It seems that I owe MWoP blogger Odie Henderson a dollar. Odie swore to me that Pineapple Express would not beat The Dark Knight at the box office this weekend, that in fact Batman would stay perched on his high gargoyle until Tropic Thunder came along. While that latter part remains to be seen, it does seem like my estimation of Seth Rogen and James Franco as Bat-breakers on a par with any of Arkham Asylum's inmates was incorrect.

Forbes has come out with its list of "Hollywood's Top-Paid Tweens", and most of the stars who made it are no longer pre-teens themselves. But, as Forbes notes, "the bulk of their work still caters to that advertiser-beloved tween set." Tied for the top spot with a mind-blowing $25 million each are Hannah Montana's fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus and Harry Potter's nineteen-year-old Daniel Radcliffe.

I've just seen the future, thanks to James Cameron. He talks with The Hollywood Reporter about the future of 3-D movies, and specifically about his highly anticipated Avatar. In the process, he's given me a flash of insight about the future of humanity. Just as different species of human once co-existed on the planet, so it will be again. There will be a species that can see in 3-D and one that can't.

An Indiana Jones movie franchise without Indiana Jones is like... well, it's like an archaeologist without a trusty bull whip and well-worn fedora. George Lucas seems to have come to the same conclusion, recently telling MTV News that he's not looking for Indy's son Mutt Lange -- er, Williams -- to replace Papa in future films. This change of heart comes just three months after Lucas told Fox News that he had an "idea to make [Mutt] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie." A few Shia LeBoeuf-related news headlines later, Lucas says he's now looking for a new story for Indiana -- for "something for him to go after." He noted that it would take "'a huge amount of research to come up with something that will fit.'" As a former would-be archaeologist, I might be able to help.

If you look closely at James Franco's T-shirt in Pineapple Express, you'll see that it's one of the most awesome T-shirt designs ever: a shark devouring a kitten. When asked about it in interviews, Franco always credits the design to Pineapple director David Gordon Green, but that apparently isn't the case. T-shirt designers WOWCH created an astoundingly similar design for Urban Outfitters back in 2005, which was apparently tweaked and flipped to create Franco's movie getup. Unless Franco's drug dealer character traded merchandise with the knock-off clothing manufacturer next door, there better be a good explanation for this.

Now that things are really cooking on Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards, yet another bit of casting news has come rolling down the pipeline. Not a day after it was announced that director Eli Roth was joining the cast as the baseball bat-wielding Donnie Donowitz, it was announced this morning that The Office's B.J. Novak has signed on as well. Novak will play PFC Utivich, who is described as a soldier of slight build who comes from New York. In the script, Utivich quickly ascends the ranks and by midway through the movie has attained the rank of Major and grown a fugly beard. While I was maybe lying about that second part, this will be Novak's first movie since the small part he played in last year's Knocked Up. And since his character Ryan on The Office is apparently on his way to jail, which will most likely cut down on his screen time, scheduling shouldn't be too big of a problem.

Well, damn. It turns out our earlier report of a certain young star having to go through amputation surgery on the heels of a traumatic car accident have been greatly exaggerated. The LA Times has put the rumors to rest, as Shia LeBeouf's publicist emailed them this morning saying the rumor was "totally untrue." And though publicists have been known to lie through their teeth ("Brad and Jennifer are not having problems and are very happy"), I believe them on this one.

It looks as though a few Hollywood types are about to step out of their comfort zones and into genres not normally associated with them. Get your head out of the gutter, dude, I meant horror movies. Rumor has it that Natalie Portman and her production company Handsome Charlie Films are teaming up with The Pineapple Express and Superbad director David Gordon Green for a remake of the 1977 horror classic Suspiria.

Far be it from me (or TWoP) to report news from the scandal-riddled gossip rags, but Shia LaBoeuf might lose a finger, you guys. And, okay, it's not that far from me (or TWoP) to report news from the scandal-riddled gossip rags. Star Magazine has come out with a story that, due to injuries to his left hand that he sustained in a recent car accident, doctors have informed the star that he may have to amputate one of his injured fingers. The pinky, for all of you morbidly curious. I'm not sure what's more upsetting; the fact that a bright young (if maybe in need of a quick jaunt to Promises) kid may become of the few true Hollywood amputees, or the fact that Defamer already used the Shia-LaBoeuf-has-more-talent-in-his-little-finger-than-most-of-you-have-in-your-whole-body, unfortunately-they're-cutting-it-off joke. Damn them.

Just when I think they've come up with a marketing ploy that couldn't get any stupider, the advertising world does me one better. Variety is reporting that Prada, who I hear has pretty nice stuff, is releasing nine short films on their website that will tie in with the launch of its new men's fragrance, Infusion d'Homme. No, seriously. They gave nine up-and-coming directors the chance to produce the films by "giving them the creative freedom to express what the perfume visually represented to them." Interestingly enough, none of the films depict an average Joe forking over a large sum of money to get a shot in the arm with a syringe filled with a tiny little man. Maybe my creative interpretations are a bit too literal, but I don't need to smell Infusion d'Homme to come up with that visual.