Reuters - After moving nearly 3 million copies
of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock
band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album,
"Take It to the Limit." -- read full article
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
AP - "85 Years of Great Writing in Time" (Time Books, 560 pages, $26.95): Those of us who traffic in words for a living feel somewhat under siege these days, like a Donkey Kong machine sitting forlornly in the corner of a ramshackle pizza parlor while teenagers on the sidewalk outside play Grand Theft Auto on their handhelds.
Playbill - Popular demand has prompted a two-week extension of the U.S. premiere of Anthony Neilson's Stitching, the new dark play about a couple who play disturbing games. The Off-Broadway run at The Wild Project will now play to Aug. 2. -- read full article
Reuters - The U.S. regulatory review of Sirius
Satellite Radio Inc's proposed acquisition of XM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc heated up as a key official offered to
support the deal in exchange for more concessions from the
companies. -- read full article
Reuters - Mexican broadcaster Televisa is in
talks to produce shows for TV Record, Brazil's second-largest
television network, a move that would give it access to more
viewers in Latin America's biggest economy. -- read full article
AP - Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node. -- read full article
AP - Thousands of Batman fans finally got what they were waiting for Friday as sold-out midnight showings of "The Dark Knight" kicked off a weekend of screenings across the country.
