· Fox has cut back its episode order for The OC from 22 to 16, a move that will surely enrage fans still clinging to the idea that the show will eventually recapture some of its first-season, every-episode-a-party-and-a-fight glory. [Variety]
· Charles Gibson tearfully departs Good Morning America without instigating a blood feud with Barbara Walters. [THR]
· Good reviews and that paradigm-changing seven-day opening weekend for Superman Returns leave Warner Bros. executives confident that they will be blowing celebratory rails off the backsides of solid-gold hookers when the first box office numbers roll in. [Variety]
· Note to THR photo editors: No one should ever have to see an image of Brad Pitt crying—unless he's standing over a box containing Gwyneth Paltrow's head. [THR]
· Universal and Imagine buy Michael Straczynski's thriller The Changeling, with the intent of turning over the project to director Ron Howard for a ritualistic draining of nuance and complexity [Variety]

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