- M.I.A. announced her retirement from live shows at Bonnaroo [1], NME reports — while the Associated Press details how Kanye West angered the crowd by delaying his show till 4:25 a.m. [2]
- Veteran screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan (Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Big Chill) will write the script for a film adaptation of the 1980s cartoon Robotech [3], with Tobey Maguire producing, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- Speaking of The Big Chill, its star William Hurt will reunite with Glenn Close in season two of Damages [4], Variety reports.
- According to ComingSoon the voice cast for a CG-animated movie version of Astro Boy has been announced, with Freddie Highmore in the main role [5] and Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland and Nathan Lane (among others) supporting.
- West Wing star Janel Moloney is among four actors cast in an ABC fantasy pilot [6] called Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas, reports Zap2it.
- Variety reports that while The Incredible Hulk reigned supreme [7] in U.S. theaters over the weekend, The Happening was No. 1 at the box office overseas [8].
- Jason Bateman has scored a deal to develop series [9] at Fox, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, in other Arrested Development alumni news, writers of Mitchell Hurwitz's show Sit Down, Shut Up are striking to get WGA benefits [10].
- Coldplay's latest album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends "raced" to the top spot on U.K. charts [11], writes Billboard.
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