Trade Roundup: ‘What Happens In Vegas’ Meant To Elicit Laughter From Paying Audiences

· A bumper crop of comedies are set for release in the coming months, including Baby Mama, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Sex and the City, What Happens in Vegas, and Made of Honour, some of which could actually be classified as comedies! [Variety]
· Mariah Carey’s “E=MC2″ sold 463,000 copies in its first week, earning her her sixth #1 album, and us a whole new crop of Stairmaster anthems! [Variety]
· As hopes for a pickup on Cashmere Mafia unravel, showbiz survivor Lucy Liu secures an attractive backup deal in which she’d join the cast of Dirty Sexy Money. [THR]

· An “intimate upfront…at Soho house” unveiled Oxygen’s new tagline (”live out loud,” whatever that means), as well as their new logo (”the black, lower-case ‘oxygen’ inside the yellow letter ‘O,’ which is tilted to one side”). Save it for your iVillage blog, Zucker. [Variety]
· Dancing With the Stars gives ABC a “boost” (translation: still trailing Idol, but a little less pulverized than usual) Tuesday, though let’s not forget the contribution of those “two According to Jim episodes as its lead-in.” [THR]