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Finally! More Beatles: Rock Band juiciness was revealed yesterday when Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took the stage at E3. A partial song list was revealed, but what's more exciting is the brand spankin' new trailer below! Play it and hear some of the chosen songs, plus footage of the band's avatars and game play.

P.S. The video game, which is set to drop in September, will come with a song list, but more downloadable content, such as (my favorite album Abbey Road), will be made available after its release.

There's been so much teasing when it comes to the Beatles and the tech world. The unresolved issue of the band not being available on iTunes has always bummed me out, but I'm bummed no longer: The Beatles are coming to Rock Band!

There's a teaser page up now with the date of September 9, 2009, being touted as the release. Sweetening the pot is the promise that there will also be new hardware that mimics the instruments played by George, Paul, John, and Ringo.

Here comes the sun, indeed!

• The CW will likely renew America's Next Top Model for a 13th "cycle." Reuters
• CBS is developing a spinoff of NCIS. Entertainment Weekly
• CBS is also developing a single-camera comedy from executive producer/director Barry Sonnenfeld called Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30. The Hollywood Reporter
• Beyonce scores her third straight No. 1 debut on The Billboard 200 this week with her double-disc I Am. . . Sasha Fierce. Billboard
• Talkshow with Spike Feresten will get a tryout in the MadTV timeslot in January. The Futon Critic
• Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone will make his feature film directorial debut with the teen thriller Twist. Reuters
• Negotiations to get the Beatles catalog on iTunes are stalled again. Billboard

Photo courtesy of the CW

• Alfre Woodard will play Christian Slater's boss on NBC's series My Own Worst Enemy, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
• The indie film Nailed, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, has stopped production for the fourth time, citing more financial problems, Variety reports.
• The Financial Times is reporting that there could be a Beatles edition of Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
• Katie Cassidy won't be returning to Supernatural, TV Guide reports.
• Jennifer Egan's novel The Keep will be adapted for the big screen, writes ComingSoon.
• Billboard is reporting the news that Amy Winehouse has emphysema, according to her father.
• You can now watch full episodes of ABC shows on Veoh.com, Reuters reports.
• Blake Lewis is the latest American Idol contestant to lose his record deal, according to the New York Post.

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All they need is love, right?

In the case of Apple Inc. and The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd, there has been a long-standing dispute about who has the right to the Apple trademark. Well, finally some peace and maybe a little bit of love has come from all of this as a settlement has been reached. Apple will now permit downloads of the band's music through iTunes, which has been the longest holdout from Apple and other online music services.

The settlement also gives ownership of the name and logo in return for agreeing to license some of those trademarks back to Apple Corps — the management firm in charge of The Beatles’ commercial interests.

This is what Steve Jobs had to say about the entire fiasco and settlement:

We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks. It feels great to resolve this in a positive manner, and in a way that should remove the potential of further disagreements in the future.

[via Apple Inc. and MSNBC]