Compared to most authors, onetime New York it-boy Bret Easton Ellis’s works have had a pretty good translation record at the cinema. American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction and Less Than Zero were all pretty faithful, quality adaptations that kept Ellis’s sensational penchant for drugs, kinky sex and sociopathic detachment intact. A tall order these days. Next in line is this fall’s The Informers. Not only did Ellis co-write the screenplay for his 1995 interlocked collection of twisted tales set in the ’80s, but the film easily has the coolest cast of any Ellis flick: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Billy Bob Thornton, Pineapple Express‘ Amber Heard and Brad Renfro’s last theatrical role.

Well, now it seems that the key element that made The Informers stand out from its darkly hedonistic pack, a good dose of the supernatural, including a vampire storyline starring Superman Returns‘ Brandon Routh as the book’s main vampire, Jamie, has either been “exorcised� or dumped altogether. Odd. Actor John Graham, who has a rather large role as the son to Thornton’s Hollywood exec, expressed dissonance about the film’s seemingly last minute change to IGN…

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Amber is featured in the April issue of GQ magazine (Adriana Lima graces the cover). It’s a drop dead gorgeous new photoshoot and article as well! We have added the five stunning shoot outtakes and capped the behind the scenes video. The article has been added to the library too. Enjoy the gorgeous new goodies!

“Like many of Judd Apatow’s [female] characters, I’m the hysterical bitch—the neurotic girl who’s supposed to counteract what all the cool boys do.� Paging Katherine Heigl! Does Heard have a problem, as Heigl did, with playing a “humorless shrew�? “Shrew or no shrew, it’s funny. And as a woman, I have no problem laughing along.�

Things have been a little quiet in the Amber world now as she has finished promoting Never Back Down and is filming The Stepfather. I did, however, find a new photoshoot, which was taken for Hollywood Life back in 2007. Amber shoots are a little scarce so I’m super happy about this find! Enjoy the gorgeousness!

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to check back on Monday for final figures based on actual box office.

New independent distributor Summit Entertainment had their first significant hit with the mixed martial arts drama Never Back Down, which opened in third place with $8.6 million in 2,729 theaters, an average of $3,166 per theater, which isn’t great but enough to make more money this weekend than the stronger returning movies. The production budget was an estimated $20 million.

1. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who ($45,100,000)
2. 10,000 BC ($16,415,000)
3. Never Back Down ($8,610,000)
4. College Road Trip ($7,893,000)
5. Vantage Point ($5,400,000)

Amber is getting more attention these days! Yesterday She made the IGN “Movie Babe of the Day”.

Born in Austin, Texas, Babe of the Day and actress Amber Heard has already made a mark on both the silver and small screens, and it doesn’t look like this young starlet is going to stop anytime soon.

Heard got her big break in the 2004 film, Friday Night Lights, and her performance helped her win the honor to play a younger version of Charlize Theron in North Country, the critically-acclaimed drama about the first successful major sexual harassment case in US history. In 2006, Heard appeared in another major film, this time the controversial crime drama Alpha Dog, starring Bruce Willis and Emile Hirsch.

On the small screen, Heard has played bit parts on such shows as The O.C., Criminal Minds and Californication. Heard’s latest work comes in Never Back Down, about an underground fight club populated by teens. The film opens nationwide today.

Best Work:
North Country.

Upcoming Projects:
Heard recently wrapped work on Pineapple Express, the crime comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco.