AP - Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show."

E! Online - Some wars just never end. No, not Iraq. We're talking about Star Wars. As long as there's a geek in an Imperial Storm Trooper costume, George Lucas will keep making more. After six movies (and an animated one in theaters this month), Lucas is bringing the galaxy far, far away to a television in your living room.

AP - Bernie Brillstein, a Hollywood talent agent, manager, producer and studio head who over half a century guided the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians and helped package a slew of TV and movie hits, has died. He was 77.

E! Online - It is interesting that as kids both Jodie Foster and Lindsay Lohan starred in Freaky Friday and they both might be gay. Is there a connection?

AP - Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday.

AP - Sir Ben Kingsley has clothed himself in the roles of Jewish bookkeeper, Iranian colonel, brutal British gangster — and Gandhi.

Reuters - The superhero smash "Iron Man" will be released September 30 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, distributor Paramount Pictures said Friday.

E! Online - Kelsey Grammer's heart trouble might have cleared up, but now he has a massive headache to contend with.

AP - A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him.

E! Online - Who knew Brad Pitt would turn out to be such a Bastard? (Besides Jennifer Aniston, that is.)