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Wilson Pickett Dies of Heart Attack at 64 (AP)
 AP - Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday in a Reston, Va., hospital, according to his management company. He was 64.
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Witherspoon's Globe Gown Was Worn by Dunst (AP)
 AP - Reese Witherspoon's gown wasn't vintage — though it had been worn by another actress three years ago.
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B.B. King Plans One More World Tour (AP)
 AP - While other 80-year-olds might dust off their rockers, blues dynamo B.B. King will be rocking and rolling when he launches what he says will be his final world tour later this year.
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'Kung Fu Hustle' Top Film at Asian Awards (AP)
AP - "Kung Fu Hustle" was named outstanding film and Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim, who star on the hit TV show "Lost," were honored for outstanding male and female TV performance at Thursday's 2006 Asian Excellence Awards.
CBS looks past the police blotter (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - CBS is firmly in first place. But amid the buzz of rival shows such as Lost, the narrow perception remains that it's the cop-show network, as one reporter here put it at Wednesday's gathering of TV writers.
Glorious cast on the 'Money' in L.A. comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Nicole Holofcener's
third feature, "Friends With Money," is a pitch-perfect
ensemble comedy that burrows deep into the mind-set of white,
upper middle-class Angelenos, anxious to strike the right
balance among career, family, love life and money but never
quite pulling it off.
Global digital music sales triple (Reuters)
Reuters - Global sales of digital music
tripled to $1.1 billion in 2005 and the popularity of
recordings on iPods and mobile phones will result in digital
music generating 25% of worldwide music revenues by 2010, a
music industry trade group said Thursday.
New TVMyPod service comes in gray (area) (Reuters)
Reuters - A tiny Massachusetts
company named TVMyPod is selling iPods that come with movies
and TV programs already loaded on them, a practice that raises
questions of legality as it addresses consumer demand for
convenience and portability.
Playboy magazine set for Indonesia despite protests (Reuters)
Reuters - An Indonesian publisher vowed on Friday
to go ahead with the launch of a local version of Playboy
magazine despite growing protests from conservative Muslim
groups and nationalist politicians.
Revised and Enhanced 'Phantom' Gets a Lair in Las Vegas (Playbill)
Playbill - As construction of a new theatre continues at The Venetian, the Las Vegas resort, details about the upcoming resident production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in the Nevada desert are coming to light.
Glorious cast on the 'Money' in L.A. comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - Nicole Holofcener's
third feature, "Friends With Money," is a pitch-perfect
ensemble comedy that burrows deep into the mind-set of white,
upper middle-class Angelenos, anxious to strike the right
balance among career, family, love life and money but never
quite pulling it off.
'Muslim' comedy fails to live up to funny title (Reuters)
Reuters - As high concept as comedy
films go, Albert Brooks' latest effort finds the
actor-filmmaker working in a typically self-reflexive mode even
as he ventures into uncharacteristic political satire.
New TVMyPod service comes in gray (area) (Reuters)
Reuters - A tiny Massachusetts
company named TVMyPod is selling iPods that come with movies
and TV programs already loaded on them, a practice that raises
questions of legality as it addresses consumer demand for
convenience and portability.
From here, Oscar race goes inside Hollywood (Reuters)
 Reuters - As far as most of
America is concerned, Hollywood's obsession with choosing the
next Oscar winner was just upstaged by the hunt to find the
next American idol. Less than 24 hours after Monday night's
63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, Fox rolled out its first
episode of this season's "American Idol." And if ratings can be
considered votes, then America voted for "Idol's" warbling
wannabes over "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line."
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Blogs put megaphone up to Sundance buzz (Reuters)
Reuters - As befits its indie
roots, the Sundance Film Festival has long played host to
innovations that have spread elsewhere.
Keri Russell playing mom in 'Rush' (Reuters)
Reuters - Former "Felicity" star
Keri Russell is joining Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "August Rush,"
a drama from director Kristen Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated
daughter of Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan.
Redford looks back at Sundance legacy (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Sundance Film Festival
opened on Thursday with founder Robert Redford looking back on
25 years of independent film and recalling a time when he stood
on street corners and begged people to come see the movies.
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Vampire thriller set to bite box office rivals (Reuters)
Reuters - The new Kate Beckinsale
horror film "Underworld: Evolution" is expected to lead the
weekend box office, while Golden Globes glory should boost
business for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line."
'Kung Fu Hustle' Top Film at Asian Awards (AP)
AP - "Kung Fu Hustle" was named outstanding film and Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim, who star on the hit TV show "Lost," were honored for outstanding male and female TV performance at Thursday's 2006 Asian Excellence Awards.
Rick Moranis channels his inner 'Cowboy' (Reuters)
Reuters - Anyone who came of age in the 1980s
is well-versed in the filmography of Rick Moranis, thanks to
such memorable roles as the accountant/nerd extraordinaire in
both "Ghostbusters" films, the evil/clueless overlord in
"Spaceballs," the windsurfing tourist in "Club Paradise" and
the bumbling inventor in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
Global digital music sales triple (Reuters)
Reuters - Global sales of digital music
tripled to $1.1 billion in 2005 and the popularity of
recordings on iPods and mobile phones will result in digital
music generating 25% of worldwide music revenues by 2010, a
music industry trade group said Thursday.
Soul singer 'Wicked' Wilson Pickett dead at 64 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Veteran soul singer Wilson Pickett,
known for such hits as "Mustang Sally" and "In the Midnight
Hour," died on Thursday of a heart attack in Virginia, his
manager said. He was 64.
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Timberlake taps trio of producers for new CD (Reuters)
 Reuters - Justin Timberlake is working with a
trio of producers on his second solo album, which is expected
sometime this year via Jive Records.
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Wilson Pickett Dies of Heart Attack at 64 (AP)
AP - Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday in a Reston, Va., hospital, according to his management company. He was 64.
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B.B. King Plans One More World Tour (AP)
AP - While other 80-year-olds might dust off their rockers, blues dynamo B.B. King will be rocking and rolling when he launches what he says will be his final world tour later this year.
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Songwriter Hall Splits From Sugarland (AP)
 AP - Kristen Hall of the country music trio Sugarland is leaving the group to spend more time writing songs.
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Remembering Pickett's "Wicked" Ways (E! Online)
 E! Online - Without Wilson Pickett, everything from AM radio to The
Commitments would have sounded considerably less soulful.
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Man Charged for Stalking Ex-'American Idol' (AP)
 AP - A California man stalked a former "American Idol" contestant, sending her threatening voice mail messages and showing up at her grandmother's Florida house uninvited, authorities charged.
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Apple Computer Alters iTunes Software (AP)
 AP - Apple Computer Inc. has altered its iTunes software after users raised privacy concerns over a new spy-like song-recommendation feature in the music jukebox program.
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Baltimore Symphony President Resigns (AP)
AP - James Glicker said Thursday that he is stepping down as president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony, denying that his decision had anything to do with friction among musicians over his appointment last summer of the first full-time female conductor of a major U.S. orchestra.
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