• Hayden Panettiere has signed a deal with Candie's in which the fashion brand will help promote the Heroes star's first single "Wake Up Call" [1], Billboard reports.
• According to Hollywood Reporter, Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison will produce a thriller called Shortcut [2] under the name Scary Madison.
• The Associated Press has a report about this weekend's academic conference studying Buffy the Vampire Slayer [3].
• Variety has the news that Tucker Max's bestselling book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell will be adapted [4] for the big screen.
• Zap2it has Fox's updated Fall premiere dates [5], with shows now starting in September, not August.
• Brittany Murphy and Thora Birch will star in an indie psychological thriller [6] titled Deadline, ComingSoon reports.
• Variety writes that F. Gary Gray will direct a biopic of Marvin Gaye [7] called Marvin.
• Van Halen brought in more than $93 million touring with David Lee Roth [8], Reuters reports.

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