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Now it's just a matter of time — and not much. Another big weekend for "Avatar" means James Cameron's epic is on the verge of overtaking the worldwide box-office record from Cameron's "Titanic" (not adjusting for inflation).

Interestingly, "Avatar" wasn't a big player in the weekend's awards programs: The Producers Guild liked "Hurt Locker," while the Screen Actors Guild honored "Inglourious Basterds." That makes the Oscar race wide open, The New York Times says. And USA Today offers up some quotes from the SAG event here.

Other entertainment headlines this morning:

MUSIC

• The high-profile environmental rock music fest in west Michigan, Rothbury, won't go on this year, but could return in the future, according to The Detroit News. But our friends at the Muskegon Chronicle say a smaller event may take its place this year.

• Mariah Carey will perform at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, the Free Press notes. Elsewhere on the Mariah beat, she and Miley Cyrus have been added to Simon Cowell's single to benefit Haiti relief efforts.

• Talk about holding a grudge. TMZ reports that gear featuring guitarist Slash was banned from a Guns N Roses concert.

• After more than 40 years (!), the Scorpions are calling it quits with a final album and tour, the Associated Press reports.

ART & EXHIBITS

• The Associated Press notes the opening of a new exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

• A woman who fell at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art damaged a Picasso.

TELEVISION

• Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon raised $58 million and counting, USA Today reports.

• The Jackson Citizen Patriot says that Jackson Community College will host tryouts for "The Amazing Race."

• A burger joint in Farmington Hills has an interesting offer for Jay Leno, Detroit News columnist Neal Rubin writes.

• Actor James Mitchell of "All My Children" has died at age 89.

STAGE

• The New York Times has a rave review of the new Broadway revival of "A View from the Bridge." This production of the play by University of Michigan grad Arthur Miller stars Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson.

THE CRIME BEAT

• TMZ reports that Gary Coleman has been arrested on a domestic violence warrant.

• Andy Dick has been arrested on sexual-abuse charges.

MOVIES

• The big-budget Hugh Jackman movie "Real Steel" plans to film in Michigan.

• Excited about Thursday's Sundance Film Festival USA screening at the MIchigan Theater? Here's a trailer of the featured movie, "Cyrus.":

• In other Sundance news, "Buried" has been picked up for distribution.

• Oh, and, in case you were wondering, Johnny Depp is not dead.

Renee Tellez and Jenn McKee contributed to this roundup. Bob Needham is director of entertainment content for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at bobneedham@annarbor.com or 734-623-2541, and follow him on Twitter @bobneedham.

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