Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’ To Gloss Over African-American Ghost History

· DreamWorks is in talks with Clint Eastwood to direct ghost movie Hereafter, which Spike Lee will later decry as featuring only white ghosts. (”Where are the black spirits?! You mean to tell me sheets don’t come in brown? Another chapter of African-American afterlife history whitewashed by The Man.”) [Variety]
· The 18th Environmental Media awards (first we’re hearing of them, but we’re usually tied up this time of year at the Tire Fire Honors) singled out Into the Wild and 30 Rock, the latter commended for “its great strides in recycling older, less-overhyped sitcoms.” [Variety]
· Because there’s no better way to kick off the weekend than a gloomy economic prospectus, enjoy this collection of downward trends and projected fat-trimmings sure to make 2009 your liquor-store-robbingest best! [THR]

After the jump: What surely-no-longer-virginal Disney Channel star is about to get her own show on a tanking network?

· Hilary Duff has signed a talent and development deal with NBC. They plan on building a new series around the star, tentatively titled, Law & Order: Hilary Duff Unit. [THR]
· HD consumers prefer Blu-ray 10-to-1 over other -ray Colorz. [THR]