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Hilton backs SUV into car after shopping
(AP)
 AP - Paris Hilton had a fender-bender accident when her Range Rover backed into a car in a parking garage after a shopping trip, her publicist said Friday.
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EW ranks 'Passion' most controversial film
(AP)
 AP - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" ranks as the most controversial film of all time, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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Retrial date set for Notorious B.I.G. suit
(AP)
 AP - A federal judge set a retrial date for the Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death lawsuit against the city after reversing her position that the attorney for the slain rapper's family had misled the court.
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Anheuser-Busch sued over 'Dirty Water'
(AP)
AP - The song "Dirty Water" blares at Fenway Park after every Red Sox victory and has become part of the winning soundtrack of baseball-crazy Massachusetts. Its use in Budweiser commercials, however, has drawn the ire of the band that wrote the 1966 hit.
Lohan focuses on career, not relationships
(AP)
 AP - Lindsay Lohan, who celebrates her 20th birthday next month, wants to snag plum acting roles, not a serious boyfriend.
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EW ranks 'Passion' most controversial film
(AP)
AP - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" ranks as the most controversial film of all time, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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Anheuser-Busch sued over 'Dirty Water'
(AP)
AP - The song "Dirty Water" blares at Fenway Park after every Red Sox victory and has become part of the winning soundtrack of baseball-crazy Massachusetts. Its use in Budweiser commercials, however, has drawn the ire of the band that wrote the 1966 hit.
Coulter draws fire for bashing 9/11 widows
(AP)
 AP - Ann Coulter, the conservative pundit with a penchant for creating controversy, caused a ruckus when she called 9/11 widows "witches" and accused them of using their husbands' deaths for their own political gain.
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Anheuser-Busch sued over 'Dirty Water'
(AP)
AP - The song "Dirty Water" blares at Fenway Park after every Red Sox victory and has become part of the winning soundtrack of baseball-crazy Massachusetts. Its use in Budweiser commercials, however, has drawn the ire of the band that wrote the 1966 hit.
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Snake Eyes
(Playbill)
Playbill - On June 6-just nine days after the Vegas version of Avenue Q closed after a brief, nine-month run-the Sin City mounting of Hairspray announced an end date of June 11. Its run will have lasted a mere four months.
EW ranks 'Passion' most controversial film
(AP)
AP - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" ranks as the most controversial film of all time, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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Faster than bullets, yes. But Superman, gay? No way
(Reuters)
 Reuters - After weeks of Internet buzzing
that the new Superman movie portrays the Man of Steel as gay,
the director of the film issued a strong denial on Friday and
said it was the most heterosexual character he has filmed.
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Connery feted for iconic 007 and 50-year career
(Reuters)
 Reuters - With jokes about haggis, kilts and
brogues, Hollywood paid tribute to Scotland's Sean Connery, and
the man who first uttered the famous line, "Bond, James Bond,"
accepted the honor by doing a Scottish jig.
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Sean Connery cool as Bond at awards fest
(AP)
 AP - Kilted bagpipers inspired Sean Connery to perform an impromptu jig on the Kodak Theater stage as he accepted the American Film Institute's highest honor.
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Police raid 'Animal House' fraternity
(AP)
 AP - Authorities raided the Dartmouth College fraternity that inspired the 1978 movie "National Lampoon's Animal House."
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Jackman Makes Like Crowe
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Hot off the blockbuster success of X-Men: The Last Stand, Hugh
Jackman has been tapped to take over the role vacated by Russell Crowe
in Baz Luhrmann's untitled, long-gestating Gone with the
Wind-style Australian-based epic set to begin shooting early next
year.
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Altman admits to nerves ahead of "Prairie Home"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - He is 81 years old, has an honorary
Oscar and 50 years of television and classic movies like "MASH"
behind him, but director Robert Altman admits he still gets a
case of nerves ahead of a film debut.
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China pulls "Da Vinci Code," approves "MI3"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - China ordered cinemas to pull the plug
on controversial blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code," saying it
wanted to allow more exposure for homegrown films, but it also
announced "Mission Impossible III" would be released next
month.
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Ryan Phillippe enlists for Iraq war drama
(Reuters)
 Reuters - After months of
searching, "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce has found
her leading man for the Iraq war drama "Stop-Loss."
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Hoops documentary "Heart of the Game" a winner
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yet another
inspirational documentary that serves up the sort of dynamic
characters and genuine intrigue that most of its fictional
counterparts would kill for, "The Heart of the Game" winningly
chronicles the seven-year journey to victory undertaken by a
Seattle college tax professor who moonlights as coach of a
girls' high school basketball team.
Anheuser-Busch sued over 'Dirty Water'
(AP)
AP - The song "Dirty Water" blares at Fenway Park after every Red Sox victory and has become part of the winning soundtrack of baseball-crazy Massachusetts. Its use in Budweiser commercials, however, has drawn the ire of the band that wrote the 1966 hit.
Retrial date set for Notorious B.I.G. suit
(AP)
AP - A federal judge set a retrial date for the Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death lawsuit against the city after reversing her position that the attorney for the slain rapper's family had misled the court.
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R. Kelly's Sex Tape Going Public
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Coming soon to a courtroom near you: the R. Kelly sex tape.
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Musicians Hall of Fame opens in Nashville
(AP)
 AP - Rock stars, country stars and even songwriters have their own halls of fame. Now their backing musicians are getting into the act, too.
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Doherty Does Detox...Again
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Pete Doherty's bloodstream was just granted a weeklong reprieve.
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Country rookie Danielle Peck gets second chance
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like many aspiring country artists,
Danielle Peck held down a waitressing job to pay the bills
while pursuing her musical ambitions. Where her story departs
from that of most acts, however, is that that gig directly led
to her landing two consecutive label deals.
Jazz label Impulse turns 45
(Reuters)
Reuters - For 15 years, from 1961 to 1976,
Impulse Records positioned itself at the vanguard of jazz,
infused by the intrepid vision of John Coltrane, who signed an
exclusive contract with the ABC-Paramount imprint in 1961.
Ice Cube back with first album in six years
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Veteran rapper Ice Cube has spent
much of the past decade in Hollywood, masterminding the
lucrative "Friday" comedy franchise, and starring in unlikely
hit movies like "Are We There Yet?"
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L.A. singer flies flag for regional Mexican music
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Jenni Rivera is not your typical
"crossover" artist.
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Teen newcomer gets boost from MTV reality show
(Reuters)
Reuters - As she approaches her 16th birthday,
newcomer Cheyenne Kimball has reasons to be cheerful. Several
weeks before her debut album, "The Day Has Come," drops, her
MTV reality series, "Cheyenne," premiered May 31 with solid, if
unspectacular, ratings.
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