Nickelodeon/Columbia Records will release "About You Now," the avidly-awaited five-track debut solo EP from performing artist Miranda Cosgrove, star of the top-rated Nickelodeon television series iCarly,

Zac Efron has denied reports he is set to take over from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in Broadway play Equus.

Hollywood funnyman Jack Black is going back to school, to star in a sequel to comedy hit School Of Rock.

"He sent me flowers tonight; he's in London doing a Richard Linklater film... Fantastic. And he's eight hours ahead and I don't know how he's thinking about that; he's on the Isle Of Man." Actress Anne Heche was delighted to receive flowers from boyfriend James Tupper before her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday.

Ethan Hawke credits his Before Sunset director Richard Linklater and co-star Julie Delpy with helping him out of his depression following his divorce from Uma Thurman. Hawke admits he "couldn't find the joy any longer" when he started shooting the sequel to 1995's Before Sunrise in 2003.

Hollywood stars have pledged their support for a bill to build spay-neuter surgeries for cats and dogs. Actors including Katherine Heigl, Ryan Gosling, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Alicia Silverstone and director Richard Linklater have all teamed up with People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA), and signed a petition pledging support for Assembly Bill 1634 - the California Healthy Pets Act-which mandates spay-neuter surgeries for cats and dogs.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -Irish filmmaker John Carney wanted to do a modern twist on the musical romance, but he wanted to keep it real, no sweeping numbers where characters abruptly burst into song.

Directors Werner Herzog and Richard Linklater are to be honored at the 25th Munich Film Festival in Germany in June. German native Herzog will present the first-ever complete retrospective of his 52 movies, including documentaries and short films, to date.

Capote star Philip Seymour Hoffman has been crowned the king of all things arthouse in a new magazine poll. The celebrated actor beat Mexican hunk Gael Garcia Bernal, Forest Whitaker and fellow Oscar winner Juliette Binoche to claim the top spot in Paste magazine's Arthouse Powerhouse 2006 list, which celebrates the most important stars of independent films.