Buzz News Roundup, 7/9
- Forbes confirms that Jane magazine is shutting down.
- Rupert Friend has been cast as Prince Albert alongside Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria, says Hollywood Reporter.
- Recently ousted NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly could be hired by Fox, which would reunite the team that developed "Nip/Tuck" and "The Shield," TV Week reports.
- MTV News warns that there may not be a new Outkast album for two years, while Andre 3000 and Big Boi pursue solo projects.
- Bestselling novel Water for Elephants will be adapted for the big screen, Variety reports.
- It sounds like we're in for at least one, if not two, more editions of "The Apprentice," Reuters says.
- Billboard says The Cure is working on a double album due in October.
- Lance Bass will join the cast of the Broadway musical "Hairspray" on August 14, reports the AP.
- The Hollywood Reporter says ABC is retooling "Cavemen," adding a new character, ditching the caveman played by Dash Mihok, and shooting a new first episode to go deeper into the characters' back stories.
- This year's ComiCon schedule of events has just been released.
- In TV casting news, two Kevins — Alejandro and Pollak — are joining the cast of "Shark" on CBS, while TV Guide says Michael Cassidy of "Hidden Palms" will be the new editor of The Daily Planet on "Smallville."
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