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Grade: A- | Genre: Foreign Summary: The Sea Inside is a deeply moving film that takes on the extremely volatile subject matter of euthanasia with knowledge and grace. A man has been paralyzed from the neck down for 28 years. He decided long ago that life isn't worth living as he's deemed the quality of life to be basically zero. This isn't a rash decision that was haphazardly made upon awaking one gloomy morning or in a depressed state one drunken evening. It is an intention he's carried with him for the better part of his life, which he is unable to carry out himself due to his circumstance. He is of sound mind and discusses the topic rather matter of factly as you or I would the weather or whose turn it is to take out the trash. Is it really for any of us to say that he must keep living against his will? Is it right to prosecute someone who helps him carry out this deep seeded wish? The Sea Inside is a film that deals with the daunting issue of euthanasia, putting a face and a life on an issue that sparks much religious fervor and heated debate. This eloquent film looks to answer the question regarding if we really have the right to make someone live whose desire for life retreated long ago.

Here's your chance to listen to the most anticipated album of the year, Coldplay's X&Y. Courtesy of MTV's The Leak, you can finally stream the album in its entirety and finally see what all the fuss is about.

Be sure to check out our review coming soon!

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - $70,750,000
2. Madagascar - $61,000,000
3. The Longest Yard - $60,000,000
4. Monster-in-Law - $11,075,000
5. Kicking & Screaming - $6,554,000
6. Crash - $6,000,000
7. The Interpreter - $2,640,000
8. Unleashed - $2,348,000
9. Kingdom of Heaven - $2,150,000
10. House of Wax - $1,640,000

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Grade: A | Genre: Documentary Summary: Caouette is an extremely talented filmmaker who has created a deeply moving work in Tarnation. It is the portrait of a family in disintegration, ravaged by mental disease that afflicts each of its members in different ways. There are certain films that come along ever so often that shrug off the words. They defy description and peel off the labels you try to stick to them. They are always tough works of art that make you question yourself and your world. They loiter around in your mind when the film goes quiet and life resumes. Sometimes we are better for having seen them, sometimes worse, but their impact leaves a divot in our brain that will never go back to the way it was before. Tarnation is one of these films. It is a hard, uncomfortable look at a family plagued by mental illness, shadowing three generations.

Batman is back. After four films about the caped crusader, beginning famously in 1989 with Tim Burton's gothic original and ending infamously in 1997 with Joel Schumacher's benippled Batsuit, the franchise suffered a run of aborted reboots until Warners brought in Nolan, 34, the gifted mind behind Memento, whose no-frills approach was just what the bloated Batman saga needed. His pitch: let's start from scratch. Batman Begins, which opens on June 15, rewinds all the way to Bruce Wayne's days as a Princeton graduate and explains exactly how and why he acquired a Batsuit, a cave, a souped-up car and a yen for cracking the skulls of evildoers. The film is also a stylistic rebirth. Nolan's vision doesn't have a trace of comic-book-movie excess; it's a globetrotting epic--Bruce Wayne goes to Bhutan!--in the mold of the adventure movies he grew up adoring.

Read the full article at Newsweek and keep an eye out for our coming review of the new Batman.

"Our best album since '...Morning Glory?'!" says Noel. "Miles better than 'Definitely Maybe'!" reckons Liam. "We're still the best band in the world!" continues Noel...

Ok so they're still wankers that think too highly of themselves, but their new work, Don't Believe the Truth, is a fine piece ready for consumption. NME has this work available to stream for free. So read up on their new effort here then check it out before you plunk down your hard earned cash.

Grade: A+ | Genre: Hip Hop/Progressive Rock Summary: Demon Days, "side project" or not, takes risks and is able to present a work of incomparable brilliance. In this reviewer's eyes, the pressure is definitely off the Gorillaz to produce an album capable of changing ones fortunes. Four years ago, you couldn't escape the Gorillaz' infectious hit, "Clint Eastwood," from their self-titled debut. It was the slacker jam of Summer 2001, and you can still hear its meandering piano chords while Del tha Funkee Homosapien took you for a ride you've never before been on. Conceived as the first "virtual hip-hop group," the quirky bunch of cartoon MC's are back with their latest, Demon Days, and continue to push the limits of Hip Hop and Prog Rock. With the blended contributions of De La Soul, Shaun Ryder, Debbie Harry, Dennis Hopper, and Martina Topley-Bird, Demon Days spotlights the Gorillaz' out-the-box thinking and genre blurring talents.

