LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paul Giamatti, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, John Cusack, Emma Roberts, Melissa Leo, Julianne Moore, Emile Hirsch and Zac Efron are among the stars in 43 premieres announced Wednesday for the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The fest's first group of films, comprising World Narrative and Documentary competitions and Viewpoints, were announced on Tuesday. The new announcement comprises the Spotlight, Midnight, Special Screenings and Storyscapes selections. The festival runs from April 17-28. The Spotlight section features 33 films - 21 narratives and 12 documentaries. ...

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Wall Street veterans Neil Grossman and Howard Silverman have formed a holding company, Toast & Jam Holdings, that aims to build a full-service film studio through a range of subsidiaries. The two financiers have made a significant investment - at least seven figures, but no further detail was given - and Toast & Jam now controls animation company Cosmic Toast Studios, film finance, acquisition, production and distribution company Cinipix and rental production company Cinirents. ...

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - UTA has signed Barbra Streisand as a film client, representing her as an actress, director and producer. The agency also will represent her film and television production company Barwood Films. Though best known as a singer, Streisand has won two Academy Awards, five Emmys, a Tony and 12 Golden Globe Awards. She won a Best Actress Oscar in 1969 for her performance in "Funny Girl" and then won Best Original Song in 1977 for "Evergreen" from "A Star is Born. ...

D.L. Hughley turned 49 on Wednesday and celebrated his birthday with a visit to Access Hollywood Live! The actor/comedian, who will soon make his debut as a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars," sat down with Billy Bush and Kit Hoover as he reflected on approaching the big 5-0.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — "Star Wars" creator George Lucas wants to build a museum dedicated to visual storytelling in San Francisco's Presidio that would house an art collection he amassed over more than four decades.

When asked to share her thoughts on Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's mocking of her love life at this year's Golden Globe awards during a recent interview, Taylor Swift deferred to a quote told to her by Katie Couric - "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." So what do Amy and Tina have to say about the "Trouble" singer's fiery remark?

(Advisory: Note strong language in the eighth paragraph) LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shia LaBeouf returned to Twitter on Wednesday to hit back at Alec Baldwin's suggestion that the "Transformers" star wasn't made for the theater. He also clearly felt burned after Baldwin likened him to a "celebrity chef," who wants the applause, but isn't interested in hard work. LaBeouf was set to co-star opposite Baldwin in "Orphans," but left the play a month before it was scheduled to begin previews on Broadway, citing "creative differences. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British director Sam Mendes will not direct the next James Bond movie, despite impressing critics and breaking box office records with "Skyfall", the 23rd movie in the spy series. Speaking to Empire magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, the Oscar-winning filmmaker said he would be focusing on his theatre projects for the foreseeable future. The success of "Skyfall", the top-grossing Bond film having earned more than $1.1 billion at the global box office, had led to media speculation that Mendes would return for Bond 24. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Django Unchained" and raunchy comedy "Ted" landed seven MTV Movie Awards nominations on Tuesday, leading a slew of comedies and superhero blockbusters among the nominees at the annual film awards voted for by youth audiences. Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, 22, landed five nominations, including Best Female Performance for her role as young widow Tiffany in quirky comedy "Silver Linings Playbook," as well as Best Kiss, Best On-Screen Duo and Best Musical Moment with her co-star Bradley Cooper. ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bloody Western and the comedic tale of a trash-talking teddy bear lead nominees for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Amanda Peet is taking a stab at playwriting, with her new work set to have its world premiere next season at Manhattan Theatre Club, possibly starring Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker. Peet's play, "The Commons of Pensacola," revolves around a family weathering a major financial crisis. MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow is set to direct. "We are in conversation with Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker about appearing in this timely, new play," MTC Artistic Producer Mandy Greenfield said. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you were hoping to watch Tom Cruise's legal battle against "In Touch" and "Life & Style" publishers Bauer Publishing Company play out in public, you're out of luck. Cruise's lawsuit against Bauer has been moved to private mediation, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court in Central California on Friday. The move was expected; a motion filed last month indicated that the case would move to private mediation if the suit wasn't settled 45 days prior to the final pretrial conference. ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show a judge has sentenced Edward Furlong to six months in jail for violating his probation in a 2010 case.

"Oz the Great and Powerful" aims for nostalgia in older viewers who grew up on "The Wizard of Oz" and still hold the classic dear while simultaneously enchanting a newer, younger audience. It never really accomplishes either successfully.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Relativity Media announced on Tuesday that it has picked up the rights to "Silver or Lead," a screenplay by Piers Ashworth, which tracks the manhunt for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Enrique Urbizu is attached to direct the story of how General Hugo Martinez risked his life as the head of the elite task force responsible for bringing the godfather of the Medellín cartel to justice for his crimes. The film's title is derived from the antagonist's famous phrase, "Plata o Plomo," meaning take his silver or take his lead. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sundance Selects has acquired the North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors' "Blue Caprice," the company announced on Tuesday. Moors' directorial debut investigates the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two killers, John Allen Muhammad and 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo. Isaiah Washington stars as Muhammad; Tequan Richmond plays Malvo. The drama, set to open Film Society of Lincoln Center and MOMA's 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival later this month, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2013 AFI Fest will present films from new and experienced filmmakers in five locations in Hollywood between November 7 and November 14, the American Film Institute announced on Tuesday. Sponsored by Audi, the public will have free access to narrative, documentary, animated, experimental and short films at the TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre), the Chinese 6 Theatres at the Hollywood & Highland Center, the Egyptian Theatre of the American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. ...

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Black List and the Sundance Institute have partnered to offer a bevy of services to aspiring filmmakers, formalizing a relationship between two organizations dedicated to developing new talent. Aspiring screenwriters who upload their scripts to the website of the Black List by April 15 can ask to receive a Black List referral and apply to the Sundance Institute's 2014 January Screenwriters Lab for free. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart will take a break as host of satirical television news show "The Daily Show" beginning in June to direct a serious film about a journalist's imprisonment in Iran, network Comedy Central said on Tuesday. The exact dates of Stewart's hiatus have yet to be finalized but he will miss eight weeks of original episodes of the popular show that has turned the 50-year-old comedian into a prominent political and social voice. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Forty-six of the 89 feature-length films slated for the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival were announced on Tuesday, including the world premieres for the documentary, narrative and viewpoints selections. The festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff after 9/11 to help revitalize the lower Manhattan neighborhood, runs April 17 to 28. As previously announced, the documentary "Mistaken for Strangers" will make its world premiere on opening night. ...