Buzz News Roundup, 5/21
- "The Apprentice" wasn't on the schedule NBC unveiled last week, but Donald Trump refused to be fired — he quit instead, Reuters reports, moving on to "a major new TV venture."
- Julia Roberts is set to produce and star in a movie about Joan Root, a wildlife conservationist who was murdered in Kenya last year, says the BBC news.
- Let's just say it wasn't exactly "National Bingo Night" after all — the ABC game show limped to a third-place finish on Friday, writes Zap2it.
- "Studio 60"'s expensive, grand set has been torn down, says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Variety tells of an Overboard! reunion: Goldie Hawn has signed on to direct and star in the comedy Ashes to Ashes with Kurt Russell joining her.
- "On the Lot" contestants will have to feature Ford and Verizon products in their films, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- Fiona Apple and Nickel Creek will team up for a summer tour, Billboard reports.
- The LA Daily News brings us news that Anthony Michael Hall (yes, the geek from The Breakfast Club!) will be joining the cast of The Dark Night.
