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Carmen Electra, Dave Navarro to split
(AP)
 AP - "`Til Death Do Us Part" — not quite. Actress Carmen Electra and musician Dave Navarro are "amicably separating," Electra's publicist, Brit Reece, said Monday.
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Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane dies
(AP)
 AP - Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Monday. He was 88.
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Chris Rock happy show survives merger
(AP)
 AP - Comedian Chris Rock was happy to see "Everybody Hates Chris" survive the merger between the WB and UPN networks.
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Oprah says she, friend Gayle King not gay
(AP)
 AP - Oprah Winfrey and her friend Gayle King want to be clear: they're not gay. In the August issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, the talk-show host explains that some people misunderstand her close friendship with King.
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Graham, Bledel hedge on 'Gilmore Girls'
(AP)
 AP - All the drama won't be confined to the fictional town of Stars Hollow this fall on "Gilmore Girls." A new network, new executive producer and some new writers have shaken things up behind the scenes.
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Horror veteran Barker game for 'Jericho' thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Horrormeister Clive
Barker often ponders how movies and novels require their
creator to choose one path out of numerous possibilities.
Chili Peppers, Who lead U.S. Virgin festival
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the
Who will headline the U.S. version of the Virgin Festival, set
for September 23 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
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Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane dies
(AP)
AP - Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Monday. He was 88.
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MySpace gets last laugh with new Comedy section
(Reuters)
 Reuters - After becoming a key tool
for the discovery and promotion of music and film, MySpace is
now targeting the comedy world.
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One Week More! 18-Year-Old 'Les Miz' Tour Begins Final Week
(Playbill)
Playbill - After 18 years and 151 cities, the North American tour of the international award-winning musical Les Misbles will begin its final week of performances July 18 at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.
Horror veteran Barker game for 'Jericho' thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Horrormeister Clive
Barker often ponders how movies and novels require their
creator to choose one path out of numerous possibilities.
Ang Lee finds stars for World War II thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Ang Lee has found
the two stars for his follow-up to "Brokeback Mountain."
"Pirates" Keeps on Keelhaulin' Competiton
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest crew again absconded with the bulk
of the weekend box-office booty, with nearly triple the haul of either
of its closet competitors, the new comedies Little Man and
You, Me and Dupree.
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Directors tell Gen X'ers to grow up
(Reuters)
Reuters - They broke out of the independent
movie pack at the Sundance Film Festival in the mid-1990s as
voices of Generation X, and a decade later writer/directors
Kevin Smith and Edward Burns have something new to tell their
peers: Grow up.
'Pirates' piles on more box-office gold
(AP)
 AP - Johnny Depp and his buccaneer friends continued to haul in the swag as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" easily remained the top weekend movie with $62.3 million.
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'Clerks II': Something to offend everyone
(AP)
 AP - They may be the rudest guys to ever sell you a cup of coffee. Yet Dante Hicks and Randal Graves are the most beloved store clerks the big screen has ever seen.
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Indian film festival eyes Islamic world
(AP)
 AP - A film festival in India's capital this week highlights many social and political themes of a rapidly changing Asia — and offers a window into an Islamic world that's rapidly gaining the international community's attention.
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Jackie Chan sorry for concert commotion
(AP)
 AP - Jackie Chan has apologized for disrupting a recent concert by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee.
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NYC rescuers to see 9/11 movie first
(AP)
AP - Police and firefighters who risked their lives at the World Trade Center site will attend private screenings of Oliver Stone's new Sept. 11 movie, but one police union warns the experience could be too traumatic for the rescuers.
Brad Pitt says fatherhood is `a true joy'
(AP)
 AP - Brad Pitt says being a father has changed his priorities. "Man, I got kids now," the 42-year-old actor said in an interview that aired Monday on NBC's "Today" show. "It completely changes your perspective. And certainly takes the focus off yourself, which I'm really grateful for."
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Chili Peppers, Who lead U.S. Virgin festival
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the
Who will headline the U.S. version of the Virgin Festival, set
for September 23 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
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Country Label Picks Pickler
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The term "also-ran" should be applied loosely with regard to
American Idol.
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'Idol' finalist Pickler inks record deal
(AP)
 AP - Bubbly blonde "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler has landed a record deal with country label BNA Records and 19 Recordings, the label founded by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller.
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Katharine McPhee's Silent Treatment
(E! Online)
 E! Online - In a
letter posted on fan site KatharineFans.com last week, the American
Idol runner-up, who's currently sitting out the Idols Live tour due
to a case of laryngitis and bronchitis, attempted to debunk some of the
rumors circulating about her.
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Eminem's Latest Hit?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - So this is how Eminem is celebrating his semi-retirement.
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Avril Lavigne: Sk8ter Bride
(E! Online)
 E! Online - The
Canadian rock princess wed her boyfriend, Sum 41 frontman Deryck
Whibley, on Saturday at a private estate in Montecito, California,
according to published reports.
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XM Satellite asks judge to throw out suit
(AP)
AP - XM Satellite Radio asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a copyright lawsuit by the recording industry over the company's new iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music.
Strip club assault charge dropped against Eminem
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A man who accused Grammy-winning rapper
Eminem of assaulting him at a Detroit strip club has dropped
the charges, police said on Monday.
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Avril Lavigne marries Sum 41 frontman
(AP)
 AP - Avril Lavigne has married a fellow Canadian musician.
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Rap artist freed from home confinement
(AP)
 AP - The rapper who once went by the stage name of C-Murder has been released from home confinement as he awaits a retrial on a second-degree murder charge.
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