Here are today’s top entertainment headlines:

• Entertainment giant Viacom, parent company to MTV and Comedy Central among others, is suing YouTube for $1 billion in damages for allowing its users to post Viacom copyrighted material on its website. Viacom CEO Philippe P. Dauman made the demands from his secret headquarters located on the moon.

• The original lineup of REM reunited for the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while only two former members of Van Halen showed up for the event. Former singer and former bass player Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, respectively, attended the ceremony despite being kicked out of the band. Eddie said later that he had intended on making the ceremony but his medical alert bracelet wasn’t working.

• Sylvester Stallone is in trouble for trying to import illegal substances into Australia. Stallone and his crew were stopped in the Sydney airport under suspicion of possessing a banned human growth hormone. Stallone maintains that he needed the hormone to prepare himself for an upcoming fight with “a gigantic Russian guy.”

• Hoping to capitalize on the success of religious movies like The Passion of the Christ, Hyde Park Entertainment has announced that they will produce a film about the first Easter.  The movie, which is slated to begin filming shortly, will stick closely to the story in the Bible except for the part where Jesus rises from the dead only to discover that he has 24 hours to stop a giant bunny who’s hiding explosive eggs around Los Angeles.

That’s all for today’s news, stay tuned to this channel for all the news that matters least but you still care about.

(Compiled by J. Allen)

##

Comments: None