Cheech and Chong reunite for comedy tour, if only smoking weed was still subversive (Billboard)

Miley Cyrus and Sugarland enjoy huge debuts on the albums chart (Variety)

Top Hollywood agent, Rick Nicita, joins Morgan Creek, not sure why he wants the demotion (Hollywood Reporter)

The Dark Knight succeeded because it was respectful (Marketwatch)

Cable networks continue to excite advertisers (Marketwatch)

Tropic Thunder delivers the laughs in a summer of serious superheroes (Hollywood Reporter)

Tropic Thunder delivers the laughs in a summer of serious superheroes (Hollywood Reporter)

The Dark Knight continues to set box office records (Hollywood Reporter)

Showtime revisits Studio 54 (Hollywood Reporter)

DiCaprio looks to enter the Twilight Zone (Hollywood Reporter)

Harold and Kumar will light up for a third installment (Variety)

Hollywood runs out of original ideas again and re-launches the Robocop franchise (Variety)

The Rolling Stones, in a long rumored move, sign a deal with Universal (Yahoo)

New Line contemplates more Hairspray – haven’t we had enough? (Variety)

Some real life casualties from the music industry’s downsizing (Rollingstone)

New Line prepares re-launch of the Nightmare on Elm Street series (Hollywood Reporter)

Pineapple Express delivers the requisite high (Hollywood Reporter)

Batman sets opening weekend records at the box office (Hollywood Reporter)

The Wire is snubbed by Emmy once again and for the last time (Yahoo)

Mattel wins case against Bratz maker (NY Times)

Sam Nazarian attempts to remake the Sahara and continue building his luxury empire (Wall Street Journal)

Materialism seems to have caught up with producer Scott Storch (Billboard)

10 will be remade, hopefully not starring Ashton Kutcher or the like (Variety)

The Weinsteins contend with rumors that their financing is running thin (Hollywood Reporter)

The Dark Night appears headed for a huge opening (LA Times)

Bon Jovi continues to dominate the concert touring industry (Billboard)

Paramount just missed the hedge fund gravy train (The Business Sheet)

Jimmy Kimmel grills his boss about the future of latenight (Hollywood Reporter)

The Dark Night has high expectations (Hollywood Reporter)

Britney Spears is actually working this summer (Billboard)

Billy Joel says goodbye to Shea with the help of some famous friends (Billboard)

Here are the complete Emmy nominations, if you have that much time on your hands (Academy of Television Arts and Sciences)

Emmy nominations have been announced (Hollywood Reporter)

Lionsgate and YouTube sign a potentially historic ad revenue sharing deal (Hollywood Reporter)

Billy Joel receives top-shelf documentary treatment (Variety)

Death Row Records gets auctioned off to very un-Gangsta buyers (Variety)

William Petersen will depart CSI (Yahoo)

Quentin Tarantino prepares his next blockbuster movie (Variety)

Michael J. Fox will guest star on Rescue Me (Yahoo)

Coldplay's first show gets a solid, if not stellar, review (Hollywood Reporter)

The Police will release a live CD/DVD chronicling their reunion tour (Billboard)

The Weinsteins and Showtime ink a potentially game changing distribution arrangement (Hollywood Reporter)

Guns N’ Roses will release long-awaited new single via Rock Band 2 (Billboard)

Lassie heirs win in court battle over rights (Variety)

Eddie Murphy’s latest film crashes and burns at the box office (Deadline Hollywood Daily)

Ron Perlman finally gets his due with the Hellboy series (LA Times)

The Godfather gets restored, heightening its darkness (LA Times)

BMG will likely sell out to Sony (Billboard)

Why does the Joker fascinate us even more than Batman? (Washington Post)

Dick Wolf and NBC squabble over the Law & Order fortune (Wall Street Journal)

Former New Line Cinema heads launch new production company (Variety)

VH1 and assorted musician fans pay tribute to the Who (Billboard)

Lou Gramm tackles Christian rock on his next post-Foreigner album (Billboard)

John Cusack sues to receive his $4.5 million salary, read the lawsuit here if you’re into that sort of thing (TMZ)

New movie, August, captures the rise and fall of an Internet entrepreneur (Portfolio)

Sumner Redstone continues to slug it out with his daughter and expects to reach 105 or 115 (NY Times)

Guys from New Jersey are dominating the concert grosses this year (LA Times)

Robert Downey, Jr. will tackle legendary Sherlock Holmes (Hollywood Reporter)

Hellboy 2’s long, arduous path to the big screen (Hollywood Reporter)

Avoid the summer re-run blues, with fresh Office webisodes (Variety)

Even celebrities are feeling the foreclosure pain (Yahoo)

Hulk Vs. Hulk postmortem (Hollywood Reporter)

The Day the Earth Stood Still trailer has arrived

BMI celebrates the music of Hall & Oates (Billboard)

Lyle Lovett contemplates a possible future without a traditional record deal (Billboard)

Live readies its first live CD, finally living up to their band name (Billboard)

The Dark Night receives rave early reviews (Hollywood Reporter)

The upcoming television season is handicapped (Hollywood Reporter)

Billboard celebrates Sub Pop’s first 20 influential years in the music business (Billboard)

Nickelback is the latest act to sign a 360 deal with Live Nation (Yahoo)

P&G enters the music biz...Would you like a CD with that box of Tide? (NY Times)

John Oates’ mustache becomes a superhero, finally! (Billboard)