At last, the trailer for the upcoming Angelina Jolie thriller Salt is out. Excitement for the movie is mostly based on the fact that it also features Philly fameball Arthur Kade, who didn't think Angelina was all that, btw.

Michael Steele is just wasting RNC money on limos and private planes and, yes, private bondage-themed nightclubs with topless ladies. Update: A Republican consultant charged the trip to the RNC, and the party says Chairman Mike was not actually there.

Does reclusive Hollywood scoopstress Nikki Finke want out of her multimillion dollar^* deal with Mail.com? She says she recently turned down an offer from the Hollywood Reporter to lead the flailing trade. Her archnemesis Sharon Waxman hears they're still talking.

Starting tomorrow, going to the movies will be more expensive. Yes, Avatards are to blame.

Christian Shostle, a former TMZ producer, went on medical leave for depression, unsurprisingly. When he came back, he says, his colleagues were using drugs on the job. He complained. He was fired. Now he's suing. Might TMZ lack professionalism?

Legendary "activist investor" Carl Icahn's latest bid for the film studio was rejected again, but with his track record of hostile takeovers, and the studio's love of Ashton Kutcher, these execs may want to start job hunting soon.

The weekend box office is in. And Universal's gamble on Green Zone seems to have failed dismally, despite positive critical reception and the Oscars success of the Hurt Locker. The $130m movie pulled in just $14.5m on opening weekend. [NYT]

According to director Joshua Newton's lawsuit against Variety for breach of contract—he's mad that Variety trashed his movie after selling him on a $400,000 Oscar campaign—the paper doesn't think its own reviews matter.

You'll be able to bet, and trade, on the domestic box office of upcoming movies from next month, when a subsidiary of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald will open an online futures site.

On Monday, a rumor spread that controversial NY Press film critic Armond White had been "blackballed by Focus Features at the request of [director] Noah Baumbach and his producer Scott Rudin." Consequently, a quite entertaining and profane email was written!

Last night Los Angeles was drained of star power because super-agencies WME and CAA had house parties with ridiculous security. Things we discovered: bribing people is harder than you think, security guards are scary and we belong among the dregs.

Alec Baldwin is hot right now. He is an outspoken Hollywood liberal beloved by the media and cultural elite. But in his private life, he's a bit of an asshole. What are we going to do about Alec?

In their March issue, Vanity Fair has a fascinating article about producer Jon Peters, an illiterate hairdresser turned major Hollywood player (and ex Mr. Streisand), written by the woulda-been ghost writer of his memoirs, William Stadiem. Crazy Tinsel tales abound.

Well gang, we did it. We got through a month of auditions episodes. Many of us died, even more of us are injured or dying, but we've struggled across the finish line and next week will taste glorious Hollywood.

Every morning the posters from When in Rome, the rom-com starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel, taunt me. This movie will suck and potentially ruin their careers. There is nothing wrong with sticking to TV. Actually, it's their best bet.

It'd appear that The Hollywood Hardass™ herself, Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke, has trademarked one of her very loud, angry catchphrases. Can you guess which one? And can you guess what practice Ms. Finke has rallied against in the past?

Many actors wore ribbons for Haiti and Mo'Nique dedicated her win to abuse victims everywhere. Kudos! We just wish everyone else had gotten the "Hollywood should take a back seat to tragedy" memo.

Guanabee has captured this dramatic image of Jackie Chan striking the "Ching-chong Chinaman" pose at the Spanish premier of his new movie, Bad Jackie Chan Movie. Spanish people simply cannot get enough of that pose! [Guanabee]

Star Variety reporter Mike Fleming—the scoop outlet of choice for movie types—is leaving to run Deadline/New York, the NYC outpost of Nikki Finke's operation. Nikki made another hire in London. Good luck, trades! [Thompson on Hollywood]

O HAI HOMELESS PPL! So sad and homeless. : ( Instead of taking our BigDick Hollywood Money to subsidize programs moving them into jobs/homes, we'll move $100 under-the-table for them to hold signs of our shitty movies! "Genius!" : ) [DHD]