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The studios demanded that executive producers, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with Microsoft each reduce their profit participation in the film which included a $5 million upfront payday, obviously their demands were not met.

Some insiders are speculating that the pull-out had to due with budget problems as rumors swirl that the film, originally budgeted for $135 million, had already busted the cap by a whopping $65 million,

Others feel that handing a huge franchise like "Halo" to first time director Neil Blomkamp made the studios way too nervous about the film.

But, fear not Halo-heads -- the project isn't dead yet. Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop is continuing to work on the film while Microsoft locks down another partner.

With the help of the digital wizards at Industrial Light and Magic, Disney will be re-releasing the film on October 20th. Using a process where digital artists take each shot and layer the images to create a striking effect, the film is sure to bring new visual splendor for those of us who saw it when it was first released.

Ever since Borat first began telling the world about his beautiful home country of Kazakhstan (a urine-drinking, jew-hating, inbred society), officials from the Kazakh tourism department have been pulling their hair out in frustration. They've already managed to shut down Borat's website, convinced most Kazakh movie theaters to ban the upcoming film and spent a ton of money in a desperate image-saving publicity campaign.

Now, after skewering the bumbling reporter in the media, the good folks from Kazakhstan are inviting Borat, aka Sacha Baron Cohen, to visit the country as an invited guest. Deputy foreign minister Rakhat Aliyev told a local Kazakhstan news agency that Borat could learn that "women drive cars, wine is made of grapes and jews are free to go to synagogues." While he doesn't agree with Borat's criticism of Kazakhstan, he believes that his fellow countrymen, "must have a sense of humor and respect the creative freedom of others."

This all sounds good, but maybe Borat should invest in a few large bodyguards before his official visit. Just in case.

On Saturday, October 22nd, 44 Krav Maga training centers across the globe will simultaneously offer self-defense seminars with 100% of the proceeds going towards the STOP CANCER research foundation. The seminars are part of the first annual Krav Maga Fights Cancer fundraiser, which was created to honor the memory of the highest ranking female Krav Maga instructor in the United States, Marni Levine, who passed away earlier this year after a five-year battle with breast cancer. The goal is to raise over $50,000.

A source tells TMZ that Brown came into the hip Le Bra Lingerie boutique in West Hollywood on Saturday and was gushing about her impending birth.

Brown, who has a 7-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, is a frequent shopper at the store and admitted the pregnancy had her feeling tired. Brown added that she was concerned she may be carrying twins since, she noted, they run in Murphy's family.

While on her shopping spree, Melanie picked up nearly $5,000 worth of Eres lingerie for herself and about $300 worth of La Perla men's undershirts and underwear for Eddie.

In April, Murphy's divorce from his ex-wife Nicole became final. The "Daddy Day Care" star has five children with Nicole and another son from a previous relationship.

Murphy's rep told TMZ "We do not comment on Mr. Murphy's personal life."

Calls to Brown's rep were not immediately returned.

The two-time Oscar winner was photographed on the New York set of her new film "P.S. I Love You" on Tuesday sporting a dowdy dress with a strange wishbone like graphic on the front along with a pair of Ugg-like slippers/shoes.

If Hilary can win Academy Awards for transforming into a transgendered person and a female boxer, then playing a fashion victim should be a breeze.

Willis' ex-wife, Demi Moore, was in attendance along with her husband, Ashton Kutcher, and Willis and Moore's three daughters -- Scout, Rumer and Tallulah.

"I used to come down here and look at these stars and I could never quite figure out what you're supposed to do to get one," Willis said. "And time has passed and now here I am doing this, and I'm still excited about it. I'm still excited to be an actor." Other celebs in attendance included Kevin Costner, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Don Johnson and Sylvester Stallone.

Willis rose to fame in the dramedy "Moonlighting" in 1985. He won the Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1987. And most recently, the star lent his voice to the character of "RJ" in Dreamworks' animated "Over The Hedge," the DVD of which debuts today.

Willis' broad resume includes such films as "Die Hard," "Pulp Fiction," "The Sixth Sense" and "Armageddon." The fourth film in the "Die Hard" series, "Live Free or Die Hard," is due out June 29, 2007.

Drew Barrymore is still going strong with her longtime boyfriend, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti.

The hipster duo where spotted walking through Soho on Saturday looking like quite the happy couple.

And it seems Drew can't claim she's "never been kissed" anymore, as Fab planted one on her when they stopped inside a local art gallery.

Drew and Fabrizio are probably the only thing cooler than a New York autumn afternoon.

Attention Hollywood -- You can get Robin Williams to star in your movie, for cheap!

TMZ has learned the funnyman was paid only $1 million for his starring role in "Man of the Year." The movie, which ranked third in box office this weekend, earned $12.6 million.

Check out this contrast -- Williams reportedly raked a cool $20 mil for "Bicentennial Man," released in 1999.

Williams won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" in 1997, which could explain the ginormous paycheck for "Bicentennial." But a string of clunkers, including "One Hour Photo" and "Death to Smoochy" hurt Williams' status as an opener.

Jason Vorhees took a vacation from Camp Crystal Lake and made a special visit to Los Angeles.

