Reuters - Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed domestic rights to the 1930s-era blues musical "Dark Streets," which features the first film score from B.B. King.

Reuters - Actors Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen have been cast in "Bone Deep," a crime thriller being directed by John Luessenhop.

Reuters - Seems you can't even be nasty to Nazis anymore.

Reuters - The Imax-format release of Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight" has blown past "The Polar Express" as the giant-screen exhibitor's top first-run release.

Reuters - The fall box-office season gets off to a rather sedate start this weekend, with just one film opening in wide release -- Lionsgate's "Bangkok Dangerous," starring Nicolas Cage and going out without advance screenings for the press.

E! Online - The second-biggest movie in Hollywood history. Sky-high ticket prices. Put them together, and what do you get? Surprisingly, not a record.

AP - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.

AP - The Army, with a hand from Hollywood, has received a long-lost Oscar back into its ranks.

AP - "I'm excited; I feel like I'm going to sign for a new car and I don't need a co-signer this time." — Young Jeezy, on registering to vote.

Reuters - Anne Hathaway's dark role in "Rachel Getting Married," which premiered this week in Venice, is generating early Oscar buzz, with several critics hailing her departure from fairytale and comic characters.

Reuters - In "The Hurt Locker," the latest film about the war in Iraq, a bomb disposal expert takes risks beyond the call of duty as he comes to realize that only one thing makes him feel truly alive -- dicing with death.

E! Online - Natalie Portman picked up a "humanity award" in Venice on Sunday — and it wasn't for agreeing to be in her boyfriend's wacky music video.

E! Online - Those concerned over Hilary Swank's plummeting weight can rest easy—maybe. The two-time Oscar nabber is next set to pack on the pounds (and a lot of 'em) to play the lead in French Women Don't Get Fat, an adaptation of Mireille Guiliano's best-selling book, which Swank will also produce.