Morocco has banned Ridley Scott's biblical epic Exodus, according to The Guardian, because it contains a representation of God, which is forbidden in Islam. Also it is racist and bad.

What is whiteness? It's a question that both ethnic studies scholars and stoned ethnic studies freshman have pondered for decades. But for News Corp magnate Rupert Murdoch, the answer is simple: whiteness is what Rupert Murdoch says it is.

Director Ridley Scott cast a bunch of white actors to play Egyptians in his upcoming Moses bipoic Exodus: Gods and Kings. That's showbiz! It's a tale as old as time, white supremacy as old as rhyme.

Gossip website TMZ claims it has been approached by an unidentified party with an offer to purchase footage of director Tony Scott's suicide leap off the Vincent Thomas Bridge, but turned it down.

A 3D sci-fi epic written by Damon Lindelof and directed by Ridley Scott, complete with tie-in to the iconic Alien franchise — you'd think Prometheus would have easily taken the box office this weekend. And yes, it did well, but in the end, it couldn't keep up with Dreamworks' CGI talking animals in Madagascar 3.

Ridley Scott's Prometheus makes a huge production of not having very much to say. Either that or it just doesn't say it very well. It bestows itself with the impossible task of exploring the meaning of life, faith and the inextricable bond of creation and destruction – a storytelling endeavor of sci-fi proportions in…

Everyone who likes sci-fi is insanely excited about Ridley Scott's upcoming Prometheus, which is supposed to be a sort of prequel to his seminal Alien. Based on this teaser trailer, they have good reason to be.

One of morningtime's most familiar faces will be gone in just a matter of weeks. Also today: a literary adaptation with some promise, Jay Mohr tries again, and the board game craze continues.

What were you doing July 24, 2010? If you'd heeded the call by directors Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald, then whatever you were doing, you were filming it. Life in a Day, which debuted at Sundance in January and hits theaters in July, promises to show "the true story of a single day on Planet Earth." Here's the…

The star of our favorite show about a super-powered kid is returning to the airwaves. Also today: Ricky Gervais stops by an American office, the 2012 film schedule shifts to accommodate the end of the world, and TV casting news.

They now have their lead actor! So it's really going to air. Also today: a new role for the rarely seen Richard Dreyfuss, a new internet documentary sounds weird, and Whoopi Goldberg does something miraculous.

"Real Housewife" Jill Zarin turns 46 today. Ben Stiller is turning 44. Actor Gael García Bernal is 31. Writer/director David Mamet is 62. Model Chanel Iman is turning 20. Director Ridley Scott is turning 72. TV legend Dick Clark turns 80 today. Billy Idol is 54. Elisha Cuthbert, the actress and ex-girlfriend of Sean…

screenwriter, revealing the pitch he used to convince Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, to direct the board-game movie Monopoly, to the Los Angeles Times. Read the rest and weep, Silver Lake.

Lindsay Lohan's stalking of Samantha Ronson brings them back together, Anne Hathaway prepares to play Judy Garland on Broadway, NBC denies the Speidi torture allegations, Susan Boyle seems to have found sanity, and the Gosselin's get investigated for animal abuse.

• The feud between Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant has gone from bad to worse. After tussling with Brant's bodyguards last week, Seymour was issued a summons on Saturday after she "yanked the keys out of a Brant-hired security guard's car, threw them in the bushes, and then used her Range Rover to block the…

A year after Fox inflated and mercilessly dashed a few hundred Americans' hopes of a big-screen A-Team adaptation, behold the promise of a new start — with surprisingly, almost bafflingly influential connections.

With The Reader and Australia in the awards-season rearview mirror, Hollywood desperately needs a new soap opera to occupy its time. They might have it with Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott's oft-delayed Nottingham.

• Nobody makes Harvey Weinstein wait and that apparently includes Penelope Cruz, who faced his wrath in London last week when she showed up late to a screening of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, then went up to her suite to change outfits, causing Harvey to scream, "Tell her to get her f***ing ass here right now!" [Mirror]
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Now that talk on a possible, long-gestating Ghostbusters sequel is heating up, MTV spoke to Sigourney Weaver about her potential involvement (when will someone call Peter MacNicol? We're dying over here!). Weaver admitted that she's supposed to call Bill Murray next week about the project, adding, “I would hope that…