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Ratatouille crawls away from John McClane with $16.5M Friday

Pixar's culinary rat comedy Ratatouille took the top spot at the box office Friday with $16.5 million, a first day take that suggests a potential $50 million weekend. That would put the animated film ahead of Live Free or Die Hard, which earned $10.5 million on Friday, bringing its haul to $25.5 million since opening on Wednesday. The fourth installment of the venerable Bruce Willis franchise is expected to finish second with a gross in the low $30 million range over the weekend. The weekend's other new releases performed decently in limited release. Michael Moore's health care documentary Sicko scored $1.3 million on Friday in only 441 theaters while Evening, the ensemble drama featuring Claire Danes and Vanessa Redgrave, took in $1.4 million in 977 theaters. More at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

6.30.07 Trailer Made: Lions for Lambs

Watch Tom Cruise get third billing behind Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the first drama from Cruise's relaunched United Artists here:

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Good Morning America critic Siegel dead at 63

Joel Siegel, the affable and sometimes cantakerous film critic for ABC's Good Morning America, died on Friday at the age of 63, ending a long battle with colon cancer. ABC News president David Westin said in a statement, "Joel was an important part of ABC News and we will miss him. He was a brilliant reviewer and a great reporter. But much more, he was our dear friend and colleague." More at Yahoo!

Trailer Made LAFF Edition: Hot Rod

Andy Samberg wanted the audience to disregard their program notes for Hot Rod. With a running time of around an hour and a half as opposed to the two hours suggested by the schedule, Samberg stressed to the crowd at the Ford Amphitheatre, “don’t pace yourselves. Let the laughs fly.”

6.29.07: Diaz is all Boxed in

Diaz opens The Box, Carrey's clean and Sober, Gere and Howard's Hunting Party gets trailerfied, and more

Diaz locked into The Box

Cameron Diaz will star in the horror film The Box for Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly. Based on a short story by Richard Matheson, Diaz will play one half of an unhappily married couple who discovers a box on their doorstep that grants an immediate fortune to the person that opens it, but kills someone in the process. The $30 million film will start shooting in November. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

Trailer Made: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Bateman star in the directorial debut of Zack Helm, the writer behind last year's Stranger Than Fiction. Check out our first look at the film here and watch the trailer below...

6.28.07: Crowe tangled in DiCaprio's web of Lies

Crowe Lies, Gosling looks Lovely, New Line lifts Conan the Barbarian, and more

Crowe continues his Body of work with Scott

Russell Crowe will partner up with Leonardo DiCaprio in the CIA thriller Body of Lies, in which Crowe will play a duplicitous CIA chief who with DiCaprio’s filed operative, attempts to catch a member of Al Quaida by supplying him bad information. Frequent Crowe collaborator Ridley Scott will direct the film from an adaptation of the David Ignatius novel for Warner Bros. Production starts in the fall. More at Variety.

Trailer Made LAFF Edition: Kabluey

Ben Stiller told Scott Prendergast about directing a film, “try to enjoy it as much as you can.” Happy Endings director Don Roos said, “you’re not supposed to be any good at it.” But it wasn’t so long ago that the first time writer/director was staying in Oregon with his sister-in-law and her two children while his brother was stationed in Iraq and pondering directing his first feature film. His debut Kabluey, which premiered to cheers at the Los Angeles Film Festival Monday night, was the end result.

6.27.07: Fishburne concocts Alchemist

Fishburne's the one for Alchemist, Swank in Iron Man?, Carrey and Damon ask what’s next before writers strike, and more

Fishburne writes his own ticket for WB’s Alchemist Lawrence Fishburne will writer, produce and direct an adaptation of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho’s bestseller about a Spaniard in search of hidden treasure among the pyramids in Egypt. Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne and Helen Sugland will co-produce the film for Warner Bros. More at Variety.

