Buzz News Roundup, 1/31

Jan 31 2007 - 2:32pm

The New York Times tells us why this year's Oscar speeches [1] will be total snoozers.
Reuters examines the "Oscar Curse," [2] when poor little award winners find themselves too “expensive.”
No rest for The Departed [3]: Already there are talks of a sequel, says Hollywood Reporter.
Oscar ballots are sent out [4] to the 5,830 Academy voters, reports the AP.
In other awards news, The Police [5] confirm their Grammy-tastic reunion, writes Billboard.
Networks aren't ordering pilots of serial dramas [6], according to the Hollywood Reporter.
US Weekly says Courtney Love could replace Paula Abdul [7] on "American Idol."
Pitchfork posts new tour dates from Jarvis Cocker [8] and The Killers [9]
Yes, you'll soon get to find out if you're "Smarter than a Fifth Grader" [10], the Futon Critic says.
Billboard tells us that Kings of Leon are prepping a new album [11] for April.
Tuesday's "House" was the best-rated scripted show of the season [12], Variety reports.

Links:
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/movies/awardsseason/30than.html?_r=1&ref=movies&oref=slogin
[2] http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/film_nm/oscars_curse_dc;_ylt=AoRLCk_GMZ_BfYvMEymdv_FxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
[3] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibc9653989093dd91f66747981929d1bb
[4] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070131/ap_en_mo/oscar_ballots;_ylt=AvajGABIyKZFU.igSJXfBt4wFxkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
[5] http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003539127
[6] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ibc9653989093dd91a148ff112100eb10
[7] http://usmagazine.com/courtney_love_1
[8] http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/Exclusive_Jarvis_Announces_North_American_Dates#40863
[9] http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/40846/The_Killers_Announce_North_American_Tour#40846
[10] http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070131fox01
[11] http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003539498
[12] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958410.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

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Buzz News Roundup, 1/31