'Spider-Man 3' Is "Silly," Says Lucas
George Lucas has joined the major newspaper critics in their negative appraisal of Spider-Man 3.
In an interview with FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman, Lucas said, "It's a silly movie. ... There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?"
Over the weekend, Spider-Man 3 surged ahead of Lucas's Star Wars' episode Revenge of the Sith to take the record for the biggest weekend box-office record.
Star Wars was also criticized as being "silly," Lucas noted. "But it wasn't."
He also disclosed that he is working on at least two other Star Wars movies for television.
"But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters. They will be other people of that milieu."
New Order breaks up
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rock band New Order, which arose from the ashes of post-punk band Joy Division in the early 1980s, has broken up, according to a Web posting by the group's bass player.
"I'm relieved really hated carryin on as normal with an awful secret so lets move on shall we?" Peter Hook wrote in a blog published on Wednesday on his MySpace page.
Hook first revealed the split as an aside during an interview last weekend with Manchester radio announcer Clint Boon, when he said, "... me and Bernard (Sumner, New Order singer/guitarist) aren't working together."
Hook and Sumner have been working together since the mid-1970s, when they co-founded Joy Division, the gloomy combo best known for the mournful single "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
After singer Ian Curtis hanged himself in 1980, the pair -- along with Joy Division drummer Stephen Morris -- formed New Order, and recruited Gillian Gilbert on keyboards.
The group issued its debut album in 1981, and went on to enjoy enormous success throughout the decade with such singles as "Blue Monday" and "Bizarre Love Triangle," and albums like "Power, Corruption and Lies" and "Low-Life."
New Order was less prolific during the 1990s, as its members took on side projects. The band's most recent album, "Waiting for the Siren's Call" -- a follow-up to 2001's "Get Ready" -- debuted at No. 46 on the U.S. pop album charts in May 2005. It did better in Japan, opening at No. 3, and in Britain, at No. 5.
Furtado joins lineup for tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales
Canadian superstar Nelly Furtado has joined the lineup for the memorial concert in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, in London this July 1.
Furtado will be spending Canada Day at the Concert for Diana being organized by Princes William and Harry to mark the 10th anniversary of their mother's death.
The event is at Wembley Stadium on July 1, which would have been Diana's 46th birthday. It has been described by William and Harry, who will appear on stage, as "the best birthday present she ever had."
Organizers also on Wednesday added singer Tom Jones, rapper P Diddy and British Pop Idol winner Will Young to the lineup, which is believed to represent both Diana's tastes and the preferences of her sons.
Furtado, who hosted Canada's Juno Awards earlier this year, was at the top of the U.K. charts late last year with Maneater.
Elton John, Roger Hodgson, former singer for Supertramp, Rod Stewart and Duran Duran are among the selections from Diana's era.
A performance is also being planned by the English National Ballet, and some of London's theatre stars will perform a medley of Andrew Lloyd Webber music.
Also on the list are:
Take That.
James Morrison.
Lily Allen.
Kanye West.
Status Quo.
Pharrell Williams.
Joss Stone.
More than 32,000 tickets have already sold to the event, which will be televised worldwide.
Tom Selleck back to TV in `Las Vegas'
LOS ANGELES - Tom Selleck, who reigned in Hawaii as "Magnum, P.I.," is getting ready to take over "Las Vegas."
Selleck will join the cast of the NBC drama next season, playing a billionaire with a mysterious past who becomes the new owner of the show's centerpiece hotel, the Montecito Resort & Casino, the network said Wednesday.
Selleck is coming to the series as the same time that James Caan, who starred as the casino's surveillance chief and chief exec, departs. Caan, who had previously announced he would leave after the season finale in March, will be back for the premiere next season, NBC said.
Selleck played the brawny but easygoing detective Thomas Magnum on the hit CBS drama from 1980-88. He appeared on NBC's "Friends" as boyfriend to Monica ( Courteney Cox) and has starred in a number of TV movies, including "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" and the "Jesse Stone" films.
His films include "3 Men and a Baby," "In & Out" and "Quigley Down Under."