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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box office superheroes.

LOS ANGELES - Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Spider-Man Batman forever.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - In a made-up word: Bat-tastic.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros.

PARIS (AP) — Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a week ago, the hospital said in a statement.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.

LOS ANGELES - Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker after the defendant agreed not distribute a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Nobody pokes fun at a panda in this town and gets away with it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spacecraft sent on a mission to inspect comets has filmed the Earth and its moon from 31 million miles away, making an alien's-eye view of our world.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - So goes Plano, Texas, so goes the movie nation: The Dark Knight is one hot ticket.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Space Chimps" is on a perilous mission into North American cinemas to compete against "WALL-E" and "Kung Fu Panda" for the family audience, not to mention vie for screens against such hot openers as "The Dark Knight" and "Mamma Mia!" You wouldn't wish such a fate on a dog.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Inspired by Heath Ledger's way-twisted Joker in The Dark Knight, we assembled a posse of nine movie villains who'd make anyone's skin crawl—and asked E! Online readers to pick No. 10. And boy, what a freak show!

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - The A-list of Bollywood is on a mission -- to take the glitz and glamour of Indian cinema to the rest of the world.

LIMA, Pa. - Comedian Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, a long-running member of Howard Stern's "Wack Pack," died of complications from cystic fibrosis, a medical examiner ruled Friday.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - We get it, already: Heath Ledger's twisted turn as the Joker in The Dark Knight is so good it's disturbing. And we have to agree, this Gotham City thug is one of a very special breed of baddie—those sickos who go beyond freaky, beyond evil, beyond twisted. They're creepy.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make it happen.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Will Ferrell is attached to star in "2-Face," a comedy involving a character with a split personality: One part of him is a racist, and the other is a bleeding-heart liberal.

NEW YORK - As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of another actor who wasn't on the screen: James Dean, who also died prematurely and tragically, nearly 53 years ago.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - At midnight, it comes. With expectations fueled by hundreds of advance sellouts, glorious reviews and Oscar buzz.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday held their third meeting since the studios declared an end to contract negotiations, but the two sides parted company again without any public comment.

NEW YORK - Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Finally! It's here! Starting tonight, The Dark Knight invades more than 4,300 screens—many of them IMAX—bringing the return of Batman, one of the most beloved characters in American pop culture.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Batmania hit the video sales charts ahead of Friday's release of "The Dark Knight."

HONG KONG - Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Will Ferrell is used to getting sidesplitting laughs. Now he'll be splitting personalities.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - From chilling close-ups of Heath Ledger's Joker to heart-pounding aerial photography, few summer movies have attracted filmmakers' attention like Christopher Nolan's landmark addition to the Batman franchise.