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'Idol' Trounces Olympics in Ratings War (AP)
 AP - The winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol." Fox's phenomenally successful contest crushed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Smokey Robinson Honors Black History Month (AP)
 AP - Smokey Robinson turned down the music and celebrated lesser-known black Americans while speaking in honor of Black History Month at the University of Memphis.
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'Cold Case' Star Danny Pino Becomes a Dad (AP)
AP - "Cold Case" star Danny Pino received his Valentine's Day gift just a day late when his wife, Lilly, gave birth to the couple's first child Wednesday.
Busta Rhymes Scolded for Silence in Slay (AP)
 AP - The police commissioner berated rapper Busta Rhymes on Wednesday, accusing him of withholding information about the slaying of his bodyguard at a hip-hop video shoot.
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Court Voids Rowe's Loss of Parental Rights (AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, won a round Wednesday in her battle over their two children, with an appeals court ruling that her parental rights were not properly relinquished under the law.
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Warner stops the presses with "President's Men" DVD (Reuters)
Reuters - The controversy over
Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting of a hunting buddy was
quickly dubbed "Quailgate" by the media, a nod to the legacy of
Watergate. Warner Home Video couldn't have asked for better
publicity for an upcoming release.
Smokey Robinson Honors Black History Month (AP)
AP - Smokey Robinson turned down the music and celebrated lesser-known black Americans while speaking in honor of Black History Month at the University of Memphis.
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'Cold Case' Star Danny Pino Becomes a Dad (AP)
AP - "Cold Case" star Danny Pino received his Valentine's Day gift just a day late when his wife, Lilly, gave birth to the couple's first child Wednesday.
Primetime schedule shifts afoot at CBS, NBC (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS announced a flurry
of midseason changes to its schedule Wednesday.
"Barnum" dazzles in high-energy revival (Reuters)
Reuters - While not the best Cy
Coleman musical, "Barnum" is still a razzle-dazzle evening with
a lot of flash and humbug.
Warner stops the presses with "President's Men" DVD (Reuters)
Reuters - The controversy over
Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting of a hunting buddy was
quickly dubbed "Quailgate" by the media, a nod to the legacy of
Watergate. Warner Home Video couldn't have asked for better
publicity for an upcoming release.
Mikkelsen enters 'Casino' as Bond foil (Reuters)
 Reuters - The cast of Sony's
"Casino Royale" remake is near completion.
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Oscar-nominated short films to tour country (Reuters)
Reuters - This year's Oscar-nominated
live-action and animated short films are coming to theaters and
small screens across the country, through a partnership between
Magnolia Pictures and U.K.-based Shorts International.
Aronofsky inks first-look deal with Uni family (Reuters)
Reuters - Darren Aronofsky,
writer/director of "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream," has signed a
first-look deal with Universal Pictures.
Tale of adultery unwinds slowly in "Longing" (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Longing" makes you long for
a good movie. Tedious and long-winded even at its brief running
time, this German film, written and directed by Valeska
Grisebach, tells a mundane tale of adultery that lacks even the
slightest insight. The film will have scant theatrical
opportunity outside of German-speaking territories. Euro tube
sales are its best bet.
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"Crime Novel" travels familiar mean streets (Reuters)
Reuters - This Italian gangster movie
is based on a novel titled "Crime Novel" (Romanzo Criminale).
So why not call this "Crime Movie?" Especially because, even
though the story reputedly portrays a real gang of street punks
that did rise to some power in Rome from 1977-92, the movie
feels totally generic.
'Bambi II' leaps to top of DVD chart in 1st week (Reuters)
Reuters - Buena Vista Home
Entertainment's "Bambi II" scored a stunning upset victory on
the DVD sales chart the week ending February 12.
BAFTA honors Puttnam with fellowship nod (Reuters)
 Reuters - The British Academy of Film
and Television Arts said Wednesday it will present producer
David Puttnam with this year's Academy Fellowship on Sunday at
the organization's annual Orange British Film Awards.
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Robert Redford Reflects on Watergate Film (AP)
 AP - "All the President's Men," the classic 1976 film about Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's unraveling of Watergate, opens with hammering typewriter keystrokes that sound like gunshots.
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"Legend" offers mild chills (Reuters)
Reuters - Bad things
happen to good city folk when they move to the sticks -- a
standard setup that unfolds with lukewarm results in "The
Legend of Lucy Keyes."
Smokey Robinson Honors Black History Month (AP)
AP - Smokey Robinson turned down the music and celebrated lesser-known black Americans while speaking in honor of Black History Month at the University of Memphis.
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Amazon, 4 music firms discuss digital service: report (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is in
advanced talks with four top music companies on starting a
digital music service as early as this summer, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Thursday.
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Calif. court sides with Jackson's ex-wife (Reuters)
 Reuters - An appeals court on Wednesday
refused to reinstate an order granting Michael Jackson sole
custody of his two children with ex-wife Debbie Rowe.
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15 bucks and free beer for Hand's honky-tonk (Reuters)
Reuters - You can practically tell
what James Hand's music sounds like from the names of the
places he plays: Ginny's Little Longhorn ... Pearl's Dancehall
& Saloon ... Riley's Tavern ... the Broken Spoke.
'Idol' Trounces Olympics in Ratings War (AP)
AP - The winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol." Fox's phenomenally successful contest crushed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Court Voids Rowe's Loss of Parental Rights (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, won a round Wednesday in her battle over their two children, with an appeals court ruling that her parental rights were not properly relinquished under the law.
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Nickelback tops Junos with six noms (Reuters)
Reuters - Nickelback leads the
pack with six nominations for the Junos, Canada's music awards,
which were announced Wednesday by the CTV network and the
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Jay-Z seeks N.J. Nets theme song (Reuters)
 Reuters - Def Jam president Jay-Z, who is also
part owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets, has launched a contest
for amateur performers to write and record a Nets theme song.
The contest is a partnership with Sprite and New York radio
station WQHT (Hot 97).
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Nickelback Leads Canada's Music Awards (AP)
AP - Nickelback, the first Canadian band to debut No. 1 on the Billboard chart in over 30 years, received a leading six nominations Wednesday for Canada's annual top music award.
AC/DC singer Bon Scott's grave named heritage site (Reuters)
Reuters - In an unusual ruling, the grave site
of AC/DC singer Bon Scott in Fremantle Cemetery in Western
Australia was classified with a heritage listing Wednesday
(February 15).
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