P.M. A E: Jeff Goldblum, Dan Rather vs.
CBS, payola in South Africa, Tom Hanks • Jeff Goldblum plays an actor playing himself in Pittsburgh , an offbeat movie project centering on his real-life starring role in a two-week run of The Music Man in his hometown. The film combines improvisational acting and true events. "For the last six or seven years I've been cooking this up and wanted to do some kind of movie with this sort of experimental approach," said Goldblum.
Reuters • Dan Rather sued CBS yesterday for US$70-million, saying the network violated his contract by not giving him enough air time. The 75-year-old Texan stepped down as anchor of the CBS Evening News after 24 years in March, 2005, after a scandal over his reporting on President George W. Bush's military record.
He continued reporting for 60 Minutes , but left in 2006 because he said they offered him no assignments. Reuters • Some of South Africa's most famous recording artists, including singer Johnny Clegg, have accused the country’s public broadcaster of demanding bribes if they want to be heard on air. "It's a very crazy situation .
.. that we local musicians have to pay to get airplay on radio stations," said Clegg, who is nicknamed the White Zulu.
SABC is the biggest broadcaster in South Africa. A spokesman said an investigation is underway. Agence France-Presse • Tom Hanks' production company has joined forces with HBO to turn Vincent Bugliosi’s Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F.
Kennedy into a 10-part miniseries. In his best-seller, Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson and co-wrote Helter Skelter , disclaims many conspiracy theories and contends that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole party behind the 1963 Kennedy assassination. Reuters [ Jeff Goldblum.
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