Reuters - Tom Petty seemed to have even more strut in his stride than usual. "I've come to rock Hollywood," he told the sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd Tuesday, not bothering to conceal a mischievous grin.

Reuters - Scarlett Johansson will return to the past again in "Mary Queen of Scots."

Reuters - After two months of negotiations, "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is close to finalizing a new salary pact that would make him the highest-paid comedy star in television today.

AP - One week after his work was cited by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, demand for Noam Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival" remains strong.

Reuters - He has tossed off his moon boots and traded in his tether ball, but actor John "Napoleon Dynamite" Heder still thinks nunchucks are "pretty sweet."