No, that headline is not a joke, I promise. A new revival of the beloved musical Cats will feature rap music and rapping cats. I kid you not.

Andy Griffith, who died this morning at age 86, was buried today on his farm on North Carolina's Roanoke Island after a small private ceremony. President Obama offered a brief tribute: "Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Andy Griffith this morning. A performer of extraordinary talent, Andy was…

Proving that he is human just like the rest of us, Broadway/West End legend Andrew Lloyd Webber has found himself obsessed with Downton Abbey. Unlike the rest of us, he has the money to place a bid on Highclere Castle, the real-life estate used as Downton in the show, and is being a real showy asshole about it.…

Uninhibited electro-sex rocker Peaches was initially denied a license to perform her personal interpretation of "Jesus Christ Superstar," because Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company was worried about her phallic crucifixes and other sex-stuff. But everything worked out in the end.

• Uh-oh. This could be controversial, if you have read the books: Angelina Jolie will play Kay Scarpetta of the bestselling Particia Cornwell mystery novels.

• According to a source, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been staging photo ops in Venice.

• Simon Cowell confirmed today that he's leaving American Idol at the end of this season. He'll be launching the U.S. version of The X Factor and sources say he's convinced a familiar face to join him on the judges' panel.

• Nicole Richie has been complaining that she doesn't feel well for days, and now she's been hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai for pneumonia. Her rep says she's "doing well."

• In an exclusive interview, Blake Fielder-Civil says: "I dragged Amy into it and without me there is no doubt that she would never have gone down that road. I ruined something beautiful." He admits he got Amy Winehouse hooked on heroin, crack cocaine and self-harm. "The first time Amy took crack she asked me, 'Can I…

What movie doesn't benefit from some jazz hands? The producers behind the recent Broadway success Xanadu are developing a musical version of the 1995 Nicole Kidman vehicle To Die For. Because a story about a woman who commits statutory rape against a high school student and then convinces him to kill her husband is…