G4 has landed the exclusive basic cable broadcast rights to syndicated sit-com Arrested Development, and will begin broadcasting the show in October.

“We’re very happy to be able to bring Arrested Development to G4,” said Neal Tiles, President of the network. “It’s one of the best television shows in recent memory, and we’re happy that it’s found a home here. As the fastest-growing network in television, G4 is looking forward to bringing Arrested Development to a whole new audience, and giving fans a place to watch the show they love so much."

Many rock stars have concert riders where they stated their nightly backstage demands. Usually, it’s stuff like Doritos, red wine, a bottle of Jack Daniels, towels or stuff like that. But pop diva Madonna has dragged the tour rider concept down to an all new low. Literally.  

How, you ask?

Well, it seems the ol’ Material Girl demands she is given a brand new toilet seat at every venue she plays on her Confessions world tour. The singer demands that her aides are given a brand new seat wrapped in plastic upon her arrival and that no-one else is allowed to sit on it. Then she demands it be disposed of immediately after she leaves the venue so no one can sell it on eBay."

My Chemical Romance frontman, artist and longtime comic fan Gerard Way just announced plans to pen his very own comic book series, titled The Umbrella Academy.

The six-issue series from Dark Horse Comics tells the story of world-renowned scientist/inventor/adventurer/entrepreneur/champion cricketer/space alien Sir Reginald Hargreeves and his family of super-powered superheroes.

Wow! It’s almost like he took the concept of X-Men and just gave it a new name! Boy, I wish I was a rock star…

Warner Bros. has joined the ever-growing list of studios that are making their shows available for download via iTunes.

The main OMG, gotta-get-it pick: The never aired Aquaman pilot.

You'll also be able to download old Friends episodes until the cows come home. Which is good if you ever have a yearning for a simpler time when Jennifer Aniston existed as an actress and not as some sort of novelty.

In addition, you'll be able to get Babylon 5, The Jetsons, The Flintstones and many more of the best of Warner Bros. television.

It's a whole new world. In your hands.

Yahoo! News: Warner Bros offers TV shows on iTunes

How's this for meta: A recently created mod allows gamers to play the original Doom within Doom 3.

Did I blow your mind apart yet?

Terminal DOOM is a demonstration of the possiblities of interactive surfaces within Doom 3.

I can't wait to play Doom in a terminal in Doom 3 while I'm playing Doom 3 within Doom 5 and waiting for Doom 7 to download from my personal satellite.

Thinking about that just gave me a stroke.

battleteam.net: Proof Of Concept: Terminal DOOM

Yesterday, we let you in on Nintendo's release schedule for DS games.

Because we are not very bright at TheFeed, the important part of the press release, where it says: "Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item," was omitted

Someone will be fired over this, I assure you.

Here's the release dates:

Oct. 9: Clubhouse Games(TM)
Oct. 16: Nintendogs(TM) (Dalmatian)
Oct. 23: Magical Starsign(TM)
Oct. 30: Pokemon(R) Ranger
Oct. 30: Children of Mana(R)
Nov. 6: Elite Beat Agents(TM)
Nov. 13: Yoshi's Island(TM) 2
Dec. 4: Custom Robo(TM) Arena
Dec. 4: Kirby(TM) Squeak Squad

Now try to figure out when the Wii will come out.

TheFeed used book larnin' and postmodern geometry to crunch the numbers and have determined that the Wii was released last August but no one noticed it.

A lot of people on the internet think it's coming out on October 2nd, though.

bit-tech.net: Nintendo sez Wii on October 2

You know her from such skin flicks as Island Fever 3, Jack's Playground and the big budget spectacular Pirates. You love her ‘cause she’s a smokin’ hot blonde with a bodacious body that kills. You need her because you’re a man and she’s the woman of your dreams. Ladies and gentlemen, the great Jesse Jane…

Hi Jesse. How are ya?

Great.

How long have you been in porn?

A little over three years.

Bill Lawrence, the creator of Scrubs, has signed on to write/direct two Fletch films, taking the project from Kevin Smith, who had been working on it for the better part of the last decade. For those of you who might not remember Fletch and Fletch Lives, they were movies starring Chevy Chase as an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

The first film is one of the best things Chevy Chase has ever done.

Now, with Lawrence at the helm, there is talk that Fletch might be portrayed by Zach Braff. Might not be a bad idea...we'll see.

The Star Online eCentral: 'Scrubs' creator to write & helm 'Fletch' movies

In an effort to mine every possible scenario and make a reality television series out of it, CBS has given a pilot to a show called Singing Office, which involves surprise auditions for song and dance at work, followed by the chosen ones being flown to glamorous Hollywood, California.

Then, the singers rehears a song and dance number and compete against each other to be named the Singing Office star of the week.

I can't think of a show I'd rather watch less than this one.

