Director Gary Ross addressed recent reports speculating about whether he would return at the helm for the second movie in the Hunger Games franchise. "Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct Catching Fire," Ross said in a statement.

Black Sabbath will headline this year's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, marking their only North American gig of 2012. The band was reportedly tapped to headline Coachella at one point, but had to pull out when Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma.

Madonna's new album MDNA is on track to set the record for the biggest second week sales drop in history, Forbes reports. According to Forbes' sources, sales of the album will drop by 88 percent, from 359,000 copies in its first week of release to around 46,000 in its second week in stores.

A new tape detailing the depths of Chevy Chase's dissatisfaction with his role on the NBC cult hit sitcom Community has emerged.

GLAAD and the Miss Universe Organization announced Tuesday that the pageant will change its overall policy to allow transgender women to compete. The larger change comes after the Miss Universe Organization, which is owned by Donald Trump, said it would allow Miss Canada Universe contestant, Jenna Talackova, to participate, “provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions.” Talackova had threatened legal action against the organization when they initially denied her entry.

With Saturday Night Live MVP Kristen Wiig’s contract on the show up next month and her feature career flourishing post-Bridesmaids, there has been a lot of speculation that she may leave the NBC sketch comedy show. Asked to address her SNL future by frequent SNL host/guest Alec Baldwin on his podcast, Wiig didn’t give a definitive answer.

Mike Wallace, a district attorney-style interviewer who made his subjects squirm for almost four decades on the CBS News institution 60 Minutes, has died. He was 93.

Damon Albarn has told The Guardian that Blur's Olympics-closing concert at London's Hyde Park may be the band's final gig. When asked whether the quartet has plans to play shows after that gig, Albarn said "No, not really," and went on to say "I hope that's the truth and that that's how we end it." The singer also said that "Under the Westway," a new stand-alone single recorded by the band in one take, is very likely the final studio recording by the band. "I don't really see any more recordings after this," says Albarn. "So it's nice to have finally done one song where we did it properly."

This is shaping up to be an extremely fruitful year for Public Enemy: the veteran hip-hop group will release two albums, Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp in June and The Evil Empire of Everything in September.

The question of whether AMC will indeed split the final season of Breaking Bad is close to an official verdict.