"Rendition." ''Redacted." ''The Kingdom." ''In the Valley of Elah." ''Lions for Lambs." They're all movies about the war on terror that nobody has wanted to see,

Early last month Sony received word that Tom Cruise was dropping out of "Edwin A. Salt" due to similarities to Cruise's "Mission Impossible" franchise.

French actress Marion Cotillard was surprised by how well-behaved Russell Crowe was on the set of their 2006 movie A Good Year - because she'd been warned of his volatile reputation.

So perhaps ''American Gangster,'' Ridley Scott's much-anticipated mobster epic, doesn't have a single original idea in its head, with its unshakable shades of ''Scarface'' and ''Serpico'' and ''Superfly.'' And maybe it's a half-hour too long - this time of year, what film with awards ambitions isn't?

NEW YORK (AP) - Matt Damon is Hollywood's best investment, says Forbes. com. For every dollar he was paid for his last three roles, Damon brought in $29 of gross income, the site calculated.

Edith Piaf lived fast and died young, but she didn't exactly leave a good-looking corpse. At 47, she looked closer to 67, her tiny body ravaged by the effects of longtime alcohol abuse, morphine addiction and, ultimately, cancer.

Actress Marion Cotillard had a little help in conjuring up French singer Edith Piaf for stunning new biopic La Vie En Rose - from the dead diva herself. The A Good Year star insists the spirit of the tortured singer, who died in 1963, helped her perfect the role - but she's relieved Piaf's gosh didn't show itself.

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is teaming up with Director Ridley Scott for a fourth time for a contemporary spin on Robin Hood. Crowe and Scott have previously worked on Gladiator, A Good Year and the forthcoming American Gangster.

In Stranger Than Fiction, a socially isolated IRS agent (Will Ferrell) whose every move is documented by a disembodied female voice discovers that his life is the subject of a book currently being written by a best-selling author, whose creative block has stunted her repeated efforts to kill him off. Also on DVD: Tenacious D In The Pick of Destiny, The Return and A Good Year.

Russell Crowe has hit back at allegations he threw a fit over the in flight food he was served on a private jet during a promotional tour for his latest film. A flight attendant who served the actor on a chartered jet claims he was furious when his wife Danielle Spencer was given the only serving of a satay chicken meal he had wanted while on a flight to promote the film A Good Year.