Film

Jamie Foxx to star opposite Gerard Butler in Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen?
Helen Mirren to play Prospera in The Tempest
Josh Brolin to play Jonah Hex?
Ryan Gosling to play the Green Lantern?

Theater

Oliver Platt to star in Guys and Dolls

British TV

Freeview channel to be auctioned off
Hat Trick to produce online journalism drama Neon Candy
Virgin 1’s autumn/winter schedule
BBC to give regions more control
S4C to increase subtitling
Michael Grade outlines ITV’s future

US TV

ABC Family making 10 Things I Hate About You and Ruby and the Rockits
Jason Priestley to direct an episode of 90210
Trailer for Nathan Fillion’s Castle

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Doctor Who

Catherine Tate to co-star in Liam Neeson movie, make US version of her TV show?
Things you can learn from the fourth series DVD commentaries

Film

David Cronenberg to team with Denzel Washington for adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s The Materese Circle?
Forest Whitaker to play Louis Armstrong
Tr2n to be 3D
Ridley Scott still working on Brave New World

Theatre

Girl With A Pearl Earring to close early

Art

Charles Saatchi opens new gallery of modern Chinese art

British TV

Dougray Scott to star in Irish thriller for ITV1
Rescue Me to air exclusively on iTunes
Sanctuary and The Story of Maths do well but tie in the ratings
Derren Brown to make acting debut in Mark Gatiss’s Crooked House

US TV

My Boys gets a third season
FX cancels The Riches
NBC Monday night ratings plummeting
Spike ordering Irish mob pilot
Jack Kenny to show-run Warehouse 13
David E Kelley does another legal drama
Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk to star in How To Make It In America
Life on Mars radio spots, pictures, and article [via]

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Film

Lethal Weapon 5?
Steve Carell gets a three-year deal and Get Smart 2
Danny Glover to be president in 2012
Johnny Depp to get £32m for Pirates 4
Anne Hathaway to play the White Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

Theatre

Six musicals for the West End
Bill Bailey’s Tinselworm coming to the Gielgud from November

British TV

Little Britain USA gets good ratings
As does Fringe
BBC Wales’ High Hopes gets cancelled

US TV

Fox to remake Absolutely Fabulous – again
Entourage gets a sixth season
Sons of Anarchy gets a second season
And The Mentalist gets six more episodes
Rachael Taylor, Amanda Walsh and Bitsie Tulloch join SJP’s Washingtonienne
Sanctuary gets a good start in the ratings
Kenneth Branagh to play Irish publican – in The Simpsons

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