Eddie Izzard and Chevy Chase are among the comedians taking part in a new Secret Policeman's Ball in support of Amnesty International. The show, scheduled for Oct. 14 at London's Royal Albert Hall, revives a series that drew attention to the human rights organization in the '70s and '80s.

George Clooney has joined Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel in asking the United Nations Security Council to help stop the killings in Darfur. "Make no mistake, it is the first genocide of the 21st century. And if it continues unchecked, it will not be the last," Clooney said at an informal briefing in New York.

Jim Carrey and Steve Carell have signed on to voice characters in the upcoming CGI film version of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, per the Hollywood Reporter. The project marks Carrey's first foray into animation.

Jane Fonda told "The Today Show" she sides with the studio executive who blasted Lindsay Lohan's professionalism while filming Georgia Rule, stating that the letter "was cool" and that the 20-year-old needed someone to tell her to "tone it down." However, Fonda adding that she loves Lohan...though the feeling may no longer be mutual.

ESPN's cameras caught Tom Cruise hanging in the Washington Redskins owner's box with his new business partner Dan Snyder at Monday's showdown with the Minnesota Vikings.

Hollywood good guy Tom Hanks' late ex-wife, Susan Dillingham, claimed the actor harassed her and attempted to kill her career, according to court documents she filed during the duo's lengthy divorce battle in the '80s. The newly unearthed documents are featured in David Gardner's upcoming bio The Tom Hanks Enigma, per the New York Post.

The Covenant topped the box office with an estimated $9 million, the lowest gross of any number one film since 2003's Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. The George Reeves death conspiracy biopic Hollywoodland came in second with an estimated $6 million, and the Tony Jaa Muay Tai boxing flick The Protector came in at an estimated $5 million.

Lindsay Lohan has offered a "massive thank you" to paparazzo Darryn Lyons, whose footage of the actress arriving at Heathrow Airport was reviewed by police to recover Lohan's missing purse, Extra reports.

David Gest asked a judge to set aside his prenuptial agreement with estranged wife Liza Minnelli, claiming she hid the fact that she was an alcoholic, infected with herpes, and prone to violence and arguing that he would never have entered into the agreement had he known.

Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren took top acting honors at the Venice Film Festival; Spike Lee won the documentary prize for his Hurricane Katrina film, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."

The enormous granny panties famously worn by Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones' Diary and signed by Hugh Grant being were auctioned off to benefit London's parks.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his wife donated $2 million to his alma mater, the University of Miami, school officials said.