Shoot Em Up

Buzz News Roundup, 11/21

• Strike news: A huge number of actors will be recording PSAs in support of the writers on the LA Weekly's Deadline Hollywood Daily blog; the New York Times says some showrunners have returned to their non-writing duties; the LA Times says the strike could cost the city $20 million per day; and Variety has the news that directors have reached a deal that will probably keep them off the picket lines.
• Billboard says Weezer will release a new album in April, while NME has the tracklist for frontman Rivers Cuomo's solo album.
• David Hasselhoff may reprise his Knight Rider role for NBC's remake, Zap2it reports.
• Cirque du Soleil will open a show in Hollywood starting in 2010, writes Variety.
• TV Guide reports on a survey that says Americans wish Clair Huxtable were cooking their Thanksgiving dinner — and want to keep Peg Bundy away from the stove.
• Fox has apologized for a Polish slur in an episode of Back to You, writes the New York Daily News.
• Variety reports that advertisements for Shoot 'Em Up have been banned in the UK.