Fascinating story from the Detroit Free Press today about the potential impacts on the hiring of Tom Wilson away from Palace Sports and Entertainment by Ilitch Holdings. It seems clear that Wilson's top job will be to build a new home for the Detroit Red Wings, probably in downtown Detroit, and the story reasons that such a building would likely become the region's top concert venue. If that all plays out, I'd count it as great news for Washtenaw County; I can't stand going all the way to the Palace, and I know I'm not alone.

MUSIC

• The Detroit News has a great story on Was (Not Was), the terrific, bizarre Detroit band, mostly active in the 1980s, which has a new best-of collection.

A perfect example of both their weirdness and their funkiness:

• CMT reports that Ferlin Husky and Jimmy Dean are among new inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

TELEVISION

• The Winter Olympics are earning terrific ratings for NBC, according to the Associated Press.

• EW.com has its weekly brief recap of "Lost." TVFanatic's analysis of the episode makes some interesting points. And BuddyTV has some thoughts on where the show seems to be heading after last night's episode.

• People.com runs down last night's "American Idol," which saw the top 12 women compete, and BroadwayWorld.com offers its own take. Writing for USAToday's "Idol" blog, Blake Lewis thought the song choices were poor. And TMZ reports that bounced contestant Chris Golightly may have created phony documents to get on the show.

• Bristol Palin will play herself on an episode of ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." No air date yet, but I can tell you I'm busy that night.

• There are hopeful developments in the search for missing "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig.

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

• Finalists have been announced for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

• Our partners at MLive.com report that a Grass Lake resident is a finalist in Redbook's "America's Hottest Husbands" contest.

ART & EXHIBITS

• A Vienna art venue is making patrons walk through a sex club if they want to get to a Gustav Klimt work.

STAGE

• Writing in The Detroit News, critic Lawrence B. Johnson finds that the stage musical "Young Frankenstein" is good campy fun. It's playing at Detroit's Fisher Theatre.

• The Freep notes that Disney on Ice is at the Palace this week.

MOVIES

• The Boston Herald interviews Tracy Morgan about his new buddy movie, "Cop Out," with Bruce Willis. And MTV.com has an interesting story on why director Kevin Smith is being pretty low-profile as the movie's Friday release date approaches.

Here's a trailer:

Renee Tellez 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.