If They Make Footloose With Sparklevampires You Will Be In
Heaven  Today we have some bad news about Footloose, some good
news about The Fighter, and some unexpected surprises from old
friends.  Oh dear God. Porcelain sex robot Chace Crawford will
be Ren McCormack. Though Zac Efron was long ago maybe going to
star in the upcoming Footloose, he backed out because, you know,
no homo. So the Gossip Girl actor has now been cast and the
whole movie has sprung a leak. [Variety]  Oh, good. The up-and-
coming young actress Melissa Leo has been cast in David O.
Russell's The Fighter, playing Mark Wahlberg and Christian
Bale's moms. [Variety]  Jackass Chris Pontius has just been
called up to the artsy leagues. He'll play a role in auteur
Sofia Coppola's new movie Somewhere. Playing the lead in that
movie about a fried-out rock 'n roller living at the Chateau
Marmont? None other than our old, long-lost friend Stephen
Dorff. Good for him. Elle Fanning is also in it. So. [THR]
Lostie Matthew Fox has left ICM for the new m