By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warner Bros. is in final negotiations to catch a monster -- Ryan Gosling's directorial debut "How to Catch a Monster," TheWrap has learned. Saoirse Ronan stars alongside Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Ben Mendelsohn and Rob Zabrecky. Bold Films is financing the film as well as producing with Marc Platt Productions and Gosling's Phantasma Films. David Lancaster and Michel Litvak are producing for Bold along with Platt and Adam Siegel. Gosling wrote the film himself and has decided not to appear in it, to the dismay of his legion of fans. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Matthew Perry's latest TV show was canceled on Friday after one season, marking his third disappointing venture since he won fame on the hit comedy "Friends." Broadcaster NBC also said it would not be bringing back its weekly news magazine show "Rock Center" for the 2013-14 fall schedule, along with five other low-rated comedies. The comedy "Go On," in which Perry played a sports radio host who joins a grief counseling group after the death of his wife, was one of a slew of low-rated NBC television shows that will not be renewed, the network said. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filming of the new "Star Wars" movie will take place in England, returning the franchise to its British roots, Disney's Lucasfilm said on Friday. "We've devoted serious time and attention to revisiting the origins of 'Star Wars' as inspiration for our process on the new movie, and I'm thrilled that returning to the UK for production and utilizing the incredible talent there can be a part of that," Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm president, said in a statement. ...

"Southland" has reached its end of watch. The police drama has been canceled by TNT, the network announced on Friday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tobey Maguire didn't have to go far when Leonardo DiCaprio called him about meeting to discuss an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" with Baz Luhrmann.

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says "The Young and the Restless" will broadcast a tribute to Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star of the daytime drama who died earlier this week. It is scheduled to air May 28.

By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is set to go to prison next week after India's Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition seeking a review of his earlier jail sentence for firearms offences during the Mumbai blasts 20 years ago. Dutt, popular for his role as a do-good gangster in the "Munnabhai" films, was sentenced to six years jail in 2007 for acquiring illegal weapons from men convicted for the 1993 attacks that killed 257 people. He served 18 months but has been out on bail ever since, fighting the conviction. ...

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the star of the new film "The Great Gatsby," and his foundation have teamed up with Christie's for a charity auction next week to benefit environmental causes. Thirty-three works, many created for and donated to the auction by some of the world's top artists, will go under the hammer on Monday in New York at The 11th Hour Auction, which aims to raise as much as $18 million to protect the last wild places on Earth and their endangered species. "A lot of the works of this quality have never been at auction. ...

By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - When romantic actress Lee Si-young swapped her glamorous roles in South Korean dramas for boxing gloves in a bid to win an Olympic medal, her victories triggered a storm of protest that has marred her unexpected success in the ring. The 31-year-old, better known for her roles in TV shows such as "Wild Romance" and "Boys Before Flowers", had tears of joy in her eyes when she defeated 19-year-old Kim Da-som by 22 points to 20 in the 48 kg (106 lb) class at the South Korean national team tryouts in late April. ...

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sophia tops the list of names for American baby girls for the second year in a row, while King and Messiah are becoming increasingly popular names for boys, the U.S. Social Security Administration said on Thursday. Jacob has become a standby for boys' names, topping that category for the 14th straight year. Liam and Elizabeth broke into the Top 10 at No. 6 and No. 10 respectively, the SSA said in a statement. But rising on the list are a couple of less traditional, but more attention-grabbing names. ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the cartoonist had an idea.

By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Joss Whedon wants to clear something up: He is NOT getting $100 million, or as he calls it, "Downey money," for "The Avengers 2." The Robert Downey Jr. quip is referring to the reported $50 million that the "Iron Man" actor made on last summer's "The Avengers," which the actor confirmed in a GQ interview. "The Avengers" became the third-highest grossing film of all-time, raking in $1.5 billion worldwide. Downey reaped a huge payday due to his backend deal for the film. On a post on Whedonesque. ...

By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Great Gatsby" is heating up in tracking, social media and advance ticket sales, but it still doesn't look like it will melt down "Iron Man 3" at the box office this weekend. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in one of the summer's most unusual and intriguing offerings, Baz Luhrmann's 3D extravaganza "The Great Gatsby," arriving in theaters Friday. What could be the most expensive costume drama ever made - distributor Warner Bros. puts the budget at $100 million once tax breaks are figured in - is clearly building momentum. ...

By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Neil Patrick Harris has been named the host of the 67th annual Tony Awards, marking the fourth time he has hosted the ceremony. Previously, the "How I Met Your Mother" star served as the host of the 63rd, 65th and 66th awards. As he did last year, he will also produce the show along with executive producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment. "I'm very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. ...

By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shortly after bashing a complete stranger to death with a cudgel and then smashing the man's face against a boulder for good measure, Chris rifles through the contents of his victim's backpack. Having watched all this calmly, Tina, who is Chris's girlfriend, makes a request: "See if he has any sandwiches," she says. When Chris finds and hands one over, Tina avidly munches on it just feet from the bloody corpse. No doubt about it, with "Sightseers" we are deep in the land of black comedy. ...

By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warner Bros. has hired actor-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan to adapt Howard Blum's upcoming nonfiction book "Dark Invasion" for Bradley Cooper's 22nd & Indiana banner and John Lesher's Le Grisbi Productions, TheWrap has learned. A true spy thriller set in 1915, "Dark Invasion" finds Germany sending their Secret Service to the U.S. to wage a covert war to keep America from helping the Allies. They bomb factories and the U.S. Capitol building, sabotage ships, set up an anthrax lab several miles from the White House and shoot JP Morgan Jr. ...

By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Now that the surprise has been ruined thanks to paparazzi stalking the set, TheWrap can report that Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kanye West will all appear in cameos in Paramount's highly-anticipated sequel "Anchorman: The Legend Continues." Fey and Poehler will appear in the film's climax, which will feature an all-out brawl between rival news crews similar to the scene that many fans consider the highlight of the original "Anchorman." West was spotted in Atlanta filming a scene with Paul Rudd and Christina Applegate. ...

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