Ryan Gosling gained twenty pounds for Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones, but he left the production on Friday with shooting starting today. Creative differences, they say. That Gosling is a mysterious cat. Mark Wahlberg quickly signed on to fill his space.

MTV is adapting the story of the Alaskan high school student who got suspended for putting a sign that said "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" outside his school. His father defended him at the risk of losing his job. A heartwarming free-speech tale that only MTV could tell, eh?

The next Superman will apparently reboot the franchise, oddly enough. But Bryan Singer's still on board — they're not throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Of course, Superman Returns only made $200 million in the U.S., so something's clearly not working.

— Peter Smith