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Jennifer Lopez in on the hunt for a boy, and he MUST have dark hair and an olive complexion. Revolution Studios, producers of J. Lo’s upcoming film “The Chambermaid,” will hold an open casting call Saturday in New York in the hopes of finding an actor to play the singer/actress’ son in the flick. “He should be really cute, super-bright, self-assured and precocious,” reads the invitation notice. Applicants should be, or at least look, between 10 and 12 years old. Any ethnicity is acceptable, though those of Hispanic/Latino heritage are preferred. No acting experience is necessary. Those ready for their… Read more »

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins has been added to the bill for the fourth annual Waltz benefit concert taking place in Chicago Saturday night (March 23). Corgan joins previously announced performers Steve Earle, Ronnie Spector, Wilco’s John Stirratt, former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (who now drums for Corgan’s new band Zwan), Sonia Dada, Alejandro Escovedo, Graham Parker, Ivan Neville, Sonny Landreth, Kelly Hogan, the Mekons’s Jon Langford, Ken Nordine, David Amram, and Nicholas Tremulis and his band at the Chicago club Metro. Ronnie Spector revealed she’s looking forward to being on the bill with such a wide array of… Read more »

The Tiger Woods Foundation announced today that Grammy-award winning artists Don Henley and Train will perform at the Tiger Jam V benefit concert presented by Coca-Cola and hosted by Tiger Woods. The fifth annual event will take place on April 20, 2002, at 8:30 PM in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The benefit concert will once again raise and distribute funds for the Tiger Woods Foundation and children’s charities based in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. “I am very excited to have both Don Henley and Train as part of Tiger Jam V,” stated Tiger Woods.… Read more »

The following is a complete list of winners at the 44th annual Grammy Awards, which took place at the Staples Center on Wednesday. Categories marked with an asterisk were handed out during the main, televised ceremony. * RECORD OF THE YEAR “Walk On” – U2 * ALBUM OF THE YEAR “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” – various artists * SONG OF THE YEAR “Fallin”‘ – Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys) * NEW ARTIST Alicia Keys * FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE “I’m Like a Bird” – Nelly Furtado MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – James Taylor… Read more »

Godsmack, System of a Down, Creed and Nickelback will contribute new songs to Music from and Inspired by “The Scorpion King”, the soundtrack to the third Mummy movie. The disc is due March 26th. The Godsmack song, “I Stand Alone,” will be the collection’s first single, hitting radio stations February 5th. The soundtrack also features new songs from Sevendust, Drowning Pool, Coal Chamber, Hoobastank, Mushroomhead and Twelve Stones; a new remix of P.O.D.’s “Set It Off”; and previously released material, including the Rob Zombie and Ozzy Osbourne collaboration “Iron Head.” The Scorpion King, starring The Rock, Michael Clarke Duncan and… Read more »

Wu-Tang Killa Beez record entitled The Sting will hit the street on February 26, 2002 on KOCH/ In The Paint and Wu Tang Records. The album will feature new tracks from The RZA AKA Bobby Digital, ODB, U-God, Inspectah Deck from Wu Tang Clan, and will introduce North Star, Black Knights, Solomon Childs and many others. The single, “Killer Beez” will drop at radio early January 2002. “Killer Beez” features RZA, U-God, and Inspectah Deck. Other songs on the record include: “Doe Mai Wu” (featuring ODB), “Thugz Make The World Go Round,” “Spin,” “Bar Mitzvah,” “Get At Me” and more.… Read more »

Mark Mothersbaugh says the score he wrote for The Royal Tenenbaums is a logical progression from the work he did on director Wes Anderson’s two previous films, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. “Bottle Rocket was a jazz quintet, a little bit quirky,” says the former Devo singer. “Rushmore was a little more Vivaldi influenced, a lot more sixteenth notes. This movie, although the sounds are related to the last two movies, kind of branched out further. I’d never used any horns before. The core of it is a cello and piano. There’s a lot of harp in this movie, a lot… Read more »

Ol’ Dirty Bastard is expected to release his next album, The Trials And Tribulations Of Russell Jones, in March 2002 on D3 Entertainment. The album, will feature collaborations with his Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Method Man and the RZA, as well as Mack 10, and Big Skye. The album’s first single, “Dirty And Stinkin,” produced by One Eye, includes a guest rap from Method Man, and is scheduled to be serviced to radio in coming weeks. The album includes all new lyrics recorded by O.D.B. after his departure from Elektra Entertainment, says a spokesperson for D3 Entertainment. A spokesperson for Elektra… Read more »

Jennifer Lopez is negotiating to star in “The Chambermaid,” a modern retelling of the Cinderella story. John Hughes, best known as the director of such dramas as “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” will write and produce the romantic comedy for Revolution Studios, with a tentative start date of winter 2002. Hughes was also initially set to direct the film, which would have been his first time behind the camera since 1991’s “Curly Sue.” Lopez will play a young dreamer who takes a job as a chambermaid in a luxury hotel in an attempt to better her life.… Read more »

After nine on-and-off years, Emo-rock trailblazers Sunny Day Real Estate have called it quits. The band had been at work on the follow-up to last year’s The Rising Tide but, because of business woes, has decided not to continue. According to the band’s statement on its official Web site (www.sunnydayrealestate.net), a “string of bad luck” with management companies and Arista Records ceasing to distribute the band’s label Time Bomb Recordings made a “European tour and advertising for a new album near impossible. As frustrations built, progress on the new album became stagnant at times. Not wanting to build personal tensions,”… Read more »