Natalie Portman Might Kill Aliens, and 6 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this morning's Broadsheet: George Clooney meets with Barack Obama... Courteney Cox gets a $1 million offer she'll probably refuse... the porn industry faces an HIV crisis... and more ahead.

· Remember that Damon Lindelof rewrite of Ridley Scott's Alien prequel? Well, the former Lost executive producer delivered it to Twentieth Century Fox executives over the weekend and they loved it! And it's PG-13! And it's cheap! No one is cast yet, but expect that to change soon: The recently freed up Natalie Portman is on the top of the list, followed closely by original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star, Noomi Rapace. Wonder which way Fox will go? [Vulture]

· George Clooney met with President Barack Obama at the White House yesterday to discuss his recent trip to Sudan. And how was your Tuesday? [WSJ/Speakeasy]

· File this under: Never. Recently separated actress Courteney Cox has been offered $1 million to promote the website Cougar Life, which pairs older women with younger men. You star on one show called Cougar Town... [TMZ]

· An anonymous porn star in San Fernando Valley has tested HIV-positive, causing porn companies Vivid and Wicked to temporarily suspend production. An outbreak in 2004 shut down production for a month. [LAT]

· State investigators have ruled that the producers of Transformers 3 were not to blame for a tragic on-set accident that left an extra partially paralyzed. [TMZ]

· Yes, please: Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody will co-star in Damsels in Distress, director Whit Stillman's first film since Last Days of Disco in 1998. [THR]

· Just one week after David Carr's scathing New York Times takedown of the Tribune Company, chief innovation officer Lee Abrams sent out a company wide e-mail containing sexually explicit videos. You could not make this stuff up. [The Wrap]