Courtney Love has found a buyer to take 25 percent of her rights to the Nirvana back catalog. Kurt Cobain's widow, who owns 98 percent of the band's publishing rights, decided to lighten her load by selling 25 percent of it to music publisher, and former general manager of Virgin Records, Larry Mestel.

A Snoop Dogg concert in Las Vegas was recently cancelled. Snoop was previously scheduled to headline a private party at the Rio Hotel in Vegas, but it was called off due to pressure from the State Gaming Board and Las Vegas Police department. The authorities expressed concern about "gangster rap" and are discouraging casinos from booking rappers in the future.

IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that Superman Returns will become the world's first live-action Hollywood feature to be converted from 2D to IMAX 3D.

Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent) will take on the role of the villain in Underdog. Dinklage will portray Simon Barsinister, an evil scientist who tries to steal the world's supply of water by building a gigantic machine.
 

Scarlett Johansson recently topped the list of FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world. In a poll by the magazine's readers, the 21 year old was the clear favorite, followed by Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson and Keira Knightley in the top five.
 

The Miss America pageant will broadcast a seven-episode reality show/documentary series next year to draw in viewers and let the audience choose some of the finalists.

The Game has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Koch Entertainment. Game claims Koch released CDs and a DVD without his permission and that he wasn't compensated for any of the sales. The recordings are early demos by the rapper and were completed before his 2005 debut album The Documentary.

Judas Priest have snubbed the opportunity to appear in a reality TV show because they fear it will cast a shadow over their other achievements. The British heavy metal legends weren't willing to risk being ridiculed, despite the success of shows such as Rock School starring KISS bassist Gene Simmons.

Mario's former manager, Troy Patterson, is counter suing the R&B singer for $5 million. Mario had initially sued his manager after alleging he had only received $50,000 from the sale of more than 3 million records.

Oscar winning rappers Three 6 Mafia are producing and recording tracks with none other than Paris Hilton. Apparently the heiress liked their song Stay Fly so much she asked the Memphis group if they would work with her on her upcoming album.

It seems Jessica Simpson has babies on the brain. According to her publicist, the pop star is looking to adopt and is exploring several options. Jessica said she has great admiration for Angelina Jolie and dished, "I plan to adopt before I have my own kids."

Tom Hanks is attached to star in How Starbucks Saved My Life. The story centers on an older ad exec who loses his job and family and has to go to work at Starbucks to pay the bills. He befriends the young manager and learns about life and love.

Dennis Quaid and Lost star Matthew Fox are close to joining Vantage Point Sony/Columbia Pictures. Quaid and Fox will star as secret service agents that depicts the events of an assassination of the President from five different points of view.

Shia LaBeouf is in talks to star as the human protagonist in Transformers which is being directed by Michael Bay. Steven Spielberg will serve as executive producer. The project was setup at Dreamworks and will be distributed by Paramount.

Paramount Pictures is seeking one pair of identical twin boys aged 9-11 to play the lead roles in The Spiderwick Chronicles, a new fantasy film based on the best-selling series of books.

Paramount Pictures has purchased the rights to H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) where kids with super criminal abilities are trained to become supervillains.

More than 15 years since splitting, the surviving members of seminal '80s alt-rock outfit The Replacements, singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars, have reunited to record two new tracks.