Plus Amy Winehouse joins Rolling Stones onstage; 'Fantastic Four' director picks up 'Losers.
By Jane O'Donnell
<P><i>The news happens all the time, even while you're enjoying your weekend. Check out this brief rundown to bring you up to speed this morning — a quick heads up from your friends at MTV News.</i><br /> </P><P> </P><P><b>Here's what we've got</b>:<br /> </P><P> </P><P>The first clock on <b>Rage Against the Machine</b>'s RATM82407.com <a href="/news/articles/1562126/rage-against-the-machine-counting-down-to-wisconsin-show.jhtml">ticked down to zero this morning</a>, revealing, <a href="/news/articles/1561813/whats-with-rages-countdown-clock.jhtml">as speculated</a>, that the band will play a show in East Troy, Wisconsin, on August 24. Tickets go on sale Friday. ... </P><P> </P><P>After spending the past week checking in and out of (and back in to) jail, <a href="/news/articles/1562042/paris-hilton-ordered-back-to-jail-wont-appeal.jhtml"><b>Paris Hilton</b> announced Saturday that she will not appeal her sentence</a>. "During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter, but important lesson from this experience," Hilton said in a statement. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Twista</b> told us that he's tried to keep his lyrics so tight that there hasn't always been room for <i>all</i> that he's thinking. For the rest, you had to check out his column in Chicago's <i>Red Eye</i>. But now, <a href="/news/articles/1562048/new-twista-lp-for-my-people-in-my-hood.jhtml">Twista is prepared to put it all in his songs</a>. "I'mma fuse both of them together — my music with the way I write in my column — so you can really hear Twista's perspective on a musical level," he told us. "I'm trying to take it there." ... </P><P> </P><P>And <a href="/news/articles/1562125/oceans-thirteen-hits-the-box-office-jackpot.jhtml">"<b>Ocean's Thirteen</b>" won the weekend's box office jackpot</a>, coming in at #1 with $37 million, way ahead of fellow newbies "Surf's Up" and "Hostel: Part II." ...<br /> </P><P> </P><P>Quote of the Day: "I don't know about you guys, but I'm desensitized. ... Every video the girls get prettier and prettier and prettier." — <a href="/news/articles/1562048/new-twista-lp-for-my-people-in-my-hood.jhtml">Pharrell</a><br /> </P><P> </P><P> </P><P><b>Here's what everyone else is talking about</b>: </P><P> </P><P><b>Paris Hilton</b> is expected to serve out the remainder of her sentence in the medical ward of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, according to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2007/06/10/paris-hilton-says-cheerio/" target="_blank">TMZ.com</a>, while E! Online's <a href="http://www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/detail/index.jsp?uuid=cb679f3e-f912-454b-8a96-2a8645c49997" target="_blank">Planet Gossip reports</a> that Paris spoke with Barbara Walters on the phone over the weekend, and Walters is going to spill the details on Monday's "The View." In other Paris incarceration news, <b>Nicky Hilton</b> and <b>Stavros Niarchos</b> visited jail on Sunday, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20042044,00.html" target="_blank"><i>People</i> reports</a>, allegedly skipping the line to avoid photographers and earning the ire of other inmates' family members. ... </P><P> </P><P>Paris' friend and "Simple Life" co-star <b>Nicole Richie</b> still has her own case pending. She is due in court June 21, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/06/09/2007-06-09_nicole_richie_ready_to_face_consequences.html" target="_blank">New York's <i>Daily News</i> reported Saturday</a>, to face charges of misdemeanor DUI stemming from a February incident in which she was spotted driving the wrong way on a L.A. freeway. Richie, who has a previous DUI on her record, faces a mandatory jail sentence if convicted. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Charlie Wilson</b> filed suit against EMI and Heineken on Friday, alleging that he didn't authorize the use of the song "Beautiful," his collaboration with <b>Snoop Dogg</b> and <b>Pharrell</b>, in a beer commercial <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0840585720070608" target="_blank"><i>Reuters</i> reports</a>. The <b>Gap Band</b> frontman also claims that EMI owes him hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits gained from "Beautiful" and his <b>Ludacris</b>/Snoop collabo "You've Got What I Want." ... </P><P> </P><P>The <b>Rolling Stones</b> played their first U.K. festival show in more than 30 years on Sunday, headlining the Isle of Wight fest with a little help from <b>Amy Winehouse</b> (who joined the band on their cover of the <b>Temptations</b>' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg") and <b>Paolo Nutini</b> (pitching in on "Love in Vain"), <a href="http://www.nme.com/news//28869" target="_blank">NME.com reports</a>. ... </P><P> </P><P>"Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer" director <b>Tim Story</b> has another comic-book film lined up. He'll be bringing "The Losers," a 1970s DC-Vertigo title that profiles commandos targeted by their own government, to the big screen, <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966583.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2584" target="_blank"><i>Variety</i> reports</a>. In other movie news, <b>Tom Wolfe</b>'s "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" — which chronicles "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author <b>Ken Kesey</b>'s LSD-fueled road trip — is coming to theaters 40 years after hitting bookshelves. Director <b>Gus Van Sant</b> is at the wheel of the adaptation, <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966628.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564" target="_blank"><i>Variety</i> reports</a>. ... </P><P> </P><P>A <b>Spice Girls</b> reunion at the July 1 Princess Diana memorial concert is unlikely (<b>Victoria Beckham</b>'s rep <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=e3303910-79a7-41d2-9c62-4c3b1291f202" target="_blank">tells E! Online</a> that it's not happening) but the Girls may be getting together in the near future. <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20041905,00.html" target="_blank"><i>People</i> reports</a> that the five-woman group is recording new music with plans for a December tour. ... </P><P> </P><P>While "The Sopranos" was wrapping up with — we're not telling — <a href="/news/articles/1559604/will-spring-awakening-liven-up-tony-awards.jhtml">"Spring Awakening"</a> was cleaning up at the <a href="http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/winners.html" target="_blank">Tony Awards,</a> taking eight of the 11 prizes it was up for. <a href="javascript:launchOverdrive('id=1559611');"> Meet the cast of the envelope-pushing musical right here</a>. ... </P><P> </P><P>And 12 college students — including filmmakers from the School of Visual Arts, Stanford University, Florida State University and New York University — scored medals and prize money at Saturday's 34th annual Student Academy Awards, joining the likes of past winners <b>Spike Lee</b>, <b>Robert Zemeckis</b> <b>Trey Parker</b>, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/10/ap/entertainment/main2908052.shtml" target="_blank"><i>The Associated Press</i> reports</a>.</p>
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