The South Park episode satirizing Tom Cruise and Scientology has been nominated for an Emmy award. The episode entitled Trapped In The Closet made headlines earlier this year, after Isaac Hayes quit the show over the jokes about his religion. The episode was pulled from reruns by Comedy Central after airing once.

Kanye West leads an all-star line-up of performers for this year’s Fashion Rocks event in New York this September. Also just announced to perform are Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, Beyonce and Rihanna. Proceeds from the event will benefit Elton John’s AIDS foundation.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest smashed box office records with a huge opening weekend, taking in US$132 million in its first three days. The previous record for top opening weekend was held by Spiderman 2.

Angelina Jolie has lined up her first job since giving birth to daughter Shiloh. The actress will provide a voice for the upcoming animated feature Kung-Fu Panda. The film also features the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu.

The Fantastic Four sequel, titled Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, is currently being prepped under 20th Century Fox right now. The Surfer may be all CGI.
 

After turning down a spot in the band Fuel to pursue recording opportunities as a solo artist, Chris Daughtry has made the decision pay off. The fourth place finisher on this year's American Idol has signed a contract with 19 Recordings RCA Records, following the footsteps of winner Taylor Hicks and runner-up Katharine McPhee. The 19 label is an arm of Idol creator Simon Fuller's company, 19 Entertainment.
 

Pop star Pink is also stepping in front of the camera for a role in the new horror film Catacombs. Pink says the flick is pretty intense, which might be a bit of an understatement, considering the fact that the producers of Catacombs also created the Saw franchise.

TNT has picked up broadcast rights to The Da Vinci Code. TNT will be able to begin airing the movie, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Ian McKellen, in the fall of 2008.

Peter MacNicol, who's best known for playing John Cage on Ally McBeal, is joining the cast of 24 for the FOX show's sixth season, which gets underway in January. The network says he'll be a cast regular and play a high-ranking government official, but as with most things 24, other details are scant.

Britney Spears may have posed nude for Harper’s Bazaar recently, but that doesn’t mean she’s OK with appearing in a bikini in US Magazine. The pregnant pop star issued a statement blasting the mag for the cover shot, which she claims is a stolen snapshot from her personal collection.

Bobby Brown got a rough reception from the crowd at a New Edition reunion show in Houston on Sunday. According to reports, the crowd was howling for him to leave the stage when he performed a shirtless solo set and talked about his sex life with wife Whitney Houston.

Nick Lachey will hit the road this fall for his first-ever solo tour. Dates are still to be finalized, but the newly divorced former Newlywed will kick off the tour in Albany on September 20th. At least one Canadian stop is scheduled on the 26-date tour, with a Toronto date set for September or October.

Brigitte Nielsen has begun a new chapter in her love life. The Surreal Life star married her fifth husband, Mattia Dessi, in Malta.