It looks like Jeremy Irons will have another scene stealing dark role to add to his filmography. But how will "Appaloosa" stack up against "Die Hard with a Vengeance" and "Reversal of Fortune"?

"Eastern Promises" star Viggo Mortensen told me this week that Irons has signed on to play "the very colorful bad guy" in the forthcoming Western to be directed by Ed Harris. Calling the film "a pretty hardcore story," Mortensen told me he's a lawman in the film and plays the partner of Harris who also stars. Renee Zellweger also appears in the flick set to begin shooting soon in New Mexico.

Check out the full interview with Mortensen here. He weighs in on everything from his love of "Happy Gilmore" to whether he could take Borat in a fight.

Imagine being 13-years-old, working opposite the world's biggest bad-ass, and being one hell of a speller to boot. That was the reality of "Akeelah and the Bee" star Keke Palmer earlier this year, as she played daughter to Samuel L. Jackson in a cool-sounding thriller that will help keep his "Pulp Fiction" legacy alive...well, kinda.

"I have a movie with Samuel L. Jackson coming out in the fall called 'Cleaner,'" the wide-grinning actress told us recently. "It's an amazing movie, and I love it."

Directed by action veteran Renny Harlin and co-starring some heavy-hitters (Ed Harris, Robert Forster), hotties (Eva Mendes) and hallowed character actors (Luis Guzman), the flick picks up on the Cleaner mythos crafted in flicks like "La Femme Nikita," "Fiction" and "Point of No Return" - giving one his own movie for the first time. Read more...