The Crazy Frog mobile phone ring tone shot straight to the top of the British singles chart on Sunday, the first time a phone ring tone has achieved such a feat.

The Official UK Charts Company said Crazy Frog's Axel F, which went on sale as a CD last week, kept Coldplay's new release Speed Of Sound into second place.

For all its popularity, the Crazy Frog has also aroused loathing.

Read the full article at ABC News.

Nine Inch Nails have cancelled their performance at the MTV Movie Awards because of a disagreement with the network over the band's use of a George W. Bush picture.

"Apparently the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," frontman Trent Reznor posted on NIN's Web site Thursday.

The band was planning to perform its politically charged single "The Hand That Feeds" with the Bush image as a backdrop. The song features the lyrics, "Inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold . . . There's a price to be paid for the blood on which we dine/Justified in the name of the holy and the divine."

Read the full article at Rolling Stone.

Somewhere Bob Marley is rolling over in his grave. It seems Willie Nelson is making efforts to reach a broader fan base and what better than the burgeoning Reggae scene. With his upcoming appearance in the movie version of everyone's favorite old TV series, The Dukes of Hazzard, this could be a big year for the grandpappy of country. Read the full article.

Grade: C | Genre: Drama/Action Summary: Assault on Precinct 13 is definitely an unlucky number for the old police station as well for those involved with the film. Filled with talent, Assault on Precinct 13 under utilizes the resources it was given and has us struggling to stay awake. It's New Year's Ever and Precinct 13's last night of operation. The city is underneath mounds of snow, and the late night crew is working their last shift before the old police station is retired forever. Across town, crime boss Marian Bishop (Lawrence Fishburne) has been arrested and is on route to be transferred to a maximum security holding cell along with three other prisoners. However, due to inclimate weather, the transport unit must make a detour to, of all places, good ol' Precinct 13 where the pipes are leaking and the hinges are rusted. Outside, a specially trained unit of gunmen has begun to infiltrate the station in order to bust Bishop out of holding...or are they?

Don't you forget about The Breakfast Club. At the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, to air June 9, the network plans to reunite the cast of the classic '80s movie, the cable channel said Friday.

Though Emilio Estevez, who played Andrew Clark, isn't confirmed, in attendance will be Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson) and Judd Nelson (John Bender).

Read the full article on Yahoo News.

Grade: B | Genre: Drama Summary: While it's still lugging around a lot of soap opera baggage, the season premiere has shown a lot of promise by getting back to the roots of what made the series magnetic in the beginning. The boys of Liberty Avenue are back opening their fifth and final season of Queer as Folk. It doesn't seem like five years have passed since the Showtime series began the Herculean task of opening minds through their raw portrayal of gay and lesbian life, helping to pave the way for other series like the L Word. It's first season marked the first time that gay and lesbian characters really took center stage and weren't a comedic device for their heterosexual cast members to apply tired stereotypes. Folk has never shied away from the gritty realities of gay life, frequently including explicit sex scenes and raw dialog that would make the major networks squirm in their seats. Though the story of these lives is finding its way to an end, the imprint of this show will be felt in programming long after the music stops and the dance floor vacates at Babylon.

Our celebrity guest commenter from last month has taken the time to sit down with One Times One to answer a boatload of questions surrounding the making of Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit. He outlines his absence, the relationship with his ex-Cardinal band mate Richard Davies as well as discusses the future direction he is taking with the mountain of new material he is sitting on.

Check out the full interview at One Times One and read up on his latest work in our review.

Many Americans are changing how they watch movies - especially young people, the most avid moviegoers. For 13 weekends in a row, box-office receipts have been down compared with a year ago, despite the blockbuster opening of the final Star Wars movie. And movie executives are unsure whether the trend will end over the important Memorial Day weekend that officially begins the summer season. Meanwhile, sales of DVD's and other types of new media continue to surge.

With box-office attendance sliding, so far, for the third consecutive year, many in the industry are starting to ask whether the slump is just part of a cyclical swing driven mostly by a crop of weak movies or whether it reflects a much bigger change in the way Americans look to be entertained - a change that will pose serious new challenges to Hollywood.

