Movie News & Gossip

Friday, December 11, in Las Vegas: The man himself at the grand opening of B.B. King's Blues Club inside the Mirage, along with Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy and other music legends.

Saturday, December 12, in LA: Jillian Michaels having lunch with a female friend on a rainy afternoon at Marix in West Hollywood.

Sunday, December 13, in LA: Kourtney Kardashian paramour Scott Disick awaiting the birth of his child at Coffee Bean in Studio City.

Monday, December 14, in LA: Bruce Jenner at Target in North Hollywood, buying baby gear, no doubt... Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott helping their kids learn the "moose dance" with help from the Gap Cheer Bus outside their home.

Tuesday, December 15, in LA: Vera Wang having what looked to be a poolside business lunch at the Standard in West Hollywood... Lindsay Lohan, the Black Eyed Peas, Jack Osbourne and more celebrating at the MH+L luxury magazine launch party at Boulevard 3... Jamie Lynn Sigler flying solo at the "It's Complicated" screening party at Ninethirty at the W Hotel.

Thursday, December 17, in Burbank: Sigourney Weaver and her entourage walking the halls of NBC Studios.

And in NYC: "Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick staying stylish with a shopping trip to A|X Armani Exchange in SoHo.

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Angelina Jolie is heading to the East Coast in the run up to Christmas.

The sexy mother of six will head to New York next week to shoot a host of additional action scenes for her spy thriller "Salt," Access Hollywood has learned. The shoot will take place over the next two weeks and will not conflict with the holidays, which the production is taking off.

NEW YORK - "Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" lead contenders for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards with 10 nominations each, including best picture, the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced Monday.

James Cameron's "Avatar" received nine nominations, including best picture.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was only 13-years-old when she took the part of a murdered girl who watches over her grieving family in "The Lovely Bones." But even at such a young age, she never once worried about playing a dead person.

"I never really thought of Susie Salmon as someone who was dead," says Ronan, now 15, of her "Bones" character. "Although her body is dead, her soul is still there. That's what makes Susie who she is and that's what I love about her."

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After exploring the romantic angst of vampires in "Twilight," Summit Entertainment is developing an action-oriented take on the most famous of the fanged: Dracula.

The project comes with its own heartthrob in the form of Brad Pitt -- albeit as a producer, not actor.

Brad Pitt is making a return to the vampire genre - this time, with the same folks who brought "Twilight" to the big screen.

Summit Entertainment has picked up the rights to "Vlad," which is described as an action-oriented take on the iconic Dracula, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Capote" filmmaker Bennett Miller is in negotiations to direct "Moneyball," a baseball drama starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's who rewrote the unwritten rulebook of baseball.

Columbia's on-again, off-again project got back on track in recent weeks as Pitt and the producers -- Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin and Rachael Horovitz -- met with potential directors. A Steven Soderbergh-directed iteration of the project was scrapped in June. The movie began its rehabilitation with when Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing," "Sports Night") was brought on to write a draft, drawing upon Steve Zaillian's earlier take.

Bennett Miller is in negotiations to direct Columbia's "Moneyball," the on-again, off-again baseball drama starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's who rewrote the unwritten rulebook of baseball.

The move comes after Columbia, the actor and the producers -- Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin and Rachael Horovitz -- met with directors in recent weeks to get the movie back on track after pulling the plug on a Steven Soderbergh-directed iteration in June. The movie began its rehabilitation with when Aaron Sorkin was brought on to write a draft, drawing on Steve Zaillian's earlier take.