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"The House Bunny" star Anna Faris (1976)

James Brolin and Diane Ladd are in negotiations to play Ewing family parents Jock and Miss Ellie in the revamped Dallas movie project.

Often we don’t realize that our favorite TV shows began as vehicles on the big screen. Many of television’s best programs started that way. Then again, so did some of the worst.

Movie star Bruce Dern is making his directorial debut a family affair - his new film will star himself, daughter Laura Dern and ex-wife Diane Ladd. Dern will also produce "Hart's Location," which will start shooting in Louisiana in February.

Singer Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher's youngest daughter Tricia Leigh Fisher is a married woman after exchanging vows with actor Byron Thames in Los Angeles on August 12.

David Lynch's acclaimed film Inland Empire will make its DVD debut this summer with Rhino Entertainment. Overseen personally by Lynch, the DVD will feature the director's mind-bending cinematic journey generously embellished with a number of extras including

Happy Birthday to Scary Movie actress Anna Faris (1976), Baywatch babe Gena Lee Nolin (1971), New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera (1969), Saturday Night Live alum Ellen Cleghorne (1965), Hotel Rwanda star Don Cheadle (1964), brat pack actor Andrew McCarthy (1963), actress Kim Delaney (1961), actress Cathy Moriarty (1960), Canadian comedian Howie Mandel (1955), director Joel Coen (1954), comedian/actor Garry Shandling (1949), American trumpeter Chuck Mangione (1940), British bluesman John Mayall (1933), actress Diane Ladd (1932), The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis (1898; d. 1963), and Little Women author Louisa May Alcott (1832; d. 1888).