Read the full article at New York Times.

Episode: B- | Season: C | Genre: Drama Summary: This episode was just silly. While the revelation at the end definitely hooked you for next season, it didn't do much to redeem the 59 minutes that came before it. This season of Alias has been like a bad dream that you can't seem to wake up from. First, the gang gets branched off from the C.I.A. in the form of a covert group A.P.O. (Authorized Personnel Only -- so cheesy I can't say it without crackers). Then we find out Sloan is heading this group by some bizarre twist of fate. Since then the episodes have slowly sunk in quality, seeming to gravitate to the supernatural and more soap opera-esque moments. The show is hopelessly tarnished, and I've found myself questioning whether I should actually turn on the TV Wednesday nights. But the same incredible magnetism that made the God-awful Daredevil a must-see is toying with me again -- Jennifer Garner. The woman is blindingly hot. She is the reining champ of my top 5 list four years running, and I haven't seen a woman yet that's got the goods to dethrone her. Last night, it was time to bid a fond farewell to our Alias crew for another season in hopes that they will hire a new writing team over the summer.

If the song "It's a Small World" has ever driven you bananas, then you've got an idea where this story is going. We've all had tunes stuck in our heads. Some of them remind us of childhood friends, places or events.

A new study backs the obvious notion that a song can evoke strong memories. It also reveals that you don't even have to hear a song for the past to come flooding back. In fact, most people have an amazing ability to effectively hear songs that aren't even being played.

Read the full article at MSNBC.

Ray LaMontagne believes in the power of music. "I'm a real music lover," the 31-year-old singer-songwriter said, calling from his home in Wilton, Maine. "I know there are some people who never listen to music and it's just hard to imagine for me. Nothing can make me feel the way music can."

His devotion shows in his major-label debut, Trouble (RCA), in the way he makes lines such as "I've been saved" sound like an Otis Redding triumph in the title track or the way "How Come" recaptures the Americana swagger of The Band circa 1969. It shows in the way LaMontagne deliberately avoids the concerts of his heroes such as Bob Dylan and even the appearances of contemporaries he respects such as Ryan Adams.

Read the full article at Newsday and be sure to check out the PM review on LaMontagne's latest Trouble.

And the winner of American Idol is...yeah I don't care. Let's talk about something that matters.

Ontario singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer will use her skills as musician to help preserve the Niagara Escarpment. A UNESCO World Biospehre Reserve found in southern Ontario, the Niagara Escarpment is a 700 km rock ridge that is home to thousands of streams, all sorts of delightful creatures, and some very old trees.

"The Man" is threatening to quarry the escarpment, so to counteract that evil, Sarah Harmer has created the I Love the Escarpment tour. Taking the songstress to seven towns that lie along the Niagara Escarpment, the tour aims to raise awareness and save the escarpment from certain doom!

Read the full article at Soulshine including tour dates for the Canadian folk.

Check out this new mp3 player from Cowon that comes fully equiped with a bright 1.8-inch LCD color screen, FM tuner and recorder, and MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, and FLAC audio file capability. iPods may be the "In" thing to have, but this little gadget should give it run for it's money and then some! Check it out for yourself!

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream

1. SYSTEM OF A DOWN Mezmerize
2. WEEZER Make Believe
3. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Stand Up
4. NINE INCH NAILS With Teeth
5. MIKE JONES Who Is Mike Jones?
6. MARIAH CAREY Emancipation Of Mimi
7. SPOON Gimme Fiction
8. BECK Guero
9. KEM Album II
10. VAN MORRISON Magic Time

1. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - CBS
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - ABC
3. CSI - CBS
4. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY - FOX
5. RAYMOND: LAST LAUGH(S) - CBS
6. TWO AND A HALF MEN - CBS
7. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY - FOX
8. CSI: MIAMI - CBS
9. GREY'S ANATOMY - ABC
10. WITHOUT A TRACE - CBS

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Go figure, being smart with a college degree does get you success! It seems anybody and their mother can be famous. Paris Hilton did it just for partying and a certain home video, and now her mother is throwing her Louis Vuitton hat into the Reality ring. Next up is Jeopardy's ultimate quiz show champion, Ken Jennings, who will be hosting his own quiz show of sorts on Comedy Central. Read the full article.

