The Scoop By Chriss Coats 02/02/06
AP
Motown Artists Not Happy About Super Bowl
Looking for the Temptations on Super Bowl Sunday? They'll be in Charlottesville, Va. Smokey Robinson? He's playing down the block from Ford Field the night before. Diana Ross? Nothing on her schedule.
http://news.yahoo.com/
© Val Kilmer Selling 1,800 Acres in N.M.
For sale: 1,800 acres of Val Kilmer's Pecos River Ranch southeast of Santa Fe. Asking price: $18 million.
http://news.yahoo.com/
Moss to Appear on Cover of British Vogue
Kate Moss will appear on the cover of British Vogue, publisher Conde Nast announced Wednesday — the latest sign of the supermodel's comeback from drug allegations.
http://news.yahoo.com
Hollywood Reporter
Mandy Moore and James McAvoy are in final negotiations to star in the indie dramatic thriller "Twist of Fate," to be produced and financed by Foresight Unlimited. Penned by Wendy Riss, the story centers on Chrissie (Moore), a working-class girl in love with moody and intense Joe (McAvoy). Their lives irreparably change after a car accident kills the fiancee of a local young socialite, a crime that they do not report. The film will be directed by Jennifer Elster ("Particles of Truth").
Congress decreed the end of TV as we know it Wednesday, when the House of Representatives approved a $39 billion budget-cutting measure that requires broadcasters to turn off their current analog channels by 2009.
MTV Networks has been surprised to discover that low-profile stand-up specials from its Comedy Central channel are outperforming better-known franchises since striking a deal last week to bring 14 different MTVN series to iTunes' growing roster of TV downloads for video iPods.
Rocker Marilyn Manson is heading to Berlin's European Film Market to drum up financial support for his directorial debut, "Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll."
New York Times
When All the 'Greatest Hits' Are Too Many to Download
The pivotal question now is whether the boom in catalog music online constitutes primarily a new market or a drain on an old one: CD sales.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html
The heirs of the country music star Hank Williams have won the legal right to acetate recordings of scores of his radio performances in the early 1950's, Reuters reported yesterday. The Middle Division of the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Jan. 20 that Hank Williams Jr., and his half-sister Jett are the sole owners. The yearlong court battle pitted the heirs against Legacy Entertainment Group and Polygram Records. Legacy bought the recordings from a former member of the Williams band, the Drifting Cowboys, who got them from a private collector, who took them from the trash.
USA Today
Boy George appeared briefly in criminal court Wednesday to answer charges related to his October drug possession arrest. Following a brief meeting at the bench between the pop singer's lawyer and a prosecutor, a judge postponed the case to March 8.
Daily News
Barbers' rap makes the cut on MTV's 'Shop'
There's a lot of promise in MTV's new reality show "The Shop." It's just not delivered in the first episode. "The Shop" is set in Mr. Rooney's Barbershop in Queens, and revolves around a group of barbers and their customers. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/387650p-328957c.html
It's been 13 years since that pantyless interrogation scene in "Basic Instinct" had men around the world freeze-framing her crisscrossed legs. But 47-year-old Sharon Stone is still a ticking sex bomb. For weeks now, Sony execs have been going back and forth with the ratings mullahs over Stone's various postures in "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction." We're not sure what they thought of the early scene in which a man is pleasuring Sharon while she's speeding along a cliffside road. (The drive doesn't end well for the guy checking under her hood.) But the MPAA did get hung up on some scorching orgy scenes.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/387835p-329000c.html
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz celebrated his 25th birthday Tuesday night at Pure in Vegas. Cameron and Justin canoodled during a show by the Pussycat Dolls. Someone noted a glint of gold on Cameron's left hand, but we're assured they're still not betrothed
A force for global good, or just a babe with a Brad attitude?
