"UK version of "The X Factor: star Shayne Ward is being lined up to star in a film about the show. Simon Cowell's company Syco is making the film about hopefuls auditioning for a band. Shayne is bookies favourite to win the show..." (full details)

"ThinkFilm has nabbed worldwide rights to "Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That," a kaleidoscopic Beastie Boys concert docu shot mainly by 50 fans on hand-held Hi8 cameras at Madison Square Garden, president and CEO Jeff Sackman said Tuesday. The film was directed by Beastie rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch, using the moniker Nathaniel Hornblower. "Frantic" is the word Yauch used to describe the footage, which he assembled from material recorded Oct. 9, 2004, by fans, six band friends using DV 24p cameras and two high-quality tour video cameras offering bird's-eye and long-distance views..." (full details)

"Actress-writer Jennifer Westfeldt is reteaming with her "Kissing Jessica Stein" producer Brad Zions on her script "Ira & Abby: A Divorce Story." Director Robert Cary ("Anything But Love") will start filming the neurotic $2.5 million screwball comedy next weekend in Manhattan. As the title characters, Westfeldt and Chris Messina ("Road") marry on the spur of the moment, leading to a chain of affairs involving their parents (Frances Conroy, Fred Willard and Robert Klein), exes and therapists..." (full details)

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