Austin roasts Opie — by accident

Austin Powers in Goldmember is so loaded with gags that audiences drown many out. But one joke is getting extra, unintended, laughs.

As Scott Evil (Seth Green) begins to live up to his last name in the new spy spoof, he loses more and more of his red hair, more closely resembling his villainous bald dad, Dr. Evil (Mike Myers). That's the joke. But plenty of people are getting a second laugh when they realize that Scott's comb-over makes him look just like director Ron Howard.

"All the press has mentioned it," says Green, referring to reporters who saw advance screenings. "But it wasn't intentional."

Myers is loving it. "It is the most hilarious, inaccurate conclusion that I've ever heard in my life," he says. "We just wanted to have a funny device to illustrate the idea that he was turning into his father."

Howard, whose brother Clint is in Goldmember and whose business partner is producing Myers' movie The Cat in the Hat, hasn't seen the film. If Myers says it's not intentional, says a spokesman, Howard has no complaint.

'Red Rabbit' burrows into Cold War comfort

Jack Ryan returns in "Red Rabbit."

I Must Be Dreaming!

Have you ever had a dream about Celine Dion? Hav eyou ever wondered what it meant?

Foo Fighters not splitting up: Grohl

Dave Grohl has set the record straight on the status of the Foo Fighters.

The band, which had been on hiatus while Grohl toured with Queens Of The Stone Age, were rumoured to be splitting after Grohl postponed recording of the latest Foo Fighters album to hit the road, reports Britain's New Musical Express.

"There was never any talk of breaking up," NME quoted Grohl. "It was just personal life decisions."

However, Grohl did admit that they did have problems when they entered the studio last October, shortly after Foo's drummer Taylor Hawkins was hospitalized for "overindulgence" while on tour.

"After that went down it scared the shit out of everybody and we thought 'Let's stop for a while'," Grohl said. "Then we thought the one thing that could heal us was working on the record and honestly, I don't think we were ready to go in yet. After two and a half months of recording, it became a chore. We didn't feel like the luckiest people in the world like usual."

Grohl explained that his time off from the Foo Fighters made the new album "ten times better than it was six months ago".

The band are currently wrapping up their fourth album "1X1" (pronounced "One By One"), which is set to be released on October 22.

New U2 Single On The Way!

U2 has bolted back into the studio and recorded their brand new single, "Electric Storm".

The single will be released in October and will accompany their forthcoming 17-song "Best of" album in November.

A second new track on the "Best of" release will be "The Hands That Built America", written for Martin Scorsese's long-delayed epic, "Gangs Of New York".

"Electric Storm" will be released to radio on Sept. 16.

Meanwhile, a New York Post report says U2 are lined up to headline a massive concert in New York's Times Square on Sept. 5 - just six days before the September 11 anniversary -- to kick off the National Football League's new season.

The report also says the other top musical acts will perform at the show, which is expected to draw thousands of fans.

"Happy #@$%! American Thanksgiving!"

Scarier than Harvey Weinstein biting the head off of a bat, Miramax gleefully announced yesterday that they have acquired the rights to the first two seasons of MTV's smash hit The Osbournes for DVD and VHS release. With season one due this November, just in time for the network kickoff of season two, apparently the growing backlash due to the (over)exposure of MTV's most popular show ever doesn't seem to be fazing anyone involved. "As soon as I discussed this project with Harvey (Weinstein), I knew that Miramax was the right home for 'The Osbournes,'" said matriarch Sharon Osbourne. As for what fans can expect, Weinstein hinted "The show's incredible following, never-before-seen footage and other DVD extras will make The Osbournes a key addition to Miramax's family of DVD and video hits." Stay tuned for the full details...

WHO'S BITTER

The former wife of late Who bassist John Entwistle slamming her ex-husband in an interview with Australia's Melbourne Herald Sun. She said Entwistle was an emotional and financial mess, and that he and his bandmates (Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend) were not friends.

RISING TO THE OCCASION?

Bruce Springsteen telling London's Times that he thought the war in Afghanistan was "handled well" by the Bush administration. "It was deliberative, which I wasn't counting on," said Springsteen. "I expected a lot less from this administration."

Guns, Zeppelin Top Greatest Metal Albums List

This is one "greatest albums" list The Beatles did not make.

In the world of heavy metal, the genre that allows fans to blow off steam to deafening, bone-crunching music, honors for the greatest album of all time have gone to Guns N' Roses.

The short-lived U.S. rock band's 1987 debut release, "Appetite For Destruction," took pole position in Spin magazine's top 40 list, ahead of works by pioneering bands such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

Led Zeppelin's untitled 1971 release, commonly known as "Led Zeppelin IV" or "Zoso" was second, followed by Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" (1971), Metallica's "Master of Puppets" (1986) and AC/DC's "Back in Black" (1980), Spin's editors decreed in the magazine's upcoming September issue.

"Appetite for Destruction," which includes such hits as "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child O' Mine," has sold more than 15 million copies in the United States. Spin said it "sounds like Hollywood at 2 a.m., only genuine and dangerous and absolutely necessary."

The Led Zeppelin album was "the defining endeavor for the band and the genre it accidentally created," Spin said. The U.K. quartet's "Led Zeppelin II" (1969) took the No. 7 spot.

Fellow Brits Black Sabbath also appeared twice, with 1972's "Vol. 4" at No. 14. Additionally, frontman Ozzy Osbourne's 1980 solo album "Blizzard Of Ozz," recorded after he was fired from the band, came in at No. 26.