Do you ever get tired of looking at all those silly letters, numbers and squiggly lines on your keyboard? I mean shouldn't we have them thoroughly memorized at this point? Well if you think you are all that, there is a new keyboard for you that come complete without inscription on the keys. Yes be the envy of your cubicle farm with this season's hottest new tech accessory.

Check out Das Keyboard for more info.

Grade for the Season: A+ | Genre: Reality Television Summary: Co-Executive Producer, Sylvestor Stallone, has taken the Rocky franchise and translated it onto the small screen with the same heart and emotion that made "The Italian Stallion" so endearing. It was a knock out of a season, and we can only hope it makes it way back to NBC. The Contender series gave 16 boxing professionals the chance to jump-start a career they've long fantasized about. All have different backgrounds but with the same desire to succeed in a sport in which they've invested so much of themselves. What has been one of the more engaging new programs of the current television season, scripted or reality, finally came to an end last night in a show down between the East Coast's "Pride of Providence," Peter Manfredo, and the man they call the "Latin Snake," Sergio Mora, from the West. It was a fight driven by the love for their families and the will to make better and more stable lives for themselves.

Reality show contestants have shown they can survive South Pacific jungles and Donald Trump's boardroom -- but can they make it in rock 'n' roll? Dave Navarro, former guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction, and TV personality Brooke Burke will host CBS' Rock Star: INXS, produced by Mark Burnett.

The show will premiere July 11, the network said Tuesday. It will begin with 15 contestants living together in a Hollywood Hills home. The winner will become the lead singer of INXS and will go on a world tour with the band, known for their hits "What You Need" and "Need You Tonight."

Read the full article at Newsday.

Grade: C+ | Genre: Suspense Summary: Surprisingly, this is an enjoyable film, but it's quite mindless. It doesn't offer anything fresh or new to the adventure genre and comes off as a poor man's Indiana Jones. What if Indiana Jones had plotted his daring adventures in America instead of the leaping through the rich history across the globe? We're not talking about the golden cross of Coronado or anything remotely cool like that. No, we are rolling the date back to the Revolutionary War some 200 years ago, a mere blip in most countries' heritages. What if Indie searched for a treasure passed from the Egyptians, to the Crusaders and ultimately to the Free Masons, better knows as our founding fathers? Sound a little far fetched and more than a bit out there? Welcome to National Treasure, the film where reality never existed. If you enjoy adventure films that don't require you to use any of your mental facilities, I have the perfect film for you.

Copycats are inevitable. However, instead of seeing rip offs of the phenom, Desperate Housewives, we will be subjected to more supernatural story lines than tales from Suburbia. Traces of hits like "Lost" and "Medium" will be creeping all over the upcoming fall scedule so proceed with caution. Read more.

Trump University? Donald Trump stamps his name on yet another business venture, this time via online education. "The Donald" has every intention on making money charging $300 per class offering "Ongoing opportunities for valuable interaction with Trump and other experts combine to provide a unique resource." I wonder if there will be a football team. Look out for The Trump Bowl coming soon. Read more.

A Carl's Jr. commercial starring a scantily clad Paris Hilton frolicking with a water hose is too hot for a media watchdog group.

"This commercial is basically soft-core porn," said Melissa Caldwell, research director for the Los Angeles-based Parents Television Council. "It's inappropriate for television."

Decide for yourself if Paris is too spicy by watching her controversial commercial at iFilm and read the full article at Yahoo News.

A week before launching the Pixies reunion tour last spring, frontman Frank Black headed into the studio to record his eleventh solo effort, Honeycomb. Out July 19th, the album fulfills Black's decade-long fantasy of making a Nashville record with serious Southern soul talent, with producer Jon Tiven wrangling veterans of legendary studios Muscle Shoals, American Studios and Stax Records.

Read the full interview at Rolling Stone.

Queer as Folk is firing up its fifth and final season which debuted last night (check out Yahoo TV to see when you can catch it again). Even though it has slipped away from its edgy content in recent years, it is still the most honest look at homosexual life on television. Don't even get me started on the watered down Will & Grace. In an age fueled by controversy over gay marriage and general misinformation about the gay and lesbian community, shows like Queer as Folk are the shining light showing us a life not so far removed from our own.

