E! Online - What's with movies opening up on Wednesdays? First Pineapple Express and now Tropic Thunder as well.

E! Online - A who's who of Hollywood turned out last night to remember Bernie Brillstein.

Reuters - Protesters, led by Special Olympics chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver, marched outside the world premiere of the Hollywood satire "Tropic Thunder" on Monday night.

Reuters - Natalie Portman's directorial debut will open the Venice International Film Festival's short-film sidebar, with the actress expected to be on hand for the picture's September 1 screening.

Reuters - China's costliest film, director John Woo's third-century naval war epic "Red Cliff," has set a new box office record for a domestic movie, putting it within reach of the country's all-time record-holder, "Titanic."

AP - Paris Hilton didn't do enough pledging for a 2006 sorority comedy, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Reuters - Hilary Swank's production company has picked up the rights to the best-seller "French Women Don't Get Fat," and the actress is eyeing the project as a potential starring vehicle.

Reuters - Italian filmmaker Gabriele Muccino, who directed Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness," is developing a film described as a modern-day "Kramer vs. Kramer."

AP - Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, officials with the sheriff's department said Tuesday.

E! Online - Make that Edwina A. Salt.

AP - Indiana Jones entered the atomic age in his latest movie. Now he's joining the Blu-ray era.