Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either.

Aaron Spelling, whose prime-time hits, including Charlie's Angels, Dynasty and Beverly Hills, 90210, were often dismissed by critics, but more often embraced by audiences, has died at his Los Angeles estate, five days after suffering a stroke. He was 83.

Comedy Central is going back to the Futurama. Three years after the show last aired on prime time, the cable net has signed a deal to resurrect the former Fox animated series for a minimum 13-episode run.

Owen Wilson will star in Drillbit Taylor for Paramount Pictures. The story revolves around two high school freshmen who are targeted by the school bully on the first day of the school year. The boys hire what they think is a low budget soldier of fortune (Owen Wilson) to protect them, but he turns out to be anything but.

AC/DC have picked up a platinum certification for the Back in Black ringtone as part of the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) recently announced formal launch of a Master Ringtone Sales Award, updating its 47-year old Gold and Platinum program to recognize the growing popularity of enjoying music through cellular phones.
 

Johnny Depp revealed that he will have no problem doing Pirates of the Caribbean beyond the third film, scheduled for release July 2007.

Radio hosts Opie & Anthony seem to be faring better than rocker David Lee Roth as a replacement for shock jock Howard Stern, according to preliminary data released by CBS Corp.

Add the folks at HBO to list of everybody who loves Ray Romano. The funnyman is in talks to return to the small screen in a limited comedy series for the pay cable network.

Fans coming out to see Nine Inch Nails this summer will be able to pick up unique keepsakes, commemorative photos taken at each stop of the tour. Chicago's Front Row Center photography studio will be shooting the pics, which will be suitable for framing.

Justin Timberlake's follow up LP to Justified is coming September 12. The album is called FutureSex/LoveSounds. The lead single, which is set for a July 7 release date, is called SexyBack. The track was produced by Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate Hills.

Jay-Z protégé Rihanna is headed to the small screen. The pop sensation is making an appearance on the soap opera All My Children. Rihanna will walk down the red carpet in the episode. The episode is set to air on July 25.

The film adaptation to Iron Man will be released May 2, 2008, as the first major summer blockbuster in '08. The film will follow billionaire weapons-manufacturer, Tony Stark, who confronts the sins of his past after he is injured by one of his own weapons. Equipped with a high-tech suit of armor, he becomes Iron Man to combat evil on a global scale.

Kevin Federline won’t have to rely on his allowance for walking around money any more. The rapper/britneyhubby has lined himself up with an endorsement deal for a fashion line from the Blue Marlin clothing company. Ads featuring K-Fed will reportedly hit magazines this September.

Dreamworks has purchased the rights to Valentine's Day, a script that has a premise very similiar to that of Groundhog's Day. Don Handfield penned the script about a couple who is forced to relive Valentine's Day over and over again until they get it right.

The music world seems to have forgotten all about Everclear and their five million records sold. But this fall, the Art Alexakis led band will attempt a comeback with a new album. Alexakis, who's the only original member of the band, will release Welcome to the Drama Club on September 12th.

Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty is set to make his private life even more public. Doherty has signed a book deal with Orion books to publish his journals, spanning the years from 1999 to the present. The singer, who currently fronts the band Babyshambles, is famous for dating supermodel Kate Moss and being arrested countless times for drug offences.

A man was arrested after hiding in the bushes outside the daycare centre Angelina Jolie's son Maddox attends. The photographer was trying to take pictures of the four year old when the property manager made a citizen's arrest.

Terrence Howard and Topher Grace will join The Crusaders, a film based on the 1954 historic Brown vs. Board of Education case. The 1954 landmark case involved the teaming of Greenberg, a law school grad, and Thurgood Marshall, the head of NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, as they fought the system to end segregation in schools.