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Former In-Law: Janet Jackson Has Daughter (AP)
 AP - Janet Jackson and James DeBarge, who were briefly married in 1984, had a daughter together, DeBarge's brother Young DeBarge has claimed on a radio program.
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Judge Tosses Most of Suit Against Eminem (AP)
 AP - A judge tossed out most of a lawsuit filed by Eminem's aunt and uncle who claim the rapper is unjustly evicting them from the home he had built for them.
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Jackson Returns Antiques to Settle Lawsuit (AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson returned several antiques to settle a lawsuit with a gallery that accused him of not paying part of a nearly $380,000 bill, attorneys said Monday.
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Poison Guitarist Gets 80 Days in Jail (AP)
 AP - Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille was sentenced to 80 days in jail after pleading no contest to driving while intoxicated.
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Houston grows its own stars (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Houston's long-thriving hip-hop community has generally skirted the mainstream spotlight while other regions, particularly in the South, have taken turns challenging New York and Los Angeles for supremacy.
Foxx makes film deal at MTV, Paramount (Reuters)
Reuters - Jamie Foxx and his
producing partners have signed a two-year, first-look
production deal with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures.
Simon, Bon Jovi to play at country music awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Simon and Jon Bon Jovi will add
some local flavor to the 39th annual Country Music Association
(CMA) Awards, which will take place for the first time in the
Big Apple on November 15 at Madison Square Garden.
Fox out to 'Destroy All Humans' with cartoon (Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Broadcasting Co. has
acquired the rights to turn THQ's best-selling sci-fi video
game "Destroy All Humans!" into a computer-animated comedy. It
marks the first time a video game will be used as the basis for
a primetime network television program.
Movie biz tackles piracy issues at Fla. convention (Reuters)
Reuters - As Hurricane Wilma
swamped southern Florida on Monday, studio and movie theater
executives gathered at their annual ShowEast convention in
Orlando to confront their own storms.
Lane, Broderick in 'Odd' Broadway revival (Reuters)
Reuters - Lots of activity hits the
Broadway main stem this week, starting with the long-awaited
revival of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" with Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick. It officially begins its limited, already
sold-out run Thursday at the Brooks Atkinson.
Foxx makes film deal at MTV, Paramount (Reuters)
Reuters - Jamie Foxx and his
producing partners have signed a two-year, first-look
production deal with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures.
Hitler subject of German comedy (Reuters)
 Reuters - Director Dani Levy,
whose hit Jewish comedy "Go For Zucker!" swept this year's
German Film Awards, will tackle the taboo subject of Adolf
Hitler in his next comedy.
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Movie biz tackles piracy issues at Fla. convention (Reuters)
Reuters - As Hurricane Wilma
swamped southern Florida on Monday, studio and movie theater
executives gathered at their annual ShowEast convention in
Orlando to confront their own storms.
Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - The Weinstein Co. has
pre-emptively bought "Kung Fu High School," a novel by Ryan
Gattis. Ernesto Foronda ("Better Luck Tomorrow") will write the
screenplay.
Rainbow seeking films for theatrical, video launch (Reuters)
Reuters - Rainbow Media Holdings,
the programing unit of Cablevision Systems Corp., is moving
toward the first simultaneous releases of independent films in
U.S. theaters and video-on-demand (VOD).
'Postal' game set to shoot up big screen (Reuters)
Reuters - The controversial video
game "Postal," which has sold more than 1 million units despite
being banned in 13 countries and publicly condemned by U.S.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, is heading to the big screen.
Disney to Release Encrypted Oscar DVDs (AP)
AP - The Walt Disney Co. will be the first to distribute encrypted DVD copies of its movies to award show voters to prevent illegal copying of films.
Sports scribe Lupica scores film deal for new book (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Daily News
sports reporter Mike Lupica has sold the film rights for his
upcoming book to Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz' Walden
Media, one of the companies behind the upcoming "The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe."
Family pictures lift overseas box office (Reuters)
Reuters - The foreign box office
perked up last weekend as school holidays kicked off in several
European markets, bringing about key new family film openings
and expanded dates for a number of crowd-pleasers.
Gloom, "Doom" at Box Office (E! Online)
 E! Online - The fall box office continued to look bleak, with Doom
appropriately emerging as the nation's top weekend movie with $15.5
million in ticket sales, according to final studio figures compiled by
Exhibitor Relations.
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Simon, Bon Jovi to play at country music awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Simon and Jon Bon Jovi will add
some local flavor to the 39th annual Country Music Association
(CMA) Awards, which will take place for the first time in the
Big Apple on November 15 at Madison Square Garden.
Blige counts on Bono for 'One' cover (Reuters)
Reuters - Mary J. Blige went straight to the
source for her new cover of U2's "One," drafting Bono to join
her on vocals.
Former In-Law: Janet Jackson Has Daughter (AP)
AP - Janet Jackson and James DeBarge, who were briefly married in 1984, had a daughter together, DeBarge's brother Young DeBarge has claimed on a radio program.
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Linda Perry takes flight with resurrected album (Reuters)
Reuters - The urban-legend aura
surrounding A-list songwriter Linda Perry received a
significant boost with the recent rerelease of her 1995 album
"In Flight," a stirring, often jarringly straightforward and
introspective Rosetta Stone of her life.
Fogerty Back on Fantasy Records After Spar (AP)
 AP - John Fogerty is back on Fantasy Records. Most music fans would gloss over such a small detail, but for years that simple statement was about as realistic as Neil Armstrong flying back to the moon.
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Jackson Returns Antiques to Settle Lawsuit (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson returned several antiques to settle a lawsuit with a gallery that accused him of not paying part of a nearly $380,000 bill, attorneys said Monday.
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Judge Tosses Most of Suit Against Eminem (AP)
AP - A judge tossed out most of a lawsuit filed by Eminem's aunt and uncle who claim the rapper is unjustly evicting them from the home he had built for them.
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Dolly Parton reaches new peaks with latest album (Reuters)
Reuters - Dolly Parton has scored the
highest-debuting album of her career on The Billboard 200.
Cam'ron Talks Smack Post-Carjacking (E! Online)
 E! Online - Cam'ron took a bullet and then unloaded on all would-be
assailants.
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Soul Asylum Back in Action (E! Online)
 E! Online - After a seven-year hiatus from recording, Grammy-winning band Soul
Asylum is putting the finishing touches on a new album, due for release
in March, and is preparing a series of concerts.
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