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Deanna Neil, author of the newly released children's historical novel The Land of Curiosities: Lost in Yellowstone says her book ...

We're giving you a look at a just-released photo of the wolf pack in 'New Moon'!USA Today first posted the photo on their web site, along with an article that went into detail on the casting of the wolf pack.According to USA Today, 'New Moon' director Chris Weitz insisted on the actors' Native american ancestry. "They had to have papers that proved their heritage," he said.

On paper, this is one of the best summers in recent memory. May alone features enough tentpole releases to carry the entire season yet July has almost as many. With so many quality titles scheduled for the period from this weekend until Labor Day, voting for the BOP 25 of Summer has been the most brutally competitive since its inception in 2002. Surprises abound, but the cream will eventually rise to the top by the time the entire list has been posted on Friday. Today's results are 25-16. Yo Joe! 25-16

There were just a pair of new releases to reach the top 30 on the sales chart this week. This includes the new number one DVD; however, sales of The Spirit were hardly impressive as it managed just 334,000 units and $6.27 million in sales.

There were only two new releases to reach the top 30 on the rental chart this week, meaning there was not a lot of movement to report. The Day the Earth Stood Still remained in first place with a third more rentals than The Spirit, which opened in second place.

International News: Asia markets get leashed to 'Slumdog' -- 'Slumdog Millionaire' is finishing up its worldwide tour with impressive showings in Japan and China, with censors in the latter clearing the film and allowing it to become one of the few Western pics released there.

Film News: Studios host events honoring the environment -- After the release of 'An Inconvienent Truth' in 2006, Hollywood's major studios and agencies made special efforts to put eco-friendly mandates in place.

A singer from a German girl band arrested on suspicion of infecting a partner with HIV is released from custody.

Film News: Composer draws upon New York's rich culture -- The sounds and textures of Elliot Goldenthal's movie scores span the globe -- from the Ireland of his Oscar-nominated 'Michael Collins' and the Mexico of his Oscar-winning 'Frida' to the Chicago of Michael Mann's forthcoming 'Public Enemies' and the fictional island of 'The Tempest,' the music for which he is still creating. The 54-year-old composer has a unique ability to synthesize the sounds of the world while avoiding cliche and producing something original. Not bad for a kid from working-class Brooklyn, you might say. But Goldenthal might respond that it is precisely his life as a New Yorker that informs his composing.'Flatbush was a wonderful place to grow up,' he says, exposing him to the sights, sounds and tastes of Jewish, Italian, Latino, Caribbean and other cultures. 'And I went to high school in Coney Island -- it was kind of Fellini-esque studying trigonometry in this world of the theatrical and grotesque, of cott

The ability of 3D film releases, such as Monsters vs Aliens, to draw large crowds at local cimemas is not lost on the consumer electronics industry as the the race...