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Lawyer Alleges 'Survivor' Hatch Cut Deal (AP)
 AP - "Survivor" Richard Hatch decided not to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the TV show's first season after discussions with producers, fellow contestants and his accountant, and, he testified Monday in his federal tax-evasion trial, after receiving two letters from the IRS.
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GLAAD Replies to Judges Comments on 'Idol' (AP)
 AP - Is "American Idol" homophobic? The Fox talent show elicited a response from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) after judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson made what the gay rights group deemed questionable comments on last week's premiere episode.
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Don Ho Back on Stage After Procedure (AP)
AP - Hawaiian crooner Don Ho has returned to the stage, less than two months after undergoing a stem-cell procedure in Thailand to strengthen his heart.
'Da Vinci Code' to Open at Cannes (AP)
 AP - Case cracked: "The Da Vinci Code" will be the opening-night movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers said. Based on Dan Brown's esoteric thriller about code-breaking and conspiracy, the film will debut at the Riviera festival and in French theaters on May 17, the festival said Saturday.
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Global music sales flat despite surge in legal downloads (Reuters)
 Reuters - Global music sales fell about 2
percent last year as surging digital music revenues failed to
offset continued declines in physical media like CDs, the head
of the industry's trade body said.
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'Sleep' stirs up $6 million Sundance deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Independent
Pictures, the studio behind last year's big Sundance find
"March of the Penguins," has snapped up writer-director Michel
Gondry's "The Science of Sleep" in a $6 million deal.
Janette Carter of country music Carter Family dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Janette Carter, the last surviving
child of country music's original Carter Family, has died, a
family friend said on Monday.
Fox's NFL coverage leads to Sunday touchdown (Reuters)
Reuters - Football and the
decisive NFC championship game that secured a Super Bowl berth
for the Seattle Seahawks ruled the night Sunday. But ABC got
some good news as viewership of "Desperate Housewives" upticked
after easing off a bit during the past two weeks.
Oprah, Ray cook up a daytime TV contender (Reuters)
Reuters - With new hits few and
far between in daytime TV during the past few years, those who
aspire to be the next Oprah Winfrey face increasingly long
odds, even if they are already well known to viewers.
COLUMN: Squad of Oscars visits Big Apple (Reuters)
Reuters - It's still six weeks until
the Academy Awards are handed out in Hollywood, but
Manhattanites and visitors to the Big Apple are already getting
an early look at all 50 of the newly-minted Oscar statuettes.
'Sleep' stirs up $6 million Sundance deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Independent
Pictures, the studio behind last year's big Sundance find
"March of the Penguins," has snapped up writer-director Michel
Gondry's "The Science of Sleep" in a $6 million deal.
Disney board okays takeover offer to Pixar: source (Reuters)
 Reuters - The board of Walt Disney Co. has
authorized Chief Executive Robert Iger to make an offer to buy
Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and is expected to do so by
Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter said late on Monday.
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"Sunshine" only big money hit so far at Sundance (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Sundance Film Festival
entered its second week on Monday with more stars and parties
than ever before, but only one big movie sale and the lack of
action had industry tongues wagging, "I told you so."
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Big budget S.Korean film breaks new ground (Reuters)
Reuters - The South Korean movie "Typhoon" has a
little something to make a lot of people nervous.
'Da Vinci Code' to Open at Cannes (AP)
AP - Case cracked: "The Da Vinci Code" will be the opening-night movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers said. Based on Dan Brown's esoteric thriller about code-breaking and conspiracy, the film will debut at the Riviera festival and in French theaters on May 17, the festival said Saturday.
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'Underworld' Conquers Weekend Box Office (AP)
AP - Vampires and werewolves trumped Little Red Riding Hood at the box office this weekend, with the blood-drenched sequel "Underworld: Evolution" taking the top spot from the animated tale "Hoodwinked."
Academy Award Statuettes Arrive in NYC (AP)
 AP - Oscar, welcome to the Big Apple.
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Oscars May Surprise Despite Front-Runners (AP)
 AP - As Oscar season heats up, it's a one-horse race led by two cowboys.
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"Underworld" Rises, "Brokeback" Bolstered (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
vampires vs. werewolves sequel Underworld: Evolution scared up
$26.9 million to dominate the weekend box office, while Brokeback
Mountain and Walk the Line got big boosts from their big wins
at the Golden Globes.
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Muslim Comics Use Laughter As a Tool (AP)
 AP - Azhar Usman says when he walks down the street, he gets dirty looks.
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Janette Carter of country music Carter Family dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Janette Carter, the last surviving
child of country music's original Carter Family, has died, a
family friend said on Monday.
Court: Williams' Heirs Own Rights to Show (AP)
AP - The right to sell some old recordings by Hank Williams belongs to the country music legend's heirs, an appeals court has ruled.
GLAAD Replies to Judges Comments on 'Idol' (AP)
AP - Is "American Idol" homophobic? The Fox talent show elicited a response from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) after judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson made what the gay rights group deemed questionable comments on last week's premiere episode.
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Rapper Nas splits Columbia for Def Jam -- report (Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Nas has exited Sony's
Columbia label and signed with Def Jam, according to a New York
Times report.
Don Ho Back on Stage After Procedure (AP)
AP - Hawaiian crooner Don Ho has returned to the stage, less than two months after undergoing a stem-cell procedure in Thailand to strengthen his heart.
Arctic Monkeys, Hard-Fi rule UK charts (Reuters)
Reuters - New British rock bands ruled the
latest U.K. pop charts, with Arctic Monkeys winning their
second consecutive singles crown, and Hard-Fi ascending to No.
1 with its first album.
Singer-songwriter Kozelek plays at death crawl (Reuters)
Reuters - "It feels like a morgue
in here," singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek said midway through
his set Saturday at the Troubadour. "I know I'm not helping
any." That might have been the understatement of the night.
Country gentleman, hillbilly rocker wow New York (Reuters)
Reuters - It was an unseasonably warm
evening in Manhattan when Kentuckian Ricky Skaggs and
Mississippian Marty Stuart co-headlined a sold-out show at the
Times Square BB King's on Sunday.
U.S. May Get Version of 'Top of the Pops' (AP)
 AP - "Top of the Pops," the long-running British music program famous for performances by artists from The Beatles to Nirvana, is making another attempt to cross the Atlantic.
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Rosanne Cash Pours Emotion Into New Album (AP)
 AP - The cameras had gone, so had the crowds. Rosanne Cash had often shared morning coffee with her father in the final months of his life, so the day after he was buried, she took her Starbucks cup to his grave at sunrise to visit him alone. The world had just lost Johnny Cash, the music legend. She lost her dad.
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