Laurence Fishburne is waxing his board for sequel “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”

Actor will voice the role of the Silver Surfer in the summer tentpole, which 20th Century Fox bows June 15. - Variety

U2 frontman Bono and guitarist the Edge have reportedly signed up to write music for the forthcoming Spiderman musical.

The musicians will be working with the show’s producers to create a soundtrack for the webbed crusader’s Broadway debut, with rehearsals to begin later this summer. - Contact Music

Her Name Is Nicole… is the first solo album by Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls. This album is to be released in June 2007. The album will involve producers Akon, Timbaland, Sean Garrett, Polow Da Don, Kara DioGuardi, Will.i.am, and Bryan Michael Cox, with a co-producer Wyldcard and rapper 50 Cent.

In a recent interview Ne-Yo has said that he originally wrote songs for Britney Spears’s new album (which should be released sometime this year) but thinks that they would work better for Nicole’s new upcoming solo album. - Wikipedia

Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls talks to Fiona Forbes host of Urban Rush before their concert in Vancouver. She talks about PCD and her upcoming solo album…

David Wright singled in the second inning Wednesday to extend his career-best hitting streak to 25 games, a franchise record over two seasons for the New York Mets.

Hubie Brooks (1984) and Mike Piazza (1999) share the one-season record of 24 games in a row.

Wright, whose single came off Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins, has a hit in all 13 games this season.

After the Mets beat the Phillies again, the manager of the Philies, Charlie Manuel, gets pissed and wants to fight a journalist!

Weng Weng was a 2 foot 9 inch B-movie actor from the Philippines. His most notable role has been as Agent 00 in “For Y’ur Height Only”. This guy is awesome!


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The Nationals paid their respects to the 32 people who were killed at Virginia Tech in an attack by an armed gunman Monday afternoon by wearing Hokies hats starting in the second inning of Tuesday’s game against the Braves. - MLB

Starring Emily Blunt of “The Devil Wears Prada”

“Laff At Em (Give It To Me Remix),” a collaboration between Timbaland, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake. It’s clearly a tossed-off track, one that lacks the blind-item bile found in the original “Give It To Me”; but Jay’s cameo and the little “la la la” coos in the background help place it a few notches above most of what wound up on Shock Value:

“We’re trying to go with a really young, healthy guy who’s not going to get hurt,” Erb joked. “The jinx thing bites us every year. I haven’t told this to people, but I’ve got a bottle of champagne in my office that we’re ready to pop once someone breaks the curse. And we’re hoping Vince has a tremendous year, and will be that guy, because that’s the best story for us.”
- 1up