Reuters - Historically, Disney's done well by going to the dogs, from "Lady and the Tramp" and "101 Dalmatians" to "The Shaggy D.A." and "Eight Below." -- read full article
Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild's leaders sent a letter Monday to representatives of the Hollywood studios urging a return to the bargaining table. -- read full article
Reuters - Danielle Panabaker, who starred on TV's "Shark" and appeared on the big screen in "Mr. Brooks," has been cast as the female lead in the sci-fi action film "Prodigy."
Reuters - Thomas Dekker, the star of Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," is in talks to take a lead role in MGM's remake of the 1980 musical "Fame."
E! Online - I'm confused by Hollywood's habit of using Catholic symbols either in an overly generic way or in a way that any reasonably well informed person knows isn't accurate. Case in point: Lost. The whole Mr. Eko thing just had my skin crawling because of the stuff that was wrong. You don't baptize a baby by making the sign of the cross; you aren't a priest just because you sign a letter.*
AP - Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds did a little rushing into it after all. The couple married this weekend, according to publicist Meredith O'Sullivan. She did not provide details.
Reuters - Thriller "Eagle Eye" soared to the top of North American box offices, taking in $29 million in its first weekend in theaters on the wings of rising star Shia LaBeouf, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
AP - Heather Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance in the upscale Santa Barbara area, authorities said Sunday.
Reuters - "War Heroes," the latest comic-book series by Mark Millar and Tony Harris, is headed for the big screen, with Michael De Luca ("21") producing for Sony's Columbia Pictures. -- read full article
AP - Paul Newman broached the subject of his philanthropic legacy several years ago while fishing with friends Robert Forrester and David Horvitz off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Reuters - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years. -- read full article