Off The Record...
Phil Lee
The Mighty King of Love
Releasing his debut album at 49, he's an inspiration to anyone who's ever defiantly hung on to a rock 'n' roll dream through year after year of slugging through four-set bar gigs for a few hundred bucks and some beer. Lee's songs are wily, but they also carry some heft. They'll put you in a West Texas honky-tonk with your best gal and somebody else buying or on the tailgate of your S-10 with a six of Lone Star and a pack of Marlboros, wondering why other folks don't just stop and smell the desert roses.

Play It...
Dukes Of Hazzard
If I’ve ever seen a game intended to play on our nostalgic heartstrings, Dukes of Hazzard from SouthPeak Interactive is it. What self respecting Gen X-er could possibly pass this game up?  Blowing a chance to drive the General Lee, even virtually, wouldn’t cut it with any of the campy shows die-hard fans. You need to complete a series of missions in order to get the money to pay off the mortgage on Uncle Jesse’s farm. The graphics and sound are actually well done. Visually the game is, well, Hazzard County, and a nice looking Hazzard County at that.

On Video...

My Life So Far
A delightful tale of one year in the life of a 10-year-old boy growing up in the misty Scottish Highlands in the 1930s, with an eccentric father, his mother, grandmother, practical-minded uncle and the uncle's child bride. Dad is a woebegone inventor and he leads his family in an idyllic lifestyle of benign, fairy tale bedlam. When the uncle, a straitlaced businessman who wants to sell the family estate and his new wife, arrive for a visit, their lives are changed forever; as she takes the estate by storm and wins everyone's heart, including dad's.
 
The Buzz...

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz will be remembered as a genius who touched the lives of millions of Americans. The House has adopted a resolution to award Schulz a Congressional Gold Medal.

David Letterman will return to television after heart surgery on Feb. 21 initially as a part-timer, mixing in his own appearances with guest hosts as he continues to recover.

American Beauty, a black comedy about suburbia run amok, came up roses in the Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, earning the most with eight. The Cider House Rules, The Insider, and The Sixth Sense also blossomed as strong Oscar contenders.

Hasbro, the master toy licensee for NASCAR Racers, an animated Fox Kids series revolving around fictious NASCAR drivers and their fantastic cars, is unveiling its toy line tied in with the series this month.

Mick Jagger has sent an application into the Office of Harmonisation in the Internal Market, the EU's patent office. So what is he patenting? His own name. The singer is registering Mick Jagger as a trademark for more than twenty beauty products, including perfume, eau de cologne, shampoos and deodorants.

Actor/rapper Ice Cube is considering the role of Shadow Man in a big screen adaptation of the Acclaim comic and video game. Reportedly, he would have a role in the production of the film as well.

Universal Pictures is putting together a deal for David H. Steinberg to write a sequel to the highly successful teen flick American Pie.

Dark Shadows, the 1960s horror soap opera that refuses to die, may once again rise from the grave to stalk the night. This time around, the cult series’ upcoming revival will not be on TV or the big screen but the stage. Dan Curtis is set to direct a musical version of the series he created in 1966 and brought to primetime in a 1991 remake.

DVD and VHS versions of the pilot episode of the cult Bruce Willis/Cybill Shepard TV show Moonlighting have just started to appear in video retail outlets. As an added feature, the special release contains Willis’ original screen test for the program.

Comedian Eddie Murphy is said to be considering starring in a remake of the 1957 science fiction classic The Incredible Shrinking Man. The actor is currently working on Nutty II: The Klumps, the sequel to his very successful comedy feature The Nutty Professor.

McFarlane toys has announced that it will produce over 100 new toys in 2000, based on characters from the upcoming version of Shaft, characters from South Park, more Movie Maniacs, including characters from The Fly and Edward Scissorhands, as well as three new lines of Spawn-based toys.

Former Baywatch beauty Gena Lee Nolin may be swinging on a vine near you. Columbia TriStar Television Distribution announced Wednesday that it had cleared its new syndicated Sheena action series on 92 per cent of the nation’s TV markets.

The History of Rock, a compilation of both early and new Kid Rock material, will hit stores in March, according to reps at the Detroit superstar's label.

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