W/C April 20, 2005

After months of delays, Dave Chappelle's comedy series Chapelle's Show will be back for its third season beginning May 31 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central. In addition, the Chappelle's Show: Second Season Uncensored DVD drops May 24. As previously reported, the comic recently signed a lucrative $50 million deal with the laugh network.

Madonna has landed a role in Puss In Boots the movie. The Queen Of Pop will provide the voice behind a character in the animated film, which goes into production this year. The movie is a spin-off from Shrek 2 and will see Antonio Banderas voice his Puss character. Other big names, including Mike Myers, are thought to be taking part. This is the second animated role Madge has signed up to. She will also feature in a film based on her kids' book The English Rose.

Jerry Seinfeld is going to be a father again. He and his wife (the former Jessica Sklar) are expecting their third child this fall.

Virgin Mobile is exclusively offering ring tones of songs from Faith's new CD, The First Lady, to its users for a limited time. Among the ringers available for download are "Again," "Goin' Out" and "Tru Love." The ring tones will be available until May 25.

The Black Eyed Peas are planning solo careers after the release of their next album. Taboo said: "Fergie has her record, I have a Spanish record coming out and Apl has a Philippino record coming out. "We decided to branch out and show the world that we as individuals could represent our own styles."

Denzel Washington is in final talks to reunite with Man on Fire director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for the romantic thriller Deja Vu. If Denzel signs on, he will play an FBI agent who travels back in time and falls for a woman who is about to be murdered.

ABC has announced a May 4 airdate for its much-talked-about Primetime Live exposè on American Idol. In a press release, the network said the hour-long report will "explore explosive claims about behind-the-scenes activities" at the show. Rumor has it those activities involve Paula Abdul, disgraced former contestant Corey Clark and what may or may not have happened in Ryan Seacrest's makeup trailer.

The Game, 50 Cent, Eminem's record label and other parties have been slapped with a $280 million civil suit by radio DJ Kwesi Jones, who alleges Game and his crew viciously assaulted him in January at a Maryland radio station. The suit also claims that Game bragged about the alleged incident in a song. In addition, Maryland prosecutors have formally filed charges of assault against Game.

Austin Powers beauty Elizabeth Hurley is quitting her movie career to care for her three-year-old son Damian. The model-turned-actress feels guilty about leaving her child for long periods of time to shoot films, so has vowed to snub Hollywood until Damian is old enough to cope without her. From New York City, Hurley tells website Pagesix.Com, "I'm not going to do movies for now. I don't want to leave my son for such long periods of time.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has managed to wrestle himself another hot movie gig. The actor has joined the cast of the sci-fi flick Southland Tales. Set in Los Angeles 2008, Rock plays Boxer Santaros, an amnesiac action star who crosses paths with a porn star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and a cop (Seann William Scott) as the world is on the verge of global disaster.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lopez have topped a poll to find the "best butts in Hollywood". Readers of Oxygen Magazine voted the pair to have the most impressive behinds for the mag's June issue. In the male section readers put 41-year-old Pitt way out in front with 34.4 per cent of the vote. Second place was Be Cool star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with just over 10 per cent of the votes, while third was xXx star Vin Diesel with just over six per cent. There was a tighter battle to find the best female butt. Lopez, 34, just pipped Destiny Child's Bootylicious Beyonce, 23, with the pair polling 19.58 and 16.67 per cent respectively.

George Lucas, he will guest-star as himself on The O.C.'s May 12 episode, Fox confirms. In the episode, Lucas expresses interest in Seth's (Adam Brody) "graphic novel," which leads Ryan's better half to make a difficult decision regarding Summer. Things become even more complicated when Lucas invites Seth to dinner and gives him some worldly advice.

OutKast has settled its lawsuit with Rosa Parks. Under the settlement, OutKast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and subsidiary labels, Arista and LaFace, will pay for several educational programs, including a tribute CD, and a broadcast television special about Parks. The TV special will be issued on DVD and given to thousands of schools around the country