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MOVIE & TV NEWS
Wandering Skeletons of the Sahara Internet Movie Site To Go on the Radio Movies.com, Disney's movie listings and gossip website, has announced a deal with its corporate sibling ABC Radio to provide several minute-long entertainment-related news features to ABC radio affiliates. Theses will include a Monday box office report from ABC Radio's chief entertainment correspondent Bill Diehl, plus "Cinemafiles," described cryptically as "a clever, topical compendium of must-see DVDs inspired by current events." Originally a joint venture between Disney and 20th Century Fox for "on demand" movie distribution via broadband connections to the Internet, Movies.com dropped the effort two years ago after Fox withdrew from the partnership. Can't Get Work? Create The Work! The Hollywood Reporter reports that three struggling 24-year-old actress-writers who live together in Los Angeles have become the stuff of urban legends. They sold a comedy script about how their lives "suck." Alyssa Embree, Stacy Hartman and Jessica Koosed, who only a week ago were eating "ramen noodle soup and canned tuna" the sold "Kiss & Tell" to Disney-owned production banner Touchstone TV and "Bruce Almighty" director Tom Shadyac's studio-based Shady Acres for a tidey sum. "We thought that there is nothing on TV that we could relate to because we felt like everything glamorized your 20s and made everything look so easy, which is a myth," Embree told the paper. "We're like, your early 20s suck, and nobody told us that, nobody gave us a road book, and nobody shows that on TV." The autobiographical "Kiss & Tell" is about three women in their early 20s who struggle jsut to make ends meet in Los Angeles. "It's kind of a young 'Sex and the City,' but these girls are broke. They don't go to trendy cafes and wear Manolo Blahniks; they go to happy hour for 2-for-1 drinks and free snacks," Embree laughed. "The basis is their friendship, but it really tries to dispel the rumor that your early 20s are so easy and nostalgic. They're hard, and these girls do it with self-deprecating humor." The trio met in their first year at USC's School of Theater and have been friends ever since, are going to serve as supervising producers. There have been announcements as to whether they might also star. Now that would be a Hollywood story.  
Paul McCartney's Long And Winding Road To Animation On the eve of releasing a DVD that features his music and hand-drawn animation that he designed, Paul McCartney has announced plans to produce a full-length feature film that will also employ traditional animation. In an interview with Reuters, McCartney said "I remember saying to the guys in the Beatles, 'I'd love to do it some day, ' and them saying to me, 'Then do it.'" Although most film studios, including Disney, are tossing out the idea of hand-drawn cell drawings in favor of computer-generated images, McCartney said that he prefers the "old fashioned" way. "Everybody's into CGI," he tole Reuters. "I don't love that as much as the old Disneys," which, he asserted, exemplify "a more artistic look, a soft look, a warmer look" than those "shiny, squeaky clean look" produced by computers. WB Renewal News 
Mediasharx tells that WB has renewed not only Everwood for a third season but Smallville for a fourth. 
 Web Sites Get Strange New Respect from Hollywood Studios are suddenly paying more close attention to internet fan sites as they prep another year heavy with action and comic-book pictures, Variety reports. Besides those that track buzz on upcoming pictures at sites such as chud.com, joblo.com and AintItCoolNews.com, the studios are aiming significant PR attention and advertising support to internet sites, the trade journal says. "Over here," said C. Wayne Owens, "Over here!" 
"Teen Titans" Season Two
Wraps in May
Cartoon Network has informed Animation Insider (via Teen Titans Animated) that the season (two) of Teen Titans will wrap up in the beginning of May on a special night and time. The final episodes will be (and we quote): Wednesday, May 5th at 6:30pm EST: "Betrayal": After onlt a few weeks as a Teen Titan, Terra has everything she ever wanted: a nice home, good friends, and even a little romance with Beast Boy. Everything seems perfect... but is it? Wednesday, May 5th at 10:00pm EST: "Fractured": Robin gets a helpful visit from his Number One Fan: a short little weirdo from another dimension known as Larry The Titan! But unlucky for Robin, Larry's Reality Bending Powers cause more problems than they fix. Thursday, May 6th at 6:30pm EST: "Aftershock, Part One": A long lost friend of the Titans returns with a vengenance -- and Slade orders Overload, Cinderblock, and Plasmus to launch a series of sinister strikes all over the city. Thursday, May 6th at 10:00pm EST: "Aftershock, Part Two": In a world without Titans, Slade has taken control of everything: the streets, the city, and the heart of his young Apprentice. But are our heroes really gone? Cartoon Network will change its action-adventure programming line-up with the launch of Miguzi, a new weekday afternoon franchise. Airing weekdays from 5-7 p.m. (ET, PT), beginning Monday, April 19, Teen Titans will be airing daily at 6:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. EST on Cartoon Network. 
Sue Storm About To Be Seen? The Fantastic Four movie at 20th Century Fox many times delayed and often mistaken for dead will go before cameras sometime this year. So, of course the rumors about possible casting considerations have started to be heard. Last week the reports leaned towards Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and Tim Robbins (Mystic River). Now a The rumor, heard on the set of Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty is that actress Christina Milian is one of the ladies being considered for the part of Susan Storm, The Invisible Woman. Milian is a star of Be Cool, and was seen earlier this year in Torque and in last year's Love Don't Cost A Thing. Please remember, this is no more than a rumor, and lots of other names have been featured in other rumors, including Whoopi Goldberg, for gosh sake.  More Casting Rumors Paul Walker, that blond surfer-dude who may not be returning for a third "Fast and the Furious," probably because LatinoReview reports that the he is being considered for the role of the superhero industry's ultimate flamer, Johnny Storm, The Human Torch in the Fantastic Four film.  LatinoReview also reports that former "Buffy" on-screen lover Marc Blucas ("First Daughter", "Summer Catch") may be taking over for the the character of Fred from Freddie Prinze Jr. in the third "Scooby." Blucas previously played the role in a short spoof moment in "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back".  It has been industry knowledge for some time that both Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar would not be in the third film. Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini are both locked to reprise Shaggy and Velma. They Were Taken, Now They're Back USA Network has puchased the science fiction series The 4400 for broadcast on Sci Fi. The network is to air the first episode sometime this summer. The series was developed by Maira Suro and Rene Echevarria (Deep Space Nine), The 4400 tells the story of 4,400 people who are returned to Earth after their abduction by aliens. They have no memory of what happened during their time off-planet, and they do not appear to have aged at all -- even though some have been missing for decades. Peter Coyote (Sphere), Michael Moriarty (Law & Order), Laura Allen, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Jacqueline McKenzie and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali are to star. ABC Spares Some Shows ABC, has given full-season pickups to seven series, including freshman comedy "Hope & Faith" and reality siblings "Extreme Makeover" and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The struggling network announced the early pickups for the 2004-05 season in part to allow each of the shows to firm up their production teams, said to ABC Entertainment president Susan Lyne. "It's always good to go into May with everyone optimistic and knowing that the shows are coming back," she said. "Hope & Faith" has been ABC's standout among the network's freshman class of series. "According to Jim," "My Wife and Kids" and "George Lopez," remain competitive, though ABC's Tuesday and Wednesday comedy shows have taken a hit since the return of Fox's "American Idol" this January. Sunday juggernaut "America's Funniest Home Videos" was the last of the list of pickups announced late Monday. ABC has already announced its renewal of veteran cop drama "NYPD Blue" for a 12th and final season. Lyne stressed Monday that there are yet a handful of other ABC shows that are will see full-season renewals in the coming weeks. "The Bachelor" is almost sure, and sources at the network say it's a safe bet that "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" will be back for a third season. 
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