Here are today’s top entertainment headlines:

• Two plumbing companies are fighting over the right to use the phone number 867-5309. The number, made famous by the Tommy Tone song in the 80’s, is currently used by both companies, one locally and one as a toll-free, 800 number. In a bid to secure the rights to the number, each company has said it will change the name of every employee to “Jenny.”

• Before Donald Trump’s show could be canceled, Trump has quit. The Apprentice did not appear on the upcoming NBC Fall schedule and before official word could be handed down from NBC, Trump told the network that he would be moving on. It’s reported that Trump is planning on a steamy, adult, reality love story show featuring himself and money.

• Aussie rock band INXS is set to hit the studio this summer to record their next album, the second album released with J.D. Fortune on lead vocals. Fortune has been with the band for two years, ever since he won the televised singing contest Rock Star: INXS. After the release of the CD, record label executives have asked for Fortune to hang himself in a hotel room while masturbating, just like original INXS singer, Michael Hutchence, to drive sales.

• And finally, the reign of Spider-Man is over as the new Shrek movie was number one at the box office. Shrek the Third pulled in $122 million. Movie goers were delighted to see the same jokes from the first two films in a completely new order.

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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