Jessica Lange courtesy Tristar, Drew Barrymore courtesy Warner Bros.
Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange are teaming up for HBO Films' adaptation of Grey Gardens, based on the 1975 documentary about Jackie O's kooky cousin and aunt that's already spawned a Broadway musical. No word yet on whether the pic will debut in theaters or on HBO. In somewhat less prestigious movie news, Steven Seagal has written himself a new starring vehicle, A Higher Form of Learning, which is going straight to DVD. In it, he plays a detective who globe-trots in pursuit of serial killers. What? You were expecting a gardener?
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Gabriel Aubry and Halle Berry by Mark Von Holden/WireImage.com
Halle Berry, confirming that she is pregnant with model beau Gabriel Aubrey's baby, told Tuesday's Access Hollywood, "Gabriel and I are beyond excited" to create what may be the prettiest child in existence.... Tobey Maguire married babymama Jennifer Meyer on Monday in Hawaii, says the AP.... Kate Hudson's attempts to reach out to Owen Wilson have been blocked by her former flame's family, leaving her "very frustrated," a source tells the New York Daily News.... Guess she's a Mac person. Drew Barrymore and Justin Long "made out in a corner table" at Las Vegas' Jet Nightclub on Sunday, says the News. Not to be shown up, Zach Braff was spied by the Post "making out all over the place" in Hawaii with Shiri Appleby.... Shaquille O'Neal has filed for divorce from his wife of five years, Shaunie, says People.
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Drew Barrymore by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com
Bless you, Drew Barrymore! Apparently the last person in the world (well, besides you and me) who remembers the golden age of MTV (you know, back when the M stood for music, not mind-numbing), she is exec-producing a new VH1 series called Clash of the Music Videos. In each episode, two contestants will be given a shoestring budget to remake a classic '80s music video, with the victor being chosen by the stars of the original. Top that, Ashton Kutcher! Elsewhere on the cabler, allegedly legendary lothario Mystery will transform eight benchwarmers into playahs in the new how-to dating show The Pick-up Artist, bowing Aug. 6.
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Has Drew Barrymore landed herself a "doctor"? The actress "recently reconnected" with onetime Saturday Night Live after-party crush Zach Braff "and spent the weekend in East Village bliss," says the New York Post's Page Six.... Housewives hunk Josh Henderson and Hills hottie Lauren "L.C." Conrad were spotted leaving Fantastic Four star Chris Evans' Saturday birthday bash hand in hand, says the New York Daily News.... October Road's Laura Prepon and Christopher Masterson, who ended their longtime romance nary two months ago, appear to be back on, having been spied cozying up to one another at last week's Stayfree Girls in the Director's Chair event.
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Drew Barrymore will voice Chloe, a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who gets lost in Mexico in the live-action, talking-animal Disney comedy South of the Border. Also on board are Andy Garcia (as a German shepherd), George Lopez (as a macho pooch with eyes for Chloe) and Salma Hayek.... The red-hot Frank Langella will star with Elliott Gould in On the Hook, a thriller about a corporate whistleblower and the PI who protects him from killers.... Flags of Our Fathers' Jesse Bradford will star in The Echo, a remake of the Filipino thriller Sigaw.
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Jaclyn Smith, Shear Genius
Let's cut to the chase: Jaclyn Smith is pure heaven. And now that the former Angel has spread her wings into reality TV — as host of Bravo's hairstyling competition Shear Genius (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET) — we decided to have a little coif-y talk.
TV Guide: First off, you look amazing. You have the body of a 20-year-old.Jaclyn Smith: Boy, you're sweet. I like hearing that on a stressful day.
TV Guide: Now obviously, you know hair....Smith: Well, I definitely have a point of view, and I've learned a lot from [Shear judges] Sally Hershberger, José Eber and
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A mouthpiece for model Isaac Cohen — Britney Spears' steady of two months and her first post-K-Fed notch — confirms for OK! that he and the pop tart "are no longer an item." The glossy claims Cohen dumped Brit over the phone.... What hi-larious babies they would make! Drew Barrymore and Scrubs' Zach Braff were spied being "very into each other" at Saturday Night Live's latest after-party, sources tell the New York Post's Page Six. A rep says the two are "simply friends".... Married with Children's David Faustino has filed for divorce from his wife of two years, Andrea, says the AP. They have no children.... "No, we're never getting married," Jim Carrey tells Access Hollywood of his romance with Jenny McCarthy. "But [that means] we're never getting divorced, which is fantastic."
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Per Variety, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange will star in Grey Gardens, a fact-based drama about two eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy.... MTV Films and Paramount are developing Midway Games' The Wheelman into a feature starring Vin Diesel.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Liebesman, the director of the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, is in talks to helm New Line's remake of the original Friday the 13th, which — and I can't say I agree with this — will heavily feature Jason, and in his hockey mask no less. Hmmm, maybe those Daniel Craigophobes have the right idea....
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Paramount has purchased "an original and very moving love story" from Serendipity scribe Marc Klein to serve as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise.... Also per Variety, Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant have been tapped to star in the romantic comedy Music and Lyrics By.... Dane Cook is in final talks to play Steve Carell's brother in Dan in Real Life, about a widower who unwittingly falls for his brother's girlfriend.... In book deals, Paramount has bought The Spellman Files, about a family of private investigators, while Warner Bros. has snatched up David Ignatius' espionage thriller Penetration, which Ridley Scott will direct.
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The impossibly hot Scarlett Johansson is in talks to play a duplicitous magician's assistant in The Prestige, a tale of rival tricksters in early-1900s London directed by Batman Begins' Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. If anybody dares saw her in half, I'm taking names.... Per Variety, Drew Barrymore will produce and may star in He Loves Me, a psychological thriller.
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