Read the commentary piece at Washington Post.

Episode: B+ | Season: A | Genre: Drama Summary: The season finale of Grey's Anatomy didn't feel anymore dramatic than any other episode, which was a welcomed thing. It's nice to have a show that seems to value consistency over bending the reality of their TV universe. Sex, lies and syphilis descend on Seattle Grace Hospital for the season finale of ABC's newest hit drama Grey's Anatomy. Yes sad to say that after its abbreviated first season, Grey's Anatomy will give way to summer as we say goodbye to our new favorite interns and attendings. This episode doesn't drop the usual bombshells on us that we've come to expect from the May sweeps, but they certainly see fit to leave us hanging with one plot wrench that is sure to shake up things when they pick up their stethoscopes in the fall.

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $108,500,000
2. Monster-in-Law $14,350,000
3. Kicking and Screaming $10,531,000
4. Crash $5,500,000
5. Unleasheds $3,841,000
6. Kingdom of Heaven $3,350,000
7. House of Wax $3,159,000
8. The Interpreter $2,802,000
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy $2,006,000
10. Mindhunters $909,000

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As every film buff is well aware, the American Film Institute (AFI) released their top 100 films list several years ago to highlight the greatest, most influential films ever made. They've since followed the successful formula with greatest comedies, villains, etc, etc. Time magazine is now weighing into the fight with the films it deems worthy of that distinction. There is a good bit of overlap between the two as is expected, but they certainly take their own path. There are a several noteworthy mentions that the AFI overlooked (Blade Runner), a couple films that have no place here (Brazil, Barry Lyndon) as well as a few that are too premature to call (City of God, Talk to Her). Check out the full list for yourself at Time.

Grade: A+ | Genre: Brit Rock Summary: So what's the "Truth" anyway? Is it that Oasis is washed up and beyond their prime as some may have believed? Maybe the real truth is that Don't Believe The Truth may be the album that's remembered in 2005 over the much delayed X&Y from Coldplay. The Big Brit Rock Monster (try saying that 10 times) has reared it's progressive head and has its sights set on the musically dry US soil. This is turning out to be its year to shine with recent hit releases from Doves and Bloc Party. However, as great as Some Cities and Silent Alarm were/are, they are mere warm-ups to eminent blockbusters coming from the likes of Coldplay and today's top focus, Oasis. The time is ripe for music lovers as these big bands are rewarding loyal fans with their even bigger albums. It's been three years since the moderately successful, Heathen Chemistry (did it even chart stateside?), and the Gallagher brothers are back and quick to tell anyone who get in their faces that they haven't lost a f*cking step. The egocentric and self-loving wankers still have the fire to knock us on our arse with their high swagger and pompous egos. They don't do much to win us over, nor do they care, but damn if they don't make great music. Don't Believe the Truth is a wake up call for all those critics who accused them of "losing it" and aims to splash water on Coldplay's over hyped pre-release campaign.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Topher Grace, who starred in "That '70s Show," has joined the cast of "Spider-Man 3." Although his character wasn't revealed, director Sam Raimi said Grace "will be perfect for the complexities of the role we are developing." Read the full article.

Grade for the Season: A- | Genre: Reality Television Summary: Obviously, Donald Trump has quite a bit of business savvy and is able to make smart decisions. However, choosing Kendra as his lasted Apprentice was a no brainer, which made his job so much easier. "Kendra, Your Hired!" The sweetest words that this season's sure thing could possibly hear were finally spoken as Kendra Todd became the first woman from The Apprentice series to be hired by Donald Trump. After 16 weeks of business minded missions, 18 contestants were narrowed down to just one person most fit to take over one of "The Donald's" companies. Was it any surprise? Kendra, a successful real estate entrepreneur who initially seemed to be "under the radar," shined during her last weeks of the 17 week interview and proved to everyone, without a doubt, that she is the best candidate for the job.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The last of the "Star Wars" movies has done what no movie in history has ever accomplished - sold $50 million worth of tickets in a single day.

"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" grossed $50,013,859 from showings at 3,661 theaters and more than 9,000 screens around the country on Thursday, including special midnight shows, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. Read the full article.