The air around megastar Angelina Jolie has become so rarefied that a jar of air near her - "collected" by a fan during a "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" red-carpet moment - recently sold for $529.99 on eBay. If ever there was a sign that Jolie has entered her own stratosphere, this is it. The stunning actress - who has morphed from wild child to home wrecker to diva diplomat - has ascended to supersize global phenomenon. "In a world where people like Paris Hilton can get famous, someone like Angelina Jolie is just so much more profoundly interesting," says Larry Hackett, managing editor of People magazine, which has put Jolie on the cover six times in the last 12 months. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/387860p-329048c.html
'Moonstruck' lovers: $5M will buy the house
Location, location - the Brooklyn Heights house that was home to Loretta Castorini, Cher's character in 'Moonstruck,' is for sale. The Brooklyn brownstone immortalized in the Oscar-winning movie "Moonstruck" is up for sale - but the merely romantic need not apply. The elegant four-story home in Brooklyn Heights is being offered for a cool $5 million. Prospective buyers are already lining up to see the house at Cranberry and Willow Sts., which Cher's Loretta Castorini called home. Edward and Francesca Rullman, owners since 1959, decided it was time to sell the 177-year-old home, said Corcoran broker Elliott Lokitz, who declined to say why. "It really is kind of the antithesis of movie glitz," said Lokitz of the quiet Cranberry St. block where Cher famously kicked a can with the Manhattan skyline in the background.
Crass is kicked
Goodbye, crotch-biting dogs, hello, wacky monkeys. Crass is out and crowd-pleasing is in, as Madison Avenue gears up for its biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl. Stand by for cute animals, an MGM-style production number, and celebrities like Jessica Simpson going for big laughs as advertisers look to score with the 90 million viewers set to tune in. But don't look for bodacious babes or erectile dysfunction ads. Raunchy hit the road last year following Janet Jackson's 2004 Nipplegate and it's not coming back. "You'll see humor, but it will be universal," said John Osborn, president of BBDO New York, the brains behind a number of Super Bowl commercials this year. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/387887p-329155c.html
New York Post
'FULL HOUSE' CUTIE: I WAS A ...METH ADDICT
THE actress who played cute little Stephanie Tanner on the 1990s hit sitcom "Full House" confessed yesterday to battling an addiction to methamphetamine. "I was leading a total double life," Jodie Sweetin, 24, said yesterday on "Good Morning America." http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62758.htm
FALSE 'IDOL'?
HERE we go again — another day on "American Idol," another potential bump in the road. Just a week after the show booted twin brothers for alleged identity theft, it seems that Jose "Sway" Penala, who was sent to Hollywood after impressing the "Idol" judges, may have violated the show's strict eligibility rules. Penala, 27, apparently had a record deal with his group, 6th Day, when he auditioned for "Idol" last August in San Francisco, according to realitytvmagazine.com.
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62751.htm
GILES 'SLAYS' ELTON JOHN
ANTHONY Stewart Head, the British actor who starred as The Watcher in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," will play the Elton John character in a new comedy based on the singer's life. The show, called "Him & Us," revolves around an over-the-hill, gay rock star and his relationship with his longtime manager and the rest of his eccentric entourage. It is being considered for a fall start on ABC. Head created the role of librarian Rupert Giles on "Buffy," a secret, sort-of father figure who oversaw Buffy's efforts to fight the black forces threatening mankind. Older viewers might remember him as the star of a series of romantic, '80s coffee commericals made like a mini-soap opera. John will produce the show — though he insists it's not that autobiographical. "It's not about me, but about everybody we've encountered over the past 30 years," he said. "It's an upmarket 'Spinal Tap.' I think it will be one of the funniest things on TV in a while."
THE once-vibrant East Village rock scene faces another demoralizing loss. The Continental, the punk rock dive on St. Marks Place that has showcased the likes of Iggy Pop, Guns N' Roses, the Ramones and Patti Smith over the years, will no longer offer live music. Continental owner Trigger tells PAGE SIX that he plans to close the club in late spring, then re-open it as a "neighborhood bar with a great jukebox, a pool table and cheap drinks. My rents and overhead go up every year. It's become un-doable to have a punk rock club in this neighborhood these days - the crowd isn't there to support it." Trigger said his friend Jesse Malin, who owns Niagara bar on Avenue B, will re-unite his band D Generation to play a send-off show at Continental. "It's breaking my heart to do this," Trigger said. "I'm a musician, too. I held on as long as I could. Once we re-open and the place is full of bridge-and-tunnelers and college kids, sure, I'm gonna have an easier time paying the rent - but it's going to be work, as opposed to a passion." Meanwhile, Bowery bastion CBGB - which launched the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads - is expected to leave by October.
MTV
Chris Martin, Justin Timberlake Help Michael Stipe Raise Katrina Funds
Fourteen years after R.E.M. recorded Automatic for the People in New Orleans, singer Michael Stipe is helping out the people there by releasing a benefit EP to raise funds and awareness for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The EP, which will be released exclusively via the iTunes Music Store on Sunday, will feature six versions of a song called "In the Sun," including three featuring Chris Martin with one of those remixed by Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am and another recorded live with Coldplay.
