AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — From World War II hero to dancer and award-winning actor, Charles Durning has lived a storied life. The 85-year-old added to that resume Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to one for his idol, James Cagney.

Reuters - Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled "Scared Straight."

Reuters - "Mamma Mia!" co-star Colin Firth has joined the cast of "Dorian Gray," the retelling of the Oscar Wilde classic being directed by Oliver Parker.

Reuters - Everywhere you go these days, Hollywood is heralding the hard-core fan.

Reuters - The de facto strike in Hollywood may be slowly coming to an end, with several big-ticket studio projects starting production despite the stalemate in the Screen Actors Guild's contract talks.

AP - Roger Ebert is gone from "At the Movies," but he's an increasingly influential figure in the new dominant realm of film criticism: the Web.

AP - "I am an unyielding advocate for the well-being of children around the world and do not condone or endorse smoking." — Alicia Keys, protesting a cigarette company's sponsorship of her concert in Jakarta, Indonesia.

AP - Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday the city has had fewer problems with paparazzi since Britney Spears "started wearing clothes" and other celebrities changed their partying ways.

AP - Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Some would prefer to own a Spider-Man costume.

AP - The Force was with — whom?

E! Online - Miley Cyrus says there's no way she's going to be locking lips with Katy Perry at this Sunday's Teen Choice Awards.

E! Online - In 1999, American Pie was hailed as a hilariously horny highlight of the millennial teen-movie renaissance, with a cast packed with the Next Big Things. Turns out, the film was actually loaded with career-jinxing juju that neither high-powered agents nor well-connected gypsies have been able to squelch.