Here are today’s top entertainment headlines:

• Actor Thomas Jane has announced that he has dropped out of the upcoming sequel to the movie The Punisher.  According to Jane, he dropped out of the movie because he will not “spend months of my life sweating over a movie that I just don’t believe in.”  Jane’s departure has sent studio executives scrambling to fill the role, but they are reportedly close to signing on Phil Spector as the gun toting homicidal maniac.

• Reports indicate that Panic! At the Disco have already written eight new songs in preparation for the band’s next LP. The band’s debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, has sold over a million copies. The band is trying to get a new record out as quickly as possible as many of their current fans are beginning to hit puberty and will soon be too old to think that the band is “way cool.”

• Actor Elijah Wood has been cast as rocker Iggy Pop in a new movie about the musician’s life. Pop, who is the lead singer of the seminal punk band The Stooges, has been making music for several decades and has seen success both with his band and as a solo artist.  To prepare for the role, Wood has been consulting with model Kate Moss and her boyfriend Pete Doherty to ensure that he nails Pop’s emaciated appearance and storied drug usage.

• And finally, CBS has announced its Fall Schedule and a couple of high profile shows did not make the cut.  Due to declining ratings, Jericho has been cancelled to make way for new shows.  According to network sources, the new shows will be “mainly stolen ideas from other networks and whatever successful European show hasn’t been re-done… and that NBC and ABC haven’t already taken.”

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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