Ashanti is suing the Georgia-based company T.E.A.M. Entertainment, producer Genard Parker, and several international record labels in Germany, Japan, Australia and England for putting out demos she recorded when she was only 16, without her consent. The Murder Inc. princess claims she never authorized the demos to be released after T.E.A.M. failed to snag her a record deal, yet they appeared as part of the compilation disc Can't Stop in 2005, which also used her name and image on the cover to push sales of the album.
Courtney Love failed to get a civil case against her for assault dismissed on Wednesday, though her lawyers were successful in arguing to a Santa Monica, California, judge that the statute of limitations had passed for one of the causes of action. Love's being sued for attacking Los Angeles musician Kristin King in April 2004, for which she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and paid $2,700 to the victim. King says that's not enough and wants full restitution. King's attorney, Gloria Allred, said that while a court date for the next hearing has yet to be set, the case is proceeding.
Scott Weiland's planning to come clean about his journey to get clean. The Velvet Revolver frontman just inked a publishing deal with Scribner to write his memoir, which will include stories about his rise to rock stardom in Stone Temple Pilots, his battles with drugs, and his life now that he's sober.
Snoop Dogg and Tommy Lee are getting in the Super Bowl spirit with a Detroit party of their own, called Party Like a Rockstar. On Saturday, Snoop will hit the stage at the Vault, while Lee will perform after hours with DJ Aero.
On February 11, Staind will perform a set from the front stretch at Florida's Daytona International Speedway. The band will perform "Right Here" and "Falling" at the race, which kicks off the NASCAR Nextel Cup season. Frontman Aaron Lewis will belt out the national anthem prior to the race
Billboard
The long-awaited career-spanning Pretenders boxed set, "Pirate Radio," will finally see the light of day March 14 via Rhino. The package features four audio CDs plus a DVD loaded with album tracks, rarities and 15 previously unreleased selections from the Chrissie Hynde-led group, which was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cassidy, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault last week in Philadelphia, is planning to return to the studio with producer Swizz Beatz after serving out his prison term. In the meantime, the rapper's label, Full Surface/J, will on Feb. 28 release the single "Cassidy (The Anthem)."
In what will be a rare live appearance in the United States, French techno duo Daft Punk has joined the lineup for the 2006 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The group didn't play any shows in North America in support of its 2005 Virgin album "Human After All," which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums tally.
Van Morrison will support the March 7 U.S. release of his country album, "Pay the Devil" (Lost Highway), with a handful of shows. The early March run consists of just six dates, two of which are in San Francisco.
Elf Power will release its eighth full-length, "Back to the Web," April 25 via Rykodisc. The self-produced set is the Athens, Ga.-based group's first album for the label after two on its own Orange Twin imprint.
Thursday, February 2
David Letterman: Oprah Winfrey, Bonnie Raitt (R 12/01/05)
Jay Leno: Roseanne Barr, Sue Johanson, Sergio Mendes featuring will.i.am
Late Late Show: Emma Thompson, Steve Byrne
Conan O'Brien: Bette Midler
Last Call: Kevin Nealon, P.O.D.
Daily Show: Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
Colbert Report: Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
Jimmy Kimmel: TBA
The View: The 2,000th episode with Regis Philbin, Tom Selleck
Regis and Kelly: Bette Midler, the "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" Fab Five, "Modern Bride" editor Antonia Van Der Meer
Ellen DeGeneres: Teri Hatcher, Paul Bettany
Tony Danza: Liza Minnelli, chef Sal Scognamillo
Friday, February 3
David Letterman: Diddy, Train
Jay Leno: Jarod Miller, Paul Bettany, Collective Soul
Late Late Show: Lynn Redgrave, Isaiah Washington, Jeff Cesario
Conan O'Brien: Sarah Vowell, Rick Moranis
Last Call: Nia Long, Kat Von D, Chris Garver, Ahmed Ahmed, Anna Nalick
Jimmy Kimmel: Jessica Alba, Anthony Anderson, the Four Tops
The View: Dr. Jeanine Downie
Regis and Kelly: Sean Paul, travel expert Valerie D'Elia
Ellen DeGeneres: Super Bowl show with 7-year-old football expert Phillip Vargo
Tony Danza: Emma Thompson, Joel Siegel, David Tutera
Saturday, February 4
Saturday Night Live STEVE MARTIN / PRINCE All New
Motown Artists Not Happy About Super Bowl
Looking for the Temptations on Super Bowl Sunday? They'll be in Charlottesville, Va. Smokey Robinson? He's playing down the block from Ford Field the night before. Diana Ross? Nothing on her schedule.
http://news.yahoo.com/
© Val Kilmer Selling 1,800 Acres in N.M.