Yahoo! News: "Office" singing stars get reality competition

Spider-Man 3 will be getting a simultaneous release around the world on May 4, 2007, which means that it won't do the normal release in the U.S. first and then wait a couple of weeks before releasing worldwide. But that's not necessarily the most interesting part of the story.

In addition to this worldwide release, Spider-Man 3 will be released in IMAX at the same time as it's released in the theatres. According to the folks in charge, they wanted to make sure that they were able to take advantage of the technology of IMAX to capitalize on the release of the film.

Are you excited yet?

Dark Horizons.com: "Spider-Man 3" Gets IMAX and Global Launch

Honda Motor has partnered with light plane manufacturer Piper Aircraft to manufacture its own light jet airplane equivalent of the Honda Civic.

Honda will establish a new U.S. company for the venture, with production likely to start in 3 to 4 years, after going through FAA testing and certification process. The 7-seat HondaJet features innovative aerodynamics for increased fuel efficiency and performance, and a new jet engine designed and developed by Honda. Buyers will be able to place orders by the fall of 2006.

Boy, I'd hate to stall in one of those things...

Autoblog.com: Honda takes to the air!

Lance Bass, one of the members of formerly nuclear boy band N-Sync, has come out of the closet and revealed that he's gay. As a matter of fact, the story will appear in this week's issue of People Magazine. The general consensus among the masses is that it's not much of a surprise.

Let me just say, honestly, that's it's great that Bass has owned up to who he is, and can now live his life without wondering when the other shoe's going to drop. It's always good when someone is able to be honest with themselves and with the world about who they are, and I applaud him. Even if he was in N-Sync.

People.com: Lance Bass: I'm Gay

If videogame Assassin's Creed's availability on Xbox 360 is supposed to be a secret, it's  the worst-kept secrets since the end of Citizen Kane. The evidence:

• Ubisoft's eagerly awaited title was unvieled for the PlayStation 3 at this years E3, despite having been shown under the code name "Assassin's Project" at the previous year's X05 Xbox shindig.
• Exclusivity was not mentioned at E3.
• Rumors flew that the E3 demo was being run on 360 dev. kit.
• Other rumors flew that an Ubisoft emplyee had spilled the beans.
• The Web site for Computer and Video Games posted a preview for the game on the Xbox 360
• Ubisoft's official comment, according to gamespot: ""Assassin's Creed is coming to the PS3. No other announcements have been made."

It walks like a duck and it's quacking like a duck...I'm almost ready to call it a duck.

Gamespot:  Assassin's Creed headed to the Xbox 360...again?    

This is kind of cool: A high school for troubled teens in Ohio is offering courses in videogames to their students. The high-schoolers won't be sitting in class playing Super Monkeyball. The courses will focus "largely on the elements of video game creation, from concept to finished product."

Had they had that program when I was in high school, I might not have ended up in Juvie.

gamepolitics.com: Ohio High School Encourages Troubled Kids to Take Up Games

The new album from The Game, The Doctor's Advocate, features collaborations with Mary J. Blige, Nas and red-hot producers Scott Storch and Cool & Dre.

A street single titled "It's Okay (One Blood)" from the much-delayed sophomore effort was released on Monday and features a sample of the Junior Reid's reggae classic of the same name.

The Doctor's Advocate should be released on November 7. Game is expected to promote the album by shooting someone on November 6.

MTV.com: Game Teams With Nas And Mary J., Says He's 'Heir To The Aftermath Dynasty' On LP

Hair metal band L.A. Guns is sounding off against former namesake member Tracii Guns (right), who has put together a touring band with former members of his old band that the current lineup feels is infringing on their territory and confusing fans.

The current lineup of L.A. Guns features Steve Riley, Phil Lewis, Adam Hamilton and Stacy Blades, none of whom are founding members from when the band started in the Hollywood clubs. Lewis, however, joined the band before they signed to Polygram and released their debut album, so most fans consider him an original member (he did sing all the hits, after all), while Riley replaced original drummer Nickey Alexander.

Founding guitarist Tracii Guns, who also started Guns ‘n’ Roses, the other band named after him, left L.A. Guns four years ago, but is now touring with Paul Black on vocals, and Alexander on drums, (plus bassist Jeremy Guns). Black was the frontman for the band when they were unsigned, before Lewis joined the band. Confused? Well, you ought to be.

The current lineup of the band is pissed that Tracii is out there on the road with past members an d feel many will be confused that his band is actually L.A. Guns, so they released the following statement:

Home owners in Luxury Resort Villas in Las Vegas, Hawaii, Tuscany and Dubai anf other locations will soon be able to tool around in the Natalia SLS 2 Sport Luxury Sedans from DiMora Motorcar. The resort ordered a fleet of 10 of the exclusive handcrafted super sedans for their high-end residents.

