LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will America fall in love with wacky inventors as much as it has embraced wannabe pop stars? Simon Cowell, TV producer and acerbic British judge of "American Idol" hopes his latest reality project -- "American Inventor" -- has the kind of warm-hearted craziness that will bring in television audiences and keep them watching.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rebel rockers the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd were finally ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday after years of rejection but the Sex Pistols didn't bother to show up. The 2006 class of inductees also included jazz legend Miles Davis and New Wave group Blondie, who made little secret of the antagonism between current and past members of the band at a ceremony marked by controversy, awkwardness and no-shows.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Worldwide box office revenues fell by 9 percent in 2005 but the industry expects better results this year, Motion Picture Association of America Chief Executive Dan Glickman said on Monday. A bumper crop of sequels to past blockbusters and animated films hit screens this year in a good sign for ticket sales, Glickman told the ShoWest conference for movie theaters.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" is the new king of Sunday night. The white-hot 10 p.m. medical drama averaged 22.5 million viewers and a 9.9 rating/23 share in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul singer Isaac Hayes said on Monday he was quitting his job as the voice of the lusty character "Chef" on the satiric cable TV cartoon "South Park," citing the show's "inappropriate ridicule" of religion. But series co-creator Matt Stone said the veteran recording artist was upset the show had recently lampooned the Church of Scientology, of which Hayes is an outspoken follower.

SYDNEY (Billboard) - In the wake of their postponement last week, the 10 final shows of U2's Vertigo tour will be rescheduled for November, singer Bono told an Australian TV show Monday. An official announcement could be made as early as Tuesday, he hinted. Bono, who has been holidaying in Sydney with his family since last week, would not comment on press reports that the shows were postponed because guitarist the Edge's daughter has leukemia. "I can't really get into details why," he told Andrew Denton, host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation-televised program "Enough Rope."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former television game show host and his wife were killed on Monday when their light plane crashed in the ocean off the coastal suburb of Santa Monica. Peter Tomarken, 63, host of the 1980s series "Press Your Luck," and his wife, Kathleen, had just taken off in their Beechcraft about 9:45 a.m. PST (1745 GMT) when the engine failed and the plane went down near Santa Monica Pier before horrified onlookers.

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - A French-language, gay-themed coming-of-age drama about a large Catholic family dominated Canada's Genie film awards Monday, taking home 10 prizes, including best film and director. Jean-Marc Vallee's Quebec-made "C.R.A.Z.Y." also won honors for original screenplay, actor (Michel Cote), supporting actress (Danielle Proulx) and a host of craft awards. It went into the event with 12 nominations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jazz legend Miles Davis, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, may be resurrected in a biographical movie with Don Cheadle playing the lead, Davis' family said. His nephew, Vince Wilburn, told reporters after Davis was inducted into the Hall of Fame that Sony Pictures was working on a movie as well as planning several CDs to celebrate what would have been Davis' 80th birthday later this year.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sitcom veterans Ed O'Neill and Christine Baranski have joined an untitled family comedy at CBS. The project revolves around a young couple who moves to the woman's hometown and has to deal with her complicated extended family. O'Neill and Baranski will play the woman's parents.

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