Fast Track: Electric Daisy Carnival film premiere spurs near-riot

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Thursday.

The Electric Daisy Carnival documentary had its premiere in Hollywood last night, and a near-riot broke out. (Los Angeles Times)

The cast of the 25th anniversary touring company of “Les Miserables” mashed up its musical with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” for a video. (Los Angeles Times)

A woman tried to burgle Alex Trebek’s hotel room in San Francisco, but the “Jeopardy!” host gave chase. He tore his Achilles tendon, but he got his stuff back. Don’t mess with Trebek. (KGO)

George Clooney’s “The Ides of March” will open the Venice Film Festival. (New York Times)

Harrison Ford appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday night and had an ugly confrontation with Chewbacca. (Warning: Not for sensitive “Star Wars” fans.) (Entertainment Weekly)

Science still can’t cure cancer, but it has determined the saddest movie of all time. It’s “The Champ.” ... The who? (Smithsonian)

Do you own News Corp. stock? The company reportedly would like to hear your thoughts on Rupert Murdoch and his family’s control of the company. Be honest. (Bloomberg)

Trailer o’ the day: “Battleship,” a film based on the board game. But who remembers aliens in the board game? (Yahoo)

A spokesman for Amy Winehouse says the dead singer had plenty of unreleased material. (Huffington Post)

It’s still early, but “The Smurfs’ ” current Rotten Tomatoes score is zero. (Huffington Post)

Joe Pesci is suing the producers of “Gotti.” (Deadline)

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