Newsmakers: Lil Wayne writes of prison; Keith Urban back on stage; Cheney documentary coming

COMPILED BY NICOLE VILLALPANDO

Updated: 1:27a.m.Sunday,Jan.15,2012

Published: 12:13a.m.Sunday,Jan.15,2012

Lil Wayne writes of prison

Lil Wayne is offering a literary tour of his prison days.

The million-selling rapper has signed with Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, for the memoir "Gone Till November." Hachette announced Thursday that the book will tell of his eight months spent at the Rikers Island complex on a gun possession charge. It's scheduled to come out in November, two years after his release.

Bridesmaids' sequel?

The producer of "Bridesmaids" says he needs a good idea first before considering a sequel.

That doesn't mean Judd Apatow is against the idea. The film with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy was a comedy hit last summer is up for a Golden Globe award tonight.

Apatow said Friday that the danger of agreeing to a sequel without being committed to a good idea "usually leads to Jaws 3-D.' "

Keith Urban back on stage

Keith Urban will return to the stage for the first time since vocal surgery on the Feb. 3 Grand Ole Opry.

The country superstar had a polyp removed from a vocal cord late last year and has been on vocal rest.

His appearance at The Ryman Auditorium next month will be his first public performance since he recorded a song for a television special in mid-November.

Urban is scheduled to play ACL Live on Feb. 10.

Cheney documentary coming

The Showtime television network says it is preparing a new documentary on former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Showtime said Thursday that filmmaker R.J. Cutler, who made "The War Room" about Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992, will make the film. No date was set for airin! g.

Showtime says it has begun an effort to produce high-end profiles. Its other project is about rap mogul Suge Knight.