Twenty-three years have passed since Sting and the boys closed the door on seminal 80s fixture the Police, but its time for them to join forces again at this year's Grammy Awards. The group last performed together at their induction ceremony to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Rumors have been running rampant for weeks that the band would reunite for a tour later this summer in commemoration of their 30-year anniversary.

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Martin Scorsese has reportedly washed his hands of big budget Hollywood pictures after his latest feature film The Departed. The legendary director was quoted as saying, "when there are very big budgets there is less risk that can be taken." The Departed weighed in at $90 million yet has afforded him the largest box office opening of his lofty career at $28 million. Next up on Scorsese's plate is a low budget adaptation of Japanese novel The Silence.

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Last week news came from the Keane camp that lead singer Tom Chaplin had been officially diagnosed with exhaustion. It now looks like drugs and alcohol may have been the root of the problem as he was admitted to rehab. "I've been having to deal with an increasing problem with drink and drugs, and the time has come to get the professional help I need to sort myself out," Chaplin posted on the band's website. This unforeseen stop will postpone all the September dates on the band's North American tour. At the moment, the October dates remain unaltered. Keane's new album Under the Iron Sea entered the Billboard charts at number 4.

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The creator of Scrubs, Bill Lawrence, is writing and directing a prequel to the 80s Chevy Chase film Fletch. Scrub's main man Zach Braff will take over Chase's leading role in the film. The script will be adapted from the early Gregory McDonald novel Fletch Won. Filming is set to start in April once Scrubs wraps. Braff brought Lawrence on board to the project after many talks with Harvey Weinstein.

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After several ill advised sequels, Bruce Willis will further pickle his waning acting career by staring in the comically named Live Free or Die Hard. This will mark the fourth installment of the Die Hard series with Len Wisemen (Underworld) set to direct this looming catastophe. The story is said to center on an attack to America's computer infrastructure. The film is projected to hit theatres on June 29th.

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The latest Batman sequel entitled The Dark Knight will bring back Christian Bale to the title role, adding Heath Ledger as his devilish grinned nemesis, the Joker. Christopher Nolan will also remain at the director's helm. The latest installment is set to begin filming in the early months of 2007. Nolan and Bale will also be teaming up in the Disney feature The Prestige due out this fall.

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After languishing two years in production without a script, ABC has decided to drop production on a Holocaust miniseries it was working on with Mel Gibson's production company. Just Friday, Gibson was arrested on DUI charges and reportedly launched into a crazy tirade about Jews, accusing the officer of being Jewish and that the Jews have started all wars. The Catholic actor apologized Saturday yet with a father who is a Holocaust denier it may fall on deaf ears. The incident has raised many questions concerning all of Gibson's future projects with his Icon Productions company. Gibson's delayed Mayan-language film Apocalypto is set for release December 8th.

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Its seems Jeff Buckley is about to find a new audience for his music -- 10 years after his untimely passing. Buckley's mother and keeper of his estate, Mary Guibert, has met with Finding Neverland producer Michelle Sy, who in turn enlisted the writing talents of Brian Jun (Sundance favorite Black Steel). Currently, Jun is deeply researching the life of the musical virtuoso, hoping to have a first draft complete by summer's end. Casting decisions still remain a question mark.

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The seldom seen Tom Waits is getting ready to venture into the thick humidity of the south. The legendary raspy singer will be taking on an eight city tour including stops in Atlanta and Memphis which he hasn't performed in since the 70s. When asked about the city selection, Waits replied, "We need to go to Tennessee to pick up some fireworks, and someone owes me money in Kentucky."

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It seems everyone's favorite white trash celebrity just can't seem to keep her clothes on. Very pregnant and very much a brunette, Britney Spear's is appearing naked on the cover of this month's Harper's Bazaar magazine. The singer, who has been caught up in a whirlwind of controversy over dropping babies and her unstable relationship with sewer rat K-Fed, seems to be courting the limelight again. I guess after you make a blinding fool out of yourself on national TV, you have to have something to dose the flames.

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The forefathers of indie-rock, the Pixies, have revealed that the much rumored sixth studio album is not to be. Frontman Frank Black said that he had written a handful of songs earlier this year in the hopes of getting Kim Deal on board with the new work. "I tried to find my Pixies muse and write a so-called Pixies number but they weren't any good," Black told Billboard. "They sounded a little contrived or something. That's the problem with trying to repeat something you did a long time ago." Black just released his latest solo work Fast Man Raider Man last week and intends to tour with Foo Fighters later in the summer.

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The BBC program Top of the Pops is getting its plug pulled after 42 years on the air. Through the years the program has featured performances by everyone from the Rolling Stones to the Beatles. In the 70s, the program boasted a viewership of 15 million, but the show has been on its last leg for some time, struggling to compete with the new broadcast alternatives. The last installment of the series will air on July 30th in the UK.

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Corey Feldmen and Corey Haim defined cheesy 80s teen film like License to Drive and the Lost Boys are in the running for a come back. A new show called the Coreys is being shopped around Tinseltown. The two would play fictionalized versions of themselves yet in keeping with their real lives. Haim has struggled since his hayday with drugs and his finances while Feldmen has taken a try at music and kept racking up resume credits with random roles. It should be crap television at its best.

