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| TOP STORIES | | Johnny Depp's 'Rum Diary' Tanks at Box Office: What Went Wrong The actors' tribute to his friend, the late journalist Hunter S. Thompson, opens to dismal $5 million. Box Office Report: 'Puss in Boots' Braves Halloween Weekend to Collect a Record $34 Million Justin Timberlake's "In Time" and Johnny Depp's "The Rum Diary" don't scare up much business, but "Tintin" made a mark overseas.
Foreign Box Office: Spielberg's 'Adventures of Tintin' Opens Solid No. 1 Overseas No. 2 "Puss In Boots" sets animation records in Russia and the Ukraine; Fox's "In Time" opens No. 3. EXCLUSIVE: Steve Stark In Talks to Join MGM Television As President of Production The veteran TV producer and executive, whose projects include NBC's "The Event" and CBS's "Medium," will report to Roma Khanna.
CBS Buys Israeli Adaptation From 'Rules of Engagement' Producer The comedy project centering on a recently divorced couple who was bad at marriage and now even worse at divorce was given a script commitment. Robert De Niro, John Travolta Team Up for 'Killing Season' Mark Steven Johnson is directing the action movie for Millennium Films and Corsan Pictures. New Network Targeting African Americans to Launch Next Year Even high-flying big names are being treated badly as studio economics mean cutbacks; says one producer, "I feel like Willy Loman." | | | MOVIES | | Activists Slam Relativity Media for Filming in China City The U.S. studio is filming part of the comedy "21 and Over" in Linyi, a Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten. Doris Day to Receive Career Achievement Award From Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. The group will next meet Dec. 11 to vote on its annual awards. Glenn Close Scores Best Actress Prize at Tokyo Film Festival for 'Albert Nobbs' The French film "Untouchables" takes the top prize, earning best actor honors for its two stars. EXCLUSIVE: 'The Killing' Star Wins Lancelot Role in Warner Bros.' 'Arthur & Lancelot' Joel Kinnaman will star for "Wedding Crashers" director David Dobkin, who is writing and directing the Arthurian tale. Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom Join Clive Owen in Roger Donaldson's 'Cities' Anil Kapoor also star for writer-director Roger Donaldson and producers Matthew Metcalfe and Chris Curling. Hunting Lane Films Acquires 'Coward' Graphic Novel "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" helmer David Slade is attached to direct the adaptation of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' crime comic. | | | TV | | EXCLUSIVE: 'Reba' Showrunner Sues 20th Television for Profits Allison Gibson, who departed the Reba McEntire sitcom after its first season, claims she was been fraudulently denied her share of revenue from the show. This is her second time suing. 'In Living Color' Returning to Fox, Keenen Ivory Wayans Producing Fox will air two half-hour specials of "In Living Color" in the spring, with the option to pick it up to series next season. Chelsea Kane Cast in ABC Family Pilot From 'Nine Lives of Chloe King' Producer The actress joins the multicamera comedy project, which is scheduled to shoot the episode in December. TV Ratings: 'Chuck' Return Hampered By World Series, 'Grimm' Has Good Premiere Fox will take home the victory with the final game of the World Series, which crowned the St. Louis Cardinals champions.
Eccentric U.K. Broadcaster Jimmy Savile, Longtime Host of 'Top of the Pops,' Dies at 84 The pop culture figure, who also hosted "Jim'll Fix It" for 20 years, claimed to have been the first DJ in the world to use two turntables.
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