For sale: 1,800 acres of Val Kilmer's Pecos River Ranch southeast of Santa Fe. Asking price: $18 million.
http://news.yahoo.com/
Moss to Appear on Cover of British Vogue
Kate Moss will appear on the cover of British Vogue, publisher Conde Nast announced Wednesday — the latest sign of the supermodel's comeback from drug allegations.
http://news.yahoo.com
Hollywood Reporter
Mandy Moore and James McAvoy are in final negotiations to star in the indie dramatic thriller "Twist of Fate," to be produced and financed by Foresight Unlimited. Penned by Wendy Riss, the story centers on Chrissie (Moore), a working-class girl in love with moody and intense Joe (McAvoy). Their lives irreparably change after a car accident kills the fiancee of a local young socialite, a crime that they do not report. The film will be directed by Jennifer Elster ("Particles of Truth").
Congress decreed the end of TV as we know it Wednesday, when the House of Representatives approved a $39 billion budget-cutting measure that requires broadcasters to turn off their current analog channels by 2009.
MTV Networks has been surprised to discover that low-profile stand-up specials from its Comedy Central channel are outperforming better-known franchises since striking a deal last week to bring 14 different MTVN series to iTunes' growing roster of TV downloads for video iPods.
Rocker Marilyn Manson is heading to Berlin's European Film Market to drum up financial support for his directorial debut, "Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll."
New York Times
When All the 'Greatest Hits' Are Too Many to Download
The pivotal question now is whether the boom in catalog music online constitutes primarily a new market or a drain on an old one: CD sales.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html
The heirs of the country music star Hank Williams have won the legal right to acetate recordings of scores of his radio performances in the early 1950's, Reuters reported yesterday. The Middle Division of the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Jan. 20 that Hank Williams Jr., and his half-sister Jett are the sole owners. The yearlong court battle pitted the heirs against Legacy Entertainment Group and Polygram Records. Legacy bought the recordings from a former member of the Williams band, the Drifting Cowboys, who got them from a private collector, who took them from the trash.
USA Today
Boy George appeared briefly in criminal court Wednesday to answer charges related to his October drug possession arrest. Following a brief meeting at the bench between the pop singer's lawyer and a prosecutor, a judge postponed the case to March 8.
Daily News
Barbers' rap makes the cut on MTV's 'Shop'
There's a lot of promise in MTV's new reality show "The Shop." It's just not delivered in the first episode. "The Shop" is set in Mr. Rooney's Barbershop in Queens, and revolves around a group of barbers and their customers. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/387650p-328957c.html
It's been 13 years since that pantyless interrogation scene in "Basic Instinct" had men around the world freeze-framing her crisscrossed legs. But 47-year-old Sharon Stone is still a ticking sex bomb. For weeks now, Sony execs have been going back and forth with the ratings mullahs over Stone's various postures in "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction." We're not sure what they thought of the early scene in which a man is pleasuring Sharon while she's speeding along a cliffside road. (The drive doesn't end well for the guy checking under her hood.) But the MPAA did get hung up on some scorching orgy scenes.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/387835p-329000c.html
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz celebrated his 25th birthday Tuesday night at Pure in Vegas. Cameron and Justin canoodled during a show by the Pussycat Dolls. Someone noted a glint of gold on Cameron's left hand, but we're assured they're still not betrothed
A force for global good, or just a babe with a Brad attitude?
