Today: Disney has made a lot but not *that* much, Justin Timberlake scores a film, and so does Rupert Everett.
Also: Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi might have started the New York City bar fight in which his jaw was broken, Chelsea Handler's famous friends supposedly don't care for her, and former Village Voice film critic Jim Hoberman has a new job.
Charlie Rose and Gayle King are about to shake up your morning talk show routine, Howard Stern is close to a deal to replace Piers Morgan, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are absolutely dating again.
Today in film and television: The Rum Diary had a no good, very bad weekend, Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in the new Coen Brothers movie about folk singers, and CBS is Americanizing one of Israeli's TV's most popular shows.
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Plus: Diablo Cody's directorial debut gets a cast
Plus: Fox defends cutting Alec Baldwin's News Corp. joke from the Emmys
Plus: A spat erupts over a "brand new" Oscar Wilde play
Plus: Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake continue their reunion tour in Colorado
Plus: Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake now attempting to rekindle their love with masks
Plus: the New York Times has settled on a new architecture critic
The actor and pop star will lead business strategy for Myspace's owner, Specific Media
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