AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record.

Reuters - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros.

E! Online - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.

E! Online - We get it, already: Heath Ledger's twisted turn as the Joker in The Dark Knight is so good it's disturbing. And we have to agree, this Gotham City thug is one of a very special breed of baddie—those sickos who go beyond freaky, beyond evil, beyond twisted. They're creepy.

E! Online - Inspired by Heath Ledger's way-twisted Joker in The Dark Knight, we assembled a posse of nine movie villains who'd make anyone's skin crawl—and asked E! Online readers to pick No. 10. And boy, what a freak show!

E! Online - So goes Plano, Texas, so goes the movie nation: The Dark Knight is one hot ticket.

E! Online - Nobody pokes fun at a panda in this town and gets away with it.

AP - Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday.

AP - As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of another actor who wasn't on the screen: James Dean, who also died prematurely and tragically, nearly 53 years ago.

AP - Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make it happen.

AP - Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker after the defendant agreed not distribute a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show.

Reuters - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.

AP - Nothing dark about Batman's first night at the box office.

E! Online - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.