GORILLAZ TO RELEASE DVD
Gorillaz will release a DVD titled Phase 2 - Slowboat To Hades on October 31st, according to a posting at the "virtual" band's website. The 40-track disc will include all the videos from the Gorillaz' 2005 album, Demon Days, along with concert footage, TV performances, interviews, short films and a 3-D interactive recreation of the cartoon act's online hangout and studio. A bonus CD-ROM will contain 16 games, wallpapers, screensavers and other hidden extras.

SNOW PATROL LEADS 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SOUNDTRACK
Snow Patrol and The Fray are among the acts appearing on the new Grey's Anatomy soundtrack, due out September 12th. The second volume will feature a previously unreleased acoustic version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars," along with the Fray's new single "How To Save A Life," which has been appearing in ads promoting the show's September 21st season premiere on ABC. Also on the compilation are tracks by Gomez, Metric, Jim Noir and others.


QUICK HITS
Crossfade has been named Grand Marshalls for the NASCAR Ameriquest 300 Busch Race, scheduled for September 2nd at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. The race will air on TNT.

Saturday Night Live cast member Horatio Sanz is fighting reports that he's being fired from the show. The hefty comedian told the Chicago Sun-Times, "I haven't been approached with anything that's led me to believe I won't be back." Sanz hasn't signed a new contract with the SNL yet for the upcoming season but he thinks the stories about his dismissal came from an NBC exec who "leaked a bunch of bull." The fates of Kenan Thompson, Chris Parnell, Will Forte, and Maya Rudolph are up in the air as well.

The rumors are true -- Winona Ryder and Christian Slater are reuniting for a Heathers sequel. The actors played lovers/murderers in the 1989 black comedy and they'll reprise their roles with a twist. Ryder told Entertainment Weekly, "It takes place in Washington and Christian Slater agreed to come back and make an Obi-Wan-type appearance. It's very funny."

USA Network's quirky detective series Monk ends its fifth season tonight (August 25th) with a trip to a rock concert. In the episode, Captain Stottlemeyer's son ditches school to see the band Novillero and Monk volunteers to go look for him. But instead of enjoying some tunes, Monk finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation. Monk airs at 8 on USA Network.

NEW TO THEATERS AUGUST 25TH

IDLEWILD
A modern-day musical complete with rapping and dancing, Idlewild is the story of childhood friends in Prohibition-era Georgia who find themselves in the middle of gangster and girl troubles. Outkast's Big Boi plays Rooster, a family man and bootlegger who's the headliner at a speakeasy and takes charge of the venue when his boss is gunned down. Andre 3000's Percival toils at his family's mortuary during the day and moonlights as the speakeasy's pianist at night. His life is thrown for a loop when he falls for a new singer who has come to town under dubious circumstances. Terrence Howard and newcomer Paula Patton co-star in the picture, which features music from Outkast's Speakerboxx-The Love Below album as well as new songs.

BEERFEST
Two brothers travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes in Munich and are introduced to Beerfest, a super-secret, international beer drinking competition run by their long lost cousins. They discover that they're no match for the Beerfest regulars and return to the U.S. determined to assemble their own chugging squad for the next year's match. For a year, the brothers and their teammates -- a nerdy scientist, a food-eating champion, and a gay hustler -- hone their beerpong, quarters, and other drinking game skills. Beerfest is the latest effort by the guys behind Super Troopers and Club Dread, and is full of bodily functions, topless women, and drunks.

INVINCIBLE
Football diehards can get their gridiron fix before the season officially starts with Invincible, the real-life story of a 30-year-old unemployed teacher who wins a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles during an open tryout. Mark Wahlberg stars as the unlikely pro player, Vince Papale, and Greg Kinnear co-stars as Dick Vermeil, the now legendary NFL coach. Invincible was made in full cooperation with the NFL, so the uniforms, logos, team names, and game footage are authentic, as are the characters' '70s hairstyles and clothes.

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Billy is a new kid at school and saves himself from a beating from the town bully, Joe, by saying he'll eat 10 worms in one day. No one believes the weak-stomached kid can do it until he comes up with inventive ways of cooking the crawlers. Billy's efforts are so awe-inspiring that even Joe's rag-tag gang of followers starts to warm up to their brave new friend. Fried Worms stars Luke Benward .

LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS for FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bill Buford
JAY LENO (NBC) - (repeat) Jeremy Piven, Cat Deeley, Corinne Bailey Rae
LATE LATE SHOW (CBS) - Andre Benjamin, David Boreanaz, Mellowdrone
CONAN O'BRIEN (NBC) - (repeat) Salma Hayek, Eric Balfour, Street Drum Corps
CARSON DALY (NBC) - (repeat) Sarah Silverman, Cheech Marin, Mobb Deep
JIMMY KIMMEL - (ABC) - (repeat) Paul Reubens, snake handler Jules Sylvester, Leonid "The Magnificent" Filatov, Under the Influence of Giants

FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Host Antonio Banderas with musical guest Mary J Blige.