- According to Variety, the Weinsteins are making a bunch of their movies into stage musicals, starting with Finding Neverland [1], and later including Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat and Cinema Paradiso, among others.
- Kevin Bacon is joining Renee Zellweger and Chris Noth [2] in My One and Only [3], writes ComingSoon.
- Sarah Silverman, Niecy Nash, Rashida Jones, and Norm McDonald are among the panelists for TBS's new version of Match Game [4], writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- Annoyed with how slowly MTV has been moving on their movie, Motley Crue is looking for a new partner to help them [5] get the project done, Billboard reports.
- Wilmer Valderrama will star in a one-hour comedy pilot for Fox [6] called The Emancipation of Ernesto, writes MediaWeek.
- Viral video director Wayne McClammy is on a roll: in addition to directing Cool School [7], he just sold a comedy script to MGM and will most likely direct that one as well [8]. According to Variety, his movie is titled Le Car and follows "an unconventional group of CIA agents."
- The AP has the news that a whole slew of Hollywood folks will be getting stars on the Walk of Fame next year [9], like Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Felicity Huffman, Tim Burton, Cameron Diaz and The Village People.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has altered the rules for the Oscars so that "the Original Song category will only allow a maximum of two nominated songs [10] from any one film," so movies like Enchanted or Dreamgirls won't dominate the category, Zap2It writes.
- TV Guide points out that the Sesame Street guest stars for next season [11] — Jessica Alba, David Beckham, and Heidi Klum, among them — are pretty darn hot for a kids' show.