Here are today’s top entertainment headlines:

• Tom Selleck, best known Magnum P.I., is in talks to become the leading man on the hit NBC show Las Vegas.  Selleck will be playing the owner of a casino in the city, filling in the void left by the departing James Cann.  Insiders are claiming that Selleck’s character will, in fact, be a ladies man despite the fact that he will be sporting his trademark “gay porn” moustache.

• Michael Jackson has reportedly recruited rapper 50 Cent to help with Jackson’s upcoming album. The two will be collaborating on a song called “Trial of the Century” and will chronicle Jackson’s legal woes over the past several years. Insiders say that Jackson is excited to work with “Fitty” and hopes to learn all sorts of things from the rapper… like how to act like a man.

• The Tennessee home of the late singer Johnny Cash has burned down.  The home, which Cash lived in till 2003, is currently owned by former Bee Gee singer, Barry Gibb. According to the police report, Gibb awoke with a Saturday night fever to discover a burning ring of fire in his bedroom.  Said Gibb, “I’m lucky to be stayin’ alive and that’s no jive talkin’.”

• And fresh from his appearances on Smallville, actor Eric Johnson has signed on as the lead role in the SciFi Channel’s new Flash Gordon series, scheduled to debut this August. Johnson is excited to tackle the role, but expressed some concern as to how the show’s producers will get around his “no nudity clause” if he’s required to run around wearing nothing but a trench coat and a smile.

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)

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