Deenan writes: OK, the date was rumored wrong. Elijah Wood’s stint on MTV’s “Punk’d” was not last night (April 24th) but will be aired on Monday May 1st @10:00pm EST. For sure this time. Really! I’ll send along the link to the show’s website again, but it doesn’t show the actual times or guests. But after seeing the previews on last night’s episode, they did mention he will be on this Monday the 1st. [More]

djdeathskiss sends this along: British actors Orlando Bloom and Colin Firth are expected to star in a new TV adaptation of hard-hitting 1966 film CATHY COME HOME. The new BBC version is to mark the 40th anniversary of the original KEN LOACH movie, which pricked Britain’s conscience regarding the issue of homelessness. A spokeswoman says, “It feels timely to look at poverty and inequality in Britain today. [More]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Hot off his stint as a counter-terrorist operative on “24,” Sean Astin is in negotiations to star in ABC’s comedy pilot “The Guys,” about five dads who become friends when their kids have a playdate at the home of one of them. Astin, famed for playing a hobbit in the “Lord of the Rings” movies, is in theaters with “Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School.” He next appears opposite Adam Sandler in “Click,” which opens June 23. [More]