The air around megastar Angelina Jolie has become so rarefied that a jar of air near her - "collected" by a fan during a "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" red-carpet moment - recently sold for $529.99 on eBay. If ever there was a sign that Jolie has entered her own stratosphere, this is it. The stunning actress - who has morphed from wild child to home wrecker to diva diplomat - has ascended to supersize global phenomenon. "In a world where people like Paris Hilton can get famous, someone like Angelina Jolie is just so much more profoundly interesting," says Larry Hackett, managing editor of People magazine, which has put Jolie on the cover six times in the last 12 months. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/387860p-329048c.html
'Moonstruck' lovers: $5M will buy the house
Location, location - the Brooklyn Heights house that was home to Loretta Castorini, Cher's character in 'Moonstruck,' is for sale. The Brooklyn brownstone immortalized in the Oscar-winning movie "Moonstruck" is up for sale - but the merely romantic need not apply. The elegant four-story home in Brooklyn Heights is being offered for a cool $5 million. Prospective buyers are already lining up to see the house at Cranberry and Willow Sts., which Cher's Loretta Castorini called home. Edward and Francesca Rullman, owners since 1959, decided it was time to sell the 177-year-old home, said Corcoran broker Elliott Lokitz, who declined to say why. "It really is kind of the antithesis of movie glitz," said Lokitz of the quiet Cranberry St. block where Cher famously kicked a can with the Manhattan skyline in the background.
Crass is kicked
Goodbye, crotch-biting dogs, hello, wacky monkeys. Crass is out and crowd-pleasing is in, as Madison Avenue gears up for its biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl. Stand by for cute animals, an MGM-style production number, and celebrities like Jessica Simpson going for big laughs as advertisers look to score with the 90 million viewers set to tune in. But don't look for bodacious babes or erectile dysfunction ads. Raunchy hit the road last year following Janet Jackson's 2004 Nipplegate and it's not coming back. "You'll see humor, but it will be universal," said John Osborn, president of BBDO New York, the brains behind a number of Super Bowl commercials this year. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/387887p-329155c.html
New York Post
'FULL HOUSE' CUTIE: I WAS A ...METH ADDICT
THE actress who played cute little Stephanie Tanner on the 1990s hit sitcom "Full House" confessed yesterday to battling an addiction to methamphetamine. "I was leading a total double life," Jodie Sweetin, 24, said yesterday on "Good Morning America." http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62758.htm
FALSE 'IDOL'?
HERE we go again — another day on "American Idol," another potential bump in the road. Just a week after the show booted twin brothers for alleged identity theft, it seems that Jose "Sway" Penala, who was sent to Hollywood after impressing the "Idol" judges, may have violated the show's strict eligibility rules. Penala, 27, apparently had a record deal with his group, 6th Day, when he auditioned for "Idol" last August in San Francisco, according to realitytvmagazine.com.
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62751.htm
GILES 'SLAYS' ELTON JOHN
ANTHONY Stewart Head, the British actor who starred as The Watcher in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," will play the Elton John character in a new comedy based on the singer's life. The show, called "Him & Us," revolves around an over-the-hill, gay rock star and his relationship with his longtime manager and the rest of his eccentric entourage. It is being considered for a fall start on ABC. Head created the role of librarian Rupert Giles on "Buffy," a secret, sort-of father figure who oversaw Buffy's efforts to fight the black forces threatening mankind. Older viewers might remember him as the star of a series of romantic, '80s coffee commericals made like a mini-soap opera. John will produce the show — though he insists it's not that autobiographical. "It's not about me, but about everybody we've encountered over the past 30 years," he said. "It's an upmarket 'Spinal Tap.' I think it will be one of the funniest things on TV in a while."
THE once-vibrant East Village rock scene faces another demoralizing loss. The Continental, the punk rock dive on St. Marks Place that has showcased the likes of Iggy Pop, Guns N' Roses, the Ramones and Patti Smith over the years, will no longer offer live music. Continental owner Trigger tells PAGE SIX that he plans to close the club in late spring, then re-open it as a "neighborhood bar with a great jukebox, a pool table and cheap drinks. My rents and overhead go up every year. It's become un-doable to have a punk rock club in this neighborhood these days - the crowd isn't there to support it." Trigger said his friend Jesse Malin, who owns Niagara bar on Avenue B, will re-unite his band D Generation to play a send-off show at Continental. "It's breaking my heart to do this," Trigger said. "I'm a musician, too. I held on as long as I could. Once we re-open and the place is full of bridge-and-tunnelers and college kids, sure, I'm gonna have an easier time paying the rent - but it's going to be work, as opposed to a passion." Meanwhile, Bowery bastion CBGB - which launched the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads - is expected to leave by October.
MTV
Chris Martin, Justin Timberlake Help Michael Stipe Raise Katrina Funds
Fourteen years after R.E.M. recorded Automatic for the People in New Orleans, singer Michael Stipe is helping out the people there by releasing a benefit EP to raise funds and awareness for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The EP, which will be released exclusively via the iTunes Music Store on Sunday, will feature six versions of a song called "In the Sun," including three featuring Chris Martin with one of those remixed by Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am and another recorded live with Coldplay.
