Buzz News Roundup, 6/27
- Just when we thought it was gone, "According to Jim" is back from the dead for 18 more episodes, TV Guide reports.
- Reuters is reporting on a remake of Hitchcock's 1927 movie The Lodger, this time as an "urban thriller set in Los Angeles" and directed by documentarian David Ondaatje.
- Blood Diamond's Djimon Houndsou has been cast in the drama Get Some about an underground fight club, Variety reports.
- Zap2It reports that Molly Shannon has signed on for a Lifetime original movie titled More of Me about a woman so busy she splits into three people.
- Billboard tells us that for the first time since 1988, Bon Jovi takes the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200.
- Lots of casting news: Zap2it reports that Oliver Platt and Lauren Hutton will guest-star on "Nip/Tuck," and the Hollywood Reporter says Portia De Rossi will join them. The Hollywood Reporter also says Sofia Myles is the new female lead in "Moonlight," while DW Moffett is the new star of the CW's "Life is Wild."
- NME gets word that Lily Allen has started working on her second album in New York.
- I'm not sure if we really needed another online video site, but MySpace will launch one this week anyway, the New York Times reports.
- Slate wonders: Did Die Hard spawn the greatest one-liner in movie history?
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