Eric Clapton revealed that he and his former mates in rock's first supergroup Cream, singer-bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, are planning to reunite for four shows next May at London's Royal Albert Hall, the legendary venue where the power trio played its final gig in 1968.

Uma Thurman, last seen as a sword-wielding assassin in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, is in talks to replace Nicole Kidman as Ulla, the bombshell Swedish secretary in Mel Brooks' big-screen adaptation of his hit Broadway musical, The Producers.

Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy this weekend, giving the star-studded Meet the Fockers the record for the best single Christmas Day box office take. The sequel, reuniting Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro and adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Stiller's parents, earned $44.7 million over the holiday weekend according to studio estimates.

David Carradine says he inspired the title role in the Kill Bill movies, but the part was originally written for Warren Beatty. Carradine explained during an interview with the Chicago Tribune earlier this year that Beatty initially landed the role but director Quentin Tarantino kept instructing him to act like Carradine.
 

David Goyer, writer on the Blade trilogy and on Batman Begins, will do a feature film version of The Flash. Goyer will write,
produce and direct the movie while DC Comics will finance the film along with Warner Bros. Pictures. The Flash was originally
published in 1939 and told the story of a man with the ability to run at super speeds.

In a dismal year for the touring industry, with ticket prices soaring and seats going unsold, music fans in North America partied like it was 1989 as Prince and Madonna topped the concert box office. According to freshly tabulated estimates
provided by concert trade publication Pollstar, Prince sold $87.4 million in tickets in 2004, while Madonna earned $79.5 million. Prince also worked a bit harder for his payday, playing 96 shows, compared with 39 for Madonna.

Real estate mogul turned TV star Donald Trump is turning his next prime-time boardroom from a battle of the sexes into a contest between book smarts and street smarts. A team of nine college graduates faces off against a group of nine
entrepreneurs whose formal education ended with high school when the third edition of NBC's hit reality show The Apprentice
debuts on January 20th.

Sharon Osbourne has snatched the Rock Personality of the Year award out of the hands of husband Ozzy. Ozzy picked up the accolade last year after scoring his first ever number one in a three-decade chart career. But this year, Sharon, 52, outdid her husband and other stars on the list with her rock and roll antics.

The Killers, Paul Oakenfold and The Crystal Method will play the fifth annual Giant Village New Year's Eve party on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Modest Mouse has been named Band of the Year by Spin magazine. Green Day's American Idiot was named Best Single, and Franz Ferdinand is Best New Band.

The Pixies, who are done touring for the year, are selecting the best live footage from their monster reunion tour for an upcoming DVD.

Peavey, the world-famous musical instrument manufacturer, has announced that it has parted with Edward Van Halen after a 13-year partnership. Peavey collaborated with the guitarist on his signature-model Peavey Wolfgang Series electric guitars and Peavey 5150 Series amplifiers.

Simon Crane, who has worked as a second unit director on films such as Troy and Terminator 3, will direct his first feature film titled Adrenaline for Intermedia Films. The company is fasttracking the project for a midsummer project. Mike Finch will
pen the screenplay about a group of thrill seekers who use their death-defying skills to pull off seemingly impossible heists.

Paramount Pictures will be adapting Tom Clancy's video game Splinter Cell with Peter Berg (The Rundown) set to direct. The game follows the plotline of government spy Sam Fisher, as he tries to stop a terrorist organization from disaster. Two games have been released already by Ubisoft and have sold over 6 million copies worldwide.