Ashanti is suing the Georgia-based company T.E.A.M. Entertainment, producer Genard Parker, and several international record labels in Germany, Japan, Australia and England for putting out demos she recorded when she was only 16, without her consent. The Murder Inc. princess claims she never authorized the demos to be released after T.E.A.M. failed to snag her a record deal, yet they appeared as part of the compilation disc Can't Stop in 2005, which also used her name and image on the cover to push sales of the album.
Courtney Love failed to get a civil case against her for assault dismissed on Wednesday, though her lawyers were successful in arguing to a Santa Monica, California, judge that the statute of limitations had passed for one of the causes of action. Love's being sued for attacking Los Angeles musician Kristin King in April 2004, for which she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and paid $2,700 to the victim. King says that's not enough and wants full restitution. King's attorney, Gloria Allred, said that while a court date for the next hearing has yet to be set, the case is proceeding.
Scott Weiland's planning to come clean about his journey to get clean. The Velvet Revolver frontman just inked a publishing deal with Scribner to write his memoir, which will include stories about his rise to rock stardom in Stone Temple Pilots, his battles with drugs, and his life now that he's sober.
Snoop Dogg and Tommy Lee are getting in the Super Bowl spirit with a Detroit party of their own, called Party Like a Rockstar. On Saturday, Snoop will hit the stage at the Vault, while Lee will perform after hours with DJ Aero.
On February 11, Staind will perform a set from the front stretch at Florida's Daytona International Speedway. The band will perform "Right Here" and "Falling" at the race, which kicks off the NASCAR Nextel Cup season. Frontman Aaron Lewis will belt out the national anthem prior to the race
Billboard
The long-awaited career-spanning Pretenders boxed set, "Pirate Radio," will finally see the light of day March 14 via Rhino. The package features four audio CDs plus a DVD loaded with album tracks, rarities and 15 previously unreleased selections from the Chrissie Hynde-led group, which was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cassidy, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault last week in Philadelphia, is planning to return to the studio with producer Swizz Beatz after serving out his prison term. In the meantime, the rapper's label, Full Surface/J, will on Feb. 28 release the single "Cassidy (The Anthem)."
In what will be a rare live appearance in the United States, French techno duo Daft Punk has joined the lineup for the 2006 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The group didn't play any shows in North America in support of its 2005 Virgin album "Human After All," which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums tally.
Van Morrison will support the March 7 U.S. release of his country album, "Pay the Devil" (Lost Highway), with a handful of shows. The early March run consists of just six dates, two of which are in San Francisco.
Elf Power will release its eighth full-length, "Back to the Web," April 25 via Rykodisc. The self-produced set is the Athens, Ga.-based group's first album for the label after two on its own Orange Twin imprint.
Thursday, February 2
David Letterman: Oprah Winfrey, Bonnie Raitt (R 12/01/05)
Jay Leno: Roseanne Barr, Sue Johanson, Sergio Mendes featuring will.i.am
Late Late Show: Emma Thompson, Steve Byrne
Conan O'Brien: Bette Midler
Last Call: Kevin Nealon, P.O.D.
Daily Show: Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
Colbert Report: Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
Jimmy Kimmel: TBA
The View: The 2,000th episode with Regis Philbin, Tom Selleck
Regis and Kelly: Bette Midler, the "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" Fab Five, "Modern Bride" editor Antonia Van Der Meer
Ellen DeGeneres: Teri Hatcher, Paul Bettany
Tony Danza: Liza Minnelli, chef Sal Scognamillo
Friday, February 3
David Letterman: Diddy, Train
Jay Leno: Jarod Miller, Paul Bettany, Collective Soul
Late Late Show: Lynn Redgrave, Isaiah Washington, Jeff Cesario
Conan O'Brien: Sarah Vowell, Rick Moranis
Last Call: Nia Long, Kat Von D, Chris Garver, Ahmed Ahmed, Anna Nalick
Jimmy Kimmel: Jessica Alba, Anthony Anderson, the Four Tops
The View: Dr. Jeanine Downie
Regis and Kelly: Sean Paul, travel expert Valerie D'Elia
Ellen DeGeneres: Super Bowl show with 7-year-old football expert Phillip Vargo
Tony Danza: Emma Thompson, Joel Siegel, David Tutera
Saturday, February 4
Saturday Night Live STEVE MARTIN / PRINCE All New
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