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Tom Hanks is in negotiations with DreamWorks to topline and produce the studio’s project “Comrade Rockstar,” based on the life of the late rocker Dean Reed. Born in Denver in 1938, Reed moved to Hollywood at a young age and landed a recording contract with Capitol Records by the time he was 20. However, he never rose to the kind of fame in the United States that he found in other countries, prompting him to move to South America, where he became known as “the Red Elvis.” After several albums, movies and television appearances, Reed moved on to Rome and… Read more »

The story of The Jacksons, the most successful musical family in history, is the stuff of which dreams are made. In 1992, the four-hour ABC miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream chronicled the rags-to-riches tale of that Gary, Indiana family who conquered the music world. Now this Emmy Award-winning production starring Oscar- nominated Angela Bassett, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Vanessa Williams and Billy Dee Williams premieres on DVD. The Jacksons: An American Dream (Motown/UME), released December 11, 2001, is presented in a two-disc DVD package. With Michael Jackson’s Invincible album debuting at #1 in early November, the broadcast of this fall’s Madison… Read more »

Britney Spears is asking her fans to bring new, unwrapped toys to her December 5 concert at Madison Square Garden for the children of the victims of the September 11 World Trade Center attack and of the Flight 587 crash on November 12. Members of the New York Fire Department (NYFD), New York Police Department (NYPD), Nassau County/Freeport County Fire Department, Suffolk County/Lindenhurst Fire Department, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be in front of Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue (between 31 and 32 Streets) beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET December 5 to collect the donated toys. The… Read more »

Ozzy Osbourne will make the video for “Dreamer,” the second single off Down To Earth, in the next few days. He’s tapped tourmate Rob Zombie to direct the clip. Zombie and Osbourne embarked on the Merry Mayhem tour on October 31, but dates had to be postponed due to a stress fracture in Ozzy’s leg. The tour is set to resume on Thursday (November 29) in North Dakota. Zombie and Osbourne also collaborated on the song “Iron Head,” which appears on Zombie’s new album Sinister Urge. Rob Zombie is also in the process of putting together a tribute album to… Read more »

There is something almost infuriating about the cynicism displayed by the makers of “The Wash,” a mild and lazy comedy designed for quick play-off in urban markets. Pic, which opened Nov. 14 without press previews, is a sloppy and shoddy piece of work, filled with just about every cliche and caricature common to low-budget, low-brow comedies with predominantly African-American casts. Producers obviously felt they didn’t need to provide anything more substantial or original to wring cash from target audience. But spotty box office may prove them wrong. Rapper-actors Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg don’t exactly stretch themselves in lead roles… Read more »

Inglewood, California-native turned Cash Money Millionaire Mack 10 recently completed shooting the video for “Hate In Yo Eyes,” the first single from his forthcoming Cash Money Records debut, Bang Or Ball, due out December 4. Hitmaker Dr. Dre, who was a member of N.W.A. with Mack 10’s mentor Ice Cube, produced the new single. The video for the song was directed by Billie Woodruff and features cameos from several of Mack 10’s fellow Cash Money Millionaires. Mannie Fresh, the in-house production mastermind behind Cash Money Records successes, produced the bulk of Mack 10’s new album, including the second single, “Do… Read more »

With its current club tour limiting the stage show that it can present, Lit can only fantasize about the full-blown production it would like to bring to its fans in support of its upcoming album, Atomic, due October 16 from Dirty Martini/RCA. Guitarist Jeremy Popoff tells LAUNCH that there’s no shortage of concepts possible for their big rock show. “We have ideas for days, like ramps and things,” he says. “You know, at some point we want to buy the Bon Jovi swing that he went over the audience with, and the elevator that he comes up out of the… Read more »

Brian McKnight, Elton John, Don Henley, Tim McGraw, Dennis Miller, and Ray Romano are scheduled to take part in Andre Agassi’s sixth Grand Slam For Children at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Grand Slam For Children benefits the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists at-risk youth in Las Vegas, Agassi’s hometown. McKnight will perform songs from his new album Superhero at the event. McKnight recently told LAUNCH that while working on the album, he tried to write songs that were easy to sing: “I don’t really put that much merit on singing. I… Read more »

When you’re one of the game’s most sought-after producers, working with somebody of your choice is usually not that difficult. Unless, of course, it’s another heavily sought-after producer you’re looking to work with. In August, Timbaland said he was hoping he and Dr. Dre could juggle their hectic schedules long enough to work on a major collaboration. “I want to do a Dr. Dre/Timbaland album,” he said. “We’ve been talking about that. We’re trying to do something real crazy.” On Thursday, Tim said it looks like that project is becoming more of a reality. “[We’ve] been talking about doing an… Read more »

The hard rock band Dream Theater and EastWest Records are putting together a plan for how to deal with the group’s new concert album, Live Scenes From New York, which came out Tuesday (September 11). The album’s cover depicts the World Trade Center towers, the Statue Of Liberty, and the New York skyline engulfed by flames. An EastWest spokeswoman said that because of the disarray in New York City following Tuesday’s tragedy, company executives had not been able to fully address the situation. “It’s an unfortunate coincidence,” she said, “An eerie coincidence.” A decision on whether or not to pull… Read more »