L.A. Film Fest Roundup #3: The Secret's Out

Waiting in line for What We Do is Secret, Joss Whedon was to the right of me (presumably to support fellow Weselyan film alum, Secret director Rodger Grossman), as was a kid no older than 17 wearing a bullet for a necklace, had his skateboard in tow, and bared a large scab on his arm. In other words, it was the perfect audience for the biopic of Darby Crash, the lead singer of the influential L.A. punk band The Germs who died shortly after his 22nd birthday.

Trailer Made LAFF Edition: Rocket Science

Jeff Blitz said he still stutters, but the Oscar-nominated director of the documentary Spellbound spoke eloquently about his semi-autobiographical comedy Rocket Science, a Violent Femmes-themed coming of age story about a high schooler who attempts to overcome his stammering speech by joining the debate team. Blitz told the audience gathered Monday at an L.A. Film Festival lunch talk with L.A. Times reporter John Horn that about 10 years ago he resorted to spelling when he came across a word he would get stuck on, leading to a meeting with a film exec where when asked what his film was called, Blitz quickly improvised, “R-O-C-K-E-T…Rocket Science.” The exec thought the spelled out part of the title might be a little excessive.

6.26.07: LaBeouf looks Eagle in the Eye

LaBeouf has Eagle Eye, Kill Bill two more times?, Abrams' Trek a "sort of" prequel, and more

LaBeouf has his Eye on Disturbia reunion

Shia LaBeouf will star in the thriller Eagle Eye for his Disturbia director D.J. Caruso and DreamWorks. LaBeouf will play an underachieving twin brother who comes home after his brother dies and finds himself and his mother at the center of a plot to frame them as terrorists. Steven Spielberg was once planning to direct the film himself, but passed it on to Caruso since he’s busy working on Indiana Jones 4 with LaBeouf. More at Variety.

Butler Does It for Ritchie's 'RocknRolla'

300 star Gerard Butler will star in Guy Ritchie's crime caper RocknRolla about rival mobs in a turf war. Heck, he's even got the cool name One Two. Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges round out the cast for the Joel Silver-Warner Bros. production. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

Cruise banned from shooting in Germany

Tom Cruise is facing a real mission impossible in Germany with his latest production, Valkyrie. The Bryan Singer film about a failed plot to assasinate Adolf Hitler was denied access by the German Defense Ministry to shoot at the country's military bases because of his belief in Scientology. More at Reuters.

LAFF Roundup #2: 'Straight Time' straight up

“Come here you!” Theresa Russell shouted to Dustin Hoffman, after she had breathlessly bounded down the stairs of the Billy Wilder Theatre Saturday night. She was running late to the Q & A that followed a retrospective screening of 1978 criminal character study Straight Time at the L.A. Film Festival. Following a hug between the two, Russell exclaimed, “oh my God, that was a long time ago.”

In fact, it was the first time since shooting the film, in which Hoffman plays an ex-con trying to walk the straight and narrow, wrapped that many of the cast and crew of the film had seen each other – so much so that the film’s technical advisor John Carlin, a former thief who helped plan Straight Time’s armed robberies, had gone to jail and been released, only to turn into a screenwriter after Straight Time finished shooting.

Moderated by L.A. Weekly critic Scott Foundas, the panel included what seemed like a full reunion with Hoffman, Russell, cinematographer Owen Roizman, producer Tim Zinneman, Harry Dean Stanton and director Ulu Grosbard, whom Hoffman hired to direct his pet project after Hoffman “fired” himself following a disasterous pre-production at Folsom prison. The production was Hoffman’s first and last for First Artists, the collective production company that was formed by Hoffman, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Steve McQueen, and Barbara Streisand during the 1970s with the intention of giving its stars the ability to greenlight their personal projects for under $3 million. As Grosbard recounted, Straight Time cost $4 million, prompting a chagrined Hoffman to say, “I forgot that.”

6.25.07: Ratner eyes Playboy pic

Ratner prepared for Playboy centerfold, Almighty dollars not too mighty, Bullock a Church lady, and more

Ratner flips through Playboy for Universal

Known in Hollywood circles as a player himself, Brett Ratner will direct Playboy, a biography of magazine founder Hugh Hefner for producer Brian Grazer and Universal, following previous attempts to adapt the colorful life of the sex icon, which in at least one draft was a musical. Ratner and Grazer are also currently working together on an all-African American Ocean’s 11-style heist thriller starring Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington and Sidney Poitier. Ratner plans to make one of them his next film, depending on whichever script comes in first. More at Variety.