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It seems anxious stateside fans, awaiting the UK group's tour for their latest effort Eyes Open, will have to wait a bit longer. All dates for the band's summer tour have been postponed until the fall. Singer Gary Lightbody has been informed by a throat specialist not to sing until mid-July. The shows will all take place between September 6th and 30th with exact dates to be announced in the coming weeks. Some venue changes are expected yet all tickets to the summer dates will be honored for the rescheduled shows.

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ABC has released their fall schedule which moves its hottest show, Grey's Anatomy, to anchor its Thursday night line-up. The schedule also welcomes a staggering 15 new series featuring an array of actors including Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Calista Flockhart, Anne Heche, David Arquette and Rachel Griffiths. Grey's will go head to head with CSI and NBC's much talked about new series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Invasion, Jake in Progress, Hope and Faith, and Sons and Daughters weren't lucky enough to make the cut.

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There may not be a release date for the long awaited new Radiohead album yet, but Thom Yorke isn't letting that stop him from putting his mark on 2006. In July, Yorke will release his first solo effort entitled The Eraser. Yorke has said that this is simply a side project he's been meaning to work on for a while and not a division in the band. The track "Black Swan" will be featured over the closing credits in Richard Linklater's coming film A Scanner Darkly.

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After a seven-day stay in the water bubble, world record chaser and publicity hound, David Blaine, came up short. He held his breath for 7 minutes and 8 seconds, a full minute and fifty seconds short of the record. The fruit loop didn't need to stay submerged for six days to conquer the record, but it looked more sensational for the ABC special David Blaine: Drowned Alive. Its not known if his failed attempt will push him on to take on the challenge again.

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The British wonder group Radiohead is preparing to hit American shores for the first time in 2 years, playing an array of theatre dates. The group will begin their run in Philadelphia on June 1 & 2 and close in Los Angeles June 29 & 30. The venues are considerably smaller than their usual arena shows. The setlists are said to draw from their new material they've been gathering together for the coming album. At this time, no date has been set for its release.

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Guests at the White House Correspondent's Association dinner got a little more than they bargained for from the Comedy Central fake new show host, Stephen Colbert, Saturday night. Colbert stayed in character all evening, firing off stinging satirical statements concerning the president and the press. Colbert told Bush to ignore his lousy approval ratings because they were based on reality "and reality has a well-known liberal bias." As for the presses' role in government, he quipped, "the president makes decisions . . . the press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions." In your spare time, he advised them, "write that novel you got kicking around in your head -- you know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know -- fiction." Bush and first lady Laura were among the 2600 in attendance and were reportedly not amused by Colbert's comments.

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Well it seems K-Fed has knocked up Britney Spears yet again according to US Weekly. Brit was evidently seen noticeably pregnant poolside at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas over the weekend, and the magazine's sources confirmed the suspicion. Rumors of her pregnancy with a second child surfaced in February and were shot down by her publicist, but the new report has them pretty tight lipped. I hope the couple isn't counting on K-Fed's burgeoning rap career to keep this kid in diapers.

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John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez have signed on for the big screen version of the 80s hit television show Dallas. JLo is slated as Sue Ellen and Travolta as the illustrious J.R. Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) will take on directing duties. Chadha is also currently preparing to bring the 60s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie to the screen. Filming on Dallas is earmarked to begin in October with a release date set for late in 2007.

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It's been 15 years since the troubled singer has toured, but Friday he announced he is ready to hit the road. Michael has been tangled in problems of late for possession of marijuana in Hyde Park two months ago and when he collided with three parked cars on Monday. The recent drama harkens back to his 1998 arrest for lewd conduct that outted the pop star. He will start the European tour on September 27th in Madrid, Spain. No U.S. tour dates have yet to be set.

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The answer to life without Howard Stern seemed to be no answer at all. After a few short months in the DJ booth, CBS will be pulling Roth from his new gig. His stint has proved a ratings disaster based on the Winter 2006 Arbitron ratings. Opie and Anthony has been licensed from XM Radio to replace Roth in the seven markets.

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Tomorrow night, Julia Roberts tries her hand at stage acting, starring in Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain on Broadway. The play also stars Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper. The three weeks of preview performances at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre have quickly sold out and fans have flocked night after night to catch a glimpse. The show's run ends June 22nd.

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In a recent interview with Kiefer Sutherland, it was revealed that 24 is preparing a leap to the big screen. Sutherland said, "The script is actually in development right now. It's something that we would shoot for doing next summer, during the next break." Much like the X-Files film, the television series will still continue to put Jack Bauer in mission impossible type situations. The film will just serve as an added adventure. Unlike the show, the film will crunch the normal 24 hour block into the standard 2 hour feature. Sutherland, who recently signed a deal making him the highest paid television actor, is gearing up for another secret agent adventure in the upcoming film The Sentinel co-starring Michael Douglas.

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