Buzz News Roundup, 7/2
- Jaime Foxx has been cast in the lead part of a racially charged drama titled Blood on the Leaves, says Hollywood Reporter.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has become Amazon's most pre-ordered book of all time, with 1.6 million copies already ordered worldwide ahead of the book's July 21 release, Reuters reports.
- The LA Times looks at the challenges of playing God on screen.
- Megan Fox, the "hot girl" in Transformers, will join Kristen Dunst and Simon Pegg in the film adaptation of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Zap2It reports.
- Speaking of Transformers General Motors is hoping the movie — in which, according to the company, the cars "are the heroes" — will boost their auto sales, the AP states.
- The final "Drive" episodes will air Friday, July 13 instead of July 4 as originally scheduled, Zap2it reports.
- P.J. Harvey is readying a new album for fall release, with songs based more on the piano than the guitar, Billboard reports.
- The premiere of "Burn Notice" actually got better ratings than "The Starter Wife" finale, drawing about 4 million viewers, Variety reports.