Trailer Made: Into the Wild

Courtesy of IGN, check out the first trailer from Sean Penn's adaptation of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, starring Emilie Hirsch and Vince Vaughn here.

Almighty? Not so much with $11.1 million Friday

Despite its billing as the most expensive comedy of all time, Evan Almighty couldn't get as many people as expected into theaters to start paying back the Steve Carell pseudo-sequel's estimated $175 million budget back, taking in $11.1 million on Friday. The Noah's Ark-inspired comedy should make somewhere between $32 million to $35 million over the weekend, a disappointment to Universal, who was expecting a number in the $40 million range. The Stephen King adaptation 1408, however, surprised by earning $7.6 million, giving star John Cusack one of the best openings of his career and sets the horror film up for a $20+ million weekend and the number two slot. The weekend's other new release, Angelina Jolie's A Mighty Heart, had a comparatively limited release with roughly a third of the theaters that Evan Almighty played in and took in $1.1 million en route to what should be a tenth place finish for the weekend. Also notable was the fall of the Silver Surfer - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer suffered a Hulk-size 72 percent drop from its opening weekend and wound up with $6.1 million on Friday, though the film will still earn close to $20 million by Sunday. More at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

Wiseman wolfs down Wolverine

Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman confirmed that he has discussed making a Wolverine prequel with Fox, telling Superhero Hype, "I think it would be a great story to tell, and in the case of that film, it wouldn't be [as big] in terms of large-scale action, but it's something I'm interested in, in his origin story and the character story with that, and I know how Hugh would play it, and that would be awesome." More at Superhero Hype.

6.22.07: Freeman plays Mandela

Freeman is only Human, first looks at Wild Things and Indy 4, Woody moves from Manhattan to L.A. for opera, and more

Freeman all too Human as Mandela

Morgan Freeman will portray his real life friend, former South African president Nelson Mandela in the drama The Human Factor, about the end of apartheid and the momentous 1995 Rugby World Cup that helped bridged the nation’s racial gap. Don’t Say a Word writer Anthony Peckham will adapt the nonfiction book by John Carlin. More at Variety.

'Transformers' and a lot of 'Talk' at the 2007 L.A. Film Fest Preview

Film festivals often make the lofty claim that they are more than just a film festival, but in the case of this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, that would be a fair argument to make. With a healthy mix of big studio premieres and fiercely independent films, the L.A. Film Festival has made a point with this year’s festival to embody the elements of its home city. And that theme extends beyond having the local premiere of Transformers on four separate screens in Westwood Village while What We Do Is Secret, the gritty biopic of the late L.A. punk legend Darby Crash, plays across town at the recently unveiled arthouse megaplex The Landmark.

At this year’s L.A. Film Fest, it isn’t enough that the festival will play host to the jump-roping documentary Jump!, but will have the competitive skippers perform a live demonstration on the festival promenade only moments before the film’s premiere. Similarly, a festivalgoer can take ballroom dancing lesson before a retrospective screening of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ Shall We Dance or enjoy a What We Do Is Secret reunion of Crash’s former bandmates from The Germs, who perform live as part of a skateboarding tournament the festival is holding.

Last Night at the Alamo

With apologies to movie palaces like Los Angeles' Grauman's Chinese Theatre, repertory theaters like Film Forum in New York, and the newfangled luxury multiplexes such as Hollywood's Arclight, The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas is simply the best place on earth to see a movie thanks to a perfect storm of visionary owners (Tim and Karrie League), an always intriguing schedule of eclectic films, new and old, put together every month by programmer extraordinaire Kier-La Janisse, and audiences from around the world who just love films and don't ever need to be reminded to turn off their cell phones. (In fact, Cinematical posted a picture of the Drafthouse in discussing the ways movie theaters can lure audiences back.)

