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Man claims Jackson hired him to adopt boys
(AP)
 AP - A former associate suing Michael Jackson for $1.6 million suddenly claimed on the witness stand Friday that he once was dispatched to help the pop star adopt boys in Brazil, but the singer's attorney denounced the story as a smear.
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Luciano Pavarotti recovering from surgery
(AP)
 AP - The tenor of his times to opera buffs and a celebrity whose personality captivated even casual fans, Luciano Pavarotti was recovering Friday from surgery for pancreatic cancer — a kind of cancer often considered a death sentence.
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Rocketboom star exits her famous perch
(AP)
 AP - "The Internet is like a smoothly paved road," Amanda Congdon told viewers the last time she appeared on her popular video blog, Rocketboom. "I can go anywhere I want."
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Boston Symphony head returns to conducting
(AP)
 AP - Conductor James Levine returned to the musical spotlight Friday, leaving few worries that his injured right shoulder would slow him.
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Iraqi film makers risk all to tell their stories
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood directors risk big budgets and
reputations when they work. Iraqi film makers risk their lives.
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Digital Superman is in league all his own
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Superman Returns"
director Bryan Singer wasn't kidding last July when he promised
6,500 fans at Comic-Con "lots of spectacle" and "one of the
largest films Warner Bros. Pictures has ever made."
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Boston Symphony head returns to conducting
(AP)
AP - Conductor James Levine returned to the musical spotlight Friday, leaving few worries that his injured right shoulder would slow him.
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CBS is outdanced but still wins Thursday
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS lost the head-to-head
battle between "Rock Star: Supernova" and Fox's "So You Think
You Can Dance" but still won the night in primetime Thursday.
Judge orders bankruptcy takeover of label
(AP)
AP - A federal judge on Friday ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover of Marion "Suge" Knight's Death Row Records, saying the record label has undergone gross mismanagement.
Writing Team Announced for Broadway-Bound Musical 'Grumpy Old Men'
(Playbill)
Playbill - Composer Neil Berg, lyricist Nick Meglin and playwright Dan Remmes have been tapped by producer Jeff Gardner to convert the 1993 hit movie "Grumpy Old Men" into a Broadway musical, it was announced.
Digital Superman is in league all his own
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Superman Returns"
director Bryan Singer wasn't kidding last July when he promised
6,500 fans at Comic-Con "lots of spectacle" and "one of the
largest films Warner Bros. Pictures has ever made."
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Venice honor, premiere for Lynch
(Reuters)
 Reuters - David Lynch, the
writer-director best known for "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant
Man" and "Mulholland Drive," will receive a lifetime
achievement award at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, organizers
announced Friday.
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Jonestown docu sheds light on "Life and Death" saga
(Reuters)
Reuters - The grisly end of Jim
Jones' would-be utopia has held a morbid fascination since
1978: How did a decades-long, church-based experiment in
communal living lead to the murder and "revolutionary suicide"
of more than 900 people in a tiny South American country?
"Titanic" director Cameron plots CG extravaganza
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nine years after the
launch of his last feature film, James Cameron is targeting a
summer 2008 release for his next project, 20th Century Fox's
"Avatar," and he hopes to start shooting a cast of unknown
actors on a stage in Los Angeles by February.
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Dollywood to add $17.5M roller coaster
(AP)
 AP - Dolly Parton is putting some more big curves into her Dollyw ood theme park. And some big dips and spins, too.
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"Pirates" Poised to Sink Spidey
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Seafaring sequel
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest is in position to
potentially surpass Spider-Man's record for the best weekend
opening ever, according to industry predictions.
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"Pirates" sets sail for record box office debut
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest" sailed into more than 4,000 U.S. movie theaters on
Friday seeking a box office treasure that industry watchers
think could beat the $114.8 million record opening of
"Spider-Man."
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Iraqi film makers risk all to tell their stories
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood directors risk big budgets and
reputations when they work. Iraqi film makers risk their lives.
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Crowe, wife welcome arrival of second son
(AP)
 AP - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe's wife Danielle Spencer gave birth to their second child on Friday, his Australian manager said. Tennyson Spencer Crowe was born at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital weighing about 8 pounds, Crowe's manager Grant Vandenberg said.
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Zhang Ziyi's nude stand-in wants exposure
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A Chinese actress who played Hollywood
movie star Zhang Ziyi's naked body double in "The Banquet"
wants her name in the movie's credits, state media reported on
Friday.
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Boston Symphony head returns to conducting
(AP)
AP - Conductor James Levine returned to the musical spotlight Friday, leaving few worries that his injured right shoulder would slow him.
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Judge orders bankruptcy takeover of label
(AP)
AP - A federal judge on Friday ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover of Marion "Suge" Knight's Death Row Records, saying the record label has undergone gross mismanagement.
Rhino expands first 2 Monkees albums
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rhino has set an August 15 release
date for expanded editions of the first two albums from TV
stars turned pop idols the Monkees. Both will be issued as
two-disc packages including stereo and mono mixes plus rare and
previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Billboard singles reviews: Dashboard, Petty
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three years after the modern-rock
smash "Hands Down," Chris Carrabba's Dashboard Confessional
returns with an atmospheric midtempo anthem full of mature
melodic muscle.
Billboard album reviews: Thom Yorke, Ray Wylie Hubbard
(Reuters)
Reuters - Thom Yorke may be de-emphasizing his
solo debut by releasing it in the wake of Radiohead's first
U.S. tour in three years, but "The Eraser" is no second-rate
stopgap.
Farm Aid heading east to New Jersey
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 19th annual Farm Aid benefit
will be held September 30 at the Tweeter Center in Camden,
N.J., just across the Delaware River from downtown
Philadelphia. Farm Aid co-founders Neil Young, Willie Nelson
and John Mellencamp will perform, as will Dave Matthews.
Tickets go on sale July 14 to members of the FarmYard club and
July 22 to the general public.
Superstar artists join Moore in "Sensational" set
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mariah
Carey and Eric Clapton are among the contributors to soul
legend Sam Moore's upcoming album, "Overnight Sensational."
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My Morning Jacket channels the Band
(Reuters)
Reuters - My Morning Jacket recently trekked
to Woodstock, N.Y., to record a cover of the Band's "It Makes
No Difference" for a star-studded Band tribute album. The
catch: the song was put to tape at the studio of the Band's
drummer, Levon Helm, bringing MMJ's members face to face with
one of their musical idols.
India.Arie's "Testimony" draws convincing verdict
(Reuters)
 Reuters - For the second week in a row, a
best new artist nominee of the 2002 Grammy Awards bows at No. 1
on the Billboard 200. As the soulful India.Arie celebrates the
best chart week of her career, the most intriguing aspect of
this triumph may well be the race that never developed.
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Underground air guitar event seeks center stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a world grown accustomed to
virtual reality, why not air guitar stars?
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