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AP - Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays King Henry VIII in Showtime Network Inc.'s miniseries "The Tudors," has entered rehab for alcohol abuse.

E! Online - According to Sony, all is quiet on the web-strewn front. 

Reuters - Julia Stiles will star in and produce an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's autobiographical novel "The Bell Jar."

Reuters - Indie distributor Picturehouse has picked up domestic rights to the performance documentary "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights -- Hollywood to the Heartland."

Reuters - Running a film festival is not for the financially timid.

Movie News

Reuters - When he arrived in Shreveport, La., in January to shoot "The Mist," an adaptation of a Stephen King story, director Frank Darabont was impressed by the little city tucked in the northwest corner of the state.

Reuters - When he arrived in Shreveport, La., in January to shoot "The Mist," an adaptation of a Stephen King story, director Frank Darabont was impressed by the little city tucked in the northwest corner of the state.

Reuters - Early reviews are good, advance ticket sales are strong and two weeks before its debut, "Spider-Man 3" is grabbing headlines around the world, but director Sam Raimi says he can't think of more Spidey movies.

Reuters - Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday said DVDs in China that were reported to be pirated copies of widely anticipated "Spider-Man 3" are in fact copies of its predecessor, "Spider-Man 2."

Reuters - Borrowing a line from "Gone With the Wind," film critic Roger Ebert is telling the paparazzi to take all the pictures they want when he appears in public after surgery that has left him temporarily disfigured.

AP - A classic-car broker who swindled actor Nicolas Cage and other clients before he was caught in Spain was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison and $1.8 million in restitution.

Reuters - A fire in a vacant downtown Chicago building being used in filming the latest "Batman" sequel briefly disrupted movie-making on Tuesday but was soon extinguished, authorities said. More Info...  

AP - Roger Ebert plans to attend his annual festival for overlooked movies this week, returning to public view for the first time since having cancer surgery.

E! Online - So much for the splitsville stories. 

E! Online - The Simpsons are getting taken for a ride.

Universal Studios confirmed Tuesday it was creating a new attraction based on the dysfunctional cartoon family at its theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood.

The ride, which Universal described as "a hysterical, almost unimaginable adventure," will take over the locations formerly occupied by Back to the Future:

AP - Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man is so good at his job that his Hollywood handlers put him up against three enemies this time.

AP - Dozens of ticket holders wound their way around the building and in from the dark side — all to see a 30-year-old movie that's been long available on video, released and rereleased to theaters, and shown countless times on TV. More Info...  

AP - Long before the invasion of celebrities like Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley and Puffy (or whatever Sean Combs was calling himself back then), the Hamptons were, apparently, pretty sedate and unpretentious. More Info...  

Movie News Reuters - A hip-hop variation of "Gimme Shelter" without the snuff aspect, "Rock the Bells" is less a concert film than a behind-the-scenes music documentary chronicling a nearly disastrous show. More Info...  

Reuters - A hip-hop variation of "Gimme Shelter" without the snuff aspect, "Rock the Bells" is less a concert film than a behind-the-scenes music documentary chronicling a nearly disastrous show. More Info...