"The "Borat" movie is getting another lawsuit. Only the college students had sued so far, until yesterday when attorneys representing a pair of villagers in Glod, Romania filed a $30 million lawsuit over their roles. The suit seeks to stop distribution of the film until scenes showing plaintiffs Nicolae Todorache and Spiridom Ciorebea are removed. "I think they are contending that this was presented to them as a documentary, but this was a movie that was being shot, and it was never presented as a documentary," Fox spokesman Gregg Brilliant said of the latest filing..." (full details)

"IFC Entertainment and the Weinstein Co. have co-acquired North American rights to the artist documentary "Matthew Barney: No Restraint," featuring Bjork and about 40,000 pounds of petroleum jelly. Producer-director Alison Chernick's feature follows Barney and wife Bjork to Japan, chronicling their collaboration on the 2005 art film "Drawing Restraint 9." During the six-month project, shot on a whaling vessel near Nagasaki, Barney attempts to create a "narrative sculpture" conveying the story of two land mammals who turn into whales..." (full details)

"Laura Benanti and James Saito have been tapped to co-star opposite Jonny Lee Miller in ABC's drama pilot "Eli Stone." "Eli" is a high-concept legal drama about a lawyer (Miller) who finds out he might be a prophet. Benanti will play Beth, a single mother and Eli's first love back in college, who is now pleading with him to help her sue her insurance company after it refused to cover an experimental treatment for her autistic child. Saito will play Dr. Chen, Eli's impostor acupuncturist..." (full details)