In a year that saw the writers strike bring forth more reality TV than we ever thought possible and reduce quality drama to a war of attrition, the boob tube still managed to deliver quality drama series at an impressive clip.

NEW YORK (AP) - Hollywood and Bollywood rarely meet. But in the new film "Slumdog Millionaire," the two international epicenters of filmmaking find an unusually fruitful cinematic union.

With such a talented actor like Leonardo DiCaprio, it's hard to find a dubbed "worst film" in his career. Yet, among all of Leo's great roles, there were a few that don't live up to par.

LONDON (AP) - Robert Carlyle says he disliked wearing contact lenses to look like a zombie for his starring role in the new movie 28 Weeks Later. "The problem with these things where you're working with them on film is (the) studio is very hot and you're in that atmosphere, they just stick to your eyes," the 46-year-old actor said. "You get constant drops and stuff."

The U.S. military has occupied Britain to make it habitable again and stamp out the last vestiges of the ''rage'' virus that decimated the land in the horror hit 28 Days Later. Now it's 28 Weeks Later, and the troops are allowing refugees to repopulate the realm, essentially declaring, ''Mission accomplished.''

Director Danny Boyle is still hopeful he can persuade Ewan McGregor to star in an adaptation of Irvine Welsh book Porno, despite the actor not wanting to speak to him.

British director Danny Boyle hates working abroad - because he makes better movies filming in his homeland. The Trainspotting filmmaker, who moved back to England after working on The Beach in Thailand in 2000, is disillusioned with Hollywood and now insists on shooting his films on British soil.

Thai film officials have asked Sylvester Stallone to reassure villagers and environmentalists that bombing scenes in his Rambo comeback won't harm local nature sites. Stallone will shoot "Rambo IV: In The Serpent's Eye" in the mountainous north of Thailand at the beginning of next year, and locals fear the filming will wreck the environment.

Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced that triple-Academy Award winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as the executive producers of Halo: Combat Evolved for the big screen. The upcoming feature film will be based on the phenomenally popular game for the Xbox video game console from Microsoft and Bungie Studios. Jackson and Walsh will provide creative counsel on all aspects of the film via their WingNut Films banner, and Jackson's award-winning companies Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop Ltd. will provide creatures, miniatures and visual effects for the production. The Halo agreement marks the first time that Jackson and Walsh have performed these services on a major studio film that Jackson is not directing.