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3/10/2008 11:10:02 PM
'Girls Gone Wild' boss heads to Florida (AP)
3/10/2008 7:56:45 PM
Joe Francis arrives to a party in Los Angeles in this Feb. 9, 2007 file photo. 'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis won his release from a Nevada jail Monday, March 10, 2008, so he can return to Florida to answer charges stemming from a five-year-old case involving the filming of underage girls. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Joe Francis arrives to a party in Los Angeles in this Feb. 9, 2007 file photo. 'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis won his release from a Nevada jail Monday, March 10, 2008, so he can return to Florida to answer charges stemming from a five-year-old case involving the filming of underage girls. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

AP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being released from a Nevada jail so he can return to Florida to face charges related to the filming of underage girls.

'10,000 B.C.' tops weekend box office (AP)
3/10/2008 7:41:50 PM
AP - The Warner Bros. prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C." was the top film at the weekend box office, taking in $35.9 million.

Ledger's will leaves nothing to daughter (AP)
3/10/2008 6:26:37 PM

Actor Heath Ledger attends a special Cinema Society and Hogan hosted screening of 'I'm Not There' at the Chelsea West Cinemas, in this Nov. 13, 2007, file photo in New York. Ledger's will left nothing to his former girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter because his will was filed in Australia in 2003 and never updated after they became part of his life. A copy of the three-page will, filed in Manhattan Surrogate Court, shows the 28-year-old Australian actor left everything he owned to his parents and three sisters. The will offers no hint at the size of the estate he left. Ledger died Jan. 22 of an accidental overdose of prescription medication. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file )

AP - Heath Ledger's will leaves nothing to his former girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter because it was never updated after they became part of his life.

Matt Damon, wife expecting second child (AP)
3/10/2008 5:53:45 PM
Matt Damon, left, arrives with his wife Luciana Barroso for the German premiere of his movie 'The Bourne Ultimatum' in Berlin in this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo. The 'Bourne' trilogy actor and wife Luciana, 32, are expecting their second child, Damon's representative, Jennifer Allen, said Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Matt Damon, left, arrives with his wife Luciana Barroso for the German premiere of his movie 'The Bourne Ultimatum' in Berlin in this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo. The 'Bourne' trilogy actor and wife Luciana, 32, are expecting their second child, Damon's representative, Jennifer Allen, said Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

AP - Matt Damon's personal life is getting as action-packed as his movie roles.

Johnny Depp steps in to finish Heath Ledger film (Reuters)
3/10/2008 5:33:24 PM
Johnny Depp, Oscar nominee for best actor in 'Sweeny Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood February 24, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Johnny Depp, Oscar nominee for best actor in 'Sweeny Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood February 24, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Reuters - Work on Heath Ledger's last film, suspended due to his death by accidental overdose in January, has resumed after three Hollywood stars agreed to play his character, director Terry Gilliam said on Monday.

Virginia film fest to honor Danny Glover (AP)
3/10/2008 3:26:29 PM

Actor Danny Glover sits on a panel after a viewing of the documentary he produced, 'Trouble the Water' on Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, in this March 6, 2008, file photo. Glover will be given a lifetime achievement award during a film festival in Norfolk. The second annual Old Dominion University/City of Norfolk ONFilm Festival will be held on the ODU campus and city venues from March 29 through April 5. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, file)

AP - Danny Glover will be given a lifetime achievement award during a film festival in Norfolk.

Lisa Marie Presley sues over 'fat' story (AP)
3/10/2008 1:20:19 PM

Singer Lisa Marie Presley is shown in the, Dec. 6, 2007, file photo in New York. Presley wanted to keep her pregnancy private, but felt she had to say something when photos of her looking heavier were ridiculed in the news media. 'After being the target all week of slanderous and degrading stories, horribly manipulated pictures and articles in the media, I have had to show my cards and announce under the gun and under vicious personal attack that I am in fact pregnant,' the 40-year-old singer wrote on her MySpace page. Presley and her husband, music producer Michael Lockwood, are expecting a baby this fall, her spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

AP - Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appetite, her lawyer said Monday.

Hollywood Blockbusters, and Other Dinosaurs (E! Online)
3/10/2008 12:40:32 PM

Hollywood Blockbusters, and Other Dinosaurs(E! Online)

E! Online - Whatever happened to the $100 million hit?

Theaters, studios see $1.1 bln upgrade deal in Q2 (Reuters)
3/10/2008 11:42:07 AM
Reuters - Several theater chains and studios are nearing an estimated $1.1 billion financing deal to deploy in cinemas digital technology that promises to boost attendance and save Hollywood billions of dollars in annual print and delivery costs, industry officials said on Sunday.

Coppola to shoot 'Tetro' in Argentina (AP)
3/10/2008 8:46:34 AM
Film director Francis Ford Coppola poses for a photo during an interview in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Decades after his 1972 hit 'The Godfather', Coppola is getting set to shoot 'Tetro' , a film about a different but equally dysfunctional Italian family, set amid the influential Italian community that gives Buenos Aires its European flair. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Film director Francis Ford Coppola poses for a photo during an interview in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Decades after his 1972 hit 'The Godfather', Coppola is getting set to shoot 'Tetro' , a film about a different but equally dysfunctional Italian family, set amid the influential Italian community that gives Buenos Aires its European flair. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

AP - In the trendy heart of Argentina's Italian community, Francis Ford Coppola says he has been set free.

"Horton" directors honorary citizens of Whoville (Reuters)
3/10/2008 4:03:40 AM
Cast member Steve Carell attends the premiere of the film 'Horton Hears a Who!' in Los Angeles March 8, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)

Cast member Steve Carell attends the premiere of the film 'Horton Hears a Who!' in Los Angeles March 8, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)

Reuters - "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," which opens in theaters Friday, is the first of the classic stories written by Theodor Seuss Geisel to be made into a computer-animated feature film. The story, first published in 1954, had previously been made as a half-hour TV special, helmed by Chuck Jones, in 1970.

"Death House Door" targets capital punishment (Reuters)
3/10/2008 3:59:53 AM
Reuters - The documentary makers behind "Hoop Dreams" and "Stevie" turn their lens on capital punishment in "At the Death House Door," which will electrify audiences on the activist and festival circuits. It premiered at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival.

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