Off The Record...
The Distillers
The Distillers
A self-titled warp speed punk fest, the Distillers' career boasts the same kind of punk brevity that informs their songs, having assembled in late '98.  The band's black heart and loud soul is guitarist/ frontchick Brody Armstrong, who screams out her songs with car crash intensity and hoarse beauty. The Distillers is a grrrl band that has no interest in that gender agenda and merely wants to rock you down to the chromosomes, a mission that is most assuredly accomplished.

At The Movies...
28 Days
Sandra Bullock plays party girl and NYC newspaper reporter Gwen Cummings, whose taste for the high life abruptly ends when she gets a DUI and ends up in a court-ordered rehab program. Gwen steps out of the fast lane into a world where regulations matter and life's little lessons are best learned from her unique and somewhat freaky fellow inmates. This is the kind of movie one hopes to root for, especially given the plethora of movies that glorify being blasted.

On Video...
End Of Days
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an ex-cop turned security expert who must save the world from the Devil himself, who has come to Earth in the last hours of 1999 to sire the Antichrist.  Taking the form of a Wall Street trader, the Devil travels the streets of New York, seeking the woman born 20 years earlier to be his bride.  Standing in his way are a secret clique of priests sent by the Pope to kill the woman before the Devil can get his do. Spectacular effects and action, with an entertaining plot twist. 

The Buzz...

Felicity regular and former Pink Power Ranger Amy Jo Johnson has signed on to star in the feature film Pursuit of Happiness. Directed by John Putch, the movie will also star Alex Hyde-White, Annabeth Gish, and Frank Whaley.

Whether it's a conspiracy or just dumb luck, it looks like the decision to move Roswell to Monday nights was a wise one. The WB teen alien series held on to 81 per cent of its lead-in audience among adults 18 to 49. Eighty-nine percent of adults between 18-34 stuck around as well. That's the best that any WB series has done in that time slot all year.

Lawrence Broch, a former writer on the Ellen and Roseanne television series, will write and produce S#!t Happens for the Voxxy.com website. Described as an angst-filled animated soap, S#!t will spoof teen shows like those seen on Fox and the WB.

Before accepting the role of Cyclops in the upcoming X-Men movie, James Marsden admits to have never read an X-Men comic.

Rocker Rob Zombie will finally get his chance to make a film when he directs House of 1,000 Corpses based on his own screenplay.

Former brat-packer Andrew McCarthy will star in FX's made for television film Shadows. The film will also serve as a pilot for a possible series.

UPN is in early negotiations with 20th Century Fox Television to pick up Family Guy for next season. There are two stumbling blocks at this point that would keep the animated series from turning up on UPN. First, the Fox Network has not actually cancelled the show yet. Second, Family Guy has a relatively high pricetag.

Limp Bizkit will play free concerts in 10 major U.S. markets to usher in the release of the band's forthcoming album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, which is scheduled for release in August.

Tammy Wynette will be the first posthumous recipient of the Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award. Trisha Yearwood, The Judds, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride and Dolly Parton will participate in the tribute during the CBS broadcast May 3.

Pop crooner Enrique Iglesias has filed a lawsuit against Fonovisa, alleging that the Latin record label owes him as much as $3 million. Iglesias, the son of Julio Iglesias, has released five albums on the label, dating back to his self-titled 1995 debut.

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