The other day, we asked Sigourney Weaver to comment on any similarities that might exist between Ellen Ripley, the butt-kicking heroin from "Alien" and its sequels, and Dr. Grace Augustine, her new character from "Avatar."

But while we're geared up for Sigourney's newest, we couldn't help but wonder more about her first big-screen role, especially given recent rumors that director Ridley Scott had an idea for another "Alien" film. So, will we ever see Ripley again?

"The last time [Ridley and I] saw each other we talked about it. The character is still interesting [and] I'd love to work with Ridley again," Weaver said, raising our hopes to their absolute apex before immediately dashing them against the rocks of reality. "But Fox has effectively killed it because of ‘Alien vs. Predator.' What else can you do with the creature? You can take the situation, you can go back to where they came from. Read more...

When it comes to bad-ass babes in cinema history, well, there's Ellen Ripley, the take no prisoners heroin at the center of "Alien" and its three sequels, and then there's everybody else.

But if anyone could match her, it would have to be the tag-team of James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver, back together again on the 3-D extravaganza "Avatar," right? Could Dr. Grace Augustine be a Ripley for the 21st century?

At least one person doesn't think so. Too bad that one person is Weaver herself. Read more...

Ever since James Cameron announced that "Avatar" would be his next project, fans of the director have been feverishly searching for hints and clues to the film's plot.

Perhaps this whole time we've been looking in the wrong place.

Meaning that maybe instead of looking at the director's previous sci-fi epics, we should be looking at the director himself, suggested co-star Sigourney Weaver. Read more...

Normally known as a leading man in movies like "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "The Pink Panther," legendary comedian Steve Martin hasn't appeared in a non-starring movie role since 1986's "Little Shop of Horrors." "Saturday Night Live" mastermind Lorne Michaels told us, however, that all that is about to change.

"We have a movie that Tina [Fey], Amy [Poehler] and Dax Shepard, Greg Kinnear, Steve Martin and a bunch of others are in called 'Baby Mama,'" Michaels said of the flick, which has developed into something of an "SNL" reunion. "That movie should be coming out in the spring."

The film stars Fey as a busy single gal who hires Poehler's character to be a surrogate mother. The in-production flick features Kinnear as the local hunk who sparks up a romance with Fey, while "ER" veteran Maura Tierney has been cast as Fey's supportive sister, a mother of two. The comedy also features Sigourney Weaver and Romany Malco, but it's Martin's rare supporting performance that seems destined to be the stand-out. Read more...