Smashing Pumpkins

• Maria Bello is set to replace Rachel Weisz in the next Mummy movie, Variety tells us.
• The Smashing Pumpkins plan "residencies" in San Francisco and Asheville, N.C. this summer, Billboard reports.
• The Los Angeles Times profiles Judd Apatow, whom they call "the mayor of comedy."
• CBS is giving up on Innertube and looking for new places to put its online videos, writes the Wall Street Journal.
• Speaking of CBS, the network has some crazy shows lined up for fall, Variety reports.




• Hollywood Reporter says Guy Ritchie's next directorial project will be RocknRolla, an "ensemble British gangster flick" in the vein of Snatch.
• The AP reports that Serbian singer Marija Serifovic won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. In other Eurovision news, the co-screenwriter for Borat is working on a comedic movie about the contest, says Variety.

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• 20th Century Fox snatches up distribution rights to Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary, says Reuters.
• Shakira and Wyclef Jean will perform together at the Grammys on Sunday, reports Billboard.
• Snickers has pulled its kissing mechanics ad after complaints that it was homophobic, the AP reports.
• Norah Jones's new album moves to No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
• Tired of all those dance competition movies? Weinstein Company has signed on to produce a spoof called Dirty Step Stomp, according to Variety.

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• The Simpsons movie is attracting an all-star team of writers, Zap2It reports.
• Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr., and Ludacris lead the eclectic New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup.
• Variety examines what it’s like to be a child actor (wasn’t I just talking about this yesterday?).
• Speaking of child actors, the 10-year-old actor-turned-director of a short film starring Kevin Bacon is suing one of the film’s financiers, says the AP.
• Pitchfork publishes the details of the Smashing Pumpkins reunion.
• The New York Times explores why the music on "The Office" is so unhip.
• There really will be a Jimi Hendrix Liquid Experience energy drink, according to the AP.
• NME talks about the next New Pornographers album, while Billboard reports on J. Lo's Spanish-language CD.
• "The Riches," the new FX show starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, gets set for a March 12 debut, the Futon Critic reports.

• PopWatch has a few things to say about the "Desperate Housewives" characters being made into porcelain dolls.
• Defamer zeroes in on probably the lowest-grossing movie of 2006: Zyzzyx Road, which earned a shocking $30 (yes, that's actually $30) after its six-day run.
• Judging from Billy Corgan's bizarre ramblings, Rolling Stone Daily says Smashing Pumpkins may or may not be working on a new album.
• The Fader blog gets the scoop on the Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men.
• According to BuddyTV, "Grey's Anatomy" is sparking a surge in mothers naming their children Addison. I hope the same thing happens for the name Hiro.
• Speaking of Hiro, The TV Addict talks to "Heroes" star Masi Oka about his character and his newfound fame.
• Stereogum rolls out a hot new Hot Chip video that pays homage to '80s computers.
• PopCandy tells us about a website called Wordie, where word nerds go to feel loved and perhaps learn some new words to jot down in your word journal (what, is that just me?).