Reuters - Brian De Palma has long had a thing for the notorious.

Reuters - Paramount Pictures has downsized the art-house division that helped produce the Oscar-winning movies "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood."

Reuters - Comedian Adam Sandler has played a wedding singer, a waterboy, a firefighter pretending to be gay, and the devil's son.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90.

AP - A massive blaze that destroyed part of the back lot at Universal Studios was accidentally ignited by workers using a blowtorch on the roof of a movie set building facade, fire officials said.

AP - Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.

AP - Tatum O'Neal told a newspaper columnist she is grateful to the New York City police officers who busted her for cocaine and saved her from herself.

AP - The battling Lohans are back in court.

AP - Michelle Monaghan and her husband, Peter White, are expecting their first baby together this fall, her publicist said Tuesday.

E! Online - Brett Ratner makes no secret about who he wants to star in his movie about Hugh Hefner:

E! Online - Jessica Alba's not taking any chances.

E! Online - The fire at Universal Studios wasn't the only thing burning at MTV's Movie Awards when presenters James Franco and Seth Rogen, stars of the upcoming stoner flick Pineapple Express, took the stage with a big bag of what looked like marijuana and proceeded to light a faux joint.

E! Online - Like the rest of us, Yoko Ono has to live in a world that's one with the fair-use doctrine.