LOS ANGELES (AP) — The animated "Astro Boy" is a shiny hodgepodge of "Pinocchio," ''Wall-E," ''Oliver Twist," ''Gladiator" and "Superman,"

Happy Birthday to:

America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon (1980)

Happy Birthday to:

"8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979)

As many of you have noticed, even those of you who have sought residence under a comfortable moss-laden rock, there is a virus in cinema. This virus is the concept of the remake.

At the San Diego Comic Con I was speaking with Michael Jelenic, the writer of the recent animated movie "Wonder Woman," and we were lamenting that the film did not do quite as well

Platinum-plus-selling rockers 3 Doors Down (Universal Republic), who rose to fame with the Superman-like riffage of hit single, "Kryptonite," are going primal with their newest video, "Let Me Be Myself," which features the GEICO cavemen.

Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962)

'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' opens this Friday, and could possibly overturn the all three of the other X-Men movies as the best one yet.

Cassidy Freeman had the unenviable task of replacing, perhaps, the most infamous supervillain of all time, Lex Luthor. Her character on Smallville, Tess Mercer, toes the line

Superspy James Bond has been named Hollywood's top hero ahead of Indiana Jones, Superman and Harry Potter in a new magazine poll.