When Courtney Met Hugo: A South of the Border Love Story
Hugo Chavez doesn't get to New York very often, but when he does, he knows how to make it count. An A-list reception greeted the Venezuelan president at last night's US…
Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper's Case 39 Finally Coming Off Paramount's Shelf
Funny: We were just talking yesterday about how director Christian Alvart's Pandorum and Case 39 might make for a great double feature of Bad Movies We Love -- if, that…
David Cronenberg Plots Second Fly Remake?
Heads exploded around the Web last night as David Cronenberg was reported to be planning a remake/reboot of The Fly, the 1958 cult classic that he already…
DJ AM's Drug-Intervention Series Coming to MTV After All
· After nearly a month of internal discussions (aka letting the headlines subside), executives at MTV have decided to air the eight banked episodes of the late DJ AM's…
'He Was Autistic'
Testifying today in the trial of two Bahamians accused in a $25 million extortion plot against his family, John Travolta for the first time acknowledged his late son…
Live (Sort of) From New York! It's Lars von Trier!
The 47th New York Film Festival opens Friday, but the main attraction may have already come and gone this afternoon when Lars von Trier -- the self-described "greatest…
Stephenie Meyer's Post-Twilight Blockbuster Takes Shape
Before this week, Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer had rejected numerous studio inquiries about her first "adult" novel The Host. Finally a trio of producers…
Which of These Young Stars Will Be David Fincher's First Facebook Movie Casualty?
Last anyone heard about The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin's story of Facebook's founding and meteoric rise, David Fincher was looking likely as the project's director…
Will Diablo Cody's Sweet Valley High Dream Come True at Universal?
· Diablo Cody has never made much of a secret about her affection for the Sweet Valley High series of books. And it's a good thing, because this totally would have blown…
Outraged Villagers Crash Julia Roberts' Private Eat, Pray, Love Temple
Julia Roberts was supposed to be the one who restored Hollywood's reputation in India, bringing her tasteful adaptation of Eat, Pray, Love this week to a country still…
5 Can't-Miss Pairings for Gene, Walden's Genie Buddy Movie
An exciting-ish new prospect emerged on the development horizon Monday when Walden Media announced it had undertaken Gene, a new, buddy-comedy take on the classic tale…
Crackerific Emmys Spark NAACP Protest
Neil Patrick Harris's tuxedo was hardly the whitest thing about last weekend's Emmys, according to a new complaint by the National Association for the Advancement of…
CAA Takes on Archie
In keeping with the mandate to have a feature-length film for every American brand by 2015, CAA has signed up Archie Comics Publications as a potential source for…
The Curious Case of Omer Bhatti, the Man Who Would be King (of Pop)
Omer Bhatti, 25, is Michael Jackson's son. Except he's not. It depends on whom you believe: Joe Jackson, who planted the young man in the family section at MJ's memorial…
Fire Up the Brad Pitt Rumors: Sherlock Holmes 2 On the Way
· Warner Bros. might have finally given up trying to hide Brad Pitt as Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes -- or it finally succumbed to the bright idea of harnessing his appeal…
