- 'FNL' Renewed For Two Additional Seasons. It's back! "Friday Night Lights" went from barely hanging on for a third season, to getting greenlighted for fourth and fifth seasons -- keeping it on television through 2011. And for the first time in the show's history, the writers will be able to know exactly how many episodes they have to write/develop for. [Associated Press]
- 'Arabia' Composer Dies After Half-Century Career. Maurice Jarre, the score composer who won Oscars for "Laurence of Arabia," "Doctor Zhivago," and "Passage to India" died in his sleep on Saturday. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades. He was 84. [The Los Angeles Times]
- Unknown Ailment Keeps Hartnett Under Observation. Josh Hartnett ("Black Hawk Down") remains hospitalized for a series of mysterious stomach pains he's had on and off for months now, according to his publicist. He was under observation and resting, his rep confirmed. Harnett first developed the "gastrointestinal problem" while he was working on "Rain Man" in London's West End last year. [The Boston Herald]
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