Brett Ratner Impaled on Conan's Sword

· Cross another project off Brett Ratner's prodigious IMDB page: Conan's producer said today that "timing issues" have bumped the filmmaker and part-time publisher off the project, which was one of three Ratner recently told us he had short-listed as his next movie. No worries, though! There's always Trump Heist or Beverly Hills Cop IV. OK, never mind, you might worry a little about that last one if you want.

· Ever wonder where Atlas Shrugged sits in relation to its Development Hell cohabitants Dinner For Schmucks, A Confederacy of Dunces or those three unproduced Janis Joplin biopics? Someone's drawn a map just for you.

· The redoubtable Temp X is getting into the matchmaking business with Yenta, a sort of UTA Job List-meets-Craigslist for the upstart Hollywood professional. Handy! But where's the "casual encounters" section?

· The small crowd of potential buyers who've seen Terry Gilliam's new film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus -- featuring Heath Ledger's last role -- say it has "an opaque story [that] might limit its commercial prospects." In other words, it's a Terry Gilliam film. If Harvey Weinstein hasn't already written a check, this calls for Sony Pictures Classics.

· That's not a fire alarm you're hearing. It's Cher's new mating call.