An absorbing true story about serial killers on the lam, Lonely Hearts is based on the murder spree of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez during the late 1940s and Detective Elmer C. Robinson's participation in their capture, incarceration and subsequent executions.

Movie star Jared Leto has scored his first number one as a rock star - the Lord Of War actor's band 30 Seconds To Mars have hit number one on Billboard's Modern Rock radio chart with hit single From Yesterday.

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have crashed another party, coming first in the hearts of American movie lovers with their bad boy antics in Wedding Crashers. The comedy tops the list of most rented movies at Blockbuster in 2006, both in-store and online.

Lionsgate, the leading independent film entertainment studio, just reported revenues of $951.2 million for fiscal year (FY) 2006 (fiscal year ended March 31, 2006), an increase of 13% compared to $842.6 million in fiscal 2005.

Nicolas Cage is searching for a home in Britain. The Lord of War actor and his third wife, Alice, jetted into the UK on a private plane to view country estates in the quiet county of Somerset. Estate agent Cooper & Tanner showed the couple - who are expecting their first baby together - around houses near Glastonbury, where the UK's biggest music festival is held each year.

They didn't break any box office records, but they may still be enjoyable on DVD. This week's new releases include the gambling-centered movie Two for the Money starring Matthew McConaughey and Al Pacino, the Nicolas Cage arms-dealing flick Lord of War, the critically acclaimed independent drama Junebug, and the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room.

Happy Birthday to Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963), "Lord of War" actor Jared Leto (1978), St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith (1954), Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk (1947), "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh (1945), comedian Alan King (1927; d. 2004), and actor/comedian Steve Allen (1921; d. 2000).