The upcoming movie The Soloist is inspiring at least 174 orchestras in 46 states to participate in food drives. — AP Showtime has renewed United States of Tara for a second season. — Variety In other renewal news, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters are rumored to be getting early pickups from ABC. — TV.com Mark Valley will star in a Fox pilot called Read more

Julie Taymor, director of Across the Universe and Titus, will bring Shakespeare's The Tempest to the big screen with an interesting cast: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand and Alfred Molina, among others. — Hollywood Reporter Jason Priestley will direct an episode of 90210, and Shannen Doherty is in talks to return as Brenda. — Entertainment Weekly David E. Kelley is Read more

Has it really been that long? Fox has picked up King of the Hill for a 13th season, TV Guide reports. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman may join Rob Marshall's film adaptation of the Broadway musical Nine. According to ComingSoon, Werner Herzog will write and direct The Piano Tuner, a Victorian-era drama about one man's journey to war-torn Burma. Reuters reports Read more