· Have you heard about this little film called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II? Well! It's coming out next week, and is all about this boy wizard -- oh, you have heard about Harry Potter? Well, then click ahead to watch this latest clip from the end of the end, where Hermione Granger goes all Pulp Fiction-y on one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Your Thursday afternoon Buzz Break has arrived.
[via Coming Soon]
· Speaking of The Deathly Hallows, early reviews are pretty strong. [Moviefone]
· Director Eli Roth wants his next film to be Endangered Species, an apocalypse-type sci-fi film in the vein of Cloverfield. [Screen Daily via indieWIRE/The Playlist]
· And you thought that Oprah Winfrey hosting the Oscars rumor was ridiculous: Broadway World has Suri Cruise appearing in Rock of Ages. UPDATE: Not surprisingly, this is false. "This is the first I have heard of this," director Adam Shankman wrote on Twitter. "It's not true, though I adore Suri. Don't believe everything you read." No kidding! [Broadway World]
· NewsCorp has closed News of the World in the wake of a phone hacking scandal. [Deadline]
· MSNBC apparently nixed a possible cameo appearance from Chris Matthews on the new Aaron Sorkin HBO pilot More As This Story Develops. Insert Matthews's patented "Ha!" here. [Vulture]