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Sesame Street Videos Spark Controversy
(AP)
 AP - The creators of "Sesame Street" are releasing a new line of videos Tuesday targeted for children as young as six months, outraging some child-development experts who feel no form of TV or video is suitable for kids under 2.
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Shakira, Karolina Win Humanitarian Awards
(AP)
 AP - Latin pop star Shakira and Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova received awards Monday for their humanitarian work and then watched a fashion show featuring clothes partly made by women trying to escape poverty in developing countries.
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Julia Roberts' Show Grosses Nearly $1M
(AP)
 AP - Julia Roberts was almost the million-dollar baby on Broadway last week. "Three Days of Rain," which stars Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper, grossed a whopping $988,298 for its first full week of preview performances, according to figures released Monday by the League of American Theatres and Producers.
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Cruise Plans to Marry Holmes This Summer
(AP)
 AP - American actor Tom Cruise told Germany's leading tabloid in its Monday edition that he wanted to tie the knot this summer with fiancee Katie Holmes, after the birth of their baby and the upcoming release of his new film, "Mission Impossible III."
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Hollywood to Sell Digital Films Online
(AP)
 AP - Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
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Film Director Accused of Lying to FBI
(AP)
AP - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was charged Monday with making a false statement to the FBI about his knowledge of wiretapping by an indicted Hollywood private detective, authorities said.
Music industry unleashes more lawsuits in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - The music industry launched a new wave
of lawsuits and criminal proceedings against file-sharers
across Europe on Tuesday, part of its drive to curb online
piracy and encourage the use of legal music services.
Sesame Street Videos Spark Controversy
(AP)
AP - The creators of "Sesame Street" are releasing a new line of videos Tuesday targeted for children as young as six months, outraging some child-development experts who feel no form of TV or video is suitable for kids under 2.
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India to probe fashion show "wardrobe malfunctions"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Outraged officials in largely
conservative India will examine video clips to see whether a
halter slipping off a top model or another's skirt zip
splitting at a fashion show were "deliberate" acts, a state
minister said.
"American Pilot" a gripping, insightful drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. airman who
accidentally crashes his plane in a foreign land torn by civil
war in David Greig's powerful new play "The American Pilot" is
like an extraterrestrial fallen to Earth. He can barely
communicate with the isolated villagers who find him, but while
he means them no harm, they all know he can bring about their
destruction.
Film Director Accused of Lying to FBI
(AP)
AP - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was charged Monday with making a false statement to the FBI about his knowledge of wiretapping by an indicted Hollywood private detective, authorities said.
Koontz's "Husband" set for movie treatment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Random House Films and
Focus Features have chosen Dean Koontz's new novel "The
Husband" to develop into a feature as part of their new
filmmaking joint venture.
'King Kong' DVD scares up $100 mln 1st-week sales
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The computer-animated critters of
"Ice Age" were not the only animals providing good news for a
Hollywood studio on Monday. The DVD for "King Kong" scared up
$100 million in revenues and broke a record for Universal
Studios' home video group.
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Hollywood director charged in Pellicano case
(Reuters)
 Reuters - John McTiernan, director of "The
Hunt for Red October" and "Die Hard," was charged on Monday
with lying to the FBI in the Hollywood wire-tap investigation
surrounding celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano.
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"Brokeback" Mounts Revolution
(E! Online)
 E! Online - On Tuesday, the Oscar-winning gay cowboy drama will help
Hollywood embrace the brave new world, becoming the studios' first major
title to debut as a download-to-own movie on the same day it's out on
DVD.
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"Simpsons" Teases Moviegoers
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The next time you see
a big superhero-style "S" insignia on your theater screen, don't be too
quick to think Superman. Instead, think Simpson.
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"Ice Age" Freezes Out "Instinct"
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Not even her vaunted ice pick could save Sharon Stone from
the Ice Age onslaught.
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Hollywood to Sell Digital Films Online
(AP)
AP - Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
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'Ice Age' Heats Up Box Office With $68M
(AP)
 AP - "Ice Age: The Meltdown" put some fire into Hollywood's chilly year, debuting with a whopping $68 million and delivering the fourth-best premiere ever for an animated movie.
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Fire Damages Director Ken Russell's Home
(AP)
 AP - A fire has severely damaged the home of British film director Ken Russell. Russell, 78, wasn't at home when the fire broke out at his thatched cottage in the village of East Boldre in the New Forest, southern England, on Monday morning, Hampshire Fire and Rescue said.
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Music industry unleashes more lawsuits in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - The music industry launched a new wave
of lawsuits and criminal proceedings against file-sharers
across Europe on Tuesday, part of its drive to curb online
piracy and encourage the use of legal music services.
Rapper Black Rob gets seven years for robbery
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Black Rob has been sentenced
to seven years in prison for grand larceny in connection with a
November 2004 hotel robbery. The artist, whose real name is
Robert Ross, was caught on a security camera leaving a New York
hotel with a woman's purse. Authorities said he pocketed more
than $6,000 in the theft.
James Gang touring for first time in 35 years
(Reuters)
Reuters - Classic rock outfit the James Gang,
best known for the riff-heavy single "Funk #49," will tour for
the first time in 35 years this summer.
Scientists sizzle at L.A. homecoming
(Reuters)
Reuters - We Are Scientists,
transplanted from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, are one of several
relatively new rock acts mining the danceable but dissonant
post-punk sound popularized by such late '70s/early '80s
British bands as Gang of Four and Wire.
Shakira, Karolina Win Humanitarian Awards
(AP)
AP - Latin pop star Shakira and Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova received awards Monday for their humanitarian work and then watched a fashion show featuring clothes partly made by women trying to escape poverty in developing countries.
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Two plead guilty in huge US CD piracy bust
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Two men involved in what U.S.
authorities called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and
computer software in America each pleaded guilty to five
criminal counts on Monday, law enforcement officials said.
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Madonna Confesses Tour Dates
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Forget the stage. For Madonna, all the world's about to be a
dance floor.
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Gorillaz flop at Apollo
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Things did not go well for
the so-called "virtual band" Gorillaz at Harlem's Apollo
Theater Sunday. The first of five sold-out shows at the
historic New York venue was marred by technical problems.
Visuals were scrapped, reducing the production to a mediocre
revue of the multiplatinum album "Demon Days" (Virgin).
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Madonna ready to Dance on world tour
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Madonna will begin her latest world
tour in Los Angeles on May 21, with ticket prices topping out
at $350 in most U.S. venues, organizers said Monday.
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Concert business faces an uncertain summer
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Facing its first summer in
years without a stable of slam-dunk heritage artists to carry
the day, the concert industry will be looking to its "new
old-timers" to work some box-office magic.
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