Mel Gibson Making Judah Maccabee Film With Warner Bros

Of all the filmmakers you might expect to make a film about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee, Mel Gibson is probably not at the top of the list. So consider this a Hannukah surprise.

Deadline broke the news that Gibson and Warner Bros. are teaming on a film about the hero who led a small band of Jews against mighty Seleucids…

Johnny Depp’s $200 Million Bet

The showdown over “The Lone Ranger” is coming down to a final financial shootout three sunsets from Saturday.

A few weeks back, Disney shut down the pre-production on the planned Johnny Depp-starring big screen remake, unhappy with a proposed $250 million budget coming from director Gore Verbinski.

The film called for Depp to star as Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s traditional sidekick,…

Abigail Breslin, All Grown Up!

To us, she may always be the pudgy-faced kid in “Little Miss Sunshine,” but Abigail Breslin has more adult plans.

Following her role in “Zombieland,” a decidedly grown up Breslin is now staring in the heartwarming indie film, “Janie Jones.”

Here she plays Janie, a 13-year old girl who is dropped off with her estranged rocker father (Alessandro Nivola) when her…

Kate Winslet Talks ‘Carnage’ Projectile Vomiting

The most memorable scene in Roman Polanski’s new film “Carnage” belongs to Oscar-winner Kate Winslet.

Just ask her kids. Winslet says they haven’t forgotten about the day she had to projectile vomit on set.

“My kids came to work for the vomit day, and I am so thrilled that they were there because they literally have not stopped talking about it…

Madonna Makes Surprising Statement About Ex-Husbands

Madonna is, of course, a transcendant pop music star, nearly unparalleled in her success in that industry. But while she won a Golden Globe for her starring role in Evita, the Material Girl’s film experience, as a whole, is thin at best. So when she decided that it was time to direct her second movie, she needed some help.

Luckily,…

Batmobile On Sale On eBay For $620,000

In the upcoming Batman film, Christopher Nolan’s epic-to-be “The Dark Knight Rises,” Bruce Wayne drives a sort of tank tumbler, bludgeoning streets and enemies with brute force. It’s a far cry from the sleek vehicle he drove in the 1989 Tim Burton-directed film, but nostalgists can rejoice that there is at least one of those classic models still prowling…

Audrina Patridge Says Her Reality Show Is Over

If there are any fans of Audrina Patridge’s lastest reality show “Audrina,” they’ll be sad to learn the show likely won’t return for another season.

The Daily caught up with the former “The Hills” cast member, who told the paper another season isn’t in the cards.

“We finished in April and I kind of decided I wanted to take some time…

Aretha Franklin Opening For Obama

President Barack Obama will have a royal warm-up act when he comes to Detroit to speak during the city’s annual Labor Day festivities.

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is scheduled to perform Monday before Obama speaks near the Renaissance Center at an event sponsored by the Metro Detroit Central Labor Council. Also scheduled to perform is Detroit’s Mosaic Youth Theater.

The…

Mary-Kate & Ashley Go On An Adventure

This past July, to celebrate the recent collaboration for The Row, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen joined TOMS and TOMS Giving Partner, World Vision, in Honduras to give new shoes to children in need. Along with a group of volunteers, Mary-Kate and Ashley visited three different communities outside of Tegucigalpa, where they visited classrooms and played soccer…

Olivia Munn Joins Stripper Movie

In a nice change of pace, Steven Soderbergh’s casting ladies in his testerone-fest, “Magic Mike.”

According to Deadline, Olivia Munn is in talks to play Amber, the love interest to Channing Tatum.

In “Magic Mike,” sex-pot Munn will join Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer and Joe Mangianello. The movie is inspired by Tatum’s days working the pole before he…

I’ve Never Felt More Exposed

Already an Oscar-winner and one of the highest paid, most bankable actresses alive, Angelina Jolie is branching out into writing and directing. And she couldn’t be more scared.

Her screenwriting and behind-the-camera debut, the film is titled “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and, set against the Bosnian Civil War of the 1990s, has provided Jolie with a new…