VH1 News — Jim Carrey, Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro have been cast as the Three Stooges in the Farrelly brothers' updated take on the trio, due in 2010. more info

Idolator — Those of you bemoaning the lack of original ideas in culture today will probably need to go back to bed after hearing the news that MGM is planning to make a big-budget movie about the Three Stooges, the comedy trio whose antics supposedly embody th... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — MGM and the Farrelly brothers are finally slapping together their high-profile cast for “The Three Stooges,” a comedy project the filmmakers have been developing for years. Sean Penn is set to play Larry, and Jim Carrey is in negoti... more info

Guardian Music — Basildon's dark lords of kinky synth-goth are back. But which one of their new songs would Dave Gahan and Depeche Mode pick for a trip to B&Q? Quizmaster Peter Robinson finds outIn 2009, tuneful it may well be, but the arrival of new Depeche Mode alb... more info

VH1 News — From the Three Stooges to Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in "I Love You, Man," we look at the history of the bromance. more info

NME — Artists including Graham Coxon, Franz Ferdinand, The Stooges, Sonic Youth and Tom Waits are offering rare or unreleased material as part of this year's Record Store Day. more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon IGGY POP is taking SEX PISTOLS star STEVE JONES' offer to join THE STOOGES seriously. Jones offered to step in and fill the void left by the death of ... more info

Rolling Stone — Iggy Pop has puked on his audience, rolled around in broken glass and exposed himself to crowds. But on his new album, the 61-year-old rocker does something that may shock people — he sings in French. The Stooges frontman shows off his multilingual... more info

Altsounds — Richard Fearless of *Death In Vegas* returns with his new band *BLACK ACID*. The New York based band are influenced by the likes of *The Stooges, Roky Erickson* and *Hawkwind*, don’t come looking for sympathetic pop songs in this debut relea... more info

Pitchfork — While there were many great bands and performances at last year's Pitchfork Music Festival, there were only a few genuine stars in the classic sense of the word. Jarvis Cocker didn't headline the fest, but he was definitely the biggest star; whether... more info