One week from today, the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown will turn its lights down for the final time, though they will be moving down the street from the original location. Left behind will be the venue for Mel Gibson's first public screening of The Passion of the Christ as part of Aint It Cool News' Harry Knowles' Butt-Numb-A-Thon annual event, the theater where Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino hatched ideas about Grindhouse, and a place where cult filmmakers like Russ Meyer could be discussed in the same breath as Jean-Luc Godard. SXSW Film Festival producer Matt Dentler rounds up the local tributes here while you can read all about the Drafthouse's demolition and recontruction on the theater's blog here.

-Stephen Saito

Trailer Made: Margot at the Wedding

Courtesy of Anne Thompson's Thompson On Hollywood blog, the trailer for Noah Baumbach's followup to The Squid and the Whale - Margot at the Wedding, starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black here.

Jackson is a man of Fury

Samuel L. Jackson better get that eye patch ready since John Shaft himself is shooting a cameo as the rugged and seemingly ageless spy Nick Fury in the Jon Favreau-directed Iron Man with plans set up for a future film and the potential to star in Marvel's superhero mashup The Avengers. Better this than David Hasselhoff, who starred in a TV movie version as the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. More at Ain't It Cool News.

6.21.07: Kane still king of AFI 100 Best

AFI still raises Kane, Hudson confirmed for Bachelor, Grazer and Howard play Cowboys & Aliens, and more

Citizen Kane tops AFI 100 Best List again, while Dr. Zhivago was left in the cold

The Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane retained its place on the ten year reconsideration of AFI’s list of the top 100 films of all time, while the newly eligible Lord of the Rings (#50), Saving Private Ryan (#71), Titanic (#83), and The Sixth Sense (#89) all made a splash. But for new films to make the cut, older ones had to go and those included Dr. Zhivago, Amadeus, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dances With Wolves, Fargo and The Jazz Singer. See the complete list here, but also make sure to let us know in the comments below if you’re as upset about the snub of the Coens and Close Encounters as we are.

Kill Bill, Blade Runner finally do the full monty on DVD

The Digital Bits is reporting that The Weinstein Co. is finally going to release the much talked about 247 minute version of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on a four-disc DVD set scheduled to hit stores on November 6th. In additional Tarantino DVD news, Death Proof, Tarantino's half of the Grindhouse double bill is set for September 18th. More at The Digital Bits. As if Kill Bill weren't enough, Ain't It Cool News is hinting that the 10 disc megaset of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner will be advertised this evening as part of AFI's list of the top 100 movies of all time. More at Ain't It Cool News.

6.20.07: De Niro and Scorsese are one mean Machine

De Niro and Scorsese mold Machine, Stiller In Deep to DreamWorks, Miller draws Owen into Trouble, and more

De Niro and Scorsese team up to oil Frankie Machine

Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are teaming up for a ninth time to make Frankie Machine, the story of a hitman lured out of retirement once he discovers he's going to be subjected to a mob hit himself. Ocean's 13 writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman (who were recently interviewed by Glenn Kenny on Premiere.com) are adapting the script from the novel The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow for Paramount. More at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

Weinsteins find cure for Sicko piracy

The Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate have decided to open the hotly debated Michael Moore health care documentary Sicko this Friday in New York, a week before its scheduled release on June 29, in a move to counter the quick spread of pirated copies of the film found on YouTube and other sites over the weekend. Additionally, the studios will hold sneak previews of the film in 27 cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia. Glenn Kenny shares his thoughts on the matter here and more about the film's early release at The New York Times here.

Forster to direct Bond 22

After a flirtation with Notting Hill director Roger Michell, producers have tapped Monster's Ball and Stranger Than Fiction director Marc Forster to handle the helming duties on the untitled James Bond 22. Casino Royale scribes Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are currently writing the next chapter of the Daniel Craig era of the spy series. More at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

6.19.07: It's magic hour for Black in Man-Witch

Black moonlights as Man-Witch, Batman's new Batpod looks sweet, Burton can't Believe It Or Not with Carrey, and more

Black casts spell over Phillips as Man-Witch

Jack Black will star as a teacher turned coven dweller in the comedy Man-Witch for Old School director Todd Phillips and Warner Bros. In the film, Black must attend a school for girls once his magical powers begin to emerge. More at Variety.

