Love, not politics, tops Nicholson's "bucket list" (Reuters)
Reuters - Standing in the shower before the Tokyo premiere of his movie "The Bucket List," Jack Nicholson contemplated his own "bucket list" of last great goals, the three-time Oscar winner said on Wednesday. More »
New Kids Take on the World, Step by Step (E! Online)
E! Online - If early '90s nostalgia is what you're hankering for, this group's got "The Right Stuff." More »
Neville Bros. return to New Orleans jazz fest (Reuters)
Reuters - The Neville Brothers, one of New Orleans' most famous musical families, on Wednesday sought to soothe hurt feelings stirred by their absence since Hurricane Katrina by returning to the city's jazz festival. More »
Duffy leads UK awards shortlist
Welsh soul singer Duffy receives three nominations, the most for any act, in this year's Mojo Honours List. More »
Federal judge sets formula for Internet music royalties (AP)
AP - A federal court on Wednesday established a formula for determining the Internet royalties owed to thousands of music composers, writers and publishers by three major online services — Yahoo Inc., AOL and RealNetworks Inc. More »
Studios not willing to accept contract demands by actors (AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major Hollywood studios said Wednesday they won't accept pay hikes sought by the Screen Actors Guild in contract talks, suggesting a deal is unlikely before the talks temporarily end later this week. More »
Online music services could pay $100 million in royalties (Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments. More »
Studio films going day-and-date at iTunes Store (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple is expected to announce Thursday that it has struck a deal with a wide array of movie studios to sell new releases at its iTunes Store. More »
Judge tosses out lawsuit against J.Lo (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit by a television writer who claimed Jennifer Lopez had a hand in stealing his idea for a TV series. More »
Jewel hoping for country success (Reuters)
Reuters - Pop singer Jewel is going country, and says she is willing to pay her dues to win acceptance. She will release her first country album, "Perfectly Clear," on June 3, and will hit the road with Brad Paisley, beginning June 11 in Albuquerque, N.M. More »
Ludacris juggles recording and acting (Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Ludacris is set to release his sixth album, "Theater of the Mind," in September, a project he terms appropriately "theatrical." More »
"Cloverfield" scares up big DVD business (Reuters)
Reuters - "Cloverfield" enjoyed a monster debut on DVD, topping the U.S. DVD sales and rental charts its first week in stores, according to data issued Wednesday. More »
CBS and "Young and the Restless" lead Emmy nominees (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS and "The Young & the Restless" led the nominations Wednesday for the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. More »
Polanski documentary coming to theaters in July (Reuters)
Reuters - Indie studio ThinkFilm has picked up "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," a documentary that generated early sales buzz at the Sundance Film Festival in January, More »
"Sex and the City" back on DVD (Reuters)
Reuters - HBO Video is reissuing its "Sex and the City: The Complete Series" DVD set in time for the May 20 release of the "Sex and the City" movie. More »
DVD restoration shows how "West" was done (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Home Video is gearing up for one of its most ambitious catalog releases ever. More »
Tropical drama "Rains" not steamy enough (Reuters)
Reuters - The sort of steamy tropical melodrama that Hollywood used to produce with regularity in its golden age, "Before the Rains" depicts the tragic repercussions of an adulterous affair between an upscale British colonialist and his beautiful housemaid in 1930s India. More »
Mariah Carey surprisingly effective in "Tennessee" (Reuters)
Reuters - It's slightly unfair to describe "Tennessee," which had its world premiere at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, as the new Mariah Carey movie, but that's the way most people will talk about it. More »
"Trucker" a breakthrough for Monaghan (Reuters)
Reuters - Film buffs may have recognized Michelle Monaghan's appeal in such movies as "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," "North Country" and "Gone Baby Gone." More »
Fishburne wins case in rather dry "Thurgood" (Reuters)
Reuters - More effective as history lesson than theater, "Thurgood" is the sort of biographical one-person show that once populated Broadway stages with regularity. More »
Will Smith film shoot annoys Hollywood neighbors (Reuters)
Reuters - The entire world loves Will Smith, but not Dresden Graham, a 65-year-old retiree who is waging a war against Smith's latest film, the drama "Seven Pounds," which is shooting in her Hollywood neighborhood. More »
"Narnia" composer has become a franchise player (Reuters)
Reuters - For the 2005 movie "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," composer Harry Gregson-Williams was given an ambitious task: Write the score for a movie where the good guy is a talking lion who is a literary allusion to Jesus, the bad guy is a candy-toting wicked witch and the whole action is set in a fantasy world entombed in winter that children access via a wardrobe. More »