Briefly, Mariah Carey is playing an aspiring country signer who flees her controlling husband in New Mexico by moving to Nashville with two brothers in the upcoming movie "Tennessee."… Lawyers for the late comic Richard Pryor's widow, Jennifer Pryor, told a California judge on that they were close to reaching an out-of-court financial settlement with Universal Music Group that would resolve the lawsuit Pryor filed against the record label in 2005 for allegedly marketing and selling a number of his most famous recordings without his permission. The comic filed his suit against the music giant in October 2005 claiming Universal bilked him out of "substantial profits" after licensing the recordings without permission. He died two months later, leaving his wife to carry on the court battle.… Rapper-actor Chris "Ludacris" Bridges leads the way for a star-studded guest cast on the NBC drama Law & Order's season finale, airing Tuesday, May 22. Joining him are Star Jones Reynolds, Steven Weber, Nancy Grace, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ernest Waddell, Vincent Spano, Judith Light and Michael Weston.
Finally, Star Jones is returning to TV with her own talk show. The former co-host of The View will take on hosting duties for Court TV on a daily program set to launch this summer. The show, which has not yet been named, will connect the worlds of criminal justice with pop culture, the cable network said. The 44-year-old former legal prosecutor began her TV career as a legal commentator on Court TV in 1991, before joining ABC's The View when it started in 1997.