Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are in negotiations to star in the long-gestating adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which David Fincher is directing. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are co-financing the project, with Paramount handling domestic rights and Warners taking international. [More]

Charmed Sister writes: I received this info today about a Renee Fleming concert in Montreal and thought you might want to post it. From the website: A private evening in support of Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts, including a champagne reception and dinner by moonlight, and featuring world-renowned opera singers. [More]

Celebrities and Good Charlotte are set to take over Skywalker Ranch for a special edition of MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL) in celebration of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which hits theaters worldwide on May 19. TRL’s Star Wars special — airing on May 13th at 5:00 p.m. (ET/PT) — is hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey and La La Vasquez, and features a special performance by Good Charlotte, who are also passionate Star Wars fans…Some of the invited celebrity guests include Elijah Wood and many others. [More]

Tomorrow (Fri, May 6th) ABC’s ’20/20′ will be doing a feature on Dominic Monaghan’s show ‘Lost’, from the 20/20 website: Elizabeth Vargas goes on location with the stars of “Lost,” and learns the secrets behind the success of the pop culture phenomenon. [20/20]

Orlando Bloom continues his world-wide domination on TV this week. Today he will be on ‘Live! with Regis and Kelly’ and late tonight he will be on ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’. Get those TiVo’s ready!


Today is John Rhys-Davies’ Birthday! John was born on May 5th, 1944 in Salisbury, England. That makes him 61 years old today! Happy Birthday John!