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Jackson Faces Deadline to Pay Workers
(AP)
 AP - State regulators said Friday they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch.
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McGraw, Hill Blast Katrina Cleanup Efforts
(AP)
 AP - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill met with reporters to talk about their upcoming tour, but ended up venting their frustration with the cleanup efforts along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Antheil Composition Gets All-Robotic Show
(AP)
AP - It's a concert without musicians when 16 baby grand player-pianos accompanied by a variety of drums, bells, xylophones and a siren perform American composer George Antheil's "Ballet Mecanique," or Mechanical Ballet.
Judge Tells Man to Stay Away From Ronstadt
(AP)
AP - A Colorado man accused of stalking singer Linda Ronstadt for nearly a decade has been ordered by an Arizona judge to stay away from her.
Comedians Trace Arc of Comedy in Aspen
(AP)
AP - The funny business is a moving target: From Jackie Gleason's pratfalls to Dave Chappelle's hip and racially charged delivery, comedy is constantly evolving. Yet there are eternal truths when it comes to tickling the funny bone, according to writers, directors and performers at the 12th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen this week.
Hells Angels sue Disney over movie plans
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hells Angels has sued Walt Disney
Co., claiming that a planned movie about a group of motorcycle
riders called "Wild Hogs" infringes on its trademark name and
skull logo.
Judge Tells Man to Stay Away From Ronstadt
(AP)
AP - A Colorado man accused of stalking singer Linda Ronstadt for nearly a decade has been ordered by an Arizona judge to stay away from her.
French TV Network Hires Black Anchorman
(AP)
AP - France's most popular television network has named a black journalist as a summer replacement for its star anchorman, a key change in the country's almost all-white TV news scene.
Disney-Pixar deal to close by late April, May: CFO
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Walt Disney Co.'s planned
purchase of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. likely will close in
late April or May, Disney Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs
said on Friday at the company's annual meeting.
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Three NYC Companies Nurture Javon Johnson's New Play, 'Breathe'
(Playbill)
Playbill - The Lark Play Development Center, in partnership with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF) and Queens Theatre in the Park, will present a BareBones Production of Breathe, a new play by Javon Johnson.
Hells Angels sue Disney over movie plans
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hells Angels has sued Walt Disney
Co., claiming that a planned movie about a group of motorcycle
riders called "Wild Hogs" infringes on its trademark name and
skull logo.
A Hanks Family Film
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Tom Hanks is keeping his next film in the family.
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'Narnia' Sequel in the Works
(AP)
AP - A sequel to the megahit family fantasy "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is slated to hit theaters in late 2007.
Box Office Slumps Worldwide in 2005
(AP)
AP - The movie business was down both in the U.S. and worldwide last year, final box-office figures show.
Pixar Steals Show at Disney Meeting
(AP)
 AP - Pixar stole the show Friday at The Walt Disney Co. shareholders' meeting.
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Rachel Weisz to Be Face of Burberry
(AP)
 AP - The public has seen a lot of mama-to-be Rachel Weisz lately — first at the Golden Globes in a gold Donna Karan gown and then at the Oscars in a sleek black Narciso Rodriguez gown.
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New James Bond movie: fewer gadgets, more grit
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Forget the gadgets, invisible cars and
exploding space stations. The next James Bond movie is going to
be pure grit, real stunts and a spy who fumbles a kill, falls
in love and dislikes violence, the makers say.
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Review: 'The Shaggy Dog'
(AP)
AP - In the creative funk that has Disney updating almost anything it can find in its family-film vaults, it probably was inevitable the studio would end up sniffing around "The Shaggy Dog" again.
Review: 'Failure to Launch'
(AP)
AP - Everything about "Failure to Launch" screams out "typical romantic comedy," from the cutesy title to the whimsical posters (featuring stars Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker and their blindingly white teeth) to the absurdly contrived premise.
Review: 'Ask the Dust'
(AP)
AP - Robert Towne would seem to be the ideal person to bring "Ask the Dust," John Fante's novel about an aspiring writer's dreams and doomed love affairs in 1930s Los Angeles, to the screen.
Antheil Composition Gets All-Robotic Show
(AP)
AP - It's a concert without musicians when 16 baby grand player-pianos accompanied by a variety of drums, bells, xylophones and a siren perform American composer George Antheil's "Ballet Mecanique," or Mechanical Ballet.
Jackson Faces Deadline to Pay Workers
(AP)
AP - State regulators said Friday they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch.
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Usher Wants to Teach Teens How to Succeed
(AP)
AP - Grammy-winning R&B artist Usher wants to teach teenagers how to succeed in the sports and entertainment industries.
10-year-old Rock and Roll Hall spreads the word
(Reuters)
Reuters - When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum staged its 10th annual American Music Masters
concert last November at Cleveland's State Theater as a tribute
to Sam Cooke, even the performers were star-struck. Elvis
Costello, for one, walked offstage in a haze, leaving behind
Solomon Burke and Aretha Franklin to sing "A Change Is Gonna
Come."
Indie labels multiply in gospel realm
(Reuters)
Reuters - Though mainstream corporations have
become a major presence in Christian music as EMI, Warner Bros.
and Sony BMG have staked claims on the Christian/gospel
landscape during the past decade, independents manage still to
enjoy a share of the pie. And even though the climate is
difficult, new companies keep springing up.
Kiwi band Die! Die! Die! eyes deal! deal! deal!
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hailed at home as New Zealand's most
exciting new band, uncompromising art-punk trio Die! Die! Die!
aims to lock in label and agency deals for the United States
and Europe during its stateside visit around the time of the
March 15-19 South by Southwest music festival.
Blondie enters Hall of Fame in style
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Blondie sure knows how to celebrate
its 30th anniversary. On March 13, the legendary band -- along
with the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis and Lynyrd
Skynyrd -- will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.
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Q&A with Van Morrison
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Few long-term recording artists remain
as enigmatic as Van Morrison. The Belfast, Northern
Ireland-born creator of countless classic albums and songs is
notoriously media-wary and prefers to focus his energy on a
prodigious recording output since leaving the ranks of the
influential Northern Irish beat band Them in the 1960s.
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Classic R&B thriving on indie releases
(Reuters)
Reuters - The success of youngsters like
Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo has many observers
trumpeting the refrain "R&B is back."
New Met chief eyes digital horizon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Sony Classical president
Peter Gelb has some intrepid ideas to re-energize one of the
world's most prestigious opera houses when he takes the helm of
the Metropolitan Opera in August.
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