Reuters - It might wear its derivative, "Legally Blonde"-meets-"Mean Girls" trappings like a rhinestone thong, but strip away the second-hand attire, and "The House Bunny" still manages to stand on its own two skyscraper heels thanks to the comic force of nature that is Anna Faris.

Reuters - Harry split the scene, so 007 moved in for the kill.

Reuters - Box-office grosses will start to fade this weekend as inevitably as a summer tan.

Reuters - The late, groundbreaking Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni will be honored at the upcoming Venice Film Festival with a documentary about his life, one of three nonfiction additions to the lineup.

AP - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two billionaires used the screening of a documentary in theaters across the United States on Thursday to urge the country to come to grips with its staggering debt load.

Reuters - Nicolas Cage, British actor Aaron Johnson and Lyndsy Fonseca ("How I Met Your Mother") will star in "Kick-Ass," Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of the violent Mark Millar comic-book series.

Reuters - Canadian producer Peace Arch Entertainment has picked up North American rights to the Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring parody "JCVD" ahead of its North American bow at the Toronto International Film Festival.

AP - "La Misma Luna" swept the honors at the 23nd annual Imagen Awards.

AP - Celebrities aren't always coy about their love affairs.

E! Online - Rumer Willis' extended fam stole the spotlight at Wednesday night's House Bunny premiere in Westwood.

E! Online - The prospect of another mouth to feed has Ben Affleck heading back to work.

E! Online - As we hit the home stretch for summer movies, we find ourselves in a strange weekend of releases, with Death Race, The Longshots and Hamlet 2. Also, The Rocker is hitting theaters later than originally planned, which puts House Bunny's very talented Emma Stone in the position of having two movies open in the same week.

AP - "Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. ... It's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to." — Christina Applegate, on the emotional rollercoaster she's experienced in her battle with breast cancer.