The hockey-masked psycho and horror icons Freddy Krueger, Carrie, Frankenstein, Morticia Addams and the Ghostface killer from "Scream" all gathered to celebrate the DVD release of "The Omen" with a birthday party -- complete with a black carpet -- for the spawn of Satan, Damien.

Special guest Ghostface told a reporter, "We're here to celebrate Damien's birthday party, his last one was ruined by the death of his nanny" while Morticia made cracks like "Damien used to play with Pugsley all the time ... Gomez and I used to think Damien was such a little devil."

So who cut the cake at the gathering of horror idols? Why Leatherface of course, who came to the party chainsaw in hand.

Of course there's one minor problem with the celebration ... Damien's birthday is 6.6.06 (get it?) and not Friday the 13th.

After reports today that cast of the forthcoming "Dallas" big screen adaptation was being completely overhauled, it appears at least one cast member -- besides star John Travolta -- has been spared.

TMZ spoke to Katie Cassidy today and she told us that she is still set to play Lucy Ewing whenever filming starts. Cassidy, who is currently filming the remake of "Revenge of the Nerds" with Kristin Cavallari, is the daughter of "Partridge Family" star David Cassidy.

According to today's Variety, Luke Wilson and Shirley MacLaine are now off the project. When Jennifer Lopez left the flick a few months back, Meg Ryan was in talks to replace her -- but those talks have now broken off.

Travolta is still locked in to play Ewing family patriarch J.R. after focus research said his character was the only one audiences cared about. Even the film's director, Gurinder Chadha might drop out -- and she's the second director the film has had!

While stopping in Amsterdam on his world tour to promote his new film, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," the bumbling reporter bragged about recently picking up a hot date at a local gay bar, telling Dutch press, "This woman reminded me of Kazakhi woman; she was more tall than me, with hair on arms, and some hair on face and deep voice."

Borat immersed himself in the local culture as well, sporting a lovely frilly white hat, cheese wheel and the Dutch flag for a photo op. Afterwards, he donned his now infamous green bathing suit while posing with local prostitutes in the Red Light district.

Starting this Halloween, interested viewers will be able to watch Tara run for her life in the horror flick "Incubus," which will be available for purchase on AOL RED, AOL's new teen-oriented venture.

Shelling out only $7.99 will score you a permanent copy of the movie, $3.59 for a 5-day-rental. While the film will eventually be released on DVD, it will be impossible to burn the downloaded copy to disc.

The movie finds Reid facing off with the spirit of a murderer who kills people in their sleep, which is pretty familiar territory for a girl who has run from plenty of of serial killers ("Urban Legend") and monsters ("Alone in the Dark") in the past. Seeing as she's the heroine of "Incubus" though, she probably won't meet a grisly demise ... our apologies.

While the film sounds a bit Nightmare on Elm Street-ish to us, the niche-marketing could give it a chance to explode into the one mega-hit Reid needs to get off the "denied from Hyde" list. Of course, with her antics, she'll be needing more than one success to do that.

Actor/comedian/director Bobcat Goldthwait showed up to the premiere of his movie "Sleeping Dogs Lie" on Wednesday looking like a cross-dressing Brokeback cowboy.

Part western wear and part punk school girl chic, Goldthwait sported a cowboy hat along with a plaid skirt and orange Converse combo which appears to have come straight out of Avril Lavigne's closet.

We're not sure how often Bobcat dons women's skirts, but at least it looks like he had the decency to shave his legs. And for that we're thankful.

Turns out one of the rubber stunt guns used by Tom Cruise during filming of "Mission Impossible 2" is now up for auction on eBay. According to the seller, the rubber Beretta 92FS Brigadier was the very hand cannon waved around by Tom Cruise throughout the production, when he wasn't firing a live gun of course. Which begs the question -- Why was Tom firing a live gun on the set?

But, if pretend violence isn't exactly your cup of tea, maybe some original doodle art by Mr. Cruise and his ex-wife Mimi Rogers would tickle your fancy. An eBay seller claims the "art" was originally drawn for charity and includes signatures from both Tom and Mimi. We have no idea what the crazy design is supposed to represent, but it really doesn't matter. Just think about how cool Rosie O'Donnell will think you are when it's hanging on your wall.

John Malkovich is a much-revered actor, but did you know he also designs clothes?

While everyone from J.Lo to Jaclyn Smith have fashion lines, many are not aware the Oscar winner started a clothing company called Mrs. Mudd in 2003 and now designs a menswear collection entitled Uncle Kimono.

Uncle Kimono features sweaters, hats, ties, t-shirts and even made to order suits.

Malkovich's creations are inspired by characters he's played in movies, political figures, Beatles songs and even Martha Stewart!

John designed a "Free Martha" chocolate brown boiled wool coat that retails for $1665. Malkovich created what he said was "an elegant coat to wear in front of the courthouse during the Martha Stewart trial." Now that's a 'good thing!'

Celeb fans of Uncle Kimono include Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem.

A portion of sales from Malkovich's clothing line benefits the performing arts and a selected group of playhouses across the world.