'Puss in Boots,' 'Tintin' Set to Rule Worldwide Box Office; Charlie Sheen Comedy Lands at FX; The Painful Death of Hollywood's Producers; New Lessons of Fall TV; Sean Penn to Direct Robert De Niro, Kristen Wiig Drama

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TOP STORIES Box Office Preview: 'Puss in Boots,' 'Adventures of Tintin' Set to Rule the World At the domestic box office, Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried's "In Time" and Johnny Depp's "The Rum Diary" also debut. The Painful Death of Hollywood's Producers: No First Class, No Calls Back Even high-flying big names are being treated badly as studio economics mean cutbacks; says one producer, "I feel like Willy Loman." New Lessons of Fall TV: Comedy Is King Early full-season orders of freshman shows "New Girl," "2 Broke Girls" and "Up All Night" prove that comedy rules the tube this season. Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Lands at FX The News Corp. cable network will pair the actor's comeback comedy with reruns of "Two and a Half Men." Sean Penn to Direct Robert De Niro and Kristen Wiig in 'The Comedian' Glen Basner's FilmNation will handle international sales on the drama, about a washed-up comedian chasing after fame. MOVIES The State of the Studio Deals: Who's Doing What Where Overstuffed studio stables mostly perished in the WGA-strike housecleaning. Now, surviving producers fight for stingier deals and fewer film slots in an environment of belt-tightening and cold creative calculation. Philip K. Dick Family Sues for 'Adjustment Bureau' Film Royalties MRC and director George Nolfi allegedly claim the classic Dick story is in the public domain. EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Developing 'Scorpio Races' Fantasy An adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel by Maggie Stiefvater will be produced by KatzSmith. Relativity's First Film Under Sky Land Partnership Begins Production in China "21 and Over" will be directed by "The Hangover" scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Butler, Worthington, McConaughey Team for Iraq War Pic 'Thunder Run' Simon West is set to direct Freedom Films' motion-capture action thriller. Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller in Talks to Make 'Sex Tape' The Columbia Pictures comedy was written by Kate Angelo in June. TV EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 'Glee's' Damian McGinty's Rory Gets to Know Finn "The Glee Project" co-winner makes his debut in Tuesday's "Pot O' Gold" episode. DirecTV Takes News Corp. Cable Networks Dispute to FCC The satellite TV giant complained in a letter to the government agency that the entertainment conglomerate has used "misleading advertising" claiming that consumers could soon lose access to their local Fox station.” EXCLUSIVE: 'Leverage' Star Aldis Hodge Lands 'The East' Role The Fox Searchlight drama also stars Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard. Amanda Knox Weighs '60 Minutes' Offer Plus, a look at what the other networks have proposed to the newly exonerated Knox.

THE BUSINESS Redbox to Raise DVD Rental Price 20 Percent Per Day The kiosk company announces a fee hike as quarterly profit and revenue soar past Wall Street's expectations. Elizabeth Warren's Hollywood Backers: Big Names, Big Money This year's "it" girl, the ex-Harvard Law professor already has the support of Ron Howard, Barbra Streisand, Steve Bing and Norman and Lyn Lear. Entertainment Stocks Pop Amid Stronger U.S. Economic Growth U.S. stock markets rose following a European debt deal and news that the U.S. economy grew at its strongest pace in a year, with many Hollywood conglomerates outperforming the market on Thursday. Orlando Jones Apologizes for Advising Liberals to 'Kill Sarah Palin' Complaining that the reaction to a recent tweet was "out of hand," the actor reverses an earlier decision to "offer no apologies." Regal Entertainment Reports Better-Than-Expected Third-Quarter Profit The movie theater giant benefited from higher admission and concession revenue and cost controls, and CEO Amy Miles says price hikes by Netflix and Redbox are helpful to exhibitors and her industry's relationship with studios hasn't deteriorated. ANALYSIS: Obama Administration Mulls Changes to Copyright Rules New radical proposals that may shape the future of media include a small claims court for copyright disputes, new registration methods for blogs, and crowdsourcing a digitization of the current card catalogue system.

STYLE The Eat Sheet: Where La La Anthony Hangs With Kim Kardashian and P. Diddy in Manhattan The star of VH1's "La La's Full Court Life" tells THR her favorite dining spots in New York City Right Now. Hollywood Moms' Designing Daughters are Becoming FashionPlaytes Is there an aspiring Donna Karan in your house? Find out by letting your daughter design her own clothes and have them created with her own label.

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