Top 20 shows in prime-time Nielsen ratings (AP)
AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 2-8. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. More »
Celebs 12-Step Their Way to Drew's Rehab (E! Online)
E! Online - When acting more like Gary Busey is something celebrities are striving to do, you know you're in for a good season of reality TV. More »
NYC judge tells 50 Cent to hold onto NY property (AP)
AP - A judge has told rapper 50 Cent he may not dispose of the Long Island property where a $2.4 million house was destroyed by fire last month. More »
Correction: Bo Diddley story (AP)
AP - In a June 2 obituary for music legend Bo Diddley, The Associated Press misspelled his real first name. He was Ellas McDaniel, not Ellis. More »
NYC-Bound 'Kid From Brooklyn', the Danny Kaye Bio Musical, Opens in Chicago (Playbill)
Playbill - The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Musical, seen in popular regional engagements in Florida and Los Angeles, opens June 7 in its Chicago premiere following previews from May 28 at the Mercury Theater. More »
Infamous Carolina Rogue, 'Bloody Blackbeard,' Sings in New Musical (Playbill)
Playbill - Following its premieres of two Appalachian mountain-set musicals in earlier seasons, Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, draws on lore of the Carolina coast for its new homegrown musical, Bloody Blackbeard, beginning previews June 8. More »
`Sex and the City' book inspires real-life search (AP)
AP - A consumer alert for the millions who have seen the feature film version of "Sex and the City": There is no such book as "Love Letters From Great Men," from which Carrie Bradshaw reads while in bed with her beloved Mr. Big. More »
Smurfs Prepare Comeback Tour (E! Online)
E! Online - Children of the '80s, take note: There's something smurftastic brewing in Hollywood. More »
Another Notch for Hugh's Rom-Com Belt (E! Online)
E! Online - Hugh Grant playing a charming yet lovelorn British fop in a romantic comedy? Will wonders never cease. More »
Prosecutor: Winehouse spouse offered victim bribe (AP)
AP - Amy Winehouse's husband beat up a pub landlord and then offered him $400,000 to keep quiet about the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday. More »
No Boo-Boo for Mimi (E! Online)
E! Online - It'll take more than that honking diamond ring to throw off Mariah Carey's balance. More »
R. Kelly: I'm Not Taking the Stand (E! Online)
E! Online - R. Kelly has spoken up for the first?and probably last?time in his child-pornography trial. More »
Friends to scatter YSL ashes in Morocco on Wednesday (AFP)
AFP - The ashes of the iconic French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent will be scattered by friends in the garden of his Marrakesh villa on Wednesday, it was announced Tuesday. More »
Stuntman dies in fire on Woo set
A stuntman is killed and six people are hurt when a fire breaks out on the set of John Woo's latest film in China. More »
Sports broadcasters speak at Jim McKay memorial (AP)
AP - Some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting are in Baltimore to mourn veteran colleague Jim McKay. More »
Trump argues his case for golf resort in Scotland (AP)
AP - Donald Trump argued his case Tuesday for the construction of a $2 billion golf resort on a stretch of coast in northeast Scotland after months of acrimony between the billionaire developer and local residents. More »
DS puzzle games can't beat pencil and paper (AP)
AP - School's out, the pool's open and in much of the country it's already too hot to think. Unfortunately, most of us have kids or parents or spouses who insist on dragging us out under the unforgiving sun. And if you have to go outside, you might as well bring your brain with you — along with some games that will help keep the old brain cells from melting. More »
Stuntman killed on John Woo film set (AP)
AP - A stuntman was killed and six others injured in a fire while shooting an action scene in director John Woo's Chinese historical epic "Red Cliff," the film's crew and Chinese media said Tuesday. More »
Ain't It Funky Now: James Brown items for sale (Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of James Brown will have a chance to own some of the legendary soul singer's funky stuff when Christie's puts hundreds of items up for sale on July 17. More »
Cable interactive ad venture taps new head (Reuters)
Reuters - Canoe Ventures, an interactive advertising joint venture formed by U.S. cable companies, named former Aegis Media Americas chief executive David Verklin as the head of new venture. More »
ESPN announces 80 percent of subscriber base locked up for 2012 (Reuters)
Reuters - Sports cable network ESPN has 80 percent of its subscriber base under contract through 2012, George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and co-chairman of Walt Disney Co's Media Networks told analysts on Tuesday. More »
Disney sees merchandise retail sales topping $30 billion (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. said on Tuesday it expected its retail sales of licensed merchandise to top $30 billion worldwide in fiscal 2008, helped by the popularity of its Disney Princess and High School Musical brands. More »