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REEL DEALS Just because Hollywood is suddenly grave and serious doesn't mean it can't keep making screen adaptations of 1970s Aaron Spelling shows. After ''The Mod Squad'' and ''Charlie's Angels,'' the latest is ''Starsky & Hutch,'' which will star Ben Stiller as the brunet half of the hotrodding detective duo. (No word yet on who'll play Hutch.) Todd Phillips (''Road Trip'') will direct....
Not only does Jackie Chan attempt daring stunts in his movies, but he's just as brave when the cameras stop rolling. So says stuntman Andy Chung Cheng-kai, who told Reuters yesterday that Chan saved his life during the filming of ''Rush Hour 2.'' Chung, who's done fight choreography and worked as a stunt double on five Chan movies, recalled a scene where Chan had to kick him and another stuntman off a moving boat. The other man emerged from the water, but Chung did not; he'd hit his head on the underside of the boat and was struggling to get out from under it while avoiding the propellers. Chan dove into the water, grabbed his arm, and pulled him to safety. ''I feel like a god grabbed me and pulled me out the water,'' Chung said. ''A moment later, I would have been dead. He save my life. He give me second life.''
A Los Angeles judge is allowing Courtney Love's lawsuit against Universal Music Group over her band Hole's contract to go to trial. Love sued UMG in February to get the band out of its contract, which she claims bound Hole to the label for an unfairly long time and large number of albums. This case is widely seen as a test case; last month, Love and other musicians went before the California legislature to ask for the repeal of an exemption in state law that allows record labels alone to hold entertainers under contract for more than seven years. The judge's decision to let the suit proceed to trial comes as Love has filed another suit against UMG, as EW.com reported yesterday, alleging the label has mismanaged the business affairs and musical legacy of her late husband's band, Nirvana, and has underpaid her for Nirvana's royalties. UMG has not commented on either suit.
SOUND BITES October 10 will be a beautiful day for U2 fans worldwide, as the band kicks off the current leg of its North American tour with a free live webcast of its concert on the University of Notre Dame campus. Web users who've downloaded Real.com's RealPlayer can watch the show, which starts at 9 p.m. ET, from any of five different camera angles: one for the whole quartet and one for each musician. Paid Real.com subscribers will get a 360-degree view, plus backstage and interview footage.