U.K. electronic pop outfit Goldfrapp will return with its third album this fall. Due Sept. 20 via Mute, Supernature will be led by first single "Ooh La La," which will be commercially released in North America on Aug. 23. A video for the cut will be shot by director Dawn Shadforth (New Order, Jamiroquai).

The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2003's Black Cherry, which debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart. It spawned the club hit "Strict Machine," remixes from which reached the No. 1 slot on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in June 2004.

Read the full article including track listings and tour dates at Billboard.

With Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opening everywhere today, we thought this would be a good opportunity to reintroduce that lovable, huggable, Padawon Learner that captured our hearts with his fierce saber skills and cat-like reflexes. Sarcasm aside, much props to all those that took this poor kid's video and gave it a life of its own.

Blockbuster Online has an even bigger challenge to overcome now that Wal-Mart has shut down their online rental service in order to promote DVD sales via its competitor, Netflix. In exchange, "Wal-Mart will offer its online customers the opportunity to sign up with Netflix at their current subscription price for a year." Read the full article.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British rock band Coldplay played Manhattan on Tuesday to promote their highly anticipated new album and said they are uncomfortable that [selling so many albums] can move a major corporation's stock price. Read the full article.

Need 10 reasons why you should watch Mr. and Mrs. Federline's "Chaotic" reality series that chronicles the couples courtship, engagement and wedding? Well, here they are anyways.

Seriously? Why make J-Lo suffer for the actions of J-Fo? In the end, we are all losers. Read the full article and don't miss PM's Review of Monster-in-Law.

Experts say the huge popularity of iPods and other players could leave a generation of music fans with serious problems. A leading expert warned that people had to use the players more responsibly. Andrew Reid, head of audiology at the Royal United Hospital in Bristol, said: "This is a big problem for young people, and there is a real risk that prolonged listening could lead to permanent hearing damage."

Mr Reid added: "If you are on a Tube, you have to turn the player up to dangerous levels just to hear it. Over time, this is going to lead to problems like tinnitus and severe damage to the inner ear." Tinnitus and noise-induced hearing loss occurs when the delicate hair nerve cells that line the inner ear suffer repeated trauma from loud sound vibrations.

Read the full article at This is London.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream
1. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Stand Up
2. WEEZER Make Believe
3. NINE INCH NAILS With Teeth
4. SPOON Gimme Fiction
5. MARIAH CAREY Emancipation Of Mimi
6. BECK Guero
7. RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS Cold Roses
8. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Devils And Dust
9. ROBERT PLANT AND THE STRANGE SENSATION Mighty Rearranger
10. TEAM SLEEP Team Sleep

1. CSI - CBS
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - ABC
3. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY - FOX
4. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY - FOX
5. CSI: MIAMI - CBS
6. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - CBS
7. WITHOUT A TRACE - CBS
8 SURVIVOR: PALAU - CBS
9. GREY'S ANATOMY - ABC
10. TWO AND A HALF MEN - CBS

Source: Zap2it

Lindsay Lohan has a mission ... and she wants to accept it. The actress/singer says she has met with Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams regarding the possibility of starring in the third installment of the 1960s TV show remake.

"I actually met with J.J. Abrams, who is directing," Lohan told "Access Hollywood" yesterday (May 17). "I'm a huge fan of Lost and Alias, so hopefully, we will see what happens. If so, I'll be in training for a few weeks, putting on some muscles."

Read the full article at Billboard.

Grade: B+ | Genre: Alternative Pop Summary: It doesn't have the stellar breakthrough songs that shifted Magnolia into everyone's line of sight, but it really doesn't need them. It offers us a winding story without a single track that can be overlooked. Here is an interesting mental picture to doodle into your brain. Take the rather waifish, sensitive songwriter, Aimee Mann, strap on a pair of the boxing gloves, then let her loose to beat the crap out of someone. No, this isn't just another metaphor to support her heavyweight concept album The Forgotten Arm, this is Mann's new passion -- boxing. I say all the more power to you sister. Her workout routine that has transformed into her burning obsession is the fuel for the ideas of this new stellar work. Look out Hillary Swank. We've got a new feisty contender stepping through the ropes.

