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· Crown/Harmony Books buys former MPAA head Jack Valenti's memoir, which the superannuated lobbyist promises is not a "get-even book." However, he promises that Jack Valenti: My Life Dueling The Rapethirsty Pirates Bent On Repeatedly Violating The Entertainment Industry's Virginal Maids With Their Digital Instruments Of Unparalleled Evil will contain "a lot of interesting stories about some famous people." [Variety]
· PilotWatch, Dead Guys Resurrected Edition: Recently nerve-gassed 24 player Sean Astin is in negotiations to star in ABC's comedy The Guys, while Roger Bart, the creepy, gay-seeming Desperate Housewives pharmacist recently suicided off Wisteria Lane, joins CBS' comedy My Ex-Life.[THR]
· Precocious SNL star Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island partners quickly cash in on their "Lazy Sunday" buzz, signing up to star in and direct Hot Rod, "about an accident-prone daredevil who plans to jump Snake River on a moped in an effort to emulate his hero Evel Knievel and win over his hard-to-please stepfather." Sounds a little iffy, but luckily they've got to wait a little longer before they have access to Jimmy Fallon-level career-killing scripts like Taxi. [Variety]
·A twenty-nine second clip premiered before Ice Age: The Meltdown announces that fans of The Simpsons will have to wait until July 27, 2007 to see Homer delightfully sociopathic tendencies on the big screen. [THR]
· The WB/UPN hybrid network abomination The CW jilts Los Angeles proper to set up its headquarters in Burbank, leaving Fox and CBS as the only major nets remaining on the right side of the hill. [Variety]