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Compiled from Times wires 'Goldmember' a goMGM has agreed to let New Line Cinema parody its James Bond film Goldfinger in the title of the nextAustin Powers sequel. In January, MGM successfully petitioned the Motion Picture Association of America to ban the name Austin Powers in Goldmember, saying it infringed on the title of its 1964 James Bond thriller. Both studios reached an agreement Thursday to permit the title. Part of the deal stipulated that "any future titles that may be construed as parodies of James Bond titles will be subject to MGM's approval," according to a joint statement from the studios. Goldmember debuts July 26. From Mrs. Lee to Mrs. RockPamela Anderson can't seem to get enough of rockers. The former Mrs. Tommy Lee is now engaged to Kid Rock. Anderson, the star of the campy hit TV show V.I.P., accepted when Bob Ritchie -- Kid Rock's real name -- proposed Thursday night outdoors in the Las Vegas desert, her publicist Marleah Leslie said Friday. No wedding date was set. "She's elated," Leslie said. The couple began dating in April 2001, after they met backstage at VH1's diva salute to Aretha Franklin at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It will be the second marriage for the former Baywatch star, 34, who is having a nasty custody battle with Lee over their sons, Brandon and Dylan. Last month, Anderson said she contracted the potentially fatal hepatitis C by sharing a tattoo needle with Lee. The former Motley Crue drummer insists he's never had the disease. Anderson said she has been having outpatient treatment at a Los Angeles hospital. It will be the first marriage for Rock, 31, who has a young son he raises with the help of his sister in northern Michigan. Spears burglars get probationFour men received 3-1/2 years probation after pleading no contest to burglarizing the rented Panhandle vacation home of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Salvador Martinez, 19; Richard Olivarez, 20; Marcus Cook, 19; and Matthew Daily, 18, were sentenced as youthful offenders by Circuit Court Judge G. Robert Barron in Fort Walton Beach. Each had to sign an agreement not to reveal what they took. A police report said their take during the Sept. 22-23 burglary included videotapes with "personal footage" and clothing and other items that included a "Gilligan-style" blue and white hat, a scarf, a cell phone, nail polish and a $30 pair of shoes, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported. Prosecutor Ace Grinsted said the plea and sentence were negotiated by Spears' and Timberlake's attorneys and accepted by Barron. He said prosecutors requested sentences of about 20 months in prison, in line with state guidelines. TV notesEllen DeGeneres has signed up to host a daytime talk show next year, provided her CBS sitcom remains off the air, Variety reported. CBS cut short production of The Ellen Show this year and pulled it off the air. It said the sitcom remained a candidate to return in the fall. A decision is expected in mid May. . . . HBO is mulling over the idea of writing starSarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy into the Sex and the City story line, www.Eonline.com says. The upcoming season was supposed to be about celebrating the single life, the entertainment Web site says. Two episodes had been finished and scripts for four more had been written when word of Parker's pregnancy broke. The show is on a three- to four-week hiatus while Parker takes doctor-ordered rest and producers plan how to proceed. . . . Survivor creatorMark Burnett received approval from the Thai government to shoot the show's fifth edition on a tropical island where political prisoners were once sent to languish, a government official said Friday. Shooting on Thailand's Tarutao Island National Park, 602 miles outh of Bangkok, begins in July. Wilson concert canceledThe Cassandra Wilson concert scheduled for April 18 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center has been canceled due to scheduling problems, according to the event's promoter, Fantasma Productions. There are no plans to reschedule; refunds are available at the point of ticket purchase. Sunday's St. Petersburg Times will include an interview with Wilson in the Floridian section, which was printed when the concert was canceled Friday afternoon.
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