LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Maria Bello has teamed with Russell Crowe and the Oscar-winning writer of "Slumdog Millionaire" for a series project in the works at HBO. Bello is set to star in the drama "Emergency Sex," which is being written by Simon Beaufoy. They will executive produce with Russell Crowe. Inspired by the book "Emergency Sex and Other Desperate ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Can the New Year live up to what was a rotten old year for everybody but the movie business? There are never any guarantees that films will perform, and movies usually look best sight unseen. On the other hand, the first half of '10 does include some franchise installments that should be safe box office bets ...

Liam Neeson has signed on to a Hollywood remake of the French thriller "Pour Elle," entertainment industry Daily Variety reported on Monday. Neeson, 57, will play an ex-con helping a teacher, played by Russell Crowe, trying to break his wife out of prison after she is wrongly convicted of murder, Variety reported. The film -- to be released as "The Next ...