Metallica

• The latest Risky Business-inspired commercial features four NCAA coaches with Metallica band members for the new lineup of Metallica songs coming to Guitar Hero. — Kotaku
• Check out today's big Blu-ray releases! Included in the lineup is Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire. — Switched
• Talk about being connected to the tech gods. It's rumored that Howard Stern will be getting a Palm Pre before anyone else. — CrunchGear
• Canon's new PowerShot SX200 IS may look retro (which I absolutely love) but it comes with a 12-megapixel sensor, a 12x optical zoom, and a 3-inch LCD screen. — Engadget
• Have a peek at 10 of the smallest gadgets, including the tiniest netbook, which comes with a small 4.3-inch screen. — Gizmodo

• Metallica and Run-D.M.C. are among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. — E! Online
• The Japanese anime TV series Cowboy Bebop is being adapted for the big screen, with Keanu Reeves attached to star as a bounty hunter traveling through space in 2071. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Amy Ryan has joined the cast of Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating. — Variety
• Also, Amy Ryan will return to The Office at some point. — Entertainment Weekly
• Casey Affleck will direct a documentary on the musical career of Joaquin Phoenix who is embarking on a new path as a rapper. — ComingSoon
• Kath and Kim's episode order has been cut to 17. — The Futon Critic
• A guide to the musical acts appearing at Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. — Billboard
• Kieran Culkin has been cast as Wallace Wells in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. — ComingSoon

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Remember hand-fart musician, aka the Manualist? For the easily amused (namely, me), I just couldn't get enough. He'd perform familiar songs with his hands, raising the questions, "Is this real?" and then, just, "Why?!" With this guy who performs Metallica's awesome song "Enter Sandman" with the kazoo, simply sit back and be awed. He really is good — and the costumes and showmanship don't hurt.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced this year's class of nominees, and there are some big names on the list. The Hall of Fame is following up last year's class, which featured the likes of Madonna, Leonard Cohen, and John Mellencamp, with a group of nominees including Metallica, Run-DMC, and the Stooges.

In total, nine acts made the short list. In addition to the names above, guitarist Jeff Beck, singer Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, War, Chic, and Bobby Womack will be on the ballot. The five acts with the most votes will be named to the Hall of Fame in January and officially inducted in April.

A couple of interesting things: First, neither Stevie Ray Vaughan nor Bon Jovi made the ballot this year, which would have been the first year both were eligible (at least 25 years must have passed since the act released its first single). And second, no Beastie Boys? They were short-listed last year, but they were left off this time around.

Which of the potential nominees do you think is most deserving?

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Meet Mick Cassidy. Apparently, this guy has nothing better to do than to wait for Metallica to come out with a new album. (Which means more time to devote to you!) Metallica's last album St. Anger was released in 2003. It took three years, in 2006, for Mick to say enough's enough, and make a vow that he wouldn't shave until they released another album. And then they did: Death Magnet. James Hetfield himself personally shaved Mick the day the album was released on Sept. 12. Well, people, what are you waiting for?

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• TNT has renewed Saving Grace and Raising the Bar, while HBO has OK'd a second season of True Blood. — Zap2it
• Nicole Kidman may become an action star, now that she's in talks to be in the "character-driven, treasure-hunting" action-adventure The Eighth Wonder. — Hollywood Reporter
• Fred Wolf (director of The House Bunny) will write and direct the dude road trip movie Divorced Guys, which will star David Spade. — ComingSoon
• Metallica's new album is topping the Billboard 200 list, making it the band's fifth No. 1 album. — Billboard
• Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito and Jenna Fischer are in talks to join the movie Solitary Man, which follows "a car magnate with a runaway libido." — Variety
• Kirsten Dunst will produce and star in an adaptation of the book A Jealous Ghost. — ComingSoon
• Here's who won Big Brother 10. — AP
• Stephen Colbert will debut "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" on Comedy Central on Nov. 23. — Billboard

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Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. In addition to my picks below, Jem's new album, Down to Earth, featuring her popular single "Crazy" is out today, though I can't locate it on iTunes. Here are today's selections:

The hit maker: Did you know Ne-Yo wrote Beyonce's hit "Irreplaceable"? So it's no surprise that he's released an album that sounds like it's full of addicting melodies. Most of you have heard "Closer" already, as well as "Single" (another version of which can be found on the new NKOTB album). Songs like "So You Can Cry" and "Fade Into the Background" could also easily be standalone hits.

Lovely Leona: Leona Naess is a folk singer currently on tour with Ray LaMontagne and her new album (from what I've heard so far) is divine. I can't get enough of "Heavy Like Sunday" and "Ghosts in the Kitchen," and I'll be really surprised if "Leave Your Boyfriends Behind" doesn't become a hit. If you like Feist I bet you'll enjoy this!

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