6.18.07: Jolie's unoriginal Sin

Jolie doesn’t swear off Sin, Surfer hits $57.4 million high tide, Sandler comes out swinging for baseball comedy, and more

Jolie says Atlas “Stalled” but Sin City 2 “might be resurfacing”

Angelina Jolie told Cinematical’s Ryan Stewart that “we have not had all the pieces come together” for her and Brad Pitt’s adaptation of the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged, but did offer hope for Sin City fans that she will be playing Ava in the film’s sequel, A Dame to Kill For, by saying “it might be resurfacing.” More at Cinematical.

Trailer Made: There Will Be Blood

From the wonderful Paul Thomas Anderson fansite CigarettesandRedvines.com, the first trailer from the director of Magnolia's latest...

Which Models Make Model Actresses?

Getting catty about the catwalk to Hollywood

Over at our sister site Elle.com, the fashion website maps out the pratfall-paved road to Hollywood for models turned actresses by separating the best from the worst. For instance, who even knew Naomi Campbell had graced the silver screen (though lucky for her she served time in the low budget Prisoner of Love than actually behind bars). Femme Fatale's Rebecca Romijn, Sirens' Elle MacPherson, and Lauren Hutton all earn high marks for their acting talent while Cindy Crawford’s approach to the craft is, well, Fair Game. More at Elle.com. And make sure to read our profile about Rebecca Romijn on Premiere.com.

6.15.07: Graham, Kinnear share Genius grant

Graham and Kinnear Flash forward, Captain America runs towards starting line, Kutcher's Day out, and more

Graham and Kinnear have Flash of Genius

Bruce Almighty star Lauren Graham and Greg Kinnear will star in the drama Flash of Genius, in which Kinnear will play Robert Kearns, the inventor of the windshield wiper who fought automakers over the patent to the invention. Graham will play his supportive wife in the director debut of producer Marc Abraham for Universal. More at MTV News. And check out pictures from the Bruce Almighty premiere here on Premiere.com.

6.14.07: Penn, Tatum enjoy a touch of Pink

Stone, Penn, and Tatum have eye for Pinkville, The Avengers are coming together, the Coens' No Country for Old Men gets trailerfied, and more

Penn and Tatum are pretty in Stone’s Pinkville

Sean Penn and Channing Tatum are attached to star in Pinkville, Oliver Stone’s fourth film trip to Vietnam, this time about the My Lai Massacre in 1968. Paramount Vantage will distribute the film. More at Latino Review.

6.13.07: Weisz jumps Jackson's Bones

Weisz looks Lovely, Aniston just one of the Girls, Fox prepping for Silver Surfer to ride again, and more

Weisz thinks Jackson's latest is just Lovely

Rachel Weisz will star in Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel The Lovely Bones, in which she will play the mother to the story's narrator, a girl who is abducted and watches her family from beyond the grave. The DreamWorks production will start filming in October. More at Variety.

6.12.07: 'Sopranos' movie gunned down

Sopranos movie sleeps with the fishes, Bettany and Connelly sculpt a nightmare in Born, Barrymore crawls over Border, and more

Sopranos not singing on the big screen soon

Following the surprising end to Sunday night’s series finale of The Sopranos, Paramount chief and Sopranos executive producer Brad Grey says that no film is currently in the works for the mob family, despite rampant rumors to the contrary. More at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

6.11.07: Murray elected as City's mayor

Murray's a City official, Ocean’s washes out Pirates at the box office, Van Sant studies for Acid Test, and more

City of Ember burns for Murray

Bill Murray will take his first leading role since 2005’s Broken Flowers in City of Ember, a family film for Monster House director Gil Kenan and Fox Walden about two teenagers who try to discover why their city is so dark. Murray will play the city’s shady mayor who tries to stop the teens. Edward Scissorhands scribe Caroline Thompson wrote the script for the Tom Hanks-produced film. More at Variety.

