Today: A new book/movie combines tropes (sort of), Keanu Reeves suffers a setback, and Pixar contemplates death.
Today in sports: The power outages during last night's Monday night football game have NFL conspiracy theorists buzzing, the Atlanta Braves don't want any of Pixar's magic rubbing off on them, and Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is headed to Texas.
Lars von Trier gets the French off his back, Ice Cube heads to TV, and Chris Columbus finds Jesus.
South Park is never going away, two new fairy tale movie trailers intrigue, and Kristen Stewart plans her next move.
Plus: Roman Polanski is returning to Zurich to receive his lifetime achievement award
Plus: Pixar's two new projects involve dinosaurs and the human mind
It's the studio's first film threatened with the "rotten" label
Plus: Jeff Greene and his 145-yacht reenter the news cycle
National Geographic creates a balloon-powered flying house
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