.
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Polanski Debuts 'Oliver Twist' in Prague (AP)
AP - Roman Polanski, debuting his new film "Oliver Twist" on Saturday, said he chose to adapt the classic novel because he admires 19th-century English literature and wanted to make a movie his children would enjoy.
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Camera phone enters new creative territory (Reuters)
Reuters - Billboard has learned that rock band
the Presidents of the United States of America shot its latest
video using only mobile phone cameras.
'Little Rascals' Actor Thomas Bond Dies (AP)
AP - Thomas Ross Bond, who played Butch the bully in the "Our Gang" and "The Little Rascals" serials of the 1930s, has died. He was 79.
Music biz explores wireless frontier (Reuters)
Reuters - And so it begins. Wireless
operators and record companies are starting to let mobile
subscribers buy and download full songs over wireless networks
directly to mobile phones capable of storing and playing music.
Burton, Hawke, Wright and Allen to Appear in "New Work Then" Readings at Public (Playbill)
Playbill - A host of marquee names will perform in the "New Work Then!" reading series, in which the Public Theater revisits triumphant productions from its 50 year history.
Polanski Debuts 'Oliver Twist' in Prague (AP)
AP - Roman Polanski, debuting his new film "Oliver Twist" on Saturday, said he chose to adapt the classic novel because he admires 19th-century English literature and wanted to make a movie his children would enjoy.
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Polanski feels the pressure as "Oliver" premieres (Reuters)
Reuters - His last film may have been The Pianist,
for which he won a best director Oscar, but that's no guarantee
of fame and funding for Roman Polanski, who attends the world
premiere of his latest work Oliver Twist on Saturday.
Rosenberg Named President of Actors Guild (AP)
 AP - Alan Rosenberg was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild on Friday, replacing former "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert, who decided not to run for a third two-year term.
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Actors union elects more militant president (Reuters)
Reuters - TV actor Alan Rosenberg was elected
president of the Screen Actors Guild on Friday as the more
militant wing of the nation's largest performers union regained
control of the Hollywood-based labor group.
Le Snub of the "Penguins" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Don't be surprised if penguins start ordering freedom fries to go
with their krill.
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Coppola to End 8-Year Absence From Movies (AP)
 AP - After an eight-year absence, Francis Ford Coppola is returning to the director's chair.
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Coppola Makes a Comeback (E! Online)
 E! Online - After an eight-year layoff, Francis Ford Coppola is hopping back
into the director's chair.
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Montreal film fests battle for funds, movie buffs (Reuters)
 Reuters - The New Montreal FilmFest, a highly
touted upstart in the fight for festival supremacy in Montreal,
is fending off jabs from local rivals, movie critics and even
its own programming director at its inaugural edition.
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Review: 'History of Violence' a Must-See (AP)
 AP - The less you know about "A History of Violence" before you see it — and you really should see it — the better. And yet there's so much to say, it's hard not to want to ramble on.
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Actress Says JetBlue Landing Was 'Surreal' (AP)
 AP - Taryn Manning says watching TV at her seat as a JetBlue airliner circled the region for three hours before making an emergency landing was the most "out-of-body experience I ever had."
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Camera phone enters new creative territory (Reuters)
Reuters - Billboard has learned that rock band
the Presidents of the United States of America shot its latest
video using only mobile phone cameras.
R&B veteran LaVette starts raising 'Hell' (Reuters)
Reuters - Bettye LaVette landed a top 10
R&B hit with her very first single. In 1962, when she was only
16, her "My Man, He's a Loving Man" peaked at No. 7.
Music biz explores wireless frontier (Reuters)
Reuters - And so it begins. Wireless
operators and record companies are starting to let mobile
subscribers buy and download full songs over wireless networks
directly to mobile phones capable of storing and playing music.
Q&A: B.B. King marks his 80th birthday (Reuters)
Reuters - He is an icon whose name has become
a brand for his own style of blues. Most anybody who has slung
a guitar over their shoulder would give an appendage for the
privilege of playing with him.
Fans tune in to musicians in ads: study (Reuters)
Reuters - In March, U2 was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen. By turns
eloquent and funny, Springsteen's induction speech concluded
with a mention of U2's partnership with Apple.
Bon Jovi ties Beatles' Japanese chart record (Reuters)
Reuters - Bon Jovi has just matched an
international chart record set by the Beatles.
Brian Wilson Dialing Up Katrina Donors (AP)
AP - "Iowa Jim" was suspicious. Was Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson really putting messages on his official Web site urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts?
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Patsy Cline Home Gets Landmark Status (AP)
AP - The home of Patsy Cline, already a favorite stop for country music fans, is now recognized by Virginia as a landmark.
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McCready in Fair Condition After Overdose (AP)
AP - Country singer Mindy McCready was hospitalized after overdosing on antidepressants early Friday following a quarrel with the father of her unborn child. She was in fair condition Friday afternoon, officials said.
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Phoenix Getting Guitars Painted by Rockers (AP)
 AP - Chicago fancifully painted fiberglass cows, the streets of Washington were decorated with donkeys and elephants, and now the Phoenix area is getting 10-foot guitars transformed by artists including Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Nicks and Alice Cooper.
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