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· Angelina Jolie will star in Robert Zemeckis's "performance capture" (think Polar Express) adaptation of Beowulf, which will likely result in an impressively life-like, but creepily hollow-eyed, affair with one of her simulated co-stars. [Variety]
· After joining Commander in Chief with a recurring role, Natasha Henstridge signs a one-year holding deal with Touchstone TV. That should allow them more than enough time to figure out how to work Henstridge's signature nude work (come on, you've watched Species like a hundred times) onto network television. [THR]
· Against all odds, Renny Harlin continues to work. [Variety]
· Tommy Lee Goes to College came in second to Big Brother on Tuesday night, but "pasasable grades" give NBC a glimmer of hope. Paticularly poignant is the scene in which Lee explains to a professor that he learned to read by carefully studying groupies' tattoos. [Variety]
· Last and definitely not least, very sad news (really): Pixar story head Joe Ranft died in a car crash Tuesday. There's also a nice tribute to him over at Jim Hill Media. [THR]