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Mission Impossible: Make Tom Cruise Viable Again

1:59AM Richard Lawson | News of the entertainment world continues apace this dreary morning afternoon. Real Housewives reaches a milestone, Tom Cruise reaches an impasse, and Sigourney Weaver just can’t stay the fuck away from aliens, no matter what she does. More »

When Are We Getting ‘Working Girl 2,’ Hmmm?

8:10AM Kyle Buchanan | Sigourney Weaver just won’t stop teasing potential Alien sequel. [MTV] More »

Put Sigourney Weaver in ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ or ‘Alien 5′ Gets It!

7:44AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that talk on a possible, long-gestating Ghostbusters sequel is heating up, MTV spoke to Sigourney Weaver about her potential involvement (when will someone call Peter MacNicol? We’re dying over here!). Weaver admitted that she’s supposed to call Bill Murray next week about the project, adding, “I would hope that my little [movie son] Oscar would be one of the Ghostbusters even if I’m not in it!” Careful, Sigourney — you’re giving producers some Seth Rogen casting suggestions. Weaver also revealed that she’s been talking to Ridley Scott about a potentially radical overhaul of the Alien franchise: More »

Ripley Joins The Lifetime Family

6:40AM Seth | Sigourney Weaver, whom we love (but not enough to see Vantage Point) will star and co-produce Prayers for Bobby for Lifetime, in which she plays a religious woman who questions her beliefs about homosexuality after her son commits suicide. Lifetime: Television For Women Reconsidering Their Views on Gays.[Variety] Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon will star in The Greatest, about a family trying to keep it together following the death of their son. Obviously, dead sons have replaced pregnancy as the hot new movie plot device. [Variety] More »