The Buzz...

Members of the defunct punk/metal fusion band Excel are considering legal action against Metallica over the song Enter Sandman, which they claim borrows heavily from the Excel track Tapping Into The Emotional Void.

Nine Inch Nails are rumored to have set Bleedthrough as the title for their forthcoming album, tentatively due in early 2004. The follow-up to 1999's The Fragile will feature a more stripped down and raw direction than that on its predecessor.

Static-X will be performing live on TV's Monster Garage on December 5th.

Ed Burns is set to star in a football drama from first time writer Brad Sohn, who may direct the project as well. The story centers on a one-time Super Bowl MVP, who leaves the NFL to disappear in rural North Carolina. Years later, he’s rediscovered at a local high school football game, and coaxed out of retirement. He joins a semi-pro team called The Townies before once again trying to lead the NFL New England Patriots back to the Super Bowl.

George Clooney is interested in starring in a film adaptation of Magnum P.I. The film, which will begin shooting next year, will feature the brand new $800,000 Ferrari Enzo sports car in place of Magnum's classic Ferrari 308 Gts.

Christopher Nolan, director of the next Batman film (rumored to be titled Batman: Intimidation Game) is casting actors now for a cameo role of Scarecrow. R'as al Ghul will still remain the film's lead villain but the Scarecrow will play a small part.

Tim Allen will star in Skipping Christmas, a comedy based on the John Grisham novel. The movie is being adapted by Chris Columbus and will be directed by Joe Roth. Allen will play a man who decides to skip Christmas and go on vacation with his wife. But when he finds that his daughter is coming home at the last minute, he is forced to put together Christmas for her.

Which studios have purchased ad time during this football season's Super Bowl? Among the big blockbuster trailers we may see will include Van Helsing, Spider-Man 2, Hellboy, The Alamo, National Treasure, and more.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the cute former Survivor castaway and current host of the style network's The Look for Less will take over as the younger voice on The View, replacing Lisa Ling.

Time Warner Inc. sold its Warner Music business to a group led by media mogul Edgar Bronfman Jr. for $2.6 billion, in a move to trim the media group's debts and signaling a return of the former Seagram chairman to the music business.

David Spade is the latest high-profile addition to the post John Ritter cast of 8 Simple Rules, signing on to do a handful of episodes on the sitcom.

The late Johnny Cash's box set contains a staggering 64 never-heard-before recordings.

Nick Clooney, father of actor George Clooney and brother of the late singer Rosemary Clooney, will run for the U.S. Congress from a district in northern Kentucky.

HBO announced the fifth season of the Sopranos will premiere March 7.

Aerosmith's forthcoming blues album, at this time tentatively titled Honking on Bobo, will see a release in March of 2004, as opposed to the originally slated January date.

Brides of Destruction which features in its ranks bassist Nikki Sixx and guitarists Tracii Guns and John Corabi will release their debut album, titled Here Comes The Brides, in Japan on December 25th, 2003.

Starting November 18, Chimaira will bulldoze its way across the States, with Soilwork, whom Chimaira toured with this summer, in tow for the entire tour.