It was cute way back yesterday when we heard that Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage are remaking Bad Lieutenant for a new generation of prurient cinephile wonks, but the novelty of Herzog's random-ass pairings requires a certain period of recharging to retain maximum effect. Which is perhaps why the potency of his other forthcoming, newly announced collaboration with David Lynch (!) on "a horror-tinged murder drama" doesn't have us positively reeling with anticipation.

We'll always have New Rose Hotel. And The Last Mistress. And her latest film, Boarding Gate, and pretty much all of her other output with the exception of xXx. Alas, intrepid siren Asia Argento says she is giving up screen nudity lest that reputation precede that of her more, well, natural dramatic gifts:

"For ten years I didn't even have a TV," the pornish-turned-serious-ish actress tells Spin in its March issue. "But sometimes when I'm really depraved, I watch Fox News. I know it's completely manipulative, but at least I get to know what Britney is doing every day. It's not even about the news. It's like a complete lobotomy." Truer words have never been spoken.