AP - Richard Hatch, who won the $1 million prize on the debut season of "Survivor," says he's finding it difficult to adjust to life in prison.

Reuters - An era will come to an end next month when the ABC Sports brand that popularized "The Wide World of Sports" and "Monday Night Football" will pass into history.

Brett Ratner, director of the "X-Men: The Last Stand" will oversee a remake of the 1978 film, "The Boys From Brazil." Ratner, who is also working on "Rush Hour 3" and television series, "Prison Break," will also guide the movie about Nazi cloning experiments to the big screen....

AP - Focus on the Family ministry founder James Dobson spoke in support Thursday of Mel Gibson and his film, "The Passion of the Christ," saying Gibson's drunken tirade during a traffic stop had nothing to do with "one of the finest films of this era."

A young director has been selected to bring the Microsoft Xbox video game, Halo, to the big screen. Neill Blomkamp, a tech-savvy South African, will take the helm. Blomkamp is best known for his short film Alive in Joburg, a futuristic movie where aliens land in South Africa....

Reuters - New films from Christopher Guest, Emilio Estevez and Pedro Almodovar will receive red-carpet treatment from the Toronto International Film Festival, fest organizers said on Thursday.

E! Online - In real life, you probably don't want to be friends with a guy who once stole a car from a one-legged girl and faked his death in order to break up with someone. But virtual social networking is another story.

AP - Phil McGraw, who brought his "Dr. Phil" show to New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina, returned this week to tape follow-up episodes that will air in the coming weeks.

E! Online - Wasn't Paris Hilton supposed to have ditched her furry friend a while ago?

Reuters - NBC's finale of "Last Comic Standing" and a wild-card edition of "America's Got Talent" came close but couldn't overcome Fox and "So You Think You Can Dance" on Wednesday.

Reuters - It happened toward the end of Matisyahu's 90-minute set. While performing his signature hit "King Without a Crown," the Hasidic Jewish reggae singer knelt down at the lip of the stage and shook hands with a Mohawk-sporting punk. That one moment effectively illustrated the universal appeal of pop music's most unlikely star.

Reuters - The Tribeca Film Festival has officially hooked up with the fledgling RomaCinemaFest, the Italian festival's organizers said on Thursday.

Actor Nicolas Cage bought a castle last month in Bavaria called Schloss Neidstein. He says the inspiration came from his mom, whose ancestors are from the country. The star says he was attracted to it at first sight when he and wife Alice Kim Cage, 22, saw the castle....

Reuters - Just months after being freed from nearly six years in Iran's feared Evin prison, Iran's most prominent dissident, Akbar Ganji, found himself guest of honor in a Hollywood producer's mansion.

Reuters - International audiences have come to know Iranian cinema as a lyrical but slow-paced genre where horses slog through snowy Kurdish mountain passes and children spend two hours looking for a lost banknote.

The winner of the first season of "Survivor" says adjusting to life in prison has been difficult. Richard Hatch, 45, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million "Survivor" winnings and other income....

Reuters - Oliver Stone's new film, "World Trade Center," got off to a promising start at the box office on Wednesday, grossing better-than-expected receipts of $4.4 million in its first day, Paramount Pictures executives said on Thursday.

AP - MTV reality marriages are looking more and more like "Divorce Court." The latest celebrity schism moved further toward official kaputness Thursday when Carmen Electra filed for divorce from rocker Dave Navarro, according to Superior Court documents.

Reuters - Terry Gilliam tends not to make life easy for audiences, and his new film about a 10-year-old girl who prepares heroin for her father to inject and seeks to seduce an older simpleton is out to make them squirm some more.

Reuters - With his slight physique and lack of conventional good looks, David Hyde Pierce might not be a likely leading man or dramatic linchpin. But once he makes his first appearance in "Curtains," one of the last collaborations of John Kander and the late Fred Ebb (the folks who brought you a raft of musicals including "Cabaret" and "Chicago"), he pretty much carries the show.