American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), in partnership with Broadway Impact, announce additional casting and roles for the highly anticipated one-night only staged reading of "8," a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California's Proposition 8. The play is written by AFER Founding Board Member and Academy Award-winning writer Dustin Lance Black and will be directed by two-time Tony Award-winning actor and director Joe Mantello

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Hollywood's 20th Century Fox is suing Bollywood's BR Films over what it has described as an unauthorized remake of its 1992 big-screen comedy My Cousin Vinny. The BBC said Fox is suing the Indian company for $1.42 million in Mumbai's High Court, claiming the dialogue and story for Banda Yeh Bindaas

Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Eddie Vedder have signed on to appear in a TV documentary about democracy in the United States. The History Channel and The People Speak organization, Voices of a People's History of the United States, have entered into a multi-tiered marketing and programming event, it was announced Friday by History's Nancy Dubuc. As part of the initiative, the network will premiere in 2009 The People Speak, a film based on the lives and experiences of ordinary Americans who, through their words and actions, changed the course of history. It will feature dramatic performances by such celebrities as Damon, Brolin, Viggo Mortensen, David Strathairn, Marisa Tomei, Don Cheadle, Jasmine Guy and, Kerry Washington, as well as musical performances by Vedder, Bruce Springsteen and John Legend and archival footage and interviews. Together we are bringing forth a national conversation about democracy and the unforgettable, everyday stories that made America, Dubuc said in a statement

The Wrestler was named best feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday night. The movie about a former pro wrestling icon who can't let go of his glory days also earned the award for cinematography, while star Mickey Rourke picked up the trophy for best lead actor. I went out and found the best actors I could find -- Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and the legend Mickey Rourke, director Darren Aronofsky told the audience as he collected the evening's top prize.