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Daniel Craig named as first blond Bond (Reuters)
 Reuters - His name is Craig, Daniel Craig.
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Remains of Star Trek's 'Scotty' headed for space (Reuters)
 Reuters - Evidently "Star Trek" actor James
"Scotty" Doohan took the catchphrase "beam me up" very
seriously -- his cremated remains will be launched into space
in accord with his last wishes.
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The Beatles top Variety 100-year entertainment poll (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Beatles were singled out on
Friday as the most influential entertainers of the past 100
years, beating out the likes of Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin
and Mickey Mouse, according to a survey conducted by show
business newspaper Variety.
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Mary-Kate Olsen takes break from NY college (Reuters)
 Reuters - Teen actress Mary-Kate Olsen has
taken a leave of absence from New York University to focus on
the entertainment company she runs with her twin sister,
Ashley, her spokesman said on Friday.
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Hollywood Calls for Cut of Video IPod Pie (AP)
AP - In a show of unity, five unions representing actors, writers and directors issued a joint call for talks to make sure their members get a cut of revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple's iTunes software.
Blond Bond: Daniel Craig Named Next 007 (AP)
 AP - James Bond is going back to his roots. And they're blond. Sandy-haired English actor Daniel Craig was unveiled Friday as the star of the next Bond film, "Casino Royale," due in theaters in November 2006.
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Bo Bice, Band to Perform Katrina Concert (AP)
 AP - "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice opened his home to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Now he's singing to help the cause.
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Hollywood Calls for Cut of Video IPod Pie (AP)
AP - In a show of unity, five unions representing actors, writers and directors issued a joint call for talks to make sure their members get a cut of revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple's iTunes software.
Spielberg, EA Team Up to Make Video Games (AP)
AP - Coming soon to a game console near you: a Steven Spielberg video game. The acclaimed film director and producer has agreed to develop three new games under a long-term exclusive deal with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. The deal to be announced Friday reflects the increasingly intertwined interests of Hollywood and the video game industry.
Concert review: Paul McCartney (Reuters)
 Reuters - Paul McCartney slayed critics as
well as box offices around the world on his 2002 tour, his
first major outing in nearly a decade. Those shows found him
dusting off Beatles songs he'd never performed in his former
life or as a solo artist, and easing off the schmaltz to
deliver a simply stunning musical experience.
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Blond Bond: Daniel Craig Named Next 007 (AP)
AP - James Bond is going back to his roots. And they're blond. Sandy-haired English actor Daniel Craig was unveiled Friday as the star of the next Bond film, "Casino Royale," due in theaters in November 2006.
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'Breaking Up' proves too zany for its own good (Reuters)
Reuters - Georges
Feydeau may be the most frequently performed playwright in
France, but "The Art of Breaking Up," a film based on his first
successful farce, "Fly in the Ointment" (1890), doesn't do
justice to the form or to his work. Adapted by Rosalinde
Deville and directed by her husband, Michel Deville, the play
gets lost in translation to the screen.
Spielberg, EA Team Up to Make Video Games (AP)
AP - Coming soon to a game console near you: a Steven Spielberg video game. The acclaimed film director and producer has agreed to develop three new games under a long-term exclusive deal with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. The deal to be announced Friday reflects the increasingly intertwined interests of Hollywood and the video game industry.
Chewbacca Does America (E! Online)
 E! Online - At the end of Star Wars, Luke Skywalker gets a medal.
Han Solo gets a medal. Chewbacca gets zip.
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Bond Goes Blond with Craig (E! Online)
 E! Online - Hollywood's worst kept secret is official: Daniel Craig has been
issued a license to kill.
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Bo Bice, Band to Perform Katrina Concert (AP)
AP - "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice opened his home to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Now he's singing to help the cause.
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Spielberg: He's in the Game (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
Oscar-winning filmmaker is joining forces with Electronic Arts, the
world's biggest videogame maker, to develop three original games that
Spielberg may eventually turn into movies.
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'Fog' remake proves murky (Reuters)
 Reuters - Add one more to the list of
unnecessary horror remakes with this fog-bound resurrection of
"The Fog."
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Hollywood Calls for Cut of Video IPod Pie (AP)
AP - In a show of unity, five unions representing actors, writers and directors issued a joint call for talks to make sure their members get a cut of revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple's iTunes software.
Q&A: Jeff Dowd Is the Real 'Lebowski' (AP)
 AP - Call him the Dude. That or his Dudeness, Duder or el Duderino — if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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Bo Bice, Band to Perform Katrina Concert (AP)
AP - "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice opened his home to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Now he's singing to help the cause.
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Gardiner's Bach set tops Gramophone nods (Reuters)
Reuters - It must have been an incredibly
sweet moment for John Eliot Gardiner when he and his Monteverdi
Choir and English Baroque Soloists won record of the year at
the Gramophone magazine's annual awards ceremony September 29
in London. They were recognized for the first volume in their
Bach cantata pilgrimage.
McBride makes time for country classics (Reuters)
 Reuters - After establishing herself as one
of country music's top female artists, Martina McBride decided
to pay homage to the classic country music on which she was
raised.
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Jazz trumpeter Botti's sophistication sells (Reuters)
Reuters - It is an anomaly when a mainstream,
largely instrumental jazz album breaks into the Billboard 200,
but it is particularly noteworthy when said disc scales the
chart and settles in for an extended stay.
Melissa Etheridge Meets Mary Jane (E! Online)
 E! Online - Come to Melissa Etheridge's and you might smell something funny.
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Musician Dulli goes direct with solo CD (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Afghan Whigs frontman Greg
Dulli has experienced life on an indie and life on a major. Now
he is finding that an artist may not need a label at all.
Q&A: Rod Stewart (Reuters)
Reuters - Little did Rod Stewart know what
he was starting when he fulfilled a longtime dream by releasing
an album of standards, "It Had to Be You ... The Great American
Songbook," in 2002.
Q&A: Alicia Keys (Reuters)
Reuters - In less than five years, Alicia Keys
has accomplished more than seasoned performers twice her age,
from releasing two multiplatinum albums and winning nine Grammy
Awards to consistently selling out concerts.
Frizzell draws on bluegrass for sound of 'Ohio' (Reuters)
Reuters - Siblings Sara and Sean Watkins of
Nickel Creek lend their bluegrass talents to the upcoming Milan
Records score to "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio." Due
October 25, the soundtrack to Jane Anderson's directorial debut
was composed by John Frizzell, who immediately thought of the
fiddle player and guitarist for the film's blend of rural
sophistication.
The Beatles top Variety 100-year entertainment poll (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Beatles were singled out on
Friday as the most influential entertainers of the past 100
years, beating out the likes of Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin
and Mickey Mouse, according to a survey conducted by show
business newspaper Variety.
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