Personalities

Marcy McGinnis, formerly senior vice president of CBS News, has taken a position as the interim director of the broadcast journalism program at Stony Brook University for the new School of Journalism that was started this fall.

Renown radio personalities Opie and Anthony will be syndicating their popular XM satellite radio program back to terrestrial radio, as announced on their program this morning. This marks the first time the satellite radio talent pool has been used as a resource for the FM platform.

Radio talk show host Howard Stern was bombarded by banners and chants supporting rival broadcasters Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia (commonly known as Opie and Anthony) as he attempted to enter the Ed Sullivan Theater Thursday afternoon. Stern, who was there to tape a segment for that evening's "Late Show with David Letterman," barely stepped out of his car before the legion of Opie and Anthony fans (affectionately known as the O&A Army) pounced.

Radio talk show host Fez Whatley, of the popular “Ron and Fez Show,” suffered a heart attack at his home in New York City late last week following the completion of his daily show on XM Satellite Radio. The news was announced by Whatley’s on-air partner, Ron Bennington, during this morning’s broadcast.

"When I Die," a documentary film directed by Wayne Ewing, will be shown Saturday at the Starz Denver International Film Festival. The hour-long movie chronicles the creation of the 153-foot tower that was used to shoot renown author and Gonzo Journalism creator Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's ashes into the sky at a closed memorial service on his Woody Creek property in August.

A video clip showing singer/actress Janet Jackson sunbathing sans-clothing has been circulating on the Internet for the last several days, despite her representatives' best efforts to have it removed.

Jerry Garcia's hometown of San Francisco has named a 600-seat amphitheater to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the legendary Grateful Dead frontman's death.

Courtesy of the AP Newswire:
Yoko Ono picked up an award on behalf of John Lennon — and appeared to take a dig at his former Beatles bandmate
Paul McCartney.

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April 20 marked the one-year anniversary of sobriety for rock's seemingly indestructible icon, Ozzy Osbourne. Now he's found a new passion to feed his addictive personality: working out.

The Arkansas Legislature has approved a $5,000 expenditure to build a monument honoring bluesman B.B. King in the tiny Delta town of Twist.

Adult film giant Vivid Entertainment resigned their biggest star Jenna Jameson to an exclusive seven-year contract this week. This new contract, which goes into effect in 2007, grants Vivid Entertainment distribution rights for Jameson's production studio "Club Jenna." The starlet's production company is the fastest-growing adult film outlet and has afforded Jameson with a great deal of wealth and popularity.

Sad news struck the entertainment world when it was announced that comedian Mitch Hedberg died of a heart attack while in a New Jersey hotel room. He was 37 years old. A Minnesota native, Hedberg had recently seen a huge rise in popularity and was beginning to garner a great deal of credit for the revival stand-up comedy has seen in the last few years.

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood power couple Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are officially calling it quits after 4 1/2 years of marriage.

After hitting a rough patch acting-wise with the likes of the aforementioned gangster dramedy and the box-office/critical disappointments Paycheck, Jersey Girl and Surviving Christmas, Affleck has decided to try his luck at something other than poker and will go behind the camera for the first time.

LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul was fined and placed on probation Thursday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of hit-and-run driving stemming from an accident last December in which her Mercedes clipped a car on a San Fernando Valley freeway.