After several weeks of negotiations, Fox Broadcasting Co. has sealed a deal to bring back real-time political thriller 24 for two more seasons. The network has also given a last-minute renewal to reigning best-comedy Emmy winner Arrested Development, which has been on the bubble since the network cut back the show's second-season order in the spring because of underwhelming ratings.

While there has been a lot of buzz about getting a short order for next season, Fox's decision to pick up a full-season, 22-episode order of the quirky series, comes as somewhat of a surprise.

Read the full article at ABC News.

London rockers Coldplay will launch the Twisted Logic Tour in North America on August 2nd in Toronto. The tour will follow the band's release of their third album, X&Y, on June 7th. Alt-punk foursome Rilo Kiley will join the band on the thirty-six date trek, which wraps up in Bristow, Virginia, on September 30th.

Tickets for Coldplay's North American tour go on sale on June 4th.

Check out the full article at Rolling Stone complete with the full tour schedule.

Whatever you can do, I can do better. That must be Sony's theory when competing with the recently unveiled new Xbox 360 from Microsoft. Don't expect PS3 on the shelves this holiday season. Sony's latest console is due out Spring of 2006, and this first glimpse is to wet our gaming appetites. Read the full article on CNN.

Grade: A- | Genre: Comedy Summary: In Good Company is film of subtle intricacies. It's not an exaggerated attempt to woo the academy but an honest look into one's humility and how they are able to cope with the adversities that present themselves. You may be too young and too sure of yourself to realize this, but in just a few years, when corporate America sees you for your age rather than your work, some hotshot rookie will swoop in and take over the position you worked so long and hard to build. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is approaching 52 and has just found out that his company, Sports America, has been bought out by super media conglomerate, Globecom. The executive position that he has nurtured and developed over the years will now be handed over to 26 year old, Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), forcing Dan to cope with adjustments not only to his professional life, but to his personal life as well...all because of an inexperience but eager executive with age on his side.

Does new found power automatically go along with being the one hired by Donald Trump? Ask previous Apprentice winners, Bill Rancic and Kelly Perdew, and they'll do their best to hype their hypeless jobs. After all, "It's a little bit too much to ask someone to be the president of an $800 million building when they haven't had that kind of experience," says Trump. This season's lock, Kendra Todd, shouldn't expect too much responsibility, but I wouldn't expect Todd, who could run circles around Rancic and Perdew blindfolded, to remain passive. Read the full story.

Also, look out the a review of the Apprentice Finale coming soon.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Seeking to climb out of the ratings cellar, NBC will have Martha Stewart picking a protege and singer Amy Grant making wishes come true when the new season begins this fall. Read the full article.

It's been six years since Trent released the dual disk The Fragile. With Teeth certainly won't be mistaken for anything other than a NIN disk, but it also explores some new avenues in his sound. The kind folks over at NME have posted the full cuts for you to stream free of charge, which should hold you over until we can get you a proper review in the coming weeks. Enjoy!

Listen to the full album at NME.

1. Monster-in-Law - $24,025,000.
2. Kicking & Screaming - $20,851,000.
3. Unleashed -s $10,587,000.
4. Kingdom of Heaven - $9,625,000.
5. Crash - $7,200,000.
6. House of Wax - $6,270,000.
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -s $4,788,000.
8. The Interpreter - $4,384,000.
9. XXX: State of the Union - $2,200,000.
10. Mindhunters - $2,003,000

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Grade: B | Genre: Alternative Rock Summary: While this doesn't rise to the vision and artistry of Version 2.0, Bleed Like Me is definitely a prime disk to throw in to jack you up. It's pretty challenging to fight off a good mood and not enjoy life while listening to it. Spring is stepping out of the way as we charge head long into summer. It's that special time of year when you can't wait to escape the chains of work each afternoon to partake in your daily run. When the male libido comes out of hibernation at the sight of super short shorts and low cut blouses as well as the perfect time to put the top down and chart your course for the mountains in an afternoon peeling around some mind-bending turns. Granted gas prices are going to put a bit of a damper on the seasonal road trip, but work with me here people. So we have the 'Vette all fueled up, we just need a little driving music to set the tone. Great driving music should have slick beats, stamped by a strong vocal presence and more than anything, be fun to listen to. Well that album is Garbage's latest effort Bleed Like Me.

Without Michael Moore and Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Cannes Film Festival this time, it was left to George Lucas and Star Wars to pique European ire over the state of world relations and the United States' role in it.