The cars are built in Palm Springs, CA, and comes complete with a 1,200-horsepower "Volcano" V16 engine, video screens, a video projector housed in the headlights that enable the car to project a video while parked, rear-seat massagers, heat-sensitive color-changing paint, biofeedback sensors that measure the driver's physical condition, a night vision heads-up display, a $12,000 limited-production Natalia lady's purse and bottle of Natalia wine that features a self-uncorking system. For an extra five grand the car will also fix your kitchen sink and get you laid.

Autoblog.com: LV Resorts orders fleet of $2 million super sedans

From the Oh-How-The-Mighty-Have-Fallen files, AVN.com is reporting that guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has writen and performed two songs for the upcoming adult feature Sacred Sin, directed by his pal Michael Ninn for his company Ninn Worx. This makes Eddie the first major rock star to lend his name to an adult project, a musical arena usually dominated by rap stars and dorky musicians no one has ever heard of.

“I’m working with a friend — very simple. I like his work,” Van Halen told AVN. “Michael Ninn is like a Spielberg to me: the imagery, the way he makes things look, just… sensual. We hooked up, I ended up doing the music, and it’s some whompin-ass shit. I think it’s the best work he’s ever done, and me too. And more to come.”

Old-School gamers rejoice: Galaga is hitting Xbox Live Arcade today. Featuring 250 levels, the 2-ship attack mode we all remember and love, and a worldwide leaderboard, Galaga also will have the original sound effects and music, as if it's designed to take gamers on a Proustian journey back to their misspent, quarter-spending youth.

Ah, Galaga. How I love you.

Gamerscore Blog:   Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays roll on with the July 26 explosive debut of 'Galaga'

Metallica has finally given iTunes the rights to post their songs for download, after years of download resistance and chastising peer to peer sharing. The Napster-hating metal band  have made 12 of their albums (complete with bonus tracks) available for download between $7.92 and $9.90 per album or via the usual $0.99 per track for individual songs.

In a message on their official website, the band announced the news in a posting entitled, "From the 'It's about f---ing time!' file."

Scarlett Johansson has signed on to co-design and model Scarlett "Hearts" Rbk, a new high-end signature line of retro-chic footwear and clothing from Reebok.

"Reebok has a rich heritage in developing and designing cutting-edge women's product which makes them an ideal company to partner with to launch Scarlett 'Hearts' Rbk," Johansson said in a statement. "I am very enthusiastic about working with Reebok to design this line."

Scarlett "Hearts" Rbk will debut next spring, along with a global advertising campaign featuring the 21-year-old beauty.

A Miami prosecutor agreed Tuesday to drop all charges against former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model May Andersen, who was arrested in April after she allegedly took a swing at a flight attendant during a transatlantic trip, if the 24-year-old completes a six-hour anger management course.

Six hours? Who the hell learns to change their behavior and curb their anger in six friggin’ hours? Sounds like the judge might have been swayed by her good looks and shapely figure, eh?

Wow.

That's all I can say about Google Maps being available on cell phones. Works like this: You download the application into your phone, and then you can use it to get directions, or tell how badly the traffic blows. It's also totally freakin' free.

I checked out my morning commmute once I got into work this morning, and I can confirm: There's a crap-load of traffic in Los Angeles.

I also got directions to a nearby funeral home, in case I die or something.

Red Herring: Google Drives Phone Maps

Lost is doing some sexy casting these days, kids. You betcha. From the world of the Hollywood comes the news that everyone's fave rave island drama has found a new hunky Latino to get the hearts of the surviors racing! Rodrigo Santoro, who was the dude who got it on with Laura Linney (or almost did, anyway) in Love Actually, is the fella in question. He's been referred to as the "Brazilian Tom Cruise", which, I hope, doesn't mean that he's bat-guano crazy.

In other Lost news, there's a huge piece of information that fans have been craving knowledge of that will be revealed through The Lost Experience, otherwise known as that game that's been driving you crazy at work for the past couple of months.

Dodge has created a site devoted to a viral marketing campaign they started called Ram Rash.

Ram Rash is a rash in the shape of ram's head that they are using to promote the arrival of new Dodge vehicles in Europe. Dodge produced a series of short videos that show people (very stupid people, mind you) headbutting each other and leaving the Ram Rash as a result.

In a related story, Coke has taken out ads for a new product and will run a series of commercials tied in with a marketing campaign.

Autoblog: Ram Rash - you should get that checked out

Eight automakers have committed to staging world debuts of production and concept vehicles at the show. L.A. Auto Show, which was recently moved from early January to late November/early December., as it was in conflict with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The eight manufacturers who have committed to world debuts are Audi, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Nissan and Volkswagen, though no one knows exactly which models are going to be introduced.

Autoblog.com: Eight automakers have world debuts scheduled for L.A. already