John Travolta

John Travolta is back in public for the Oliver Stone-directed movie, “Savages,” which opens this weekend and also stars Benicio Del Toro and Salma Hayek.

The star has had to contend with allegations of gay sexual assault from people in his past. One lawsuit against the 58-year-old is still pending.

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Erin Andrews to make Fox debut at MLB All-Star Game

Fox will resurrect its in-ground cameras on MLB action. And, Fox will use the event to have Erin Andrews make her on-air debut on the network.

Erin Andrews(Dancing With the Stars) left ESPN where she's worked since 2004 will be back on the air with Fox Sports.

On its coverage of the July 10 MLB All-Star Game, Fox will use two so-called Diamond Cams, with one focused on home plate while the other is aimed at first base. Fox first used in-ground cameras on the 2004 and 2006 MLB All-Star Games.

Fox also said Monday that Andrews will make her Fox debut on the MLB All-Star Game.

Anderson Cooper comes out, 'The fact is, I'm gay'

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has finally publicly confirmed that he’s gay. In discussing last week’s Entertainment Weekly cover story on the emerging trend of celebrities nonchalantly coming out of the closet, Cooper revealed his sexuality to Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan.

Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012) is an upcoming 3D black-and-white stop motion-animated film, directed by Tim Burton, and it is a remake of the Burton's 1984 short film of the same name. The screenplay was written by Burton's long time collaborator, John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride). The film will be the first stop-motion film to be released in IMAX 3D.

The voice cast includes Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, and Martin Short. Just like in the 1984 version, it is a parody of and a homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley's book of the same name. In the film, young Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan) conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Split

Katie Holmes, 33, has filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, 49. It is the end of one of the most high-profile celebrity couples, Tomkat.

People magazine first reported the couple’s plan to divorce.

“Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and concentrating on his three children,” Amanda Lundberg, his publicist, said in an e-mail Celebritology blogger Jen Chaney reported Friday. “Please allow them their privacy to work this out.”

About their daughter Suri,

“I think there’s going to be speculation about, ‘Does Katie want custody because she doesn’t want her to be raised as a Scientologist?’” said Bonnie Fuller, editor-in-chief of HollywoodLife.com. “But he’s always been seen as a good and devoted dad, so he cannot sacrifice having a relationship with his daughter, either.”

Sylvester Stallone knocked out a lawsuit

Sylvester Stallone knocked out the author who claimed to be the real writer behind The Expendables.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan on Monday dismissed the lawsuit filed last October by Marcus Webb, who said the movie was "strikingly similar and in some places identical" to his own work, "The Cordoba Caper." He also said that it is similar from the opening sequence to the plot to the character of the villain.

Webb had sought damages for alleged copyright infringement, and a ban on infringement in any sequel by Stallone; co-author David Callaham; Nu Image Films, which produced the movie; and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, which distributed the movie in the United States.

Stallone's lawyers pointed out that Webb wrote his script after Callaham had already written three drafts of the screenplay and that Webb had no information that Stallone or Callaham had ever seen Cordoba.

In oral argument, Rakoff focused on whether the screenplays were "strikingly similar."

The judge grant a motion to dismiss because the alleged similarities were merely ideas and that the overall concept and feel of the two works was vastly different.

"The Expendables" was released on August 13, 2010. Stars included in the film were Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A sequel, "The Expendables 2," is scheduled for release on August 17.

'Brave' and Princess Merida Beat Up the Boys at Box Office: $66.7M

"Brave" and its red-tressed heroine Princess Merida had the box office all bowed-up this weekend, posting a $66.7 million debut.

"This is Pixar doing what Pixar does," Disney's executive vice-president of exhibition Dave Hollis told TheWrap Sunday. "They have created very high expectations and they've delivered." Audiences agreed, giving the movie an "A" CinemaScore.

It's the 13th consecutive No. 1 opening for Pixar, and marks the summer's second major box-office score for Disney with a film from an in-house studio partner. Marvel's superhero mashup "The Avengers" posted the biggest box-office bow in U.S. history in May and has gone on to make more than $1.4 billion worldwide.

"The similarity between the two is that they were both great movies," Hollis said.

"Brave" posted the second-best June opening for an animated film ever, behind only 2010's "Toy Story 3," which bowed to $103 million for Pixar in 2010.

Audiences skewed female at 57 percent and 55 percent were under 25 years of age. Families made up 66 percent of the crowds, couples 22 percent and teens 12 percent. Concerns that the female heroine would keep young males away vanished.

"Being brave and chasing your fate are themes that transcend gender and age," Hollis said. "The only way you get the kind of numbers we did is to resonate with families and adults, and Pixar can do that."

"Brave" blew away the competition. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," for two weeks running the No. 1 movie worldwide, finished a distant second with $20.2 million. The two other movies opening wide this week, Fox's "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," and Focus Features' "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," disappointed with $16.5 million and $3.8 million respectively.

"Brave" benefited from a massive rollout. It's 4,164 locations were the most ever for a Pixar film and 2,790 of those screens were 3D and delivered 34 percent of the receipts. The movie's per-screen average was $16,028.

The opening for "Brave" matches that of Pixar's last release, last summer's "Cars 2," which opened to $66 million and went on to make $191 million and $560 million worldwide. Disney would like to see numbers closer to those posted by "Toy Story 3," which grossed more than a billion dollars globally in 2010.

"Brave" opened in 10 overseas territories this weekend -- about 17 percent of the foreign market -- and took in another $13.5 million. The studio plans a staggered overseas rollout, in part to stay away from European soccer and other studios' animated offering.

Fox had to be disappointed in its $70-million genre-monster mashup "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." The film, based on a New York Times best-seller by Seth Grahame-Smith, drew just a "C+" CinemaScore from audiences, and the weak word-of-mouth hurt as the grosses declined each day.

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