6.8.07: Connery hangs his hat up on Indy 4

Connery thinks "retirement is just too damned much fun" to make Indy 4

Sean Connery said in a statement Thursday that he won't be returning to play Indiana Jones' father Henry Jones in the fourth installment of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's adventurous archeologer series. On the official site for Indiana Jones, Connery said, "I get asked the question so often, I thought it best to make an announcement. I thought long and hard about it and if anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film. I love working with Steven and George, and it goes without saying that it is an honor to have Harrison as my son. But in the end, retirement is just too damned much fun." However, the same news post announces that John Hurt will be joining the cast in addition to the already announced Ray Winstone and Cate Blanchett. Indiana Jones 4 will be released on May 22, 2008. More at Indiana Jones.com. And read more about the 18 year journey of Indiana Jones 4 to make it to the screen on Premiere.com here.

6.7.07: Damon has eyes for Emerald City

Damon green with envy over the Emerald City, it’s all the Same for Watts, Lee goes to war, and more

Damon and Greengrass are home again in Emerald City

Matt Damon will star in Imperial Life in the Emerald City, an adaptation of the embedded Washington Post journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book about the Iraq War. United 93 and The Bourne Supremacy director Paul Greengrass is helming the film for Universal. More at Variety.

6.6.07: Thompson and Hoffman give Last rites

One Last Chance for Thompson and Hoffman, Smith makes a Porno, Thundercats roar for Warner Bros., and more

Last Chance for drama between Thompson and Hoffman

Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman will star in the romance Last Chance Harvey for director Joel Hopkins and Overture Films, about a man who unexpectedly meets the love of his life at his daughter’s wedding. More at Variety.

6.5.07: Idol's McPhee sings new tune in Caller

Caller votes for American Idol's McPhee, Ruffalo suffers from Blindness, Tyson takes on Bollywood, and more

Indie film Caller catches McPheever

2006 American Idol runner up Katherine McPhee will be answering the phone instead of depending on it for votes in the indie romantic comedy The Last Caller, in which the singer will play a woman looking for love in the big city. Children of Men producer Hilary Shor is producing the film written by Michael Albanese. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

6.4.07: Pirates and Paris Hilton walk MTV Movie Awards plank

Pirates, Paris, and Ferrell and Cohen blow kisses at the MTV Movie Awards, Black has a good Year, Willis ruminates Die Hard 5, and more

Pirates sizzle and Hilton fizzles at this year's MTV Movie Awards

While Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End continued to sail the high seas at the box office, last year’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest opened up the top prizes at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, earning golden popcorns for best picture and best performance by Johnny Depp at Sunday night’s ceremony. For an evening in which Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen reenacted their tender moment at the end of Talladega Nights after the duo won for best kiss, this year’s MTV Movie Awards was a relatively tame affair, even with Paris Hilton in attendance (only hours before the heiress put on her prison pinstripes) and a loincloth clad clone of Borat’s Ken Davitian harrassing winners who gave long acceptance speeches. The winners are highlighted below in bold:

MTV Movie Awards this Sunday!

MTV is rolling out the red carpet Sunday in Santa Monica for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, the first time the ceremony will be presented live. Sarah Silverman is hosting the event, which will also include presenters from all of this summer’s smashes from Transformers’ Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson to Knocked Up’s Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen, in addition to musical performances from Amy Winehouse and Rihanna. Fans can still vote for who they want to see win the Golden Popcorn at mtvmoviesawards.yahoo.com, but check out below for a full list of this year’s nominees and make sure to click on the film titles to read our reviews at Premiere.com.

6.1.07: Hogwarts heaven for Potter fans

Potter Park grows in Florida, Speed Racer's Mach 5 unveiled, Lohan lingers over Things, and more

Universal Studios Orlando rides Hogwarts Express to Potter Park

Universal Studios Orlando and Warner Brothers confirmed that they are creating “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” a theme park that is expected to open in late 2009. The park will include the Forbidden Forest, the village of Hogsmeade, and of course, Hogwarts Castle. More at The Los Angeles Times.