– Missy Elliott will star in the big-screen version of her life story, Universal Pictures has announced. The untitled project is in the development phase, studio spokeswoman Jennifer Chamberlain said Wednesday.
– Eminem will return to the big screen in an updated version of the television western “Have Gun–Will Travel.” The concept of the series will be updated and will feature Eminem playing a bounty hunter, Daily Variety reported.
– A Milwaukee union says promoters picked the wrong arena for Bruce Springsteen to perform the pro-labor music of folk singer Pete Seeger. The decision to hold the concert Wednesday at the non-unionized Bradley Center was “bafflingly ironic and somewhat infuriating,” said Paul Friday, who coordinates the Milwaukee chapter of a union of musicians, actors and stagehands. A Springsteen spokeswoman was not available for comment.
– A fit-looking Bob Woodruff paid a visit to ABC’s New York newsroom, his first since he was seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Jan. 29. The newsman’s visit Tuesday was a surprise and a crowd quickly gathered around him, said Jon Banner, “World News Tonight” executive producer.
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The Personals page was compiled by Emily Rosenbaum from Tribune news services and staff reports.
