British actress/singer Minnie Driver has joined the ranks of Angelina Jolie, Keeley Hawes and Rhona Mitra by becoming videogame vixen Lara Croft. Driver will lend her voice to the Tomb Raider heroine for a new online animated series called Re/Visioned on the Gametap.com website.

Paul Verhoeven, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Jane Campion, Catherine Breillat, Emanuele Crialese, Ferzan Ozpetek and Zhang Yimou have been announced as the seven directors who will form the jury panel at the 75th anniversary Venice Film Festival in Italy later this summer.

American Pie pin-up Shannon Elizabeth has become the face of a new cellphone poker game. The actress, who is a respected card player, will front the World Series Of Poker Pro Challenge, which offers wannabe card sharks the chance to play the professionals in cyberspace.

The White Stripes played their 10th anniversary show at the ornate Savoy theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on Saturday.

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