TV and Movie News (page 1252)

Taylor Lautner is already at the white-hot center of the biggest box office sensation in decades. But there's still another book adaptation that he could star in, and it's an even bigger one than "Twilight." It's also a big-time best-seller, and Lautner could be starring in a movie based on one of its most famous chapters.

Between the tragedy surrounding "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member Russell Armstrong, and now death threats against a "Big Brother" contestant and her eight-year-old daughter, reality TV has apparently reached a very dangerous saturation point.

According to recent reports, Janet Jackson wants no part of the Oct. 8 "Michael Forever-The Tribute Concert" in Cardiff, Wales because it coincides too closely with the legal battle over Michael's death. Dr. Conrad Murray, the late singer's physician, faces four years in the manslaughter death of the singer.

Courtesy of the website Cambio, Snooki recently took on the burdens of informing and educating the masses previously bore by Walter Cronkite, Sam Donaldson and Edward R. Murrow. In a new video, she sits down at the anchorwoman's desk and delivers the news like only Snooki could.

TMZ today has exclusive pics showing a great snippet from Billy Joel's 1989 "Storm Front" single "I Go To Extremes" forever emblazoned upon Lindsay Lohan's right ribs: "Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife . . . I feel like I'm in the prime of my life."

Justice Richard Neal denied the gag order this week that "Two And A Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. asked be placed on Charlie Sheen's $1-million lawsuit over what Sheen considers his wrongful termination from the show.

Reality star Audrina Patridge told reporters this week that luckily for us all, a feature-length version of "The Hills" is not likely, despite rumors to the contrary. "It's been talked about, but it's probably never going to happen," the "Audrina" star and former "Dancing with the Stars" cast member said.

The eighth and final season of "Desperate Housewives" begins September 25th, after negotiations failed and the producers decided to call it quits. Nonetheless, there's an entire new season to get through, and we've got the early good about how the season premiere will play out. In case you can't tell from the title - Spoiler Alert.

Don't hassle the Hoff, man. Not even about his new gig on "Sons of Anarchy" season four as a porn star named Dondo. That's right, the king of "Baywatch" David Hasselhoff is getting ready to go all Knight Rider (wink wink, nudge nudge) on America's favorite show about big bad bikers.

Sarah Jessica Parker was reportedly at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater this week promoting her new comedy "I Don't Know How She Does It" when bodyguard Oleg Donstov ripped open his shirt and leaned in for a kiss as Parker was exiting the theater.