Jennifer Lopez has filed a $20 million extortion suit against her former driver, claiming he demanded $2.8 million or else he'd tell the media and authorities secrets he overheard while driving the star. Lopez is suing for damages in excess of $20 million.
- After the massive success of "The Avengers," the film's writer/director Joss Whedon will return to pen and direct the sequel. Disney executives announced the good news Tuesday on a shareholders call.
- NBC has purchased a "Freakonomics"-inspired drama project titled "Pariah" from Lionsgate Television and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Prods. In the show, the Mayor of San Diego appoints a rogue academic with no law enforcement background to run a task force using Freakonomics-inspired alternative methods of policing. Clearly, chaos ensues.
- For the first time since news of the cheating scandal broke, Kristen Stewart's "Snow White" director Rupert Sanders has publicly reunited with his model-wife Liberty Ross at a restaurant in Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson will break his silence Monday when he appears on "The Daily Show."
- After Costco banned her Joan Rivers' new book "I Hate Everything ... Starting with Me" because of several racy jokes on the back cover, the comedian protested by handcuffing herself to a shopping cart at an L.A. store, saying "Costco should not be like Nazi Germany. Next thing they'll be burning the bible."
- Production has commenced on the revived comedy "Arrested Development." Show star Jason Bateman, who plays Michael Bluth, gave his twitter followers a sneak peek from set, writing "First day. Away we go... pic.twitter.com/ci8rXy78,
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