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Co. Hopes to Market Kid Rock, Stapp Tape (AP)
 AP - The company that distributed the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape hopes to distribute an equally risque video of Kid Rock, former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and four strippers.
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Willie Nelson Plays Long Set for Soldiers (AP)
 AP - Willie Nelson warmed up for his Friday night concert for paying customers by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.
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Michael Jackson's Katrina Song Said Ready (AP)
 AP - Eight days after Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael Jackson announced he would release an all-star charity single within two weeks.
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Fans Start to Gather for Free Stones Show (AP)
 AP - Screams and cheers greeted the Rolling Stones as they pulled up to their beach-front hotel Friday in a huge police motorcade, and die-hard fans were already staking out spots before an enormous stage on Copacabana Beach, where up to 2 million people were expected to attend the band's free concert Saturday night.
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Isaac Mizrahi Defends Red-Carpet Behavior (AP)
 AP - Get over it, says Isaac Mizrahi. The fashion designer turned red-carpet renegade has no plans to soften his act come Oscar night March 5.
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"Requiem" resonates with closely observed drama (Reuters)
Reuters - The death of a Catholic woman
in West Germany while undergoing the Catholic rite of exorcism
in 1976 has inspired two films within the past few months.
Willie Nelson Plays Long Set for Soldiers (AP)
AP - Willie Nelson warmed up for his Friday night concert for paying customers by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.
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NBC Uni to Web sites: Clip the clips (Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal is leaning
on popular Web sites engaged in video sharing to remove
hundreds of copyrighted video clips derived from its TV
networks.
Uni's Snider in talks with DreamWorks (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Pictures
motion picture chairman Stacey Snider has entered into
discussions that could lead to her moving to Paramount
Pictures, where she would supervise DreamWorks, which Paramount
parent Viacom Inc. recently purchased for $1.6 billion.
N.Y. producer accused of sexually harassing cast (Reuters)
Reuters - A Tony Award-winning producer is being
sued by business partners who accuse her of sexually harassing
the cast of her off-Broadway play, leading to resignations by
half the show's actors.
"Requiem" resonates with closely observed drama (Reuters)
Reuters - The death of a Catholic woman
in West Germany while undergoing the Catholic rite of exorcism
in 1976 has inspired two films within the past few months.
Soccer, women's rights a winning combo in "Offside" (Reuters)
Reuters - Women's roles and the eternal
fight to expand their rights in Iranian society get a light,
hugely entertaining treatment in Jafar Panahi's "Offside," a
story about girls caught dressing as boys to sneak into a World
Cup-qualifying football match in Tehran.
Steven Seagal to Reign at Orpheus Parade (AP)
AP - Actor and musician Steven Seagal will reign as this year's celebrity monarch for the Krewe of Orpheus — the lavish parade group started by musician and native New Orleanian Harry Connick Jr.
French Actress Eva Green Is New Bond Girl (AP)
 AP - The new James Bond now has his Bond Girl. Eva Green, whose screen credits include Bernardo Bertolucci's erotic drama "The Dreamers," will co-star as the enticing Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale" opposite Daniel Craig.
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Italy's Benigni dreamt of Iraq before making film (Reuters)
 Reuters - Oscar winner Roberto Benigni said on
Friday he had no choice but to set his latest film in Iraq.
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Director Mixes Soccer With Women's Rights (AP)
 AP - Director Jafar Panahi's "Offside," a comedy that uses soccer mania to highlight the struggle for women's rights in Iran, premiered Friday at the Berlin film festival — one of two Iranian competitors in a year that has seen tensions spiral between Tehran and the West.
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Crowe, Cruise and Holmes Honor Packer (AP)
 AP - Tom Cruise and his pregnant fiancee, Katie Holmes, were among the celebrities who bid farewell Friday to Australian media mogul Kerry Packer at a state memorial service at Sydney Opera House.
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Clooney Not Sorry He Made Fun of Abramoff (AP)
AP - George Clooney, who may be giving speeches again at next month's Academy Awards, says he has no regrets about making an off-color joke about disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff during last month's Golden Globes.
Review: 'Eight Below' (AP)
AP - There was a great nature and survival film to be had in "Eight Below," the story of sled dogs struggling to stay alive in Antarctica after their two-legged overseers leave them behind during a killer storm.
Dark Horses May Threaten 'Brokeback' (AP)
AP - While the cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" has been established as a solid favorite for the best-picture Oscar, the ensemble drama "Crash" has an ardent following and some late-season momentum that could make it a surprise winner.
Willie Nelson Plays Long Set for Soldiers (AP)
AP - Willie Nelson warmed up for his Friday night concert for paying customers by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.
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Latin jazz great Ray Barretto dies in New Jersey (Reuters)
Reuters - Ray Barretto, the Latin conga drummer
best known for his 1960s hit "El Watusi," died on Friday at a
New Jersey hospital, a family spokesman said. He was 76.
Country artists pay tribute to Kristofferson (Reuters)
Reuters - To mark Kris Kristofferson's
upcoming 70th birthday, Nashville-based American Roots
Publishing will release "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris
Kristofferson" June 27.
Q&A: Alabama's Randy Owen (Reuters)
Reuters - A quarter century of music from
seminal country group Alabama is celebrated in the new
RCA/Legacy boxed set "Alabama -- Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin':
The 25th Anniversary Collection."
Santaolalla in awards spotlight for "Brokeback" score (Reuters)
Reuters - When composer Gustavo Santaolalla read
the script for "Brokeback Mountain," he interpreted it as a
"great love story of universal dimensions" and wrote the
haunting, plaintive score accordingly.
Stars line up to croon with Bennett (Reuters)
Reuters - Bennett, who won for best traditional pop vocal album at
the February 8 event, was tucked inside Capitol's legendary
Studio A, running through the standard "Rags to Riches" with
his duet partner du jour, Elton John.
Suge Knight Files Racketeering Suit (AP)
 AP - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has filed a $106-million federal fraud, conspiracy and racketeering lawsuit against a drug dealer he claims tried to extort money from him to curry favor with authorities.
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Yoakam schedules Oscar-weekend Hayride (Reuters)
Reuters - In the midst of his ongoing North
American tour, country singer/songwriter/actor Dwight Yoakam is
planning to host the Lil' Ole' Oscar Hayride March 3 at Los
Angeles' Wiltern Theater.
G-Unit, Fugees session men return as Dub Trio (Reuters)
Reuters - When respected session musicians for
some of pop and hip-hop's biggest names get together to jam, an
amalgamation of heavy metal, noisecore and dub are usually not
the genres you'd expect to result.
Co. Hopes to Market Kid Rock, Stapp Tape (AP)
AP - The company that distributed the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape hopes to distribute an equally risque video of Kid Rock, former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and four strippers.
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