Buzz News Roundup, 8/24
- NBC is offering 1,000 "Friday Night Lights" fans a chance to throw a house party with a sneak preview of the show's second season, and the Futon Critic has the details. You have to enter by today, so hurry!
- The movie based on the TV series "Dallas" will be a comedy directed by Betty Thomas and starring John Travolta as J.R. Ewing, Variety reports.
- "Anchorwoman" has been canned after just one airing, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
- "American Idol" runner-up Blake Lewis has just scored his own record deal, says E! Online.
- The Smoking Gun has the contract parents had to sign before their kids could be on "Kid Nation."
- Zap2It reports that Mummy director Stephen Sommers will direct the G.I. Joe movie.
- Comedy writer Buddy Sheffield is suing The Walt Disney Co. for allegedly stealing his idea for the series "Hannah Montana" and never compensating him, the AP reports.
- According to Variety, Ang Lee's fall espionage thriller Lust, Caution has received an NC-17 rating.
- Drew Carey's first episode as "The Price is Right" host will air Oct. 13, according to TV Guide.
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