Kira Knightley Steps Into Diana Movie Row

Keira Knightley has defended her new movie The Duchess after images of late royal Diana, Princess Of Wales were included in the trailer for the film.

In the new movie, Knightley plays Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, a distant relation of Diana - who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

The promo for The Duchess sparked outrage by showing pictures of the late Princess and emphasising the link between the film's lead character and her modern-day descendant.

Cher to Play Catwoman???

When you're the biggest movie in a decade like The Dark Knight is and you're tailor made for making a splash with your casting the way its eventual follow-up is, it's not surprising that we're hearing lots of theories on the next Batman movie, which for the sake of editorial consistency, we'll call The Dark Knight Returns until something else comes along.

We've heard The Riddler, Catwoman, and The Penguin, none of which I'm inclined to believe just yet, if only because they feel like played out characters. We've also heard a few supposed casting rumblings, but nothing quite like this: Cher as Catwoman?

The Telegraph cites a "studio executive" who says, "Cher is Nolan's first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years." The source adds, "The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry's purring creations.

Mark Wahlberg for 'Virulents' Adaptation?

It was announced last August that John Moore would be bringing Virgin Comics' Virulents to the big screen. This weekend he told MTV he wants a Wahlberg to star. "Mark [Wahlberg]. We had a hell of a time on Max Payne. I think hes an actor of unlimited potential and Id just love to go around with him again. [But] were not in control of these things lots of big people with big checkbooks get to do that. If its going to happen, then the karma makes it happen. The story revolves around a ragtag group of soldiers who search for a lost patrol in Afghanistan. The soldiers, some from an American military unit, some from an Indian military unit, stumble into a nest of vampire zombies.

Madonna and Guy Don't Read Tabloids, Says Pal

In the past few weeks, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have endured intense speculation about the status of their marriage. But the couple isn't affected by the media scrutiny, says one pal – in fact, they completely ignore it. "I know for a fact [that] they don't read anything," actor Vinnie Jones – a longtime Ritchie pal – told People Thursday at Hollywood screening of his new film Hell Ride.