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AP - His work as a mortician's apprentice got him noticed. His turn as eccentric paper salesman Dwight Schrute made him famous.

AP - Since Antoine Fuqua's first hit music video over a decade ago, the director has been hard to pin down. When all that was known about Fuqua was his name, some imagined someone else entirely.

E! Online - Despite its ability to offer unlimited space for an infinite amount of creative material, the Internet sure seems awfully crowded these days.

AP - Dina Lohan says her daughter Lindsay isn't an alcoholic and that people are wrong to assume that she's a club-hopping "party mom."

AP - Vivica A. Fox was released from jail early Wednesday after she was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, authorities said.

E! Online - The Jolie-Pitt Foundation is at it again.

AP - NBC Universal and News Corp. joined forces Thursday with several major Internet companies to distribute TV shows, video clips and movies online in an effort to better control their programming and counter competition from YouTube.

E! Online - Russell Crowe is looking to unleash hell behind the camera.

Reuters - Tim Burton will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Venice International Film Festival, which begins August 29, organizers said Wednesday.

Reuters - A mockumentary and a documentary have set the Australian box office alight with their opening weekends after a quiet start to the year for homegrown films, according to a local trade group. More Info...  

Reuters - Jet Li is in negotiations to play the villainous title character in "The Mummy 3," whose plot details are being kept under wraps.

Reuters - Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms and Elizabeth Banks are joining Eddie Murphy's crew in the fish-out-of-water comedy "Starship Dave."

Movie News

Reuters - "Casino Royale" blasted its way to the top of the national DVD charts Wednesday, proving the new look of James Bond is as much a hit in video stores as it was on the big screen.

AP - Actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, died of a heart attack in the Supermax federal prison where he was serving two life sentences for the murder of a federal judge, officials said Wednesday.

AP - Terrence Howard is more than a leading man.

AP - When David Letterman went home sick with the stomach flu, Adam Sandler was recruited as a last-minute fill-in for the CBS "Late Show" host.

E! Online - Vivica A. Fox has danced with the stars. Now, she has ridden with the police, as well.

Reuters - Before he was directing the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie "TMNT," which opens Friday, filmmaker Kevin Munroe was creating video games at Shiny Entertainment and Midway Games.

AP - A series of advertisements for the upcoming horror film "Captivity" have been pulled after public outrage over graphic images depicting kidnapping and murder.

AP - There's a new buzz in Hollywood: Columbia Pictures is bringing comic-book hero The Green Hornet to the big screen.