*Headline Only Edition - I was short on time this week, so I will only be posting headlines and links to the stories as opposed to blurbs.*
Owen Wilson to star in new Woody Allen film [The Hollywood Reporter]
Gwyneth Paltrow joins Steven Soderbergh, all-star cast for Contagion [Deadline Hollywood]
Ben Stiller to star in Brett Ratner's Tower Heist [The Hollywood Reporter]
Al Pacino to star in police thriller Son of No One [The Hollywood Reporter]
Natalie Portman to star in stoner comedy Best Buds [Pajiba]
James Cameron looks ahead to Avatar 2 [MTV]
Tom McCarthy to direct Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan in Win Win [New York Magazine]
Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas to star in indie thriller The Woman in the Fifth [Cinematical]
Julie Delpy to direct, star in 2 Days in New York, follow-up to 2 Days in Paris [Screen Daily]
Christoph Waltz to play brutal animal trainer in Water for Elephants [The Guardian]
Andy Serkis, Nick Cave collaborate on motion-capture version of The Threepenny Opera [Empire]
Michael Haneke abandons project on aging to develop screenplay "about the Internet" [The Playlist]
Noel Clarke to co-write, possibly direct film following athletes' countdown to 2012 Olympics [Empire]
Ecosse Films developing new Treasure Island [Coming Soon]
Industry News
Financier looking to prevent Lionsgate from buying Miramax, MGM [Yahoo]
Summit Entertainment won't buy Miramax [Yahoo]
Business bad for Blockbuster [Yahoo]
Film Festivals
Award-winners at 2010 Berlinale announced; Roman Polanski named top director [The Guardian]
Film Comment Selects lineup announced [The New York Times]
Full lineup for South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival announced
Deaths
Singer-actress Kathryn Grayson dies [The Guardian]
British character actor Lionel Jeffries dies [The New York Times]
In Other News
Musical version of Pedro Almodóvar film comes to Lincoln Center Theater [The New York Times]
Quentin Tarantino saves New Beverly Cinema in L.A. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Oscar-nominated German cinematographer subject of retrospective at Cinémathèque française [The Criterion Current]
Roger Ebert regains voice after 2007 surgery [The Guardian]
AMC chain considers protest of Alice in Wonderland following news of early DVD release [The Los Angeles Times]
Anthony Hopkins painting exhibit goes on display in London [The Guardian]
Sean Penn charged with battery and vandalism in L.A. [Yahoo]
Play centered on Tallulah Bankhead hits Broadway [The New York Times]
Barbara Walters announces last Oscar interview special [Yahoo]
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