Emma WatsonThe week ends, but the news rolls on. Today, headlines from "The Spirit," "Dark Knight," "Harry Potter," "Avatar" and more.

- What made Hermione cry? Emma Watson gives her thoughts on "Deathly Hallows." (Emma Watson)

- The "Spirit" is willing. Gabriel Macht to lead Frank Miller's comic adaptation as the masked avenger himself. (Variety)

- The Batpod in action! (Latino Review)

- Len Wiseman to helm "Escape from New York" and "Gears of War"? (AICN)

- Under new "Management." Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn to headline romantic comedy about traveling saleswoman. (Variety)

- Michelle Rodriguez joins Cameron's "Avatar." (Variety)

- Gervais NOT set for "Early Retirement." (CanMag)

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Steve ZahnWhile talking to Steve Zahn about his role as a tortured P.O.W. in the harrowing "Rescue Dawn," the last thing we expected was a good laugh, but we couldn't help ourselves when the veteran supporting actor told us how he got his job on the comedy "Strange Wilderness," a movie he described as "fun and dumb and as wrong as 'Saving Silverman.'"

"I was in Vietnam [for 'Rescue Dawn'], and I went on this kayaking thing for 'Men's Journal.' I got back to Hanoi and got this message [asking if I would do the movie], and they wanted to know in a few hours if I could do it," Zahn reported, nearly giggling himself to death as he remembered the bizarre circumstances. "So I'm in Hanoi just out of a shower in my underwear reading this script, laughing my ass off, trying to figure out if it was funny because I was in Hanoi in my underwear or if it's really funny." Read More...

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Steve Zahn in 'Rescue Dawn'It takes a special kind of actor to emerge from films like "Sahara" and "Saving Silverman" unscathed. Steve Zahn is that man. I recently got a chance to sit down with the always affable character actor on a quick publicity swing through New York (he makes his home on a farm in Kentucky).

In between liberal use of profanity and a rigorous self-examination of his career, we talked a bit about his reasons for co-starring with Christian Bale in "Rescue Dawn," a film earning Zahn some of the best reviews of his career.

MTV: Do you enjoy doing these publicity tours?

Steve Zahn: Yeah, I like doing this stuff. I think it's because I live on a farm. You wake up in the morning and feed the goats and horses and then all of a sudden you're in New York or L.A. talking to somebody. It's just f**king weird. Tomorrow I'm back to the farm. Back to not being important. Back to not being recognized. Read More...

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