·Chickflicks has secured $100 million to make "two to three pics annually," funds that before SATC might have been earmarked for a male-oriented "indie production shingle," like Burrrrrrp Studios or Scratch Myself Productions. [Variety]
· Continuing with the Dynasty metaphor we recently employed to fully illustrate the level of catty infighting going down between rival actor's unions SAG and AFTRA, SAG-Alexis has just pulled AFTRA-Krystle into the Carrington estate pool by her feathered hair, as "The Entire Industry"-Blake looked on helplessly. [Variety]
·A 23-year-old stuntman was killed, and six others injured, on the set of "China's biggest movie of all time"—John Woo's The Battle of Red Cliff—prompting Sharon Stone to observe in a sing-song voice, "I'm not going to say the word, but this sure sounds to me a lot like bad HAW-haw..." [Variety]
·Get ready for Judge Al: Former New York senator Alfonse D'Amato is currently shooting a pilot for a small-claims court show here in L.A. for Twentieth Television. [THR]
·American Idol winner David Cook will put his trademarked, grungemo spin on the national anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals, while his friendly rival David Archuleta will continue his important work distributing jelly beans to the citizens of Care Bear Island. [Variety]

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