Robert Blake surrendered to police Thursday night after being charged in the year-old murder of his wife, Bonnie Bakley. Bakley, the mother of Blake's three-year-old daughter, was shot at close range while sitting in Blake's car after dinner one night while Blake claimed he had run back to the restaurant to get a gun (carried for personal protection) he had left there. Blake and his lawyer, Harland Braun, have portrayed Bakley as a con artist who had many enemies after pulling lonely hearts scams, and Braun contends that the real killer of Bakley is still at large. Not so, say Los Angeles Police. Sources claim the police intend to file murder charges with special circumstances, meaning the Los Angeles District Attorney could seek the death penalty in the case. Police are also asking for two counts of solicitation of murder (trying to hire someone to kill Bakley) and have arrested Blake's bodyguard on a conspiracy charge, although the bodyguard was out of town at the time. (This item was compiled by IMDb staff)

Star Wars producer Rick McCallum has stunned fans of the Sci-Fi epics, by branding them "deranged". As devotees prepare for next month's release of Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, McCallum - who has worked on all five movies - has spoken out about followers of the cult classic. He says, "There is a group of people who are seriously deranged and who we love dearly. That's what makes Star Wars work, in a strange way."

Hollywood legend Robert Duvall fell from a horse while training for a new film and broke several ribs, a spokesperson told the press Thursday. Duvall, who was training to team up with Kevin Costner in the Western Open Range, was reported to be resting at home following treatment and would be recovered in time for the start of filming in June. (This item was compiled by IMDb staff)

Hollywood star Salma Hayek is set to break the hearts of male fans by marrying lover Edward Norton. Salma - who has been dating the actor for three years - was spotted sporting a sparkling diamond engagement ring at a recent Los Angeles Lakers basketball game. And pals say the couple plan to tie the knot soon. A friend says, "Everything's still real hush-hush. During the game, Salma was trying to keep her left hand hidden, but every now and then, she let it slip out of her pocket. She could not help but show it off." But 33-year-old Salma and her 32-year-old beau failed to conceal their excitement when, at half-time, an electronic message on the scoreboard told spectators to Kiss. The Hollywood couple threw caution to the wind, according to onlookers, "Salma and Ed started making out like love-struck teenagers."

Actor Tom Cruise is preparing for blast off after admitting in interviews he'd drop everything to go into space. Talking at the premiere of new Imax 3D movie Space Station, which he narrates, at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, Cruise admitted he has been secretly taking lessons on board a spacecraft. He said, "I toured the Johnson Space Center in Houston and I had a fly in a space shuttle simulator. I had a couple of good landings. I've had a lot of offers and I have been looking into it. I'm thinking about it. I'd love to do it." The actor, wearing braces on his teeth, was joined by his girlfriend Penélope Cruz at the screening, who dazzled in a sexy black pant suit and a green shirt.

An Australian magazine has been forced to apologize to Nicole Kidman, after claiming she had mental breakdown. New Idea magazine printed a story last month saying the claiming the sexy actress had been treated in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital after suffering a breakdown. The magazine, insisted it picked the story up from American tabloid the National Enquirer, but has now backed down and printed a retraction and a grovelling apology to Kidman. The latest edition of New Idea reads, "New Idea now accepts that this story was incorrect. Nicole did not have, and nor was she treated for, a mental breakdown. She was not hysterical and did not need, nor take, any sedative of similar drugs. New Idea regrets any distress caused Nicole Kidman and her family."

Julia Roberts and Sex & the City creator Darren Star are teaming up to make an unsentimental film about a prostitute. Roberts' Shoelace Productions has hired Star to adapt Tracy Quan's book Diary Of A Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel. The writer promises it will be nothing like the actress' loveable Pretty Woman, in which she plays a prostitute who falls for Richard Gere, which was heavily criticized for its unrealistic portrayal of the sex workers, expounding the 'hooker with a heart of gold' cliche.

Quirky star Billy Bob Thornton is the unlikely choice to star in the latest movie about Santa Claus. The actor, who normally plays murderers and weirdos, will play a quirky Father Christmas in Ghost World director Terry Zwigoff's new movie Bad Santa. He will play a conman who dresses up as Santa to rob shops.

Kurt Russell has been branded a hero - after reuniting a little boy with his mother. Kurt, 51, spotted the lad bawling his eyes out at Los Angeles Beverly Center mall and asked what was wrong. When the boy replied, "I can't find my mommy!" Kurt walked the boy by hand to security, where his concerned mom was anxiously waiting. But Kurt wasn't finished there - he then made the family's day - by treating them to a huge slap-up lunch.

Sex And The City star Kristin Davis is desperate to get some hunky Hollywood stars to appear in the hit comedy. The actress admits she'd love to share the screen with Benjamin Bratt, Ewan McGregor and Sean Penn - but she's given up on George Clooney, because he's not interested. Kristin says, "We've been after Benjamin Bratt for a while because he's so charming. We really want Ewan McGregor and Sean Penn. Unrealistic, but wouldn't it be great? We've given up on George Clooney because you can only plead for so long."