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'Idol' Makes First Cuts of New Season
(AP)
 AP - Now there are 20. "American Idol" booted four contestants Thursday night — two men and two women — in the show's first elimination round of the new season.
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Will Viewers Want Their My Network TV?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - One month after it was
announced the WB and UPN would be downsized into the all-new CW, Fox has
decided to build a new sixth network of its own.
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Superman, Batman Sequelize?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - It is the ultimate fanboy fantasy not involving Princess Leia:
More Batman, more Superman.
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Rolling Stones Fans Clash With Police
(AP)
 AP - Rowdy fans trying to enter a concert by the Rolling Stones without having tickets fought running battles with police Thursday and authorities said at least 20 people were injured.
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Disney 'Desperate' for Latin American Hit
(AP)
 AP - More "Desperate Housewives" — in Spanish and Portuguese. Hoping to replicate the worldwide success of the Golden Globe-winning ABC drama, Disney's international production arm announced Thursday plans to produce four local Latin American editions, each with its own cast and cultural flavor.
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German theater chain yanks controversial 'Wolves'
(Reuters)
 Reuters - German multiplex
giant CinemaxX has pulled the Turkish action blockbuster
"Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" from theaters after accusations
that the film, which stars Billy Zane and Gary Busey, is
anti-Semitic and anti-American.
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Marsalis, Costello sign on for Playboy jazz fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - The lineup for the 2006
Playboy Jazz Festival will include Branford Marsalis, Jamie
Cullum, Ozomatli, McCoy Tyner and Elvis Costello and the
Imposters with Allen Toussaint.
Griffiths, Flockhart in 'Sisters' act
(Reuters)
Reuters - Golden Globe winners
Rachel Griffiths and Calista Flockhart have been tapped to star
in ABC's drama pilot "Brothers & Sisters."
MMO startup making waves in game world
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood producers
are taking notice of Multiverse, a startup that makes a
massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game possible for a
tiny fraction of what they typically cost.
"Pajama" revival is the cat's meow
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than half a century
old and not seen on Broadway since 1973, "The Pajama Game"
would not seem an ideal candidate for revival. But the
Roundabout's revival demonstrates that superb staging, canny
casting and a healthy dose of sexuality are all that is needed
to bring this old-fashioned chestnut back to life.
German theater chain yanks controversial 'Wolves'
(Reuters)
Reuters - German multiplex
giant CinemaxX has pulled the Turkish action blockbuster
"Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" from theaters after accusations
that the film, which stars Billy Zane and Gary Busey, is
anti-Semitic and anti-American.
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Comencini's Oscar nom beats the gender odds
(Reuters)
Reuters - What is it with Italian
female directors and the Oscars? In 78 years, only three women
-- Italy's Lena Wertmuller ("Seven Beauties"), Australia's Jane
Campion ("The Piano"), and Hollywood's Sofia Coppola ("Lost in
Translation") -- have been nominated for best director.
For some, Murray docu is "Unknown" quantity
(Reuters)
Reuters - As presented in the
documentary "Unknown White Male," which Wellspring Media is
releasing Friday (February 24) in Los Angeles and New York, the
story of Doug Bruce is so weirdly mysterious that it would
strain the credibility of even the most logic-defying of soap
operas.
West finds 'Vacancy' at Screen Gems
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Simon West,
whose "When a Stranger Calls" recently opened at No. 1 for
Screen Gems, is booking another reservation with the Sony genre
label.
Talkington in her 'League' with Fox pic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fox 2000 has tapped Amy
Talkington to pen an untitled Junior League-themed project.
Screenwriter Weitz putting 'Game' face on
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chris Weitz has signed
on to adapt and produce Neil Strauss' best-selling seduction
tome "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup
Artists" for Columbia Pictures.
4th "Potter" is No. 5 on all-time overseas list
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures'
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has crossed the $600
million mark in international receipts and ranks fifth among
all-time international releases.
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Disney finds ghost writer in Jacobs
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-nominated
screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs has been tapped to rewrite
"The Banshee and Fin Magee" for Walt Disney Pictures.
Rob Reiner Denies Impropriety in Preschool
(AP)
AP - Hollywood director Rob Reiner denied any wrongdoing Thursday in response to recent scrutiny about the potential misuse of taxpayer funds for a June ballot initiative he is spearheading.
New Directors marks 35th anniversary
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Film Society of Lincoln
Center and the Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films
series will celebrate its 35th anniversary with an
international collection of projects, a roundtable of featured
helmers and a documentary retrospective.
Marsalis, Costello sign on for Playboy jazz fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - The lineup for the 2006
Playboy Jazz Festival will include Branford Marsalis, Jamie
Cullum, Ozomatli, McCoy Tyner and Elvis Costello and the
Imposters with Allen Toussaint.
Aerosmith goes overboard in '70s-centric show
(Reuters)
Reuters - The most enduring visual
memory of Aerosmith's show Wednesday likely will be that of a
bareback Joe Perry on his knees on a catwalk, thrashing his
clear-bodied guitar with a bright red shirt.
Judge Denies Use of R. Kelly Slang Term
(AP)
AP - Prosecutors said they had to drop a case against a man accused of trying to accost an 11-year-old girl because a judge wouldn't allow testimony about a slang term involving R. Kelly.
The Killers Sued by Ex-Manager
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The Killers' former manager has filed like he means it.
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Rock Blocks Sex Tape
(E! Online)
 E! Online - He may be the self-professed Pimp of the Nation, but Kid Rock wants
to keep his own sexploits private.
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Rolling Stones Fans Clash With Police
(AP)
AP - Rowdy fans trying to enter a concert by the Rolling Stones without having tickets fought running battles with police Thursday and authorities said at least 20 people were injured.
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Sensitivity trumps charisma for Nada Surf, Rogue Wave
(Reuters)
Reuters - It was sensitive indie
rock night Wednesday at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater as
Nada Surf shared the bill with Rogue Wave. Both acts make the
kind of melodic, yearning rock that is perfectly suited for the
soundtrack of Fox's "The O.C."
Gospel Pianist Dies During Performance
(AP)
AP - Gospel music pianist Anthony Burger, who played for the popular Gaither Homecoming shows and earned Dove Award nominations for his albums of instrumental music, collapsed and died during a performance. He was 44.
Universal Motown revamps labels
(Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Motown Records
Group is being reorganized as two discrete, nongenre-specific
labels, Universal Motown Records and Universal Republic
Records, with Sylvia Rhone and Monte Lipman serving as their
respective presidents.
Paisley & Parton "Get" to No. 1
(Reuters)
Reuters - After waiting patiently at No. 2
for two weeks, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton capture the No. 1
spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with "When I Get
Where I'm Going" (Arista), replacing Carrie Underwood's "Jesus,
Take the Wheel" (Arista) after a six-week reign.
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