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.

“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.

Tearful Sienna in ‘leave me alone’ plea  —  Harassed: Sienna screams at hounding paparazzi  —  She may be used to courting the limelight but yesterday it all got too much for Sienna Miller as she was hounded by paparazzi.  —  The 26-year-old, who has been at the centre of a media frenzy …

New Lara Croft unveiled for latest Tomb Raider video game  —  Move over Angelina Jolie - this is the new face of Tomb Raider's Lara Croft.  —  Alison Carroll, a 23-year-old gymnast from Croydon, is the latest beauty to bring the gun-toting cyber heroine to life.

‘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 …

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.

Panettieres Say Fight ‘Blown out of Proportion’  —  Hayden's father, Alan “Skip” Panettiere, has been released from jail on $50,000 bail following an arrest for felony domestic violence — and he tells “Extra” the whole thing is “a misunderstanding.”  Lesley and Alan told Mario Lopez, “Nothing actually happened.”

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.

Geri Halliwell gives her most revealing interview ever to HELLO!  —  With the Spice Girls successful reunion tour wrapped up and the launch of her children's book series under her belt, Geri Halliwell has been enjoying a well-earned break with daughter Bluebell at the beautiful Mexican resort of Las Alamandas.

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 …

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 …