Lucas' themes of democracy on the skids and a ruler preaching war to preserve the peace predate Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith by almost 30 years. Yet viewers Sunday and Lucas himself noted similarities between the final chapter of his sci-fi saga and our own troubled times.

Cannes audiences made blunt comparisons between Revenge of the Sith the story of Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the rise of an emperor through warmongering to President Bush's war on terrorism and the invasion of Iraq.

Read the full article at Yahoo Movies.

Grade: C+ | Genre: R&B Summary: Unfortunately, the album doesn't do much to break the mold of the R&B Mack Daddy. The beats are there (initially), but the lyrics are a bit trite and get old very quickly. Since R. Kelly is busy dealing with the kids (in the Michael Jackson sort of way), the R&B world has been without a dominant soulful crooner who's all about the ladies. Copycats and wannabes have come and gone, but there still has yet to be a successor fit to handle Kelly's backstage perks. Next in line for the job is newcomer, Bobby Valentino, who is the first act signed to Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace label. After endless reviews of alt rock albums, Valentino's Self-titled debut is a refreshing change of pace that unfortunately gets old very quickly.

Last Days, by former Palme d'Or winning director Gus Van Sant, portrays the inner turmoil that engulfs a troubled musician in the final days of his life. While Van Sant has admitted the film is inspired by Cobain and the Seattle music scene of the time, he has pointed out that it is still a work of fiction.

But parallels between Cobain and main character Blake are there to be seen. From the messy blond hair of actor Michael Pitt to suggestions that his character has spent time in drug re-hab - the main character is a Cobain-like figure. Moreover, the film is set in 1994 - the year Cobain shot himself.

Read the full article at BBC News.

Grade: C- | Genre: Comedy Summary: While this is a far cry from being an unwatchable film, it is still very lackluster and can be tedious at times to sit through. The Godfather of quirky, Wes Anderson, has come for a visit bringing his latest sea adventure The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Anderson always balances on such a fine line. There is no question that he is one of the most innovative directors in Hollywood, but his level of unconventionality sometimes gets him in deep water. After all without a striking story and absorbing characters, you just have this huge ball of quirk bounding down a hill, mowing over everything in its path. The Life Aquatic is that ball, and though he may fascinate us with the bountiful tricks up his sleeve, it simply stuns us for long enough to get squashed.

Steven Lynch is a singer/comedian who has a knack for creating hilarious and often times offensive side-splitting tunes. Checkout the funniest Billy Corgan impersonation you'll ever hear. OK, it's probably the only that you'll hear of Mr. Corgan but funny none the less.

Also, pick up Lynch's latest release, "Superhero."

Pop star plays the blues on new album. "I'm ready to shake it all up," John Mayer says of his next studio album, Continuum, due in early 2006.

Mayer is preparing to flex his new blues-based outfit, the John Mayer Trio, on the road and on a live disc. "I'm gonna go out in the fall with the trio and just play," he says. "Power-rockin', electric-guitar, in-your-face blues."

Read the full article at Rolling Stone.

Microsoft Corp. says its next version of Xbox will thrill hard-core gamers with mind-blowing graphics and lure in newcomers with free online games, slide shows, music and video chats with friends.

Xbox 360 looks nothing like its bulky, black predecessor. It's sleek and white, and it can stand on one end like a book or lie flat like a DVD player. Its 20-gigabyte hard drive and three powerful processors will enable high-definition graphics and surround sound, making games seem more like movies.

Read the full article at MSNBC.

It was the best of times, it was most assuredly the worst of times. Initially, 2001 looked like a banner year for peppy techno-rock quartet Garbage. Still swooning from the alterna-chart success of its eponymous 1995 debut and punkier '98 followup Version 2.0, the band--comprised of three brainiac producer/ prodigies and a Scottish siren named Shirley Manson--believed the release of its third salvo Beautiful Garbage would be a career-topping cakewalk. But Dickens himself couldn't have scripted a more disastrous downfall.

Read the full feature article at Paste Music and look for a review on Garbage's latest album Bleed Like Me next week.

On May 21, our favorite little red-headed pop tart, Lindsay Lohan, will be making a second appearance as host on Saturday Night Live. It'll be her chance to build up som