Jessica Simpson and Owen Wilson were spied on a date Sunday night at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica — before (ahem) "retiring" to his Malibu home, says The Star. And just like that, he gets a bedrock of stability in his life.... Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong were spotted together at the Rose Bar in New York City, say both Gotham dailies.... Catherine Keener's divorce from Dermot Mulroney was finalized on Tuesday.
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Expectant parents Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts are now denying a rumor they started themselves at Sunday night's Tony Awards, saying that they ran off and got hitched.... Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend's Wedding) has filed for divorce from Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), his wife of 17 years.... Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell and husband Keith Zubechevich welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Ashby Grace, on Monday, says People.
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Per Variety, Angelina Jolie's next film gig will be starring alongside Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy in Wanted, an actioner based on a graphic novel and concerning a son out to avenge his dad's murder, with Jolie playing an assassin who tutors him.... Channing Tatum (Step Up) will star in Dear John, based on the Nicholas Sparks best-seller.... Though the timetable is still very much up in the air, insiders refute rumors that the Superman Returns sequel has gone into turnaround.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) will direct Brad Pitt in State of Play, a political thriller.... Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn have joined What Just Happened?, a comedy starring Robert De Niro as a down-and-out filmmaker. Penn's his ex.
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Well, this film seems to be coming together quickly and promisingly. The big-screen take on Broadway's Mamma Mia! that I told you about just yesterday? Variety reports that Meryl Streep is already set to star as the mother of an altar-bound young girl determined to meet her biological dad. Yes, Streep sings, though Mamma Mia! will be her first full-blown musical.... Acclaimed crime novelist Michael Connelly (Love. Him.) and his longtime collaborator Terrill Lee Lankford (I'm sure he's nice, too) are penning the screenplay for a feature remake of the '80s series The Equalizer.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Michelle Williams are in talks to star in Synecdoche, New York, the directing debut of Oscar-winning scribe Charlie Kaufman. Hoffman will play a theater director, and Keener and Williams his first and second wives.
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