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NFL Edits Out Explicit Stones Lyrics (AP)
 AP - They may not have flashed any body parts — except for Mick Jagger's well-toned stomach — but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad editors were on duty for the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Cartoonish Violence Rules Super Bowl Ads (AP)
 AP - Cartoonish violence ruled the day at the annual knockdown competition among advertisers Sunday, as Bud Light, Diet Pepsi, Michelob and Sprint all used physical gags to hawk their wares at the Super Bowl, the most-watched television broadcast of the year.
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Rhymes' Bodyguard Dies Outside Video Shoot (AP)
AP - A star-studded music video shoot was interrupted by gunfire that killed a bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes, police said.
'When a Stranger Calls' Scares Up $22M (AP)
 AP - Horror fans remained on the line for "When a Stranger Calls," a remake of the scary movie about a terrorized baby sitter that debuted at No. 1 with $22 million over the typically sluggish Super Bowl weekend.
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Networks' iTunes gamble paying off (Reuters)
 Reuters - Television networks took
a leap into the unknown when they started selling their shows
on Apple's iTunes online store, but even in these early days,
it's starting to look as if that faith in digital downloads was
well placed.
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'Wallace' sweeps animated film awards (Reuters)
 Reuters - It was a 10-carrot win
for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" over the
weekend, as the Oscar-nominated claymatian comedy swept the
33rd annual Annie Awards, which honor animated works.
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Rhymes' Bodyguard Dies Outside Video Shoot (AP)
AP - A star-studded music video shoot was interrupted by gunfire that killed a bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes, police said.
UPN's "Party' fizzles (Reuters)
Reuters - Seems like a good idea
on the surface: Surprise some deserving folks with the posh
party of a lifetime. But leave it to reality television to make
even a feel-good story feel tainted.
Cartoonish Violence Rules Super Bowl Ads (AP)
AP - Cartoonish violence ruled the day at the annual knockdown competition among advertisers Sunday, as Bud Light, Diet Pepsi, Michelob and Sprint all used physical gags to hawk their wares at the Super Bowl, the most-watched television broadcast of the year.
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"Diva" a bitchy comedy set in TV world (Reuters)
Reuters - Howard Michael Gould's
satiric showbiz comedy "Diva" -- a scathing behind-the-scenes
look at TV production -- might best be subtitled "Swimming With
Sharks."
'Wallace' sweeps animated film awards (Reuters)
Reuters - It was a 10-carrot win
for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" over the
weekend, as the Oscar-nominated claymatian comedy swept the
33rd annual Annie Awards, which honor animated works.
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'Brokeback' scribe's friends reluctant to see film (Reuters)
 Reuters - A few nights before
their union handed out its annual awards, seven Writers Guild
Award nominees adopted tones in keeping with the spirit of
their respective films as they gathered at a panel session in
Beverly Hills Thursday.
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Full canvas for 'Anamorph' thriller (Reuters)
 Reuters - Scott Speedman, Peter
Stormare and Clea DuVall have joined Willem Dafoe in the indie
psychological thriller "Anamorph."
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Father's day for Cromwell in 'Spidey 3' (Reuters)
 Reuters - James Cromwell is set to
walk the beat in "Spider-Man 3" as Captain Stacy, the father of
Bryce Dallas Howard's character.
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"Law & Order" star tunes in to Marvin Gaye movie (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hot on the heels of hit
films about Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, a project about the
final years of Marvin Gaye is set to begin production in May.
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"Stranger" dials No. 1 at Super Bowl box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - The new horror remake "When a
Stranger Calls" connected with young thrill-seekers at the
weekend box office in North America, but moviegoing generally
took a back seat to Sunday's Super Bowl showdown.
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'Munich' retains lead at foreign box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - Although they scored
five Oscar nominations apiece last Tuesday, Steven Spielberg's
"Munich" and the Johnny Cash movie "Walk the Line" drew
different receptions at the weekend foreign box office.
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"Crash," "Brokeback" Do It Write (E! Online)
 E! Online - A couple of major Oscar contenders had the write stuff Saturday
night.
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'When a Stranger Calls' Scares Up $22M (AP)
AP - Horror fans remained on the line for "When a Stranger Calls," a remake of the scary movie about a terrorized baby sitter that debuted at No. 1 with $22 million over the typically sluggish Super Bowl weekend.
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"Stranger Calls" Rings Up Big Bucks (E! Online)
 E! Online - The few moviegoers who ventured out on Super Bowl weekend were
dialed in to When a Stranger Calls.
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Rhymes' Bodyguard Dies Outside Video Shoot (AP)
AP - A star-studded music video shoot was interrupted by gunfire that killed a bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes, police said.
Colombia's Juanes: all Spanish, all the time (Reuters)
 Reuters - As Juanes begins the final leg of
an ambitious international tour, the Colombian rocker continues
to break non-traditional markets in North America and abroad.
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Love: "Gnarly" Drug Problem Beat (E! Online)
 E! Online - A clean and sober Courtney Love is ready to roll. And rock.
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NFL Edits Out Explicit Stones Lyrics (AP)
 AP - They may not have flashed any body parts — except for Mick Jagger's well-toned stomach — but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad editors were on duty for the Super Bowl halftime show.
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R&B singer/songwriter McFadden dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Gene McFadden, one-half of McFadden
& Whitehead, the legendary R&B duo famed for the 1979 pop
anthem "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," has died.
Hot new debuts can't arrest US sales slump (Reuters)
Reuters - Even with three acts scoring
career-high bows on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the week
ended January 29, overall sales in the week ended January 29
were still lower than the comparable week in 2005.
Sad reality sinks in for New Orleans music scene (Reuters)
 Reuters - Like nearly every house in New
Orleans, Bethany Bultman's home has holes in its roof. Buckets
to catch rainwater surround her desk, and she is hesitant to go
out at night. Much of her neighborhood is still completely
without power.
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Canada musician Sampson flexes muscle in Nashville (Reuters)
Reuters - Few Canadian artists have made the
same kind of impact in Nashville as singer/songwriter/producer
Gordie Sampson, who hails from the Cape Breton region of Nova
Scotia.
Grammys hoping for 'water cooler moments' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Wednesday's Grammy Awards will be
heavy on special performances and unlikely combinations of
talent, and will contain a number of "water cooler moments,"
according to its executive producers.
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James Taylor writing material for new album (Reuters)
 Reuters - Singer/songwriter James Taylor
has begun work on his first studio album since 2002's "October
Road," his final release for longtime label Columbia.
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