Pete Postlethwaite—who played street toughs, priests, and other beleaguered men in In the Name of the Father, Amistad, and most recently The Town—passed away in England yesterday. Steven Spielberg once called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world."

Nicolas Cage is currently in Romania shooting Ghost Rider 2. Last weekend, the actor known for flipping out on screen had a real life meltdown when he got into a screaming match—for reasons unknown—with a friend. Watch inside.

According to his nephew, actor Leslie Nielsen has died of pneumonia in a hospital in Florida. I was going to say that Naked Gun used to be my favorite movie, but who am I kidding? It still is.

Meet Geminoid-F, a lifelike robot "actress" currently appearing in a Tokyo production of the play Sayonara. Go ahead, make a Keanu Reeves joke! You won't be laughing when the robot murder army comes for your family. Which it will, eventually.

Carey Mulligan is moving back to England, far away from her Wall Street 2 co-star and boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf. Americans can look forward to lots of Shia LaBeouf drunken antics, since Mulligan made him cut back. (via Daily Intel)

"Broadway Hottie of the Month" Marty Thomas is suing to have the identity of an anonymous Tweeter revealed, claiming the Tweeter defamed him. The Twitterer, "bwayanonymous", implied that Thomas had contracted crabs from some old Avenue Q queen. Oh, drama!

Well, who knows about now, but back at the beginning of her career she certainly wouldn't have. In an interview with Elle, the wispy actress talks about an uncomfortable casting couch situation early in her acting days. She said no!

Tony Curtis, the Bronx-born actor and onetime heartthrob, star of The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot, and father of Jamie Lee Curtis, has died at the age of 85. His movie career spanned nearly six decades. [NYT]

Sobered-up actor Rip Torn (arrested in January for drunkenly mistaking a bank for his house) is looking pretty skinny, isn't he? Don't worry, though: "When asked about his health, he says, 'I'm fine. Do you want to Indian wrestle?'" [NYP]

It's been a confusing coming out for the gay man in American television. There have been the obviously gay characters, the obviously straight characters, and then that murky grey zone filled with many a queer question mark.

Yes folks, sad news. The What I Like About You actress has quit the acting game, at the tender age of 24. That's, um, too bad. There are at least five other actors who should quit before her.

Russell Crowe is set to capture America's heart all over again when Robin Hood hits theaters in two weeks. But let us not forget: Russell Crowe is crazy. Some exclusive excerpts from a new book remind us just how crazy.

We're sorry, but it's coming. Rumor is that the shaggy Office star has the role of Captain America pretty much in the bag. It'd be "a multi-film deal," which means Jim Halpert is about to get big. This is bad.

Reading about the comeback struggle of American Beauty weirdo Wes Bentley yesterday got us thinking about other youngish, once-promising stars who made a big initial splash and then mostly disappeared. Let's give some career advice to Bentley and four others.

Have you been wondering what "Lanny F." has been up to since he starred in the infomercial for the butt-odor-removing product Aspray? Fortunately for you, he has emailed us.

Speaking of life-threatening subway events, hey, what is smoldering subway hero Chad Lindsey, actor and selfless savior of unconscious people on subway tracks, up to these days? Oh he is just acting, with Mischa Barton. Check it out.

Josh Lucas—romcom star, nightlife regular, Matthew McConaughey admirer—seems like a nice guy, right? Well. As long as he's doing his yoga. When Josh Lucas stops doing his yoga...well, you wouldn't like Josh Lucas then.

Arthur Kade, the world's greatest man/thespian, is in New York to work as a "featured extra" in some flick. To enhance "The Journey," Kade took the bus in from Philly, slumming in the back "like a modern day Rosa Parks."

Here's the poster for the sure-to-be-classic upcoming low-budget Bernie Madoff biopic, dynamically titled "Made Off With America." Yes, they did use the bald eagle/flag clip art, thank you. The auditions are also dynamic!

The genial Q TV host, Jian Ghomeshi, introduced Billy Bob as an "Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor, and director" when doing an interview with Thornton and his band The Boxmasters. And that ticked ol' Billy B. off something fierce.