Fincher Focused On Facebook

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the feature "The Social Network", focusing on 26-year old Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, currently worth $4 billion for his invention of the popular website.

"The Social Network", directed by David Fincher ("Fight Club"), from a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing"), adapts the novel "The Accidental Billionaires (A Tale Of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal") by author Ben Mezrich,

Set for release October 2010, the feature is told in flashbacks recalled during a court hearing, opening on the night of February 4, 2004 when Zuckerberg, then 19, is dumped in a Harvard university bar by his girlfriend, Erica.

In the screenplay, Erica tells him he will "go through life thinking that girls don’t like you because you’re a tech geek", but in reality, she says, "I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won’t be true. It’ll be because you’re an asshole."

In the film Zuckerberg retreats to his college dorm where, in a drunken fever, he writes a computer code turning Harvard’s collection of student photographs/biographies into a website where he and his male friends can rank Harvard women.

Produced by actor Kevin Spacey ("Glengarry Glen Ross") , "The Social Network" follows Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), dropping out of college and moving to Silicon Valley in California where he builds Facebook with 'Sean Parker' (Justin Timberlake), co-founder of music piracy site Napster.

The early Facebook operation was funded by twins 'Cameron' and 'Tyler Winklevoss', but according to the film, Zuckerberg cuts them out, leading to the court battle.

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NBC Picks Up "The Cape"

NBC has picked up the one-hour superhero drama "The Cape" as a series for next season, from Universal Media Studios and BermanBraun productions. Executive producers are creator Thomas Wheeler, director Simon West ("Human Target"), Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein.

The series stars David Lyons as 'Vince Faraday', an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. Forced into hiding, Faraday leaves behind his wife 'Dana' (Jennifer Ferrin) and son, 'Trip' (Ryan Wynott).

"...Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken 'Palm City', Faraday becomes 'The Cape' -- his son's favorite comic book superhero -- and takes the law into his own hands..."

Also in the cast are James Frain as billionaire 'Peter Fleming', Keith David as 'Max Malini', ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers who mentors Faraday, Summer Glau as 'Orwell', an investigative blogger who wages war on crime and Dorian Missick as 'Marty Voyt', former police detective and friend to Faraday.

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Gene Simmons Goes All Medieval

Gene Simmons, the co-founder of rock band KISS, the "Family Jewels" TV personality and the man who claims to have bedded 10,000 women, has taken legal action against an ESPN makeup artist who claimed that Simmons assaulted her – and then threatened to sue him for an alleged incident unless he paid her the sum of $185,000 for injuries. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Simmons asked the court for a judicial declaration that no assault took place and that ESPN makeup artist Victoria Jackson did not suffer any damages or injuries attributable to him. Jackson's allegations involve an appearance by the KISS front man on ESPN SportsCenter, November 2010. Simmons, along with KISS' drummer, Eric Singer, appeared on the show in full KISS costume and make-up just before a KISS concert at Los Angeles' Staples Center, the evening of November 24, 2009. Two months later, Simmons' received a letter from an attorney claiming to represent Jackson alleging Simmons accosted her during his visit to the ESPN studios. "...The letter went on to accuse Simmons of supposedly 'humping' Ms. Jackson 'to the extent that she could feel (him) grinding into her" and that as a result she 'suffered from humiliation, shame, embarrassment, anger, anxiety, loss of sleep and depression'. In a follow-up email to Simmons' attorney, Barry E. Mallen of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Jackson's lawyer demanded Simmons pay Jackson $185,000 by May 14, 2010 in order to avoid a lawsuit..." Simmons' complaint notes, Simmons and Singer were at the ESPN studios before their appearance on SportsCenter and both were in full costume. "...Simmons' complaint points out Jackson's claim is unbelievable given that Simmons' heavy costume is like a suit of armor, particularly around his groin area, making it impossible for Simmons to have done the kind of grinding that Jackson claims to have experienced...".

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DC Sues For "Supes"

According to reports, DC Comics, a unit of Time Warner’s Warner Bros., has filed a lawsuit against LA attorney Marc Toberoff in an attempt to protect their rights to the "Superman" property, after failing to settle with the heirs of the "Superman" creators Toberoff represents: