AP - Shelley Malil had a busy career as a comic actor, appearing in a huge hit movie, several TV shows and a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl. But the actor best known for his part in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has now been charged with attempted murder after his girlfriend was stabbed more than 20 times, authorities said. -- read full article
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:13:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
E! Online - Jennifer Hudson literally went from zero to hero thanks to her role in Dreamgirls. She also went from fashion nobody to fashionista in about 10 seconds. When stars are newly famous, who hooks them up with publicists, stylists, makeup and hair people for their first red carpet appearances? How do they get couture gowns if it's their first starring role and nobody really knows them yet?
AP - "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller's extravaganza of a Hollywood satire, couldn't be any more "inside-baseball" if it contained references to the infield fly rule and Rule 5 draft picks.
Reuters - Dirk Blackman and Howard
McCain have been hired to rework the script for Lionsgate's
resurrection of the "Conan the Barbarian franchise. -- read full article
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:21:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Director Dave Filoni grew up playing
"Star Wars" in his yard with a large collection of movie toys,
but he never imagined he would one day help create the series'
first animated film, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars."