Jolie replaces Cruise in ‘Salt’  —  Actress to star in Philip Noyce's spy thriller  —  “Edwin A. Salt” is about to undergo a gender change.  —  Once expected to star Tom Cruise, the Columbia Pictures espionage thriller will be redrafted by screenwriter Kurt Wimmer as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie.

‘Tropic Thunder’ Director/Star Ben Stiller Says Disability Advocates' Planned Boycott Is Unwarranted  —  Groups claim the film openly ridicules the mentally handicapped.  —  One of the characters in Ben Stiller's “Tropic Thunder” is an Australian actor who undergoes a deep-tissue pigmentation to become black.

Jake Gyllenhaal is the Shirtless Prince of Persia  —  Jake Gyllenhaal channels his inner brute and shows off his newly buff body on the set of his latest movie, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, in Morocco, North Africa on Monday morning.  —  The 27-year-old actor, who has an entire mane of hair now …

Scoop: Britney's talking to the press again  —  Plus: Even Kylie can't change ‘Copacabana’; Clooney as political advisor  —  Paris Hilton took advantage of John McCain's ad citing her and Britney Spears, but Spears stayed strangely silent.  It appears she had more pressing engagements to tend to.

“Virgin” Actor Arrested in Vicious Stabbing  —  An actor who was featured in “40 Year Old Virgin” has just been arrested for allegedly viciously knifing his ex-girlfriend.  —  Shelly Malil allegedly went to his ex's home yesterday and stabbed her in her home near San Diego.

Not so Bon: Ageing Simon shows off Le paunch... while wife Yasmin still looks stunning in bikini  —  They say men age better than women but judging by these pictures, Simon Le Bon is proving to be the exception.  —  At 49, the Duran Duran frontman and one-time pin-up appears to have let himself go over the years.

Exclusive: ‘Heroes’ Geeks Out Over Seth Green, Breckin Meyer  —  Heroes is getting its very own geek squad.  —  Real-life BFFs and frequent collaborators Seth Green and Breckin Meyer are nearing a deal to join the cast of Heroes for multi-episode arcs, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Carrie Underwood: Fame Makes Dating Harder  —  Although former American Idol sensation Carrie Underwood has become one of the country music's biggest stars, fame has its downside - especially when it comes to dating, she says.  —  “You never really know why somebody wants to be around you …

Pop Tarts: Vanessa Hudgens Sued for $5 Million; Zac Efron Gets Aggressive  —  LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Hudgens has become one of the most in-demand starlets in Hollywood, and now the man who professes to have discovered her wants a piece of her pie.  —  Pop Tarts has obtained documents filed …

Sleazy Has a New Name  —  So you just get the news that a really good friend of yours has died.  You walk into a room for privacy.  What to do?  Grieve?  Reflect?  No, if you're the star of Bravo's “Million Dollar Listing,” you get on the horn to score the listing on the dead guy's home.

Hayden Panettiere's Father Released on Bail  —  Lesley Vogel and Hayden Panettiere with Alan Panettiere inset  —  Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was released from custody on $50,000 bail Monday afternoon after being arrested for allegedly striking the actress's mother.

Isabel Lucas: Shia LaBeouf Is ‘Healing Well’ After Crash  —  Shia LaBeouf is doing well following his recent car accident and resulting hand surgery according to Isabel Lucas, his co-star in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”  —  “We're both fine and Shia's fine as well,” …

JULIA STILES - STILES SPLITS FROM BOYFRIEND  —  THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM star JULIA STILES has split from her artist boyfriend JONATHAN KRAMER.  —  The pair, who dated for more than two years, are citing “irreconcilable differences” for the break-up.  —  And the actress doesn't seem to be dealing …

Meet Brad Pitt: Olympic Boxer for Australia  —  Fight Club just got a whole lot more real.  —  It turns out Brad Pitt really is a no-holds-barred fighter - as a member of the Australian Olympic boxing team.  —  The Aussie Pitt, 25, quit his day job as a painter to train as a heavyweight boxer for the 2008 Games.