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'Breaking Dawn' star scores lead in film adapted from New Yorker article.

By Kevin P. Sullivan

Taylor Lautner

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic

Indie director Gus Van Sant may not have won the directing slot on "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" like Robert Pattinson wanted him to, but the auteur is getting a second chance to work with one of the stars of "Twilight," Taylor Lautner.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two are set to make a small-budget film together based on a nonfiction article from the New Yorker, but there aren't many details about the project other than that.

Van Sant and Lautner recently found themselves in the middle of controversy. After photos of the two found their way online, GQ Australia asked Lautner during an interview whether the director and screenwriter Lance Ian Black, who had also been photographed with them, had hit on him. The...

'Breaking Dawn' star scores lead in film adapted from New Yorker article.

By Kevin P. Sullivan

Taylor Lautner

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic

Indie director Gus Van Sant may not have won the directing slot on "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" like Robert Pattinson wanted him to, but the auteur is getting a second chance to work with one of the stars of "Twilight," Taylor Lautner.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two are set to make a small-budget film together based on a nonfiction article from the New Yorker, but there aren't many details about the project other than that.

Van Sant and Lautner recently found themselves in the middle of controversy. After photos of the two found their way online, GQ Australia asked Lautner during an interview whether the director and screenwriter Lance Ian Black, who had also been photographed with them, had hit on him. The...

Delilah has revealed that she is facing homelessness. The Australian entertainer, who has worked with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Cher and Dean Martin, said that she lost most of her fortune to a gambling addiction and has also struggled financially since the death of her partner Ian Black last year. Delilah told New Idea magazine: "I've definitely hit rock bottom and if it wasn't for the kindness of close friends helping me out in all sorts of ways, God knows how I'd have survived. "I've always stood tall and been an extremely proud person, so when I first [needed] help with my bills, I was mortified. But... there are many in my shoes or worse, including other well-known showbiz people. "I'm a firm believer in destiny and what's meant to be and the universe working things out for you, but right now it's a terrifying (more)...

Field Music Northeast England's Field Music, founded in the early aughts, is comprised of Kev Dosdale (guitar, keyboards), Ian Black (bass), and brothers David (guitar, vocals) and Peter (drums, vocals) Brewis (original keys player Andrew Moore exited in '07). After a short recording hiatus, Field Music is back with a new 20-plus-track collection. Take their "Measure," from the 2010 release Field Music (Measure). Buy: Lala.com Genre: Alternative Artist: Field Music Song: Measure Album: Field Music (Measure) Platinum Pied Pipers a.k.a Ppp Platinum Pied Pipers a.k.a. Ppp are the Detroit/Brooklyn based hip-hop/soul unit led by Waajeed and Saadiq. Since the outfit's debut in 2005, Tiombe Lockhart, Coultrain, Jamila Raegan, Karma Stewart, and Neco Redd have contributed to the lineup. Ppp has shared stages with Mark Ronson, Roy Ayers, Brazilian Girls, and ?uestlove. With 10 releases to savor, get started with "Smoking Mirrors," from their 2009 release Abundance. Buy: Lala.

Iran's revolutionary guards should be subject to sanctions to force Tehran to curb its nuclear ambitions and respect democracy, the country's leading film-maker and unofficial spokesman for the opposition Green Movement has said.

"If foreign governments deal only with the atomic bomb and forget about democracy and human rights in Iran, they will help dictatorship," Mohsen Makhmalbaf told the Guardian.

"If they want peace in the Middle East, they need a democratic government in Iran. Pressure from inside and pressure from outside can change things."

Makhmalbaf is widely seen as representing Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claimed victory over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's bitterly disputed presidential election. His outspoken comments highlight the dilemma for the Us and others: how to engage the Iranian regime over the nuclear issue without undermining the opposition, still reeling over the crisis that erupted when the incumbent hardliner confounded expectations by beating Mousavi in an allegedly rigged vote.

Five months after the tumult of the Iranian presidential elections, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a leading spokesman for the opposition movment, is in London to receive the Freedom to Create prize.

The internationally acclaimed director of Kandahar and Sex & Philosophy tells the Guardian's Middle East editor, Ian Black, about the need to link sanctions to human rights and democracy, and why any military action would backfire.

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So, how does it feel to back out on the road with Stella While most people who co-wrote and directed a hit comedy like Role Models might be content to take the rest of the year off and bask in their awesomeness, David Wain is proving yet again that there is no rest for the wickedly funny. Fresh off the success of the Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott-starring film, Wain is reuniting with his two main Michaels (Ian Black, the driest man alive, and Showalter, man-boy supreme) for an East Coast tour with the absurdist comedy trio Stella. Starting with MTV’s mid-'90s sketch comedy series The State, and on through projects like the film Wet Hot American Summer and the Stella television series, Wain had established himself as powerful force for smart-yet-goofy humor, both in front of and behind